# Proteus — The Odyssey character guide

> Proteus in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Egyptian Proteus

**First appearance:** 0004-book-iii-interview-of-telemachus-with-nestor

## Who they are

A shape-shifting sea god who Menelaus captures to learn how to return home.

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