Books I-VII Flashcards
son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most
Antinous
“We must see…”
King Alcinous to his councilors
a weeding gift from Penelope’s father; father of Melanthius and Melantho
Dolius
“Sons are seldom …”
Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus
the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios
Hyperion
king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus
Polyphemus
“They say the Myrmidons…”
Nestor to Telemachus
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
“I am not fond of crying …”
Pisistratus to Menelaus
plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death
Elysium
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
“I often grieve, as I sit here in my house …”
Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus
“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”
Homer to the Muse
