Thetis a sea goddess, the mother of Achilles.
Nestor ruler of Pylos and eldest of the Greek leaders.
Old Man of the Sea Proteus the shape-shifter, servant of Poseidon.
Dionysus god of wine for whom a cult is named, celebrating the power and fertility of nature.
Cephallenians Fagles and Knox (p. 525) point out that the term is used to refer to all of Odysseus' subjects, but specifically residents of an island west of Ithaca that is part of his kingdom.
