| A | B |
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| Ulysses | master strategist of Greek forces, King of Ithaca |
| Peleus | mightiest hero of his time, married to Thetis |
| Thetis | most beautiful naiad |
| Eris | Lady of Discord, sister of God of War (Ares) |
| Hera | Queen of the Gods |
| Athene | Goddess of Wisdom |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of Love |
| Paris | son of King of Priam |
| Priam | King of Troy |
| Menelous | King of Sparta |
| Hector | chief of King Priam's warrior sons |
| Achilles | Greek Hero |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| Eurylochus | Ulysses's main man |
| Aeolus | keeper of the winds |
| naiads | sea nymphs |
| Morpheus | son of Hypnos, God of sleep, nephew of Hades |
| Persephone | aunt of Morpheus |
| Cyclops | huge, savage creatures, tall as trees, one eye in middle of forehead |
| Polyphemus | largest, fiercest, hungriest Cyclops, Son of Poseidon |
| Penelope | Ulysses' wife |
| Menelaus | King of Sparta |
| Agamemnon | mighty hero |
| Hermes | messenger god, swift one |
| Circe | grandaughter of Helios, sun god, who married Perse, daughter of Oceanus, sorceress, doer of magical mischief |
| Helios | Sun God |
| Hades | God of underworld, dark Tartarus |
| Anticleia | Ulysses' mother |
| Teiresias | sage of Thebes, expert at disasters, master of prophesy |
| Neoptolemus | Achilles' son |
| Ajax | Greek warrior, dead in Tartarus |
| Hyperion | the Sun-Titan |
| Charybdis | monster, huge bladder whose face is all mouth & arms and legs flippers |
| Scylla | huge fleshy spider w/ 12 legs & 6 heads with insatiable hunger & greed for human flesh |
| Perimedes | one of Ulysses' men |
| Calypso | one of Titan brood, daughter of Atlas, sea nymph |
| Atlas | stands on the westward rim of the world bearing the sky on his shoulders |
| Telemachus | Ulysses' son |
| Apollo | god of prophecy, Ulysses prays to him |
| Eos | Goddess of Dawn |
| Orion | Eos chose as her lover, Zeus had Artemis kill him |
| Demeter | harvest goddess |
| Jasion | crippled by Zeus when Demeter met him |
| Ino | a nereid, nymph of Mediterranean |
| Nausicaa | 16 yr old daughter of King and Queen of Phaeacia |
| Alcinous | King of Phaeacia, father of Nausicaa |
| Arete | Queen of Phaeacia, mother of Queen of Phaeacia |
| Artemis | Goddess of the Chase, maiden of the silver bow |
| Euryalus | leader of Nausicaa's suitor |
| Eumaeus | Ulysses' swineherd |
| Antinous | one of the most arrogant suitors |
| Eurymachus | leader of the suitors |
| Iros | another beggar, a former smith |
| Eurycleia | Ulysses' nurse |
| Samos | suitor, a tall brawny man, a skilled archer |
| Agelaus | suitor who leads charge in the castle. |
