Books I-VIII Flashcards
“Sons are seldom …”
Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus
old man of the sea; an immortal Egyptian able to charge shape at will
Proteus
loyal servant of Penelope; herald in Odysseus’ house; suitors’ favorite servant
Medon
goddess who lived on Aeaea; daughter of Hyperion, the sun god
Circe
son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon
Eurymachus
“May heaven grant you …”
Odysseus to Nausicaa
“They say the Myrmidons…”
Nestor to Telemachus
son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; killed Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father’s death
Orestes
“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”
Homer to the Muse
“If Odysseus is the man …”
Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus
“I am not fond of crying …”
Pisistratus to Menelaus
daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia
Calypso
father of Penelope; brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra
Icarius
daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous
Arete
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
“Let us ask the stranger …”
Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)
youngest son of Nestor who, like Telemachus, was too young to go to Troy
Pisistratus
son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most
Antinous
“I often grieve, as I sit here in my house …”
Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus
plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death
Elysium
the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios
Hyperion
favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian
Laodamas
a weeding gift from Penelope’s father; father of Melanthius and Melantho
Dolius
“We must see…”
King Alcinous to his councilors
