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// The Odyssey: // Character List

Below is a list of the major characters.
 * **__ Alcínoüs __** : Alcínoüs is the king of the Phaeácians. He feeds, shelters, and entertains Odysseus before sending him home to Ithaca.
 * **__ Antínoüs __** : Antínoüs is the most malicious of Penelope’s suitors. He hatches an evil plot to kill Telémachus.
 * **__ Arétë __** : Arétë is the queen of the Phaeácians, wife of Alcínoüs, mother of Nausícaa. She greets Odysseus with open hospitality and takes pity on him in her home.
 * **__ Arnaeus __** : Arnaeus challenges Odysseus to a fight and loses.
 * **__ Calypso __** : Calypso is the sea nymph daughter of Atlas. She traps Odysseus on her island as her romantic companion until Zeus commands her to release him.
 * **__ Círcë __** : Círcë is the enchanting witch who transforms Odysseus’ men into pigs.
 * **__ Demódocus __** : Demódocus is the blind Phaeácian bard. He sings about the Trojan War, causing Odysseus to cry.
 * **__ Elpénor __** : Elpénor is the youngest of Odysseus’ men. He falls from Círcë’s roof and breaks his neck. Odysseus encounters him in Hades.
 * **__ Eumáeus __** : Eumáeus is Odysseus’ loyal pig-herder. He helps Odysseus and Telémachus defeat the suitors.
 * **__ Eurycleia __** : Eurycleia is the nurse of both Odysseus and Telémachus. She discovers Odysseus’ secret identity and helps him defeat the suitors.
 * **__ Eurymachus __** : Eurymachus is one of the leaders of the suitors. He throws a stool at Odysseus’ head.
 * **__ Irus __** : Irus is the beggar.
 * **__ Laértës __** : Laértës is Odysseus’ father. Odysseus visits him at the end of his journey and tests him.
 * **__ Meneláus __** : Meneláus is the Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen. He was a general in the Trojan War.
 * **__ Mentor __** : Mentor is Odysseus’ good friend, whom he entrusts to look after Telémachus.
 * **__ Nausícaa __** : Nausícaa is the daughter of Alcínoüs and Arétë. She falls in love with Odysseus after meeting him on the Phaeácians’ beach and guides him to her parents’ home.
 * **__ Odysseus __** : Odysseus is the son of Laértës, husband of Penelope, and father of Telémachus. He is the central character of The Odyssey, who loses his way for ten years at sea while on his way home from the Trojan War.
 * **__ Penelope __** : Penelope is the wife of Odysseus and mother of Telémachus. She waits faithfully for twenty years for Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War, fighting off the bold advances of countless suitors.
 * **__ Polyphémus __** : Polyphémus is a Cyclops and the son of Poseidon. He traps Odysseus and his sailors in his cave but is defeated by Odysseus, who pokes out his eye.
 * **__ Telémachus __** : Telémachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope. At Athena’s suggestion, he sails in search of his father. When Odysseus returns, Telémachus assists him in defeating the suitors.
 * **__ Tiresias __** : Tiresias is the blind seer from Thebes. Odysseus receives instructions from him in Hades.
 * Gods **
 * **__ Zeus __** : Zeus is the son of Cronos. He is the king of the Olympian gods.
 * **__ Hera __** : Hera is Zeus’ wife and sister. She is the queen of the Olympian gods.
 * **__ Poseidon __** : Poseidon is the son of Cronos, brother of Zeus. He is the god of the sea, who exacts vengeance on Odysseus for blinding his son Polyphémus.
 * **__ Aphrodítë __** : Aphrodítë is the daughter of Zeus and wife of Hepháestus. She is the goddess of love.
 * **__ Athena __** : Athena is the daughter of Zeus, born directly from his forehead. She is the goddess of war and marriage, who takes a special interest in Odysseus and protects him from danger during the Trojan War and on his journey home.
 * **__ Artemis __** : Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. She is the goddess of the hunt, who presides over wild animals in the woods.
 * **__ Hermes __** : Hermes is the son of Zeus. He is the messenger god, as well as the god who guides dead souls to Hades.
 * **__ Apollo __** : Apollo is the son of Zeus. He is the god of music, archery, prophecy, and healing.
 * **__ Hepháestus __** : Hepháestus is the god of crafts and metalworking. He has a lame foot and is married to Aphrodítë.
 * **__ Hades __** : Hades is the son of Cronos, brother of Zeus. He is the king of the underworld.
 * **__ Deméter __** Deméter is the goddess of fertility and harvests.
 * **__ Dionysus __** : Dionysus is the youngest of the Olympian gods, as well as the son of Zeus. He is the god of wine and dancing.
 * **__ Arës __** : Arës is the son of Zeus and Hera. He is the god of war.
 * **__ Perséphonë __** : Perséphonë is the daughter of Zeus and Deméter, wife of Hades, queen of the underworld.