English Vocab #5
English vocab on Names To Know for the Odyssey.
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- Agamemnon (Atrides)
- king of Mycenae who was a leader in the Trojan war. Upon his return the king was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Achaeans/ Argives
- words used to describe the Greeks
- Menelaus
- the king of Sparta during the Trojan War. The husband of Helen and the brother of Agamemnon
- Antinous
- one of the suitors who wants to marry Penelope
- Polyphemus
- a Cyclops who is the son of Poseidon. At one point he imprisons Odysseus
- Atlas
- A titan condemned by Zeus to hold the world upon his shoulders
- Calypso
- a sea nymph who delayed Odysseus on her island of Ogygia during his journey home
- Orestes
- son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who eventually avenged his father's murder by killing Aegisthus
- Laertes
- father of Odysseus
- Aegisthus
- lover of Clytemnestra and co-conspirator in Agamemnon's murder
- Eurycleia
- faithful servant to Telemachus in particular
- Clytemnestra
- queen of Mycenae and wife of Agamemnon. She murdered her husband because he was responsible for her daughter's (Iphigenia) death
- Muse (Calliope)
- God of poetic inspiration
- Penelope
- wife of Odysseus who waits patiently at home (Ithaca) for his return
- Hermes
- messenger and herald of the gods. God of invention, cunning, commerce and theft
- Eurymachus
- another suitor who also wants to marry Penelope
- Athena
- the goddess of wisdom, practical arts and warfare; the protector of cities, esp Athens
- Poseidon
- the Greek god of the waters, earthquakes, horses and brother of Zeus
- Zeus
- the principal god of the Greek pantheon, ruler of the heavens, and father to the other gods
- Telemachus
- the son of Odysseus