Odyssey key characters and actions

Athene/Athena,Zeus,Poseidon

-Beggar disguise

-helps in combat with suitors (Aegis)

-shares Hompoprseney with Odysseus

-Zenia god

-Allows for the death of suitors (Thunderbolts)

-release of Odysseus from Calypso’s island

-against Odysseus

-Creation of storms against Odysseus

-Floats Odysseus to Calypso island

-Enforces Polyphemus curse

-transported by Phyetians / helped by poseidon

-Punishes Phaetian’s

-Tiresias Phebian prophet

-Aniclea(emotional)

-Alcinous (Phaetian) speeds return to Ithaca

-Zeus(Zenia)

-tells Odysseus to avoid the cows on Thrinacie

-Profecias late return

-repeats cyclops’s curse

-Only loyal maid to odysseus and penelope

-Threatened not to reveal truth

-strong emotional reaction to return

-Rusty zenia

-Holds Phaetian games

-sends Odysseus back to ithaca on fastest ship

-Zenia god

-Allows for safe travels of Odysseus

-key to continuation of plot of Odyssey

Antinous,Eurymachus,Leodes (problematic)

-Abuse of Begar

-Plot to kill telemachus

-Manipulated by Penelope

-Threat of suitor

-Irus fight

- plot to kill Telemachus

-manipulated by Penelope

-Liked suitor

-Warned by odysseus as beggar

-Killed by telemachus

-suppliant to Odysseus

-priest

-killed for thought of maids

Telemachus,Eumaeus,Athene,Philoetius,penelope

-punishment of maids

-Weapons door left open

-reunited with father

-weapons hidden

-Gives beggar/Oddyseus Bow

-allows Odysseus to enter into palace

-Fights with odysseus

-kills suitors

-Proposes bow trial

-Allows for odysseus to acquire bow

-shares nous in manipulation of suitors

-Aegis

-defends Heroes

-Blocks all arrows

-scares suitors

Ponelope,Clitenestra,Circie,Calypso,Athene,Nausicaa

-wife of Odysseus

-ideal wife

-shares nous with Odysseus

-Homophrosyne

-Opposite to penelope

-transgressive kills husband

-avenged by son

-Daughter of phetian king

-Helps Odysseus

-un married

-Deity

-helps Odysseus

-problematic zenia(turns crew to animals)

-dominated by Odysseus

-tells Odysseus of Tiresias

-Deity

-problematic zenia refuses to allow odysseus to leave

-overpowers odysseus (problematic)

-subverts gender roles