Odysseus

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• Leucothea Saves Odysseus
  Shipwrecked hero rescued by Leucothea
• Tyndareus and the Suitors of Helen
  Associated with the plan for the oath
• Antenor and the Embassy to Troy
  Greek envoy seeking Helen's return
• The Trojan War
  King of Ithaca and strategist
• The Death of Palamedes
  Enemy of Palamedes in later tradition
• Philoctetes Abandoned on Lemnos
  Returns to bring Philoctetes back
• Helenus and the Fate of Troy
  Greek hero associated with Helenus' capture
• The Return of Philoctetes
  Greek commander sent to retrieve Philoctetes
• The Madness and Death of Ajax
  Receives Achilles' armour
• The Trojan Horse
  Greek hero especially associated with the stratagem of the wooden horse
• The Fall of Troy
  Associated with the Wooden Horse stratagem
• Telemachus and the Suitors
  Absent father whose household is occupied by the suitors
• The Lotus-Eaters
  Hero whose companions are endangered by the Lotus-Eaters' food
• Calypso and Odysseus
  Hero longing to return to Ithaca
• The Odyssey
  Central hero
• Aeolus and the Bag of Winds
  Receives the bag of winds
• Odysseus and Polyphemus
  Escaping hero
• The Laestrygonians
  Hero whose fleet is attacked and almost completely destroyed
• Circe and Odysseus
  Central hero
• Odysseus and the Sirens
  Hero who hears the Sirens while bound to his ship's mast
• Scylla and Charybdis
  Navigator
• Odysseus in the Underworld
  Hero who travels to the realm of the dead
• Nausicaa and Odysseus
  Shipwrecked hero who receives help from Nausicaa
• The Contest of the Bow
  Owner of the bow who reveals his identity by completing the contest
• The Return to Ithaca
  Returns in disguise and reclaims his household
• The Theft of the Palladium
  Steals the Palladium