- 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.
- Eumaeus - Faithful swineherd of Odysseus.
- Philoetius - Faithful cowherd of Odysseus.
- Agamemnon - Leader of the Achaean forces in the Trojan War. Killed by his wife, Clytemnestra, or her lover, Aegisthus, or both.
- Achilles - Great hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War, killed by Paris.
- Amphimedon - One of the suitors. His shade speaks with the shade of Agamemnon.
- Laertes - Father of Odysseus.
- Dolius - Father of Melanthius and Melantho.
- Halitherses - Seer.
- Medon - Herald.
- Phemius - Bard.
- Eupithes - Father of the suitor Antinous. Killed by Laertes.
Profiles of Some of the Major Olympian Gods Involved in the Trojan War
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