Mythology of the Iliad and the Odyssey by Karen Bornemann Spies Page A

23, 31, 40, 49–50, 54, 85–86
    Ethiopians, 22
    Eumaeus, 79–81, 83–84
    Euripides, 14, 40, 54, 62
    Euryclea, 80–82
    Eurylochus, 64–65
F
    Fates, 11
G
    Greece, ancient
    archeology, 6–7
    language, 7
    map, 4
    peoples and history, 7–10
    political system, 9, 22
    religion and culture, 10–11, 19
    trade, 7
H
    Hector, 11, 14, 22, 26, 28–30, 33–39, 40, 45
    Helen
    kidnapping by Paris, 5, 13, 16–17, 18
    and Menelaus, 45
    role in the Trojan War, 14, 17
    and the Trojan horse, 44
    Hellenistic Age, 10
    Hephaestus, 34, 39
    Hera, 14–16, 18, 20, 26, 33, 39
    Heracles, 42, 46
    Hermes, 15–16, 37, 64–65, 67, 71–72
    Homer, 5, 8, 10–12, 13–14, 19–20, 21–23, 31, 48, 49–50, 54, 61, 63, 69, 75, 85
    hubris
(pride), 11, 22
I
    Iliad
    authorship, 13–14
    basic plot, 5
    existing sites from, 8
    publication, 12
    structure, 21
    themes, 23, 31, 85
    Ilium, 21.
See also
Troy
    Iphigenia, 23
    Iris, 37–38, 50
    Island of the Sun, 67, 69, 71, 74
    Ithaca, 5–6, 50, 54, 59, 66, 72, 78–80, 83, 85
J
    Jason and the Argonauts, 69
K
    kleos
(glory), 23
L
    Laertes, 79
    Laestrygonians, 64, 67
    Laocoön, 44, 47–48
    lays
, 11
    Lotus-Eaters, 50–53, 56–57, 64, 75
    Lucian, 14
    Lycians, 22
    Lycomedes, 32
M
    Menelaus of Sparta, King
    action against Paris, 13–14, 17, 18
    combat with Paris, 26, 30
    marriage to Helen, 16, 45
    and Telemachus, 80
    and the Trojan horse, 43
    Minoans, 7–8
    moly
(antidote), 64
    Mycenaeans and Mycenaean Age, 7–9
    Myrmidons, 22, 25, 28, 30, 34, 36
N
    Neoptolemus, 40, 42–43, 45–46
    Nestor, 8, 26–28, 80
    Nostoi
, 9, 49
    nymph, 14, 23, 34, 41, 61, 63, 69, 71–72
O
    Odysseus
    in Agamemnon’s war with Achilles, 27, 32
    anti-Odysseus tradition, 54, 62
    characteristics, 49, 62, 75–76
    and Charybdis, 69, 71, 74, 76
    and Circe, 63–68
    claiming Achilles’ armor
,
42, 46
    and the Cyclops, 56–62
    fighting Trojans, 41
    and the Lotus-Eaters, 49–54
    return home, 77–86
    and Scylla, 69–71, 74–75
    and the Sirens, 69–70, 74–76
    and the Trojan horse, 40, 42–44
    Odyssey
    authorship, 5, 11–12, 63
    basic plot, 5, 49–50, 85
    book production, 12
    existing sites from, 8
    link to folktales, 68, 86
    themes, 49–50, 56–57, 68, 85–86
P
    Palladium, 42–43, 46–47
    Paris
    combat with Menelaus, 26, 30
    death, 42
    the judgment of, 15–20
    kidnapping of Helen, 5, 13, 16–17, 18
    killing of Achilles, 41, 46
    recommendation by Zeus, 14–15, 18
    Patroclus, 25, 27–30, 34–39, 41, 46, 66
    Peleus, 14, 21, 39
    Peloponnesian War, 10, 62
    Penelope, 66
    characteristics, 85–86
    Odysseus homesick for, 50, 70, 72, 75
    during return of Odysseus, 77–84
    Phaeacians, 50, 76, 78, 83
    Philoetius, 81, 84
    polis
(city-state), 9, 19
    Polyphemus (Cyclops), 56–61, 63
    Poseidon
    and Athena releasing Odysseus, 71
    destruction of Odysseus’ ships, 50, 53, 78, 83
    father of Cyclops, 59, 60
    punishment of the Phaeacians, 78
    Priam, 14–15, 22, 24, 35, 37–39, 44–45
R
    religion, 10–11
    Romans and Roman Empire, 10, 13, 40, 54, 86
S
    Sarpedon, 11, 28
    Scylla, 69–71, 74–75
    Sinon, 43–44, 47–48
    Sirens, 69–70, 74–76
    Sparta, 5–6, 9–10, 13, 16, 18, 77, 79–80, 83
T
    Telemachus, 32, 50, 70
    on Odysseus’ return home, 81, 84
    in Pylos and Sparta, 77, 79, 83
    theomachies, 33–34
    Thetis
    in Achilles’ battle with Hector, 34–39
    making Achilles immortal, 23
    mourning Achilles, 40–42, 46
    Tiresias, 66–67
    Trojan Cycle, 13
    Trojan horse, 6, 40–48, 49
    Trojans
    in Achilles’ argument with Agamemnon, 22, 26
    in Achilles’ battle with Hector, 34–39
    discussing the horse, 43–44
    Trojan War
    cause, 5–7, 11, 14, 17, 18
    peoples involved, 22, 31
    Trojan Women
, 14, 40
    Troy
    legendary, 13
    the real, 6–7, 8, 19, 22
    Tyndareus, King, 16
U
    Underworld, 23, 40, 66–67
V
    Virgil, 40, 54, 75
X
    xenia
(guest-friendship), 18–19, 61, 68, 77, 79
Z
    Zeus
    anger toward Achilles, 37–38
    domain, 11
    on doom of Hector, 29
    promise to Thetis, 25–26
    recommending Paris as judge, 13–15, 18
    release of