| A | B |
|---|
| Aeolus | keeper of the winds |
| Alcinous | King of the Phaiacians |
| Antinous | Son of Eupeithes; leader of the suitors. |
| Argos | Odysseus's old hunting dog |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; Odysseus's patron |
| Calypso | island nymph on Ogygia |
| Charybdis | A whirlpool which draws vessels to their doom |
| Circe | Daughter of the Sun; goddes of the wild; enchantress |
| Demodocus | Blind storyteller at Alcinous court |
| Elpenor | Youngest sailer with Odysseus, spirit in Hades |
| Eumaeus | keeper of Odysseus' swine |
| Eurylochus | Husband of Odysseus' sister; sailor with Odysseus |
| Eurymachus | Son of Polybus/suitor from Ithaca |
| Hades | ruler of the underworld |
| Hermes | used his ingenuity and abilities to persuade the nymph Calypso to release Odysseus |
| Iris | Messenger of the gods |
| Irus | Town beggar |
| Laertes | aged father of Odysseus |
| Nausicaa | Daughter of King Alkinoös/ rescuer of Odysseus |
| Odysseus | king of Ithaca |
| Penelope | Odysseus's faithful wife |
| Persephone | queen of the underworld |
| Polyphemos | Son of Poseidon/giant Cyclops and ogre. |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| Poseidon | king of the sea |
| Scylla | Daughter of Crataiis; six-headed monster and man eater |
| Sirens | Fatal beguilers of men with their singing |
| Teiresias | Blind prophet of Thebes. |
| Telemachus | Son of Odysseus and Penelope |
| Theoclymenus | Prophet who returns to Ithaca with Telemachus |
| Zeus | king of the gods and ruler of the sky |
