Books I-IX Flashcards
plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death
Elysium
son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon
Eurymachus
a weeding gift from Penelope’s father; father of Melanthius and Melantho
Dolius
“I am not fond of crying …”
Pisistratus to Menelaus
son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most
Antinous
the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios
Hyperion
“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”
Homer to the Muse
father of Penelope; brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra
Icarius
“Sons are seldom …”
Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus
youngest son of Nestor who, like Telemachus, was too young to go to Troy
Pisistratus
“If Odysseus is the man …”
Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus
loyal servant of Penelope; herald in Odysseus’ house; suitors’ favorite servant
Medon
son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; killed Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father’s death
Orestes
old man of the sea; an immortal Egyptian able to charge shape at will
Proteus
daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia
Calypso
“I often grieve, as I sit here in my house …”
Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus
“They say the Myrmidons…”
Nestor to Telemachus
king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus
Polyphemus
daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete who soon hoped to marry
Nausicaa
“May heaven grant you …”
Odysseus to Nausicaa
daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous
Arete
favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian
Laodamas
“We must see…”
King Alcinous to his councilors
goddess who lived on Aeaea; daughter of Hyperion, the sun god
Circe
“Let us ask the stranger …”
Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)
Trojan allies who lived in Thrace in the city of Ismarus; Odysseus raided them
Cicones
eating lotus made them - and their visitors - forget home and want to stay their forever
lotus-eaters
clan of one-eyed giants who herded sheep and goats, had no farms or ships
Cyclopes
Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa
Polyphemes
“Firstly, then, I will tell you my name …”
Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians
