| A | B |
| Perimedes | Member of Odysseus' crew |
| Eurylochus | Another member of the crew |
| Tiresias | Blind prophet who advised Odysseus |
| Persephone | Wife of Hades |
| Telemachus | Odysseus and Penelope's son |
| Sirens | Creatures - songs lure sailors to death |
| Scylla | Sea monster of gray rock |
| Charybdis | Enormous and dangerous whirlpool |
| Lampetia | Nymph |
| Hermes | Herald and messenger of the gods |
| Eumaeus | Old swineherd and Odysseus' friend |
| Antinous | Leader among the suiters, mean to beggar |