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| Athena | Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare; she was on Odysseus' side |
| Zeus | King of the Gods |
| Charybdis | Enormous and dangerous whirlpool |
| Scylla | Sea monster of gray rock |
| Penelope | Loyal wife of Odysseus |
| Laertes | Father of Odysseus |
| Tiresias | Blind prophet in Hades who advises Odysseus |
| Polyphemus | The cyclops that was defeated by Odysseus and his men |
| Alcinous | King of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story |
| Helios | The sun God |
| Telemachus | The son of Odysseus and his wife |
| Cicones | An army trained to fight on horseback and foot who killed many of Odysseus' men |
| Cyclopes | A race of giants with one eye in the middle of their forehead |
| Odysseus | The epic hero of the Odyssey |
| The Lotus Eaters | People who offered Odysseus and his men the Lotus plant which made them not care about getting home |
| Poseidon | God of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at sea |
| Laestrygonians | A race of cannibals that destroy all of Odysseus' ships but one |
| Sirens | Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths |
| Hermes | Messenger of the Gods |
| Maron | Euanthes' son who gave Odysseus twelve jars of brandy |
| Homer | The author of the Odyssey and the Illiad |
| Muse | Any one of the nine Goddesses of the arts, literature, and science |
| Aeolus | God of the winds |
| Calypso | Sea nymph Goddess that loved Odysseus and promised him immortality |
| Circe | Enchantress/witch that helped Odysseus and turned his men into animals |
