DAMASTOR (da-mas’-tor): father of Agelaus, ref.
DANAANS (da’-nay-unz): alternative name for the Achaeans, ref.
DAWN: goddess of the morning, wife of Tithonus, ref.
DEATH: Hades, god of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus, Demeter and Poseidon, ref.
DEIPHOBUS (dee-i’-fo-bus): son of Priam; commander in chief of the Trojans after Hector’s death; consort of Helen after the death of Paris, ref.
DELOS (dee’-los): Aegean island in the Cyclades, sacred to Apollo, ref.
DEMETER (dee-mee’-tur): goddess of the grain crops, sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone, ref. See note ref.
DEMODOCUS (dee-mo’-do-kus): blind singer of the Phaeacians, ref.
DEMOPTOLEMUS (dee-mop-to’-le-mus): suitor killed by Odysseus, ref.
DEUCALION (dew-kay’-li-on): king of Crete, son of Minos, father of Idomeneus, ref.
DIA (deye’-ah): a small island off the northern shore of Crete, ref.
DIOCLES (deye’-o-kleez): son of Ortilochus, king of Phera, ref.
DIOMEDES (deye-o-mee’-deez): son of Tydeus, king of Argos, ref.
DIONYSUS (deye-o-neye’-sus): son of Zeus and Semele, the god of ecstatic release, especially associated with wine, ref.
DMETOR (dmee’-tor): son of Iasus (2), king of Cyprus, ref.
DODONA (doh-doh’-na): site in Thesprotia, in northwestern Greece; the sanctuary of an oracle of Zeus, whose prophecies were communicated through the rustling of the leaves of a great oak, ref.
DOLIUS (do’-li-us): an old manservant, attached to Penelope, father of Melanthius and Melantho, ref.
DORIANS (doh’-ri-unz): a people identified as Cretans by Odysseus, ref.
DULICHION (dew-li’-ki-on): island near Ithaca, off the western coast of Greece, ref.
DYMAS (deye’-mas): Phaeacian noble, ref.
EARTH: mother of Tityus, ref.
ECHENEUS (e-ke-nee’-us): Phaeacian elder, ref.
ECHEPHRON (e-ke’-fron): son of Nestor, ref.
ECHETUS (e’-ke-tus): brutal king, perhaps in western Greece, ref.
EGYPT: the country in Africa, ref.
EIDOTHEA (eye-do’-the-a): sea-nymph, daughter of Proteus, ref.
ELATUS (e’-la-tus): suitor killed by Eumaeus, ref.
ELIS (ee’-lis): realm of the Epeans, in the northwestern Peloponnese, bordering Nestor’s Pylos, ref.
ELPENOR (el-pee’-nor): companion of Odysseus, ref.
ELYSIAN FIELDS (ee-li’-zhun): distant home of the fortunate after death, ref.
ENIPEUS (e-neye’-pyoos): river in Thessaly, ref.
EPEANS (e-pee’-unz): people of Elis and Buprasion, in the northwestern Peloponnese, ref.
EPEUS (e-pee’-us): builder of the Trojan horse, ref.
EPHIALTES (e-fi-al’-teez): giant, son of Iphimedeia and Poseidon, brother of Otus, killed by Apollo, ref. See note ad loc.
EPHYRA (e’-fi-ra): city in Thesprotia, in northwestern Greece, ref.
EPICASTE (e-pi-kas’-tee): Jocasta, mother and wife of Oedipus, ref. See note ad loc.
EREBUS (e’-re-bus): the underworld, ref.
ERECHTHEUS (e-rek’-thyoos): first king of Athens, reared by Athena, ref.
EREMBIANS (e-rem’-bi-unz): people visited by Menelaus, ref.
ERIPHYLE (e-ri-feye’-lee): wife of Amphiaraus, ref. See note ad loc.
ERYMANTHUS (e-ri-man’-thus): mountain in the northwest Peloponnese, ref.
ETEONEUS (ee-tee-ohn’-yoos): attendant of Menelaus, ref.
ETHIOPIANS (ee-thee-oh’-pi-unz): ref, people of ETHIOPIA (ee-thee-oh’-pi-a), a far-off country to the east and a favorite haunt of Poseidon, ref.
EUANTHES (yoo-an’-theez): father of Maron, ref.
EUBOEA (yoo-bee’-a): large island lying off the coast of eastern Greece, ref.
EUENOR (yoo-ee’-nor): father of Leocritus, ref.
EUMAEUS (yoo-mee’-us): swineherd of Odysseus, ref. See note ad loc.
EUMELUS (yoo-mee’-lus): husband of Iphthime, brother-in-law of Penelope, ref.
EUPITHES (yoo-peye’-theez): father of Antinous, killed by Laertes, ref.
EURYADES (yoo-reye’-a-deez): suitor killed by Telemachus, ref.
EURYBATES (yoo-ri’-ba-teez): herald of Odysseus, ref.
EURYCLEIA (yoo-ri-kleye’-a): the old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope, ref.
EURYDAMAS (yoo-ri’-da-mas): suitor killed by Odysseus, ref.
EURYDICE (yoo-ri’-di-see): daughter of Clymenus, wife of Nestor, ref.
EURYLOCHUS (yoo-ri’-lo-kus): kin of Odysseus, and his second in command, ref.
EURYMACHUS (yoo-ri’-ma-kus): one of the two leading suitors, son of Polybus, and killed by Odysseus, ref.
EURYMEDON (yoo-ri’-me-don): king of the Giants, father of Periboea, ref.
EURYMEDUSA (yoo-ri-me-doo’-sa): nurse and servant of Nausicaa, ref.
EURYMUS (yoo’-ri-mus): father of Telemus, prophet of the Cyclops, ref.
EURYNOME (yoo-ri’-no-mee): housekeeper of Penelope, ref.
EURYNOMUS (yoo-ri’-no-mus): suitor, son of Aegyptius, ref.
EURYPYLUS (yoo-ri’-pi-lus): son of Telephus, leader of the Ceteans, ref.
EURYTION (yoo-ri’-ti-on): drunken Centaur, ref.
EURYTUS (yoo’-ri-tus): king of Oechalia, archer killed by Apollo, ref.
FURIES: avenging spirits whose task it is to exact blood for blood when no human avenger is left alive. They are particularly concerned with injuries done by one member of a family to another; and they have regulatory powers as well, as when they punish Oedipus for marrying his mother and driving her to suicide; ref, see ref.
GERAESTUS (je-ree’-stus): promontory on the island of Euboea, ref.
GORGON (gor’-gon): fabulous female monster whose glance could turn a person into stone, ref. See note ref.
GORTYN (gor’-tin): city in Crete, ref.
GRACES: attendant goddesses, daughters of Zeus who personify beauty and charm, often associated with the arts and the Muses, ref.
GREAT BEAR: constellation, also called the Wagon and the Big Dipper, ref. See note ref.
GYRAE (jeye’-ree): rocky headland somewhere in the Aegean Sea, ref.
HALITHERSES (ha-li-thur’-seez): Ithacan elder with prophetic powers, ref.
HALIUS (ha’-li-us): Phaeacian, son of Alcinous and Arete, ref.
HEBE (hee’-bee): goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera, servant of the gods, ref.
HELEN (he’-len): daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Menelaus, consort of Paris; her abduction by him from Sparta caused the Trojan War, ref. See notes ref, ref.
HELIOS (hee’-li-os): the Sun, ref. See note ref.
HELLAS (hel’-as): the district ruled by Achilles, later called Thessaly, as well as a name for Greece in general, ref.
HELLESPONT (hel’-es-pont): strait between the Troad and Thrace (the Dardanelles), ref.
HEPHAESTUS (he-fees’-tus): god of fire, the great artificer, son of Hera, husband of Aphrodite, ref. See notes ref, ref.
HERA (hee’-ra): goddess, daughter of Cronus and Rhea, wife and sister of Zeus, ref. See notes ref, ref.
HERACLES (her’-a-kleez): son of Zeus and Alcmena; the hero of the Labors, who after death divides his time between the underworld and Olympus, ref. See notes ref, ref.
HERMES (hur’-meez): god, son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the gods, giant-killer, and guide of dead souls to the underworld, ref. See notes ref, ref.
HERMIONE (hur-meye’-o-nee): daughter of Menelaus and Helen, ref.
HIPPODAMIA (hi-po-da-meye’-a): maid of Penelope, ref.
HIPPOTAS (hip’-o-tas): father of Aeolus, ref.
HUNTER: constellation (otherwise called Orion), ref. See note ref.
HYLAX (heye’-lax): fictitious father of Castor (2), ref.
HYPERESIA (hi-pe-ree’-si-a): city in Achaea, home of Polyphides, ref.
HYPERIA (hi-pe-reye’-a): former land of the Phaeacians, near to the Cyclops, ref.
; HYPERION (heye-pee’-ri-on): alternative name of the sungod, Helios, ref. See note ad loc.
IARDANUS (i-ar’-da-nus): river in Crete, ref.
IASION (eye-a’-si-on): son of Zeus and Electra, loved by Demeter, ref. See note ref.
IASUS (eye’-a-sus): (1) father of Amphion (2), ref. (2) Father of Dmetor, ref.
ICARIUS (eye-ka’-ri-us): father of Penelope and brother of Tyndareus, ref.
ICMALIUS (ik-ma’-li-us): Ithacan craftsman who made Penelope’s chair, ref.
IDOMENEUS (eye-do’-men-yoos): Achaean, son of Deucalion, commander of the Cretan contingent at Troy, ref. See note ref.
ILIUM (il’-i-um): Troy, the city of Ilus, ref.
ILUS (eye’-lus): lord of Ephyra, son of Mermerus, ref.
INO (eye’-noh): (Leucothea), daughter of Cadmus, once a mortal and now a sea-nymph, ref. See note ad loc.
IOLCOS (i-ol’-kos): city in Thessaly, home of Pelias, where Jason sought the golden fleece, ref.
IPHICLUS (eye’-fi-klus): king of Phylace, ref.
IPHIMEDEIA (eye-fi-me-deye’-a): wife of Aloeus, mother of Otus and Ephialtes by Poseidon, ref.
IPHITUS (eye’-fi-tus): son of Eurytus, killed by Heracles, ref.
IPHTHIME (if-theye’-mee): wife of Eumelus, sister of Penelope, ref.
IRUS (eye’-rus): nickname of Ithacan beggar whose true name is Arnaeus, ref. See note ref.
ISMARUS (iz’-ma-rus): Thracian city, home of the Cicones, ref.
ITHACANS (ith’-a-kunz): ref, people of ITHACA (ith’-a-ka), home of Odysseus, Ionian island off the western coast of Greece, ref.
ITHACUS (ith’-a-kus): builder of a well on Ithaca, ref.
ITYLUS (it’-i-lus): son of Zethus and Pandareus’ daughter, who was transformed into a nightingale, ref. See note ref.
JAGGED ISLANDS: a cluster of islands between Elis and Ithaca, ref.
JASON (jay’-son): leader of the Argonauts and captain of the ship Argo, ref. See notes ref, ref.
LACEDAEMON (la-se-dee’-mon): city and kingdom of Menelaus, in the southern Peloponnese, ref.
LAERCES (lay-er’-seez): goldsmith in Pylos, ref.
LAERTES (lay-er’-teez): son of Arcesius, husband of Anticleia, father of Odysseus, ref.
LAESTRYGONIANS (lee-stri-goh’-ni-unz): legendary clan of giant cannibals, ref.
LAMPETIE (lam-pe’-ti-ee): nymph, daughter of Helios and Neaera, ref.
LAMUS (lam’-us): either the founding king of the Laestrygonians or their major city, ref.
LAODAMAS (lay-o’-da-mas): Phaeacian, son of Alcinous and Arete, ref.
LAPITHS (la’-piths): Thessalian tribe, led by Pirithous, ref. See note ref.
LEDA (lee’-da): wife of Tyndareus and mother of Clytemnestra; mother by Zeus of Castor, Helen and Polydeuces, ref. See note ref.
LEMNOS (lem’-nos): island in the northeastern Aegean, ref. See note ad loc.
LEOCRITUS (lee-o’-kri-tus): suitor killed by Telemachus, ref.
LEODES (lee-oh’-deez): suitor with prophetic gifts, killed by Odysseus, ref.
LESBOS (lez’-bos): island and city off the coast of Asia Minor, south of Troy, ref.
LETO (lee’-toh): goddess, mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus, ref.
LEUCOTHEA (lew-ko’-the-a): Ino’s name after she became a divinity, ref.
LIBYA: the country in Africa as well as a general name for the continent itself, ref.
LOTUS-EATERS: legendary people visited by Odysseus, they live on a plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home, ref.
MAERA (mee’-ra): heroine seen by Odysseus in the underworld, ref.
MAIA (may’-a): mother of Hermes, ref.
MALEA (ma-lee’-a): stormy southeastern cape of the Peloponnese, ref.
MANTIUS (man’-shus): prophet, son of Melampus, grandfather of Theoclymenus, ref.
MARATHON (ma’-ra-thon): village in Attica near Athens, ref.
MARON (mah’-ron): son of Euanthes, priest of Apollo at Ismarus, ref.
MASTOR (mas’-tor): father of Halitherses, ref.
MEDON (mee’-don): herald of Odysseus in Ithaca, ref.
MEGAPENTHES (me-ga-pen’-theez): son of Menelaus by a slave woman, ref.
MEGARA (me’-ga-ra): daughter of Creon, wife of Heracles, ref.
MELAMPUS (me-lam’-pus): famous seer, ref. See note ad loc.
MELANEUS (me’-lan-yoos): father of Amphimedon, ref.
MELANTHIUS (me-lan’-thi-us): son of Dolius, goatherd, ref.
MELANTHO (me-lan’-thoh): daughter of Dolius, maid of Penelope, ref.
MEMNON (mem’-non): son of Tithonus and Dawn, ref. See note ref.
MENELAUS (me-ne-lay’-us): son of Atreus, king of Lacedaemon, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen, ref. See notes, passim.
MENOETIUS (me-nee’-shus): father of Patroclus, ref.
MENTES (men’-teez): son of Anchialus, king of the Taphians, name assumed by Athena in Ithaca, ref.
MENTOR (men’-tor): son of Alcimus, Ithacan friend of Odysseus, often impersonated by Athena, ref. See notes ref, ref.
MERMERUS (mur’-me-rus): father of Ilus, ref.
MESAULIUS (me-saw’-li-us): servant of Eumaeus, ref.
MESSENIANS (me-see’-ni-unz): ref, people of MESSENE (me-see’-nee), a city in Lacedaemon, ref.
MIMAS (meye’-mas): craggy promontory of Asia Minor opposite the island of Chios, ref.
MINOS (meye’-nos): son of Zeus and Europa, king of Crete, father of Deucalion, ref. See note ref.
MINYANS (min’-yunz): people of Orchomenos in east-central Greece, ref.
MULIUS (moo’-li-us): Dulichian herald of Amphinomus, ref.
MUSE: goddess, daughter of Zeus, one of the nine, all told, who preside over literature and the arts and are the sources of artistic inspiration, ref.
MYCENAE (meye-see’-nee): (1) legendary heroine from whom the Argive city took its name, ref. (2) City in the Argolid, Agamemnon’s capital, just to the north of the city of Argos, ref.
MYRMIDONS (mur’-mi-donz): people of Phthia, in southern Thessaly, ruled by King Peleus and commanded at Troy by Achilles, ref.
NAIADS (neye’-adz): water-nymphs, ref.
NAUSICAA (naw-si’-kay-a): daughter of Alcinous and Arete, ref.
NAUSITHOUS (naw-si’-tho-us): son of Poseidon, father of Alcinous and Rhexenor, founder of the Phaeacian settlement on Scheria, ref.
NEAERA (ne-ee’-ra): wife of Helios, mother of Lampetie and Phaëthousa, ref.
NION (neye’-on): alternative name of Mount Neriton, on Ithaca, ref.
NELEUS (neel’-yoos): son of Poseidon and Tyro, father of Nestor, former king of Pylos, ref.
NEOPTOLEMUS (nee-op-to’-le-mus): son of Achilles; married to Hermione, daughter of Helen and Menelaus, ref. See note ref.
NERICUS (nee’-ri-cus): town on the western coast of Greece, captured by Laertes, ref.
NERITON (nee’-ri-ton): mountain on Ithaca, ref.
NERITUS (nee’-ri-tus): builder of a well on Ithaca, ref.
NESTOR (nes’-tor): son of Neleus, king of the Pylians, father of Antilochus, Pisistratus, Thrasymedes and others; the oldest of the Achaean chieftains, ref.
NILE: the famous river of Egypt, ref.
NISUS (neye’-sus): king of Dulichion, father of Amphinomus, ref.
NOËMON (no-ee’-mon): Ithacan, son of Phronius, ref.
OCEAN: the great river that surrounds the world and the god who rules its waters, ref.
ODYSSEUS (o-dis’-yoos): grandson of Arcesius and Autolycus, son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, king of Ithaca and the surrounding islands, ref. See notes, passim.
OECHALIA (ee-kay’-li-a): Thessalian city of Eurytus, ref.
OEDIPUS (ee’-di-pus): son of Laius and Jocasta (Epicaste), her husband as well, and king of Thebes (2), ref. See note ad loc.
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