Character Encyclopedia

All eighteen figures in the test — what each of them actually does in the source text, and where the film departs from it.

• OdysseusKing of Ithaca
• PenelopeQueen of Ithaca
• TelemachusPrince of Ithaca
• AthenaGoddess of Wisdom and Strategy
• AntinousLeader of the Suitors
• CalypsoGoddess of Ogygia
• CirceGoddess of Sorcery
• PolyphemusThe Cyclops
• EurylochusOdysseus' Second-in-Command
• EumaeusThe Loyal Swineherd
• MelanthoThe Disloyal Maid
• HelenQueen of Sparta
• ClytemnestraQueen of Mycenae
• AgamemnonKing of Mycenae
• MenelausKing of Sparta
• MentorTelemachus' Guardian
• ArgosHiddenThe Dog Who Waited Twenty Years
• The SirenHiddenThe Voice on the Rocks
• ZeusKing of Olympus
• HeraQueen of Olympus
• PoseidonGod of the Sea
• DemeterGoddess of Grain and Harvest
• ApolloGod of Light, Prophecy and Music
• ArtemisGoddess of the Hunt and the Moon
• AresGod of War
• AphroditeGoddess of Love and Beauty
• HephaestusGod of the Forge
• HermesGod of Messengers and Boundaries
• DionysusGod of Wine and Ecstasy
• HadesLord of the Underworld
• HestiaGoddess of the Hearth
• PersephoneQueen of the Underworld
• HecateGoddess of Crossroads and Witchcraft
• NikeHiddenGoddess of Victory
• NemesisHiddenGoddess of Retribution