Athos A dog that belonged to Bloom's father, Rudolph. In his suicide note, the senior Bloom asked Bloom to care for the animal. Athos corresponds to Odysseus's Argos, the faithful dog who waited for his master's return; after Odysseus returned, the dog died.
Alec Bannon Bannon, part of Buck Mulligan's circle, met Milly Bloom, Bloom's 15-year-old daughter, after Bloom sent her away to Mullingar to study photography in order to get her out of the house during the affair of Boylan and Molly. Bannon appears with Mulligan at Dr. Horne's hospital in "The Oxen of the Sun" and discusses Milly.
Philip Beaufoy Beaufoy writes shoddy short stories for Titbits, and Bloom, thinking that Beaufoy is a fine writer, dreams of imitating him, especially his prize-winning "Matcham's Masterstroke."
Richard Irvine Best Best was assistant director (and then director after 1904) of Dublin's National Library and appears in "Scylla and Charybdis."
A Blind Stripling Bloom reveals his charitable nature in "The Lestrygonians" by helping this young man cross the street; later, the youth turns up as the blind piano tuner in "The Sirens." The stripling is bumped into by Lamppost Farrell in "The Wandering Rocks."
Leopold Bloom Joyce's 20th-century Odysseus-Ulysses figure; his wife is Molly, and he is an ad canvasser for the Freeman's Journal. For further discussion, see Character Analyses.
Marcus J. Bloom This Bloom is the dental surgeon mentioned in "The Wandering Rocks." He is no relation to the protagonist, and his name provides one of the "traps" in the episode.
Milly Bloom Bloom's 15-year-old daughter (See Alec Bannon); she is attractive, as is her mother, and she is apparently also a bit hefty. Although she is dating Bannon, she has not yet lost her virginity, even though her mother is "corrupted" by Boylan on June 16. Milly is a feisty lass, and often Molly has had to curb her insolence. Bloom's thoughts of Milly emphasize his stress concerning the passing of time: Milly is experiencing her first love at approximately the same age as Molly experienced hers, with Lieutenant Mulvey on Gibraltar.
Molly Bloom Joyce's earth goddess, she is similar to Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Although her appearance in Ulysses occupies only a small part of the novel, her presence is felt throughout. For further discussion, see Character Analyses.
