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Calypso
a sea goddess who lives on the island of Ogygia
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Alcinous
the king of Phaeacians
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Circe
a goddess and enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea
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Zeus
the chief of the Greek gods and goddesses; father of Athena and Apollo
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Cicones
allies of the Trojans, who live at Ismarus
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Lotus Eaters
inhabitants of a land Odysseus visits
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Cyclopes
a race of one-eyed giants; an individual member of the race is a Cyclops
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Apollo
the god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine
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Poseidon
the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses; father of the Cyclops who battles Odysseus
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Aeolus
the guardian of the winds
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Laestrygones
cannibal inhabitants of a distant land
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Eurylochus
a trusted officer of Odysseus'
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Hermes
the god of invention, commerce, and cunning; messenger of the gods
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Persephone
the wife of the ruler of the underworld
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Tiresias of Thebes
a blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld
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Sirens
creatures, part woman and part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death
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Scylla
a six-headed sea monster who devours sailors
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Charybdis
a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster
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Helios
the sun god, who pastures his cattle on the island of Thrinacia
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Antinous
a suitor of Penelope's
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Eurymachus
a suitor of Penelope's
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Eumaeus
a servant in Odysseus' household
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Philoetius
a servant in Odysseus' household
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Eurycleia
an old female servant, still loyal to Odysseus
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