Question

Read the passage from the Odyssey. Dear friends, more than one man, or two, should know those things Circe foresaw for us and shared with me, so let me tell her forecast; then we die with our eyes open, if we are going to die, or know what death we battle if we can. Sirens weaving a haunting song over the sea we are to shun, she said, and their green shore all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I alone should listen to their song. Therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if I shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me. Who are the major characters in the passage? Circe and the Sirens Helios and Perimedes the sailors and friends the sun and sea gods

Answer 1

The sailors and friends.

In this, Odysseus is addressing his crew after learning from Circe of the Sirens and their powerful voices. The Sun and sea gods have not been introduced yet (which leaves out Helios and Perimedes also) and Circe/the Sirens are the subjects, not the major characters.