The Odyssey | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Achilles - This character would rather be a servant to a humble estate than a leader among the dead.

Achilleus - This is another name for Achilles.

Aeacides - This is another name for Achilles.

Aeolus - This character is the steward of the winds.

Agamemnon - This character is murdered by his wife's new husband upon returning from war.

Aias - This is another name for Ajax

Ajax (Oilean, the Lesser) - This hero is struck down by the gods for being boastful about surviving a shipwreck on his way back from...
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