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Greek-Roman Lit, Poetry, Comedy & Myth > 3 Homer - Iliad - Lattimore & Wilcock > Flashcards

3 Homer - Iliad - Lattimore & Wilcock Flashcards

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Agenor

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Agenor (ah JEN or): King of Tyre, Phoenicia; father of Cadmus [TPC]

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Apollo

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Apollo (uh PAA low): god of music, prophecy, archery [MPA]

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Ares

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Ares (AIR ees): Greek god of war; ally of Troy

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Artemis

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Artemis (ARE tah muss): goddess of hunting; protectress of young girls

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Asclepius

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Asclepius (uh SKLEE pee uhs): god of medicine, his teacher was the centaur Chiron (KIGH ruhn)

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Athos

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Athos: mountain and peninsula in the northern Aegean Sea

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Aulis

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Aulis (AWL is): a port in the narrows, west the island of Euboea (you-BE-ah)

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Boeotia

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Boeotia (bee OW she-uh): east central Greece; north of Attica separated by Cithaeron (suh-THEE-run) mountains

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Boreas

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Boreas: north wind

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Cassandra

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Cassandra (kuh SAN druh): daughter of Priam; uttered true prophecies, but was never believed; predicted the ruin of Troy

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Charon
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Chiron

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Charon (Keh ruhn; Karin): ferryman who conveyed dead souls across the river Styx
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Chiron (KIGH ruhn): wisest Centaur; instructor of Asclepius (uh SKLEE pee uhs)

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Chryses

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Chryses (CRY-sez): city in southwestern Troad

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Chryseis

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Chryseis (cry-SEE-us): daughter of priest Chryses; taken as war-prize by Agamemnon

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Eëtion

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Eëtion (eee-shun): father of Andromache (ann-DRA-muh-key); King of Thebes-under-Plakos [AKT]

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Euboea

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Euboea (you-BE-ah): large island east of central Greece

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Ganymede

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Ganymede (GAN-uh-mead): a beautiful youth carried off to be the cupbearer of the gods

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Glaucus

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Glaucus (glau·kuhs): Lycian (LIS-she-uh-n) ally of Troy [GLT]

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Helen

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Helen: carried off by Paris; caused Trojan War; wife of Menelaus (meh nah LAY us)

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Hellesponte

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Hellesponte (HELL-ush-spont): the Dardanelles Strait in modern-day Turkey

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Hermes

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Hermes (HER mees): messenger; god of commerce; Roman Mercury

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Hesperides

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Hesperides (hus PEAR uh deez): nymphs; light at sunset

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Hyperion

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Hyperion (hai PEE ree uhn): ‘one who goes before’, father of Helios (sun)

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Ida

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Ida: mountain and range, in southern Troad

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Illion

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Illion (I-leon): early Greek name for the city of Troy

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Iris

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Iris (EYE-rus): Greek rainbow goddess and messenger

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