| A | B |
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| Achilles | Greek hero, mightiest fighter at Troy |
| Artemis | Goddess of the moon, daughter of Zeus |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom, daughter of Zeus |
| Calypso | Goddess who kept Odysseus captive for 8 yrs. |
| Circe | Sorceress who turned Odysseus' men into swine |
| Hades | God of the dead (also, the land of the dead) |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus |
| Hercules | God of strength |
| Hermes | Messenger of the gods |
| Jason | Leader of the Argonauts who sought the Golden Fleece |
| Penelope | Wife of Odysseus |
| Odysseus | main character; Lord of Ithaca |
| Persephone | Goddess of the dead |
| Poseidon | God of the sea, enemy of Odysseus |
| The Sirens | Beautiful singers whose voice led men to their deaths |
| Telemachus | Son of Odysseus |
| Menelaus | Greek hero, brother of Agamemnon |
| Agamemnon | Leader of the Greeks against Troy; murdered by his wife |
| Clytemnestra | Wife of Agamemnon |
| Zeus | Ruler of gods and men |
| Laertes | Father of Odysseus |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops son of Poseidon who had been blinded by Odysseus |
| Nausicaa | daughter of Alcinous |
| Alcinous | King of the Phaeacians |
| Charybdis | A monstrous whirlpool |
| Scylla | A six-headed monster |
