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Book cover of Lies We Sing to the Sea
Lies We Sing to the SeaSarah Underwood

Characters in Lies We Sing to the Sea

3 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Leto (Lies We Sing to the Sea)

    The daughter of an Oracle and one of the book's three narrators, chosen as a maiden for Poseidon's yearly sacrifice on Ithaca.

  • Melantho (Lies We Sing to the Sea)

    One of Penelope's hanged maids from the Odyssey, given a story of her own as a girl with the power to command the sea.

  • Mathias (Lies We Sing to the Sea)

    The crown prince of Ithaca and the third narrator, whose fate is bound to the curse of the sea.