| A | B |
|---|
| Tantalus | Forever "tantalized" by the dead |
| Demodocos | Blind minstrel of the Phaecians |
| Menelaos | Brother of Agamemnon |
| Cyclops | One-eyed giant |
| Aiolia | Home of the god of the winds |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus's old nurse |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; friend to Odysseus |
| Achilles | Greek hero, mightiest fighter at Troy |
| Melantho | Disloyal maid who loved one of the suitors |
| Odysseus | Son of Laertes |
| Melanthios | Treacherous goatherd |
| Eumaios | Faithful swineherd, servant of Odysseus |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus |
| Philoitios | Faithful herdsman |
| Poseidon | God of the sea, enemy of Odysseus |
| Clytemnestra | Unfaithful wife of Agamemnon |
| Telemachos | searched for his father |
| Polyphemos | Son of Poseidon |
| Aigisthos | Helped slay Agamemnon |
| Trinacria | Island of the cattle of the sun |
| Neoptolemus | Son of Achilles |
| Olympus | Home of the gods |
| Iros | Beggar who fought Odysseus |
| Alcinoos | King of the Phaecians |
| Laertes | Father of Odysseus |
| Aiaia | Circe's island |
| Charybdis | The whirlpool |
| Hades | Land of the Dead |
| Argos | Odysseus' faithful dog |
| Circe | Sorceress who turnes Odysseus' men into swines |
| Nausicaa | Daughter of Alcinoos |
| Eurymachos | Convinced crew to eat the cattle of Apollo |
| Agamemnon | Leader of the Greeks against Troy; murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra |
| Ajax | Competed with Odysseus for the armor of Achilles; hanged himself when he lost |
| Arete | Queen of Phaecia |
| Helen | Wife of Menelaos |
| Sirens | Beautiful singers who lured men to their deaths |
| Laistrygonians | Giant cannibals |
| Antinoos | First of the suitors to die |
| Scylla | 6 headed monster |
| Proteus | Old man of the Sea |
| Hermes | Messenger of the gods |
| Elpenor | Fell from the roof and greeted Odysseus in the Land of the Dead |
| Teiresias | Blind prophet whose spirit helped Odysseus return |
| Phaecians | Transported Odysseus back to Ithaca |
| Calypso | Goddess who kept Odysseus captive for 8 years |
| Ogygia | Calypso's island |
| Mentor | Faithful counselor to Odysseus |
| Ino | Sea goddess who saved Odysseus from drowning |
