Characters in the Odyssey

Question 1

Eumaeus

Answer 1

Swineherd loyal to Odysseus

Question 2

Philoetius

Answer 2

Cow-herd loyal to Odysseus

Question 3

Amphinomus

Answer 3

A suitor who questions the plan to kill Odysseus

Question 4

Leodes

Answer 4

First suitor who tries to string Os bow

Question 5

Melantho

Answer 5

A servant who abuses O

Question 6

Melanthius

Answer 6

A servant who abuses O

Question 7

Theodymenus

Answer 7

A prophet fleeing from Argos

Question 8

Peiraeus

Answer 8

A loyal friend of Telemachus

Question 9

Arnaeus

Answer 9

Another beggar in the palace who fights Odysseus

Question 10

Iphitus

Answer 10

Gave the bow to O as a gift

Question 11

Laertes

Answer 11

father of Odysseys

Question 12

King Aeolus

Answer 12

gives O bag of winds in Aeloia

Question 13

Agamemnon

Answer 13

former king of Mycenae, commander of Greek forces in T war. Murdered by his wife, O encounters him in underworld

Question 14

Menelaus

Answer 14

King of Sparta, offers Telemachus assistance in finding Odysseus

Question 15

Athene

Answer 15

goddess who keeps an eye out for Odysseys

Question 16

Penelope

Answer 16

loyal wife of O

Question 17

Telemachus

Answer 17

son of O

Question 18

Antinous

Answer 18

most arrogant, wants Telemachus killed. First to die

Question 19

Eurymachus

Answer 19

manipulative and deceitful, charm allows some power over other suitors

Question 20

Amphinomus

Answer 20

decent. Questions plans to kill O and T

Question 21

Leodes

Answer 21

first suitor that tries bow

Question 22

Eurycleia

Answer 22

png term maid of O

Question 23

Polyphemus

Answer 23

cyclops

Question 24

Demodocus

Answer 24

royal bard of Scherie

Question 25

Euryalus

Answer 25

son of Alcinous who challenges Odysseus in Scherie at the Games

Question 26

Tiresias

Answer 26

prophet from underworld

Question 27

Helen

Answer 27

wife of Menelaus- queen of Sparta

Question 28

Arete

Answer 28

powerful wife of Alcinous

Question 29

Nausicaa

Answer 29

daughter of Alcinous

Question 30

Calypso

Answer 30

immortal who keeps Odysseus hostage for 7 years

Question 31

Circe

Answer 31

immortal who turns Os men into pig but then hosts them for a year

Question 32

Poseidon

Answer 32

enemy of O, seeks revenge

Question 33

Zeus

Answer 33

king of the gods

Question 34

Agamemnon

Answer 34

former king of Mycenae, commander of Greek forces in Trojan warm killed by his wife

Question 35

Menelaus

Answer 35

king of sparta