Odyssey
OdysseyStephen FryStephen Fry's Great Mythology, book 4
Characters in Odyssey
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Odysseus
The cunning king of Ithaca, struggling to get home to his family after the Trojan War.
Antagonists
Poseidon
The sea god, angered at Odysseus, who makes his voyage home a ten-year ordeal.
Polyphemus
The one-eyed Cyclops whose island Odysseus and his men land on.
Supporting characters
Penelope
Odysseus's wife, who waits on Ithaca and holds off the suitors crowding her home.
Telemachus
Odysseus's son, who grows up without his father and goes looking for news of him.
Athena
The goddess of wisdom, Odysseus's divine patron, who helps him and his family.
Circe
The sorceress of Aeaea, whom Odysseus and his crew meet on their wanderings.
Calypso
The nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for years.