The Odyssey chapters 1-5 Flashcards
Kleos
renown or glory
In Media res
In the middle of things
Achaeans
3.
an inhabitant of Achaea.
Antinous
noun, Classical Mythology
1.
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
Calypso
was a nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she detained Odysseus for several years. She is generally said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas.
Eurocleia
the daughter of Ops and granddaughter of Peisenor, as well as the wet-nurse of Odysseus.
Lacedaemon
was mythical king of Laconia[1] and son of the chief god Zeus and the Pleaid Taygete.
orestes
was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon.
telemachus
the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer’s Odyssey
nestor
was the son of Neleus and Chloris and the King of Pylos. He became king after Heracles killed Neleus and all of Nestor’s siblings.
epic poem
is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
epithet
is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage.
Aegistus
was the son of Thyestes and of Thyestes’ daughter, Pelopia.
Cytemenstra
in ancient Greek legend, was the wife of Agamemnon, ruler of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae or Argos
Helen
in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri.
