HONR 101 - Final Prep: Characters

Allah (Qur’an)

God; omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, merciful

Muhammad (Qur’an)

the Prophet; recites passages of the Qur’an, must be in his presence to hear it

Gabriel (Qur’an)

angel who delivers God’s communications to creations

Angels (Qur’an)

made of light, in the realm of the unseen, can question God but cannot disobey, pure rationality

Jinns (Qur’an)

created from fire, in the realm of the unseen, can disobey God; pure emotion

Humans (Qur’an)

made of clay and water, in the realm of the seen, free will (can simultaneously obey and disobey God), cognition (have morals, rationality, and emotion), most superior of God’s creations (even above angels)

Iblis (Qur’an)

a jinn, the one who told Adam and Eve to eat from the tree, refused to prostrate to Adam, banished to hell, wanted to take the humans down with him

Krishna (Bhagavad Gita)

God, Brahman, the universal eternal principle of all things, incarnation of Vishnu

Arjuna (Bhagavad Gita)

a warrior on a battlefield, torn about the idea of killing his own family, comes to understand and see Krishna’s true identity

Euthyphro (Euthyphro)

a professional priest who considers himself an expert on ritual and on piety in general, prosecutes his own father

Socrates (Euthyphro)

a philosophical thinker, being prosecuted by Meletus

Meletus (Euthyphro)

(mentioned) an Athenian citizen who calls Socrates to trial

Socrates (Apology)

a philosophical thinker who makes his defense in trial against the allegations of corrupting the youth and bringing outside Gods to Athens

Meletus (Apology)

main prosecutor, seeks the death penalty against Socrates

Aristophanes (Apology)

wrote a play called ‘The Clouds’ that depicted Socrates to be a performer of natural science and an unjust teacher of rhetoric

Plato (Apology)

student of Socrates, present at the trial, author of Euthyphro & Apology

Chirophon (Apology)

(mentioned) asked the Oracle at Delphi if there was anyone wiser than Socrates

Oracle of Delphi (Apology)

(mentioned) told Socrates no one was wiser than him

Achilles (Apology)

referenced as similar to Odysseus, died for friendship & glory, contrasted against Socrates who dies in his pursuit of truth

the 10 Generals (Apology)

(mentioned) unjustly tried together for not bringing bodies of dead warriors back home

Leon of Salamis (Apology)

(mentioned) Socrates was called to serve him a warrant for trial so the Spartan oligarchy could seize his property; Socrates refused

Shulamite (Song of Songs)

the young woman

Daughters of Jerusalem (Song of Songs)

the chorus

the young man (Song of Songs)

Shulamite’s lover

Shulamite’s brothers (Song of Songs)

the young woman’s brothers

the night watchmen (Song of Songs)

guards who patrol the city at night, they catch Shulamite when she leaves to find her lover and beat her

Thecla (Acts of Thecla)

a woman who abandons her engagement to follow Paul, an apostle of Christ

Paul (Acts of Thecla)

an apostle of Christ

Theocleia (Acts of Thecla)

Thecla’s mother; when Thecla won’t stop her obsession with Paul, she calls for Thecla to be burned at the stake

Thamyris (Acts of Thecla)

Thecla’s fiance, outraged that Thecla cannot bring her attention away from Paul

Alexander (Acts of Thecla)

a man who took a liking to Thecla, when she refused his affection he was embarrassed and brought her to the governor where she was eventually sentenced to death via wild beasts

Queen Tryphanea (Acts of Thecla)

from Antioch, sees Thecla as a daughter after the passing of her own daughter, Falconilla

Perpetua (Perpetua & Felicitas)

a Christian martyr, killed because she wouldn’t renounce her faith

Felicitas (Perpetua & Felicitas)

enslaved, Christian martyr, killed for her faith as well

Prophet Muhammad

author of Qur’an

Vyasa

author of Bhagavad Gita

Plato

author of Euthyphro & Apology