| A | B |
| Odysseus | Our hero- disguised as a beggar |
| Telemakhos | Odysseus' son |
| Antinoos | Most arrogant and important suitor |
| Penelope | Odysseus' long-suffering wife |
| Ithaka | Odysseus' Homeland |
| Eumaios | The swineherd |
| Philoitios | Cowherd- Odysseus Helper |
| Melanthios | Goatherd- helps loosen the bow |
| Leodes | First Suitor to try the bow |
| Eurymakhos | Suitor worried about honor |
| Eurykleia | Odysseus' Nursemaid |
| Parnassos | Where Odysseus got his scar |
| Troy | Where Odysseus returns from |