Characters from Odyssey

Question 1

Achilles

Answer 1

son of Peleus and Thetis, Greek hero at Troy, who killed Hector and was himself killed by Paris

Question 2

Aeolus

Answer 2

father of Cretheus, king of the Winds

Question 3

Agamemnon

Answer 3

son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus, married to Clytaemnestra, father of Orestes, King of Argos, leader of the Greek expedition against Troy, quarrelled with Achilles in the Iliad; murdered by Aegisthus, recounts Achilles’ funeral to him in Hades

Question 4

Ajax (1)

Answer 4

son of Telamon, great Greek fighter at Troy.He competed with the Greek hero Odysseus for the armour of Achilles but lost, which so enraged him that it caused his death

Question 5

Alcinous

Answer 5

King of Phaeacia,husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa and Clytoneus

Question 6

Amphimedon

Answer 6

a suitor, his ghost tells Agamemnon of the suitor’s death in Hades

Question 7

Amphinomus

Answer 7

a suitor, killed by Telemachus , liked by Penelope

Question 8

Anticleia

Answer 8

wife of Laertes, mother of Odysseus,

Question 9

Antinous

Answer 9

“Anti-mind”; son of Eupeithes, a leading suitor, accused of being the harshest suitor

Question 10

Antiphates

Answer 10

giant king of the LAestrygonians

Question 11

Aphrodite

Answer 11

daughter of Zeus, wife of Hephaestus, goddess of sexual attraction

Question 12

Apollo

Answer 12

god of the bow, the lyre, feasting, sickness and health, son of Zeus and LEto, his “gentle”Arrows bring a kindly death to men

Question 13

Ares

Answer 13

son of Zeus and Hera, god of war

Question 14

Arete

Answer 14

wife of Alcinous, king of Phaeacia, mother of Nausicaa

Question 15

Argus

Answer 15

Odysseus’ old hunting dog

Question 16

Athene

Answer 16

goddess of female arts, intelligence and war, daughter of Zeus, patroness of Odysseus and Ajax and the arms of Achilles , bestows strength on Telemachus, LAertes, PEnelope, etc

Question 17

Calypso

Answer 17

“Concealer” , demi-goddess, lives on Ogygia

Question 18

Cicones

Answer 18

Thracians, living at Ismarus ,raided by Odysseus

Question 19

Circe

Answer 19

animal-taming witch, daughter of the Sun-god, lives on Aeaea, detains Odysseus

Question 20

Clytaemnestra

Answer 20

wife of Agamemnon, mother of Orestes, disgrace of womankind

Question 21

Clytoneus

Answer 21

son of Alcinous

Question 22

Demodocus

Answer 22

blind Phaeacian bard

Question 23

Dymas’ daughter

Answer 23

a friend to the princess Nausicaa

Question 24

Elpenor

Answer 24

companion of Odysseus, killed by falling off the roof

Question 25

**Eumaeus**

Answer 25

Odysseus' swineherd, care for Odysseus' property,

Question 26

**Euryalus**

Answer 26

a Phaeacian who insulted Odysseus

Question 27

**Eurycleia**

Answer 27

Odysseus' and Telemachus' nurse, bars door of palace, bought by Laertes

Question 28

Eurydamas -

Answer 28

a suitor

Question 29

Eurylochus

Answer 29

a companion of Odysseus,opposes Odysseus, refuses to return to Circe's house, (the rebel)

Question 30

**Eurymachus -**

Answer 30

"wide fighter", a leading suitor, abuses Halitherses, assures Penelope he loves Telemachus

Question 31

**Eurynome**

Answer 31

housekeeper of Penelope

Question 32

Halius

Answer 32

son of Alcinous

Question 33

**Hephaestus**

Answer 33

son of Zeus and Hera, blacksmith god, Aphrodite's husband,

Question 34

**Hera**

Answer 34

wife of Zeus, queen of the gods

Question 35

**Hermes**

Answer 35

son of Zeus and Maia, messenger-god, god of herdsmen, guide of souls to Hades

Question 36

**Ino**

Answer 36

sea-goddess, daughter of Cadmus, saves Odysseus at sea

Question 37

Irus

Answer 37

a beggar in Ithaca, thrashed by Odysseus

Question 38

**Laertes-**

Answer 38

father of Odysseus, ancient shield

Question 39

**Laestrygones**

Answer 39

giant cannibals

Question 40

Leodes

Answer 40

a suitor

Question 41

Medon

Answer 41

sympathetic attendant of Penelope

Question 42

Melanthius

Answer 42

treacherous goatherd, son of Dolius

Question 43

Melantho-

Answer 43

treacherous maidservant of Penelope, daughter of Dolius

Question 44

Mentes

Answer 44

King of the Taphians, olf friend of Odysseus' family, Athene' disguise

Question 45

Mentor

Answer 45

close friend of Odysseus' in Ithaca, supports Telemachus in assembly

Question 46

**Nausicaa**

Answer 46

daughter of Phaeacian King Alcinous and Arete; admires Odysseus

Question 47

**Odysseus**

Answer 47

son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus,lord of Ithaca

Question 48

Orestes

Answer 48

son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who took revenge on his mother and her lover

Question 49

**Penelope**

Answer 49

daughter of Icarius, who was brother of Leda (Penelope is the cousin of Clytaemnestra and Helen of Troy ) wife of Odysseus, beauty and intelligence

Question 50

Phemius

Answer 50

a bard forced to serve the suitors' in Odysseus' palace

Question 51

**Philoetius**

Answer 51

finest archer at Troy

Question 52

**Polyphemus**

Answer 52

giant, one-eyes Cyclop, son of Poseidon,cannibal

Question 53

**Poseidon**

Answer 53

son of Cronos, brother of Zeus, god on natural forces, especially the sea

Question 54

Scylla

Answer 54

six-headed monster opposite Charybdis