Odyssey Living Reader · Lexicon

Characters

Core cast for the voyage, the Poet as Narrator (outside the scene), Supporting figures for lookup, and dual-identity cards so audience knowledge and hall appearance stay distinct — without game stats. Print/PDF later.

← Living Reader home Book I Homer · Narrator card Poet frame Great Hall (beta)

Look up a name from the Odyssey — then read the visit free. No account. Start with the first dual pair: Athena · Mentes · Mentor. Then Book I.

On Book I, open Explore deeper → Board — who meets whom in this visit. Book I.

Names have a say-line on each card. On Book I, Explore deeper → Words — xenia, nostos, and the first epithet.

Core cast

Also shown on the main Reader page. Faces of the everlasting epic.

Narrator · Poet

Homer sings to the audience. He is not a body in the hall. Open the card the same way you open Core Cast. Calliope remains Muse companion — no separate card in this drop.

Supporting cast

Lookup figures — guest-friends, suitors, household song. Text-first until portraits arrive.

Dual-identity cards · LIVE

First pair · live

Apparent form is what the hall encounters. True form is what the poem has already told the audience. First pair: Athena (true) · Mentes (Book I guest) · Mentor (later Ithacan form).

Book I apparent form

Mentes — Taphian guest at the door

True form

Athena — the goddess the poem names

Later Ithacan form

Mentor — elder whose form she takes from Book II

Knowledge split Characters know: a Taphian guest named Mentes
Audience knows: grey-eyed Athena in that form

Data contract: dualIdentity · apparentForm · trueForm · knowledgeSplit in characters.json. Print/PDF later (Phase C).