HOMER'S ODYSSEY 22

A Lexicon of Proper Names (and adjectives)

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Ἀγέλαος [4] (ἄγω, λαός): (1) a Trojan, son of Phradmon, Il. 8.257.— (2) a Greek, Il. 11.302.— (3) a suitor, son of Damastor, Ἀγέλεως, Od. 22.131, 247.

Ἀγέλεως [2] -ω, ὁ [ᾰ-] n. jón. de Agélao o Agéleo pretendiente de Penélope Od.22.131, v. Ἀγέλαος.

Ἀθήνη [6] -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.

Ἀλκιμίδης [1] son of Alcimus, Mentor, Od. 22.235†.

Ἀμφιμέδων [3] a suitor of Penelope, son of Melaneus, slain by Telemachus, Od. 22.242.

Ἀμφίνομος [2] a suitor of Penelope, son of Nīsus, from Dūlichium, slain by Telemachus, Od. 22.89.

Ἀντίνοος [2] 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 [1] [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.

Ἀφροδίτη [1] Aphrodīte (Venus), goddess of love, daughter of Zeus and Diōne, Il. 5.370, and in the Odyssey wife of Hephaestus, Od. 8.267ff.; her magic girdle described, Il. 14.214ff.; attended by the Graces, Od. 18.192. She favors the Trojans in the war of which she was herself the cause, and in protecting her son Aenēas receives a wound from Diomed, Il. 5.331.—The name of Aphrodīte is used once by personification for her works, love, Od. 22.444. Cf. Ἄρης.

Ἀχαιός [2] 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.

Δαμαστορίδης [3] son of Damastor.— (1) Tlepolemus, Il. 16.416.— (2) Agelāus, a suitor of Penelope, Od. 20.321.

Δημοπτόλεμος [2] a suitor of Penelope, Od. 22.266.

Δόλιος

Ἔλατος [1] (1) an ally of the Trojans, Il. 6.33.— (2) a suitor of Penelope, Od. 22.267.

Ἑλένη [1] Helen, the wife of Menelāus, daughter of Zeus and Leda, Il. 3.199, 426, and sister of Castor and Pollux, Il. 3.238. Often w. the epithet Ἀργείη,Il. 2.161, Od. 4.184; Il. 3.91, 121, Ω, Od. 4.12, 219, 279. Helen returned to her home in Sparta after the war, and in the Odyssey is seen living happily with Menelāus, δ, ο.

Εὐηνορίδης [1] son of Evēnor, Leiocritus, Od. 2.242. (Od.)

Εὔμαιος [3] 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.

Εὐρυάδης [1] a suitor of Penelope, slain by Telemachus, Od. 22.267†.

Εὐρυδάμας [1] Eurydamas.— (1) a Trojan, the father of Abas and Polyīdus, Il. 5.149.— (2) a suitor of Penelope, slain by Odysseus, Od. 22.283.

Εὐρύκλεια [6] Euryclēa, the nurse of Odysseus, and faithful housekeeper in his palace, Od. 19.357, Od. 2.361.

Εὐρύμαχος [3] son of Polybus, a suitor of Penelope, slain by Odysseus, Od. 1.399, Od. 22.82. (Od.)

Εὐρύνομος [1] an Ithacan, the son of Aegyptius, Od. 2.22. (Od.)

Ζεύς [4] (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.

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.

Ἰθακήσιος [1] Ithacan, Hom.

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.

Κτήσιππος [2] son of Polytherses, from Same, one of the suitors of Penelope, slain by Philoetius, Od. 20.288, Od. 22.279, 285.

Λαέρτης [3] Laertes, son of Arcīsius, and father of Odysseus, king in Ithaca, Od. 1.430, Od. 24.206, ,Od. 4.111, , χ 1, Od. 24.219ff.

Λαερτιάδης

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.

Λειώκριτος [1] (1) son of Arisbas, slain by Aenēas, Il. 17.344.— (2) son of Euēnor, a suitor of Penelope, slain by Telemachus, Od. 2.242, Od. 22.294.

Μέδων [2] (1) son of Oī¨leus, stepbrother of Ajax, from Phylace, chief of the warriors from Methōne in Phthia, Il. 13.693, 695 ff., Il. 2.727; slain by Aenēas, Il. 15.332.— (2) a Lycian, Il. 17.216.— (3) a herald in Ithaca, Od. 4.677, Od. 17.172, Od. 22.357, , Od. 24.439.

Μελανθεύς

Μελάνθιος [6] (1) see Μελανθεύς.— (2) a Trojan, slain by Eurypylus, Il. 6.36.

Μέντωρ [5] Mentor.— (1) an Ithacan, the son of Alcimus, a near friend of Odysseus, to whom Odysseus intrusts the oversight of his household during his absence. Under the form of Mentor, Athēna guides Telemachus on his travels in search of his father, and helps him to baffle the suitors; in other words she makes herself his mentor, Od. 2.225, ,Od. 3.22, 3,Od. 22.206, 2, Od. 24.446.— (2) father of Imbrius, under whose form Apollo incites Hector to battle, Il. 13.171.

Ὀδυσσεύς [53] [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.

Πείσανδρος [2] Pisander.— (1) a Trojan, son of Antimachus, slain by Agamemnon, Il. 11.122, 143.— (2) a Trojan, slain by Menelāus, Il. 13.601-619.— (3) a Greek, son of Maemalus, a chief of the Myrmidons, Il. 16.193.— (4) a suitor of Penelope, son of Polyctor, slain by Philoetius, Od. 18.299, Od. 22.268.

Πηνελόπεια [2] Penelope, the daughter of Icarius, and wife of Odysseus, Od. 1.329, etc.

Πόλυβος [2] 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.

Πολυθερσείδης

Πολυκτορίδης [1] son of Polyctor, Pisander, Od. 18.299†.

Πρίαμος [1] Priam, son of Laomedon, and king of Troy. He was already an aged man at the time of the war, and took no part in the fighting, Il. 24.487. Homer says that Priam was the father of fifty sons, of whom his wife Hecuba bore him nineteen. Besides Hector, Paris, Helenus, and Cas sandra, the following children are named: Echemmon, Chromius, Lycāon, Polītes, Gorgythion, Democoön, Deīphobus, Isus, Antiphus, Laodice.

Τερπιάδης [1] son of Terpis, Phemius, Od. 22.330†.

Τηλέμαχος [22] 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.

Τρώς [2] Tros.— (1) son of Erichthonius, father of Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymēdes, Il. 5.265ff., Il. 20.230ff.— (2) son of Alastor, slain by Achilles, Il. 20.463.

Φήμιος [1] Phemius, son of Terpis, a bard in Ithaca, Od. 1.154, , ρ 2, Od. 22.331.

Φιλοίτιος [1] Philoetius, the faithful herdsman of Odysseus, Od. 20.185, ,Od. 21.240, 3, Od. 22.268, 286.

Ὠκεανός [1] Oceanus, distinguished from the sea. (θάλασσα, πόντος, ἅλς) as a mighty stream (ποταμός,Il. 18.607, Il. 20.7; ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο, Il. 16.151; cf. Miltonʼs ‘ocean stream’) encircling the whole Earth, Il. 18.607. The constellations (excepting the Great Bear, which in Greek latitudes does not dip below the horizon) are conceived as sinking below Oceanus and emerging from it on the other side of the Earth, as they set and rise. Beyond Ocean is the entrance to the nether world, and Elysium is on its hither bank, Od. 10.508, Od. 4.568. (In the cut, which represents a design of the shield of Achilles, the outer rim [5] indicates the stream of Ocean.)—Personified, Ὠκεανός, husband of Tethys, father of all streams and fountains, and indeed, of all the gods, Od. 4.568, Od. 10.139, Il. 14.311, 201.

FREQUENCE VOCABULARY

53= [1] Ὀδυσσεύς

22= [1] Τηλέμαχος

6= [3] Ἀθήνη, Εὐρύκλεια, Μελάνθιος

5= [1] Μέντωρ

4= [2] Ἀγέλαος, Ζεύς

3= [6] Ἀμφιμέδων, Δαμαστορίδης, Εὔμαιος, Εὐρύμαχος, Ἰθάκη, Λαέρτης

2= [13] Ἀγέλεως, Ἀμφίνομος, Ἀντίνοος, Ἀχαιός, Δημοπτόλεμος, Κτήσιππος, Λαερτιάδης, Μέδων, Μελανθεύς, Πείσανδρος, Πηνελόπεια, Πόλυβος, Τρώς

1= [21] Ἀλκιμίδης, Ἀπόλλων, Ἀφροδίτη, Δόλιος, Ἔλατος, Ἑλένη, Εὐηνορίδης, Εὐρυάδης, Εὐρυδάμας, Εὐρύνομος, Ἰθακήσιος, Κρονίων, Λειώδης, Λειώκριτος, Πολυθερσείδης, Πολυκτορίδης, Πρίαμος, Τερπιάδης, Φήμιος, Φιλοίτιος, Ὠκεανός