The Oracles of Troy (The Adventures of Odysseus)

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Achilles

–

Myrmidon prince, killed by Paris

Aeneas

–

Dardanian prince, the son of Anchises

Agamemnon

–

king of Mycenae, leader of the Greeks

Ajax (greater)

–

king of Salamis, killed himself after being sent mad by the gods

Ajax (lesser)

–

king of Locris

Alybas

–

home city of Eperitus, in northern Greece

Anchises

–

king of the Dardanians, allies of Troy

Andromache

–

wife of Hector

Antenor

–

Trojan elder

Anticleia

–

Odysseus’s mother

Antinous

–

Ithacan noble, son of Eupeithes

Antiphus

–

Ithacan guardsman

Apheidas

–

Trojan commander, father of Eperitus

Aphrodite

–

goddess of love

Apollo

–

archer god, associated with music, song and healing

Arceisius

–

Ithacan soldier, murdered by Apheidas

Ares

–

god of war

Artemis

–

moon-goddess associated with childbirth, noted for her virginity and vengefulness

Astyanax

–

infant son of Hector and Andromache

Astynome

–

daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo

Astyoche

–

daughter of Priam and mother of Eurypylus

Athena

–

goddess of wisdom and warfare

Aulis

–

sheltered bay in the Euboean Straits

C

Calchas

–

priest of Apollo, adviser to Agamemnon

Cassandra

–

Trojan princess, daughter of Priam

Clymene

–

servant to Apheidas and mother of Palamedes

Clytaemnestra

–

queen of Mycenae and wife of Agamemnon

D

Dardanus

–

city to the north of Troy

Deidameia

–

mother of Neoptolemus and widow of Achilles

Deiphobus

–

Trojan prince, younger brother of Hector and Paris

Demeter

–

goddess of agriculture

Diocles

–

Spartan soldier

Diomedes

–

king of Argos

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Elpenor

–

Ithacan soldier

Epaltes

–

Argive soldier

Epeius

–

Greek craftsman and notorious coward

Eperitus

–

captain of Odysseus’s guard

Eumaeus

–

swineherd and faithful slave to Laertes

Eupeithes

–

member of the Kerosia

Euryalus

–

companion of Diomedes

Eurybates

–

Odysseus’s squire

Eurylochus

–

Ithacan soldier, cousin of Odysseus

Eurypylus

–

Mysian king, grandson of Priam

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Hades

–

god of the Underworld

Halitherses

–

former captain of Ithacan royal guard, given joint charge of Ithaca in Odysseus’s absence

Hecabe

–

Trojan queen, wife of King Priam

Hector

–

Trojan prince, killed by Achilles

Helen

–

former queen of Sparta, now wife of Paris

Helenus

–

son of Priam and Hecabe

Hephaistos

–

god of fire; blacksmith to the Olympians

Heracles

–

greatest of all Greek heroes

Hestia

–

the goddess of the hearth

Hippodameia

–

wife of Pelops

I

Idaeus

–

herald to King Priam

Idomeneus

–

king of Crete

Ilium

–

the region of which Troy was the capital

Ilus

–

founder of Troy, grandfather of Priam

Iphigenia

–

daughter of Eperitus and Clytaemnestra, sacrificed by Agamemnon

Ithaca

–

island in the Ionian Sea

K

Kerosia

–

Ithacan council meeting

L

Laertes

–

Odysseus’s father

Lemnos

–

island in the Aegean Sea

M

Menelaus

–

king of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon and cuckolded husband of Helen

Menestheus

–

king of Athens

Mentor

–

close friend of Odysseus, given joint charge of Ithaca in Odysseus’s absence

Mycenae

–

most powerful city in Greece, situated in north-eastern Peloponnese

Myrmidons

–

the followers of Achilles

Myrtilus

–

King Oenomaus’s charioteer

Mysia

–

region to the south-east of Troy

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Neoptolemus

–

son of Achilles and Deidameia

Neriton (Mount)

–

highest point on Ithaca

Nestor

–

king of Pylos

Nisus

–

Ithacan elder

O

Odysseus

–

king of Ithaca

Oenomaus

–

king of Pisa, killed in a chariot race against Pelops

Oenops

–

member of the Kerosia

Omeros

–

Ithacan soldier and bard

P

Palamedes

–

Nauplian prince, executed for treason

Palladium

–

sacred image of Athena’s companion, Pallas

Pandion

–

murdered king of Alybas

Paris

–

Trojan prince, eldest remaining son of King Priam

Parnassus (Mount)

–

mountain in central Greece and home of the Pythian oracle

Peisandros

–

Myrmidon commander

Peloponnese

–

southernmost landmass of Greek mainland, named after Pelops

Pelops

–

grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus

Penelope

–

queen of Ithaca and wife of Odysseus

Penthesilea

–

queen of the Amazons, slain by Achilles

Pergamos

–

the citadel of Troy

Philoctetes

–

Malian archer, deserted by the Greeks on Lemnos

Pisa

–

region in the north-western Peloponnese

Pleisthenes

–

youngest son of Menelaus and Helen

Podaleirius

–

famed healer, son of Asclepius

Polites

–

Ithacan warrior

Polyctor

–

member of the Kerosia

Poseidon

–

god of the sea

Priam

–

king of Troy

Pythoness

–

high priestess of the Pythian oracle

S

Scamander

–

river on the Trojan plain

Simöeis

–

river on the Trojan plain

Sthenelaus

–

companion of Diomedes

T

Talthybius

–

squire to Agamemnon

Taphians

–

pirate race from Taphos

Telemachus

–

son of Odysseus and Penelope

Tenedos

–

island off the coast of Ilium

Teucer

–

famed archer, half-brother and companion to Great Ajax

Theano

–

priestess of Athena and wife of Antenor

Thebes

–

northern Greek city, sacked by Diomedes

Thetis

–

chief of the Nereids and mother of Achilles

Trechos

–

Argive soldier

Troy

–

chief city of Ilium

X

xenia

–

the custom of friendship towards strangers

Z

Zacynthos

–

southernmost of the Ionian islands under Odysseus’s rule

Zeus

–

the king of the gods