| old and brave king who fought in the Trojan War despite his old age of 90 years and who advised Telemachus to visit Menelaus | | |
| Greek king who was the husband of Helen | | |
| a real beggar who wants to beat up Odysseus who disguised himself as a beggar | | |
| a monster that swallows the sea in a whirlpool | | |
| a frightful sea-monster with twelve feet and six heads, each with three rows of teeth. Below the waist her body was made up of hideous monsters, like dogs, who barked unceasingly. She is a peril to all sailors who passed near her. Whenever a ship passed, each of her heads would seize one of the crew. | | |
| the ring-leader of Penelope's suitors | | |
| the Keeper of the Winds | | |
| one of Penelope's suitors who throws a stool at the disguised Odysseus | | |
| the wife of Odysseus | | |
| Odysseus' faithful dog who died when he recognised his master | | |
| the brother of Menelaus, the king of the Mycenae, and the leader of the Greek forces during the Trojan War | | |
| name of the river in the Greek Underworld | | |
| the mightiest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War, and who invulnerable with exception of his heels | | |
| a giant monster with one eye | | |
| king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaa | | |