| A | B |
|---|
| Aeolus | keeper of the winds |
| Alcinous | King of the Phaiacians |
| Antinous | 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 beast which draws vessels to their doom |
| Circe | Goddess of the wild; enchantress |
| Demodocus | Blind storyteller at Alcinous’ court |
| Elpenor | Youngest sailer with Odysseus, spirit in Hades |
| Eumaeus | Loyal swineherd |
| Eurylochus | Sailor with Odysseus |
| Eurymachus | Suitor from Ithaca |
| Hades | Ruler of the underworld |
| Hermes | Messenger god |
| Laertes | Aged father of Odysseus |
| Nausicaa | Daughter of King Alcinous/ rescuer of Odysseus |
| Odysseus | King of Ithaca |
| Penelope | Odysseus's faithful wife |
| Polyphemus | Son of Poseidon/giant Cyclops |
| Poseidon | God of the sea |
| Scylla | 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 |
| Zeus | King of the gods and ruler of the sky |
| Ogygia | Home to Calypso |
| Nohbdy | The name Odysseus gives to Polyphemus |
| Laestrygonians | tribe of giant tree-like cannibals |
| Eurycleia | Loyal nurse who recognizes Odysseus due to his leg scar |
| Helios | Sun god whose cattle are eaten by Odysseus's men |
| Phaeacia | Also known as Scheria, the Phaecians entertain Odysseus and eventually take him home |
| Ithaca | Odysseus's home |
| Anticleia | Odysseus's mother |
