4 Homer - Iliad - Lattimore & Wilcock Flashcards
Lemnos
Lemnos: A Greek island in the Aegean sea west of Troy
Lesbos
Lesbos: A Greek island in the Aegean sea south of Troy
Lycia
Lycia (LIS-she-uh): a kingdom on the Anatolian promontory by Rhodes.
Memnon
Memnon (MEM-naan): prince of Aethopia; helped Priam defend Troy [MAP]
Minos
Minos (MY nos): king of Crete; built the labyrinth for the Minotaur [MCM]
Peleus
Peleus (puh LAY uhs): father of Achilles; king of the Myrmidons (MUR·muh·don) [AM]
Pylos
Pylos: Nestor’s powerful kingdom in southwest Greece
Sarpedon
Sarpedon (SAAR-puh-daan): Lycian (LIS-she-uh-n) king allied with Troy [SLT}
Sparta
Sparta: a city and city-state in southern Greece, aka Lacedaemon or Laconia
Cithaeron
Cithaeron (suh-THEE-run): mountains separating Boeotia (bee OW she-uh) from Attica
Myrmidon
Myrmidon (MUR·muh·don): the Thessalonian ‘ant people’ led by Achilles in the Trojan War
Tyre
Tyre: Phoenician port, in modern-day Lebanon, just north of Israel on the Mediterranean
Hector
vs.
Nestor
Hector: Trojan who killed Achilles; son of Priam [TAP]
vs.
Nestor: elderly King of Pylos; counselor to Greeks in Troy [KPG]
Hippodameia
Hippodameia [Hip-oh-day-ME-ah]: aka Briseis (bree-SAY-is)
Advisors
Nestor vs. Antenor
Nestor: King of Pylos; advisor to the Greeks in Troy [KPG]
vs.
Antenor (ann-tuh-know): pro-Greek Trojan who advised King Priam [he was in the ‘know’] [PGT]
Agenor
vs.
Eëtion
Agenor (ah JEN or): King of Tyre, Phoenicia; father of Cadmus, [TPC]
vs.
Eëtion (eee-shun): father of Andromache (ann-DRA-muh-key); King of Thebes-under-Plakos [AKT]
Antenor
vs.
Agenor
Antenor (ann-tuh-know): pro-Greek Trojan who advised King Priam [he was in the ‘know’] [PGT]
vs.
Agenor (ah JEN or): King of Tyre, Phoenicia; father of Cadmus, [TPC]
Where were Sarpedon and Glaucus from?
Lycia
Calchas
Calchas (CAL caws): seer for the Greeks in Aulis and Troy
Helen’s Lineage & sibling
Helen’s Lineage: daughter of Zeus and Leda; sister of Clytemnestra [ZLC]
Hiserlik
Hiserlik aka Hissarlik: modern-day Turkish name for ancient Troy
Levant
Levant: roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, etc.
Odysseus
Odysseus (oh DIS ee us): king of Ithaca; husband of Penelope [IP]
Penthesileia
Penthesileia (PEN-thuh-seal-YUH): Amazon warrioress who fought for Troy; killed by Achilles; daughter of Ares
Propontis
Propontis (pro-PON-tis): The Sea of Marmara; between the Dardanelles Strait and the Bosphorus Strait [MDB]; connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea
