The Odyssey Character Roles
Protagonist
Odysseus, Telemachos
Antagonist
The Suitors (especially Antinoös and Eurymachos), Poseidon
Guide Mentor
Athene
Foil
Klytaimestra, Aphrodite, and Penelope, Odysseus/Telemachos and Agamemnon/Orestes, Klytaimestra and Penelope