HOMER'S ODYSSEY 21

A Lexicon of Proper Names (and adjectives)

The digital version from HOMER'S ODYSSEY (Munro-Allen 1920) and the lexica come from the Perseus Project, often from its development under Logeion. The lemmatization comes from the Perseus Treebank (Celano, Crane, Almas: 2015).

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Ἀθήνη [2] -ης, ἡ Hom. Ἀθήνη casi siempre c. epít.; trag. dór. Ἀθάνα; lacon. Ἀσάνα Ar.Lys.980; Ἀθηναία inscr. át. arc., A.Eu.288, Ar.Pax 271, Au.828, X.An.7.3.39; jón., ép. Ἀθηναίη Il.2.371, Archil.154.1, Hes.Sc.126, Ar.Eq.763; dór. Ἀθαναία IG 1 3 647 (V a.C.), Pi.O.7.36, Theoc.15.80; argól. Ἀθαναίια Sokolowski 2.27.4 (Argos VI a.C.); eol. Ἀθανάα [-νᾰ-] Alc.325.1, Theoc.28.1; Ἀθνάα IG 1 3 740, 779 (ambas V a.C.); át. contr. Ἀθηνᾶ aparece en inscr. del VI y predomina a partir del IV [ᾰ-] I 1 la diosa Atenea o Atena, Il.1.200, Hes.Fr.33a.22, 31, Hdt.1.60, E.Io 269 • fig. de una pers. ὥσπερ τις Ἀθηνᾶς ψῆφοςcomo el voto de Atenea e.d., el que decide, Philostr.VS 568 • Ἀθηνᾶς γοναίEl nacimiento de Atenea tít. de una obra de Hermipo EM α 1833, Phot.α 1956 • Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόνel santuario de Atenea en Iberia cerca de la ciu. de Ὀδύσσεια (= Oducia?) en Turdetania, Str.3.2.13 • Ἀ. βωμόςAltar de Atenea isla del golfo de Arabia, Ptol.Geog.4.7.11 • Ἀ. νῆσοςisla de Atenea en el mar Jónico, Ael.NA 14.1 • Ἀ. τεῖχοςmuro de Atenea localidad cerca de Panormo, Paus.7.22.10 • identif. c. la diosa Neith egipcia SB 13931.2 (I/II d.C.). 2 entre los pitagóricos, n. del número 7 Theo Sm.p.103. 3 medic., n. de un emplasto Gal.13.494, Orib.Ec.87.8. II la ciudad de Atenas, Od.7.80, E.Hipp.1123 (cód.). DMic. a-ta-na-po-ti-ni-ja.

Ἀντίνοος [10] Antinous, son of Eupeithes, Od. 1.383; prominent among the suitors of Penelope, and the most insolent of them, Od. 2.84, Od. 16.418, Od. 22.22, Od. 24.424.

Ἀπόλλων [3] [Ἀπόλλων Ἀπόλλωνος:]; Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto, and brother of Artemis, like her bringing sudden, painless death (see ἀγανός); god of the sun and of light, Φοῖβος, λυκηγενής, of prophecy (his oracle in Pytho, Od. 8.79), Il. 1.72, Od. 8.488; but not in Homer specifically god of music and leader of the Muses, though he delights the divine assembly with the strains of his lyre, Il. 1.603; defender of the Trojans and their capital, and of other towns in the Trojan domain, Cilla, Chryse, Il. 1.37, Il. 4.507; epithets, ἀκερσεκόμης, ἀφήτωρ, διΐφιλος, ἑκατηβόλος, ἕκατος, ἑκηβόλος, ἑκάεργος, ἰήιος, λᾱοσσόος, παιήων, χρῡσάορος, Σμινθεύς, Φοῖβος.

Ἄργος [1] (1): Argus, the dog of Odysseus, Od. 17.292†.

Αὐτόλυκος [1] Autolycus, father of Anticlēa, and grandfather of Odysseus; he dwelt on Parnassus and was gifted with the sly arts that were inherited by his grandson, Od. 19.394-, Il. 10.267.

Ἀχαιίς

Ἀχαιός [4] 1 Achaean ἐὼν δʼ ἐγγὺς Ἀχαιὸς οὐ μέμψεταί μʼ ἀνὴρ Ἰονίας ὑπὲρ ἁλὸς οἰκέων (i. e. an Achaean from Epirus: Ἀχαιοὶ γὰρ οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Θεσσαλίας ταχθέντες ὑπὸ Νεοπτολέμῳ ἀπεπλάγχθησαν εἰς τὴν Μολοσσίαν καὶ κατῴκησαν εἰς τὴν Ἤπειρον Σ.) N. 7.64 Κλείτωρ καὶ Τεγέα καὶ Ἀχαιῶν ὑψίβατοι πόλιες i. e. of Arkadia N. 10.47 Τυνδαρίδας δʼ ἐν Ἀχαιοῖς ὑψίπεδον Θεράπνας οἰκέων ἕδος i. e. in Sparta I. 1.31 Πρωτεσίλα, τὸ τεὸν δʼ ἀνδρῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐν Θυλάκᾳ τέμενος συμβάλλομαι in Phthiotis in Thessaly I. 1.58 παῖδα ποντίας Θέτιος βιατάν, πιστὸν ἕρκος Ἀχαιῶν i. e. of the Greeks at Troy Pae. 6.85 test. dub., v. fr. 259.

Εὔμαιος [4] Eumaeus, the faithful swine-herd of Odysseus, Od. 14.17-1, Od. 22.267; son of Ctesius, king of the island of Syria; the story of his life, Od. 15.400ff.

Εὐπείθης [2] father of the suitor Antinous, slain by Laertes, Od. 24.523.

Εὐρύκλεια [2] Euryclēa, the nurse of Odysseus, and faithful housekeeper in his palace, Od. 19.357, Od. 2.361.

Εὐρύμαχος [6] son of Polybus, a suitor of Penelope, slain by Odysseus, Od. 1.399, Od. 22.82. (Od.)

Εὐρυτίδης [2] son of Eurytus, Iphitus, guest - friend of Odysseus, Od. 21.14, 37. (Od.)

Εὐρυτίων [1] a Centaur, Od. 21.295†.

Εὔρυτος [1] (εὖ, ἐρύω, ‘Drawer of the Bow’): Eurytus.— (1) son of Actor (or of Poseidon) and Molione, brother of Cteatus (see Ἀκτορίων), with his brother an ally of Augēas against Nestor and the Pylians, Il. 2.621, Il. 11.709ff.— (2) son of Melaneus and Stratonice, king of Oechalia, father of Iole and Iphitus. A celebrated archer, he challenged Apollo to a contest, and was slain by the god, Od. 8.204ff. Odysseus received the bow of Eurytus from his son Iphitus, Od. 21.32ff.

Ἔχετος [1] a barbarous king in Epīrus, Od. 21.308. (Od.)

Ζεύς [5] (Διεύς, root διϝ), gen. Διός, dat. Διί, acc. Δία, voc. Ζεῦ, also gen. Ζηνός, dat. Ζηνί, acc. Ζῆν(α): Zeus (Diespiter, Juppiter; cf. Ζεῦ πάτερ, Il. 3.320), the son of Cronos and the father of gods and men, god of the lightning, the clouds and weather, of time itself, hence ὑψίζυγος, αἰθέρι ναίων, Διὸς ὄμβρος, Διὸς ἑνιαυτοί, εὐρύοπα, ἐρίγδουπος πόσις Ἥρης, αἰγίοχος, ὑψιβρεμέτης, νεφεληγερέτα, κελαινεφής, στεροπηγερέτα, τερψικέραυνος, ἀστεροπητής, ἀργικέραυνος, ἐριβρεμέτης. Zeus is the sender of portents, and the shaper of destiny, πανομφαῖος, Διὸς τάλαντα, etc.; he is the protector of kings, of suppliants, of house and court, and he presides over the fulfilment of oaths, διοτρεφεῖς, διογενεῖς βασιλῆες, Ζεὺς ξείνιος, ἱκετήσιος, ἑρκεῖος. The original meaning of the root of the word is the brightness of the sky, afterwards personified; cf. δῖος, Lat. sub divo.

Ἦλις [1] [Ἦλις ιδος:]; Elis, a division of the Peloponnēsus on the west coast, inhabited in the north by Epeians, in the south by Achaeans, Il. 2.316, Od. 4.635.

Ἡρακλῆς

Ἰθάκη [3] Ithaca.— (1) the native island of Odysseus, with Mts. Neritus, Neius, and Corax, and the harbor Reithrum. Epithets, ἀμφίαλος, εὐδείελος, ἐυκτιμένη, κραναή, παιπαλόεσσα, τρηχεῖα.— (2) the city, at the foot of Mt. Neius, Od. 3.81, cf. Od. 16.322.—Ἰθάκηνδε, to Ithaca.—Ἰθακήσιος: inhabitant of Ithaca, Ithacan.

Ἰκάριος [2] Icarius, the brother of Tyndareus, and father of Penelope, Od. 1.276, , Od. 4.797.

Ἴφιτος [3] (ϝιφ.): Iphitus.— (1) son of Eurytus, an Argonaut, guest-friend of Odysseus, slain by Heracles, Od. 21.14-37. — (2) son of Nautolus, an Argonaut, from Phocis, father of Schedius and Epistrophus, Il. 2.518, Il. 17.306.— (3) father of Archeptolemus.

Κένταυρος [2] a Centaur, e. g. Eurytion, Od. 21.295. In Homer the Centaurs were a wild Thessalian tribe, Il. 1.268.

Κρονίων [1] (ᾰ but 1 ῖ P. 1.71, N. 9.28) son of Kronos epith. of Zeus. λίσσομαι νεῦσον, Κρονίων P. 1.71 χερσὶ δʼ ἄρα Κρονίων ῥίψαις P. 3.57 “Κρονίων Ζεὺς πατὴρ” P. 4.23 ὤπασε δὲ Κρονίων N. 1.16 Κρονίων ἀστεροπὰν ἐλελίξαις N. 9.19 εἰ δυνατόν, Κρονίων N. 9.28 “πάτερ Κρονίων” N. 10.76 “εὐ]ρύοπα Κρονίων Πα. 8A. 15. πατὴρ δὲ Κρονίων μολ[ Pae. 15.5 Κρ]ονίων νεῦσεν ἀνάγκᾳ[ (supp. Lobel) Δ. 1. Κρονίων Ζεύς (Κρονείων Π) ?fr. 334a. 9.

Κρόνος [1] Cronus (Saturnus), the father of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demēter, and Hestia; overthrown with the Titans, Il. 8.415, , 3, Il. 5.721.

Λαερτιάδης

Λακεδαίμων [1] Lacedaemon, the district whose capital was Sparta; epithets, δῖα,Od. 3.326; ἐρατεινή,Il. 3.239; εὐρύχορος,Od. 13.414; κοίλη, κητώεσσα, Od. 4.1.

Λαπίθαι [1] the Lapithae, a warlike tribe dwelling by Mts. Olympus and Pelion in Thessaly, Il. 12.128, , Od. 21.297.

Λειώδης [1] son of Oenops, a suitor of Penelope and the soothsayer of the suitors; he shares their fate, Od. 21.144, Od. 22.310.

Μελανθεύς

Μελάνθιος [2] (1) see Μελανθεύς.— (2) a Trojan, slain by Eurypylus, Il. 6.36.

Μεσσήνη [1] a district about Pherae in what was afterward Messenia, Od. 21.15.

Μεσσήνιοι [1] the Messenians, inhabitants of Messēne, Od. 21.18.

Μυκήνη [1] Mycēne, daughter of Inachus, Od. 2.120; eponymous heroine of the city Μυκήνηor Μυκῆναι, Mycēnae, the residence of Agamemnon.— Μυκήνηθεν, from Mycēnae.—Μυκηναῖος, of Mycēnae.

Ὀδυσσεύς [31] [Ὀδυσσεύς Ὀδυσεύς]; 1 ἐγὼ δὲ πλέονʼ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν διὰ τὸν ἁδυεπῆ γενέσθ Ὅμηρον N. 7.21 κρυφίαισι γὰρ ἐν ψάφοις Ὀδυσσῆ Δαναοὶ θεράπευσαν sc. in preference to Aias N. 8.26 Ὀδυσεὺς δὲ πʼ[ fr. 260. 5. cf. Schr. fr. 260, (Παλαμήδη) κυριώτερον τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως εἰς σοφίας λόγον, ὡς ἔφη Πίνδαρος. Aristid., 2. 339D.

Οἴνοψ

Ὀρτίλοχος

Παρνασός [1] [Παρνασός Παρνᾱσός]; Parnassus, a mountain of Phocis, Od.

Πειρίθοος [2] Pirithous, son of Ixīon (or Zeus) and Dia, king of the Lapithae, a friend of Theseus; at his wedding with Hippodamīa arose the quarrel between the Centaurs and the Lapithae, Il. 12.129, ,Od. 21.298, Ξ 31, Il. 1.263.

Πηνελόπεια [5] Penelope, the daughter of Icarius, and wife of Odysseus, Od. 1.329, etc.

Πόλυβος [1] Polybus.— (1) a son of Antēnor, Il. 11.59.— (2) an Egyptian, Od. 4.126.— (3) an Ithacan, the father of Eurymachus, Od. 15.519.— (4) a suitor of Penelope, Od. 22.243, 284.— (5) a Phaeacian, Od. 8.373.

Πύλος [1] Pylos.— (1) a city in Messenian Elis, on the coast opposite the southern extremity of the island of Sphacteria; the home of Neleus and Nestor. Under the epith. ‘sandy’ Pylos the entire region is designated, Il. 2.77, Od. 3.4.— (2) a city in Triphylia of Elis, south of the Alphēus, Il. 11.671ff. — (3) see πύλος.

Τηλέμαχος [11] Telemachus, the son of Odysseus and Penelope. The name (‘Afar - fighting’) was given to the child because he was born as his father was about to depart for the war of Troy. Telemachus is the principal figure in the first four books of the Odyssey, and his journey in quest of tidings of his father to Pylos and Sparta, under the guidance of Athēna in the form of Mentor, has made the name of his ‘mentor’ proverbial. After the return of Odysseus, Telemachus assists him in taking revenge upon the suitors. He is mentioned in the Iliad only in Il. 2.260, Il. 4.354.

Φιλοίτιος [2] Philoetius, the faithful herdsman of Odysseus, Od. 20.185, ,Od. 21.240, 3, Od. 22.268, 286.

FREQUENCE VOCABULARY

31= [1] Ὀδυσσεύς

11= [1] Τηλέμαχος

10= [1] Ἀντίνοος

6= [1] Εὐρύμαχος

5= [2] Ζεύς, Πηνελόπεια

4= [2] Ἀχαιός, Εὔμαιος

3= [4] Ἀπόλλων, Ἀχαιίς, Ἰθάκη, Ἴφιτος

2= [9] Ἀθήνη, Εὐπείθης, Εὐρύκλεια, Εὐρυτίδης, Ἰκάριος, Κένταυρος, Μελάνθιος, Πειρίθοος, Φιλοίτιος

1= [22] Ἄργος, Αὐτόλυκος, Εὐρυτίων, Εὔρυτος, Ἔχετος, Ἦλις, Ἡρακλῆς, Κρονίων, Κρόνος, Λαερτιάδης, Λακεδαίμων, Λαπίθαι, Λειώδης, Μελανθεύς, Μεσσήνη, Μεσσήνιοι, Μυκήνη, Οἴνοψ, Ὀρτίλοχος, Παρνασός, Πόλυβος, Πύλος