honr 101 midterm characters

Jason

Medea’s husband

Creon

king of Corinth

Aegeus

offers Medea some shelter in exchange for a solution to his sterility

Athena

Odysseus’ primary supporter among the gods and goddesses

Agamemnon

Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, story of his awful homecoming raises the question of what kind of homecoming Odysseus can expect

Telemachus

Odysseus’ son

Penelope

Odysseus’ wife

Nestor

king of Pylos, oldest and wisest of the Greeks, tells story of Agamemnon’s homecoming

Menelaus

king of Sparta, tells Telemachus that his father is alive and with Calypso

Proteus

sea god

Lotus

Eaters

Polyphemus

cyclops who traps Odysseus and his men, Poseidon’s son

Circe

enchantress who turns Odysseus’ men into swine

Achilles

dead hero in the Underworld

Scylla

six headed sea monster

Charybdis

deadly whirlpool

Calypso

trapped Odysseus on her island

Phaeacians

people who live on Scheria

Princess Nausicaa

princess of the Phaeacians, helps smuggle Odysseus into the palace

Demodocus

bard in the palace of Scheria

King Alcinous

king of the Phaeacians

Queen Arete

queen of the Phaeacians

Eumaeus

one of Odysseus’ loyal servants

Eurymachus

one of the suitors, wants Penelope but not to harm Telemachus

Antinous

one of the suitors, plots to kill Telemachus

Melanthius

disloyal slave of Odysseus, first suitor killed

Argos

Odysseus’ dog that dies

Eurycleia

Odysseus’ nurse

Laertes

Odysseus’ father

Eupeithes

the father of one of the dead suitors

Helen

queen of Sparta, most beautiful woman in the world

Anticleia

Odysseus’ mother

Paris

Trojan prince, abducted Helen, started Trojan war

Melantho

disloyal maid who became the mistress of one of the suitors

Una

Augustine’s concubine

Tacita

Augustine’s child fianceé

Monnica

Augustine’s mother

Illa

Monnica’s childhood servant

Faustus

respected Manichean bishop, major disappointment to Augustine

Ambrose

First Christian teacher that impressed Augustine enough with his style that he stayed to listen to the substance

Alypius

Augustine’s friend who was addicted to gladiatorial games

Adeodatus

Augustine’s son with Una, died at 17

Victorinus

smart philosopher who was afraid to publicly convert out of shame, but got over his shame and eventually converted publicly

Antony

monk who heard scripture when he was young and converted, and his friends heard his story and did the same

Illa

unnamed servant who called Monnica out on her drinking problem