swineherd of odysseus
Eumaeus
a seer who goes to Ithaca with Telemachus
Theoclymenus
goatherd of Odyssues
Melanthius
Odysseus’ dog
Argo
beggar and the messenger of the suitors
Irus
suitor
amphinomus
Odyssues’ grandfather
Autolycus
disloyal maidservant
Melantho
cowherd of Odysseus
Philoetius
Odyssues’ father
Laertes
Odysseus’ wife
penelope
King of Ithaca
Odysseus
Odyssues’ son
Telemachus
nurse who recognizes Odysseus by his scar
Eurycleia
the king of Aeolia, a mythical island where he is the ruler of the winds
King Aeolia
a powerful sorceress who dwells on the island of Aeaea. transforms Odysseus’s men into pigs with her magic, she later becomes Odysseus’s lover and helps him on his journey.
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