| A | B |
|---|
| Cicones | battled Odysseus and his men; army that rode horses |
| Argos | Odysseus' dog who recognizes his voice |
| Melantho | Penelope's favorite maiden wno favors one of the suitors |
| Eumaeus | swineherd; Odysseus' loyal servant |
| Eurynome | Penelope's housekeeper |
| Erebus | dark area of underworld where the dead reside |
| Philoeteus | driver (cattle herder) who helps Odysseus defeat the suitors |
| Eurylochus | one of Odysseus' loyal crew members |
| Lotus Eaters | gave Odysseus and his men lotus flowers to make them forget their homeland |
| Eurymachus | lying suitor who blames everything on another suitor |
| Peisistratos | Nestor's son and Telemachus's escort |
| Antinous | leader and most arrogant suitor and first suitor to be killed by Odysseus |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus's old nurse |
| Alcinous | King of Phaeacia to who Odysseus relates his adventures |
| Calypso | beautiful sea nymph who keeps Odysseus captive for about 7 years |
| Helios | Has some cattle that are eaten by Odysseus' men |
| Telemachus | Goes to Menelaus and Nestor in search of his father |
| Odysseus | remains lost at sea for 10 years because Poseidon is angry with him |
| Circe | turns Odysseus' men into pigs |
| Hermes | gives Odysseus a moly so he will not fall under the spell of Circe |
| Penelope | a weaver, and faithful wife |
| Charybdis | whirpool monster who swallows the sea three times a day |
| Scylla | monster with six heads |
| Sirens | lure men into the rocks with their beautiful voices |
| Eurycleia | nurse and servant in Odysseus' house |
| Ithaca | Odysseus' homeland |
| Polyphemus | Cylcops |
| Nobdy | What Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is |
| Laertes | Father of Odysseus |
| Anticleia | Mother of Odysseus |
| Aeolus | god of the winds; bags up the unfavorable winds for Odysseus |
| Teresieas | prophet Odysseus visits in the Underworld |
