This page provides audio clips in .wav format. They are set to embed in your browser -- a play button should automatically appear next to each name. **If you have trouble with the clips on this page, proper pronunciations of all these names are written phonetically in the "Glossary" at the back of the translation of the Odyssey we're using for class.
Main Characters
Suitors
Odysseus
Penelope
Telemachus
Amphimedon
Antinous
Eurynomus
Polybus
Olympian Gods
Aphrodite
Artemis
Ares
Athena
Demeter
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Phoebus
Poseidon
Zeus
Minor Gods
Races
Aeolus
Helios
Persephone
Argives
Danaans
Laestrygonians
Kings, Queens, and Heroes
Achilles
Aegisthus
Agamemnon
Atrides (=son/s of Atreus)
Alcinous
Arete
Atreus
Ajax
Clytemnestra
Eumaeus
Laertes
Menelaus
Nausicaa
Orestes
Patroclus
Pisistratus
Priam
Tiresias
Nymphs
Places
Calypso
Circe
Achaea
Ithaca
Lacedaemon
Mycenae
Phaeacia
Pylos
Monsters
Charybdis
Polyphemus
Scylla
The Pronunciation Guide uses embedded sound clips in .wav format.
Relevant genealogical information:
Timeline of Relevant Events
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