The Odyssey Character Quiz

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The main hero; wants to get home to his wife and son

The wife of the above; has been avoiding remarriage for years

The son of the above; thinks his father is dead

An immortal goddess who lives alone on an island; kept the main hero captive for many years

A demi-goddess who also lives on an island; turns the hero's crew into pigs

A mortal princess who discovers the hero by a river

The father of the above; king of Scherie who hosts the hero

Goddess of wisdom and warfare; helps the hero throughout

God of the oceans; tries to kill the hero as revenge for him blinding his son

Son of the above; is a monstrous cyclops who eats some of the hero's crew

A group of insolent, rude young men; have been trying to court the hero's wife for many years

Leader of the suitors; is the most rude and is the first to die

God of travel, thievery, messengers etc.; acts as Zeus' messenger and helps the hero a few times

A minor sea goddess; aids the hero by giving him a veil to prevent him from drowning

Former nurse of the hero; recognises him by a scar on his leg

The mother of the hero; now a ghost in the underworld

A bard who serves at the palace of the Phaeacian king; sings about Troy and the extramarital affair of the goddess Aphrodite with Ares

Loyal swineherd who serves in the hero's palace

The most powerful Greek warrior at Troy; a ghost in the underworld

The greatest Greek hero of all time who completed 12 labours; a ghost in the underworld

A loyal cowherd who served in the hero's palace

A former king of Mycenae who went to Troy but was murdered by his wife at home; a ghost in the underworld

Brother of the above, still alive; happily remarried to the below

Most beautiful woman in the world; recovered from Troy and happily reunited with her real husband

King of Pylos who went to Troy; tries to help the hero's son