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Book 12 Character List Elpenor – Elpenor was a comrade of Odysseus’s. He survived the Trojan War. He dies and Odysseus has to burry him in book 12

Kirke - The witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus’s crew into swine when he lands on her island. With Hermes’ help, Odysseus doesn’t fall for Kirke’s powers and then becomes her lover, living at her side for a year.

Skylla – A six-headed monster who swallows one sailor for each head when ships pass.

Kharybdis – An enormous whirlpool that threatens to swallow the entire ship

Eurylochus – Persuades Odysseus to let his crew rest on the Island of Helios. He also persuades Odysseus’s crew to slaughter the sun cattle.

Helios – Helios is the lord of nune. He owns cattle on his island. When Helios finds out that Odysseus’s crew slaughtered the cattle, he tells Zeus to punish them.