Odyssey Study Guide Contents
- Odysseus - Odysseus is the wandering Trojan War hero famed for his wiles. He is a favorite of Athena and disliked by Poseidon.
- Telemachus - Son of Odysseus who was left as a baby when Odysseus went off 20 years earlier to fight in the Trojan War.
- Penelope - Faithful wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus.
- Eurycleia - Faithful old servant who recognizes Odysseus from a scar on his leg.
- Eumaeus - Faithful swineherd of Odysseus.
- Philoetius - Faithful cowherd of Odysseus.
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Eurynome - One of Penelope's serving women.
Profiles of Some of the Major Olympian Gods Involved in the Trojan War
Notes on Odyssey Book XXIII
