Greek and Roman Myth CLCV 205 Exam 2

Epic Cycle

a collection of texts, Epic poems, which explain the entire story of the Grecco-Trojan War, including Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

Cypria

The first poem of the Epic Cycle, by [Stasinus] includes the Judgement of Paris, the gathering of the fleet, and the first 9 years of the Trojan War

Nestor

Iliad Book 1 - Elderly King, responsible for trying to diffuse tensions between Agamemnon and Achilles. He has seen true heroes (heracles, theseus) and reminds that the age of heroes is coming to an end.

Achilles

Demigod, Son of Thetis - seen as the greatest warrior. Main character of the Iliad.

Agamemnon

King of Mycenae, Commander-in-chief of Greek Army, wants Chryses sparking plague amongst Greek army

Hector

Troy’s greatest warrior, Eldest prince

Patroclus

Achilles best friend/lover, the trigger for Achilles rampage against Troy

Thetis

Woodland nymph, mother of Achilles, once courted by Zeus and requests for Zeus to let the trojans win while Achilles sits on the sidelines

Helen

The wife of Greek king, kidnapped to become wife of Paris believes that she is just a pawn in the eyes of the gods

Andromache

Hector’s wife

Astyanax

Hector’s son

Linus song

Featured on Achilles Shield, is a traditional lamentation. Linus was a young man who died in his prime

Shield of Achilles

Made by Hephaistos

Psychostasia

mēnis

aristeia

Judgment of Paris

Odysseus

Calypso

Penelope

Telemachus

Phemius

Nostos

Xenia

Nekuia

Phaeacians

Tiresias/Teiresias (spelling varies)

Eurycleia

Great-rooted bed

Telegony

Apologoi

Thebes

Cadmus

Sophocles

Laius

Jocasta

Oedipus

Sphinx

Eteocles

Polynices

Miasma

Seven Against Thebes

Creon

Antigone

Ismene

Athenocentrism

Aeschylus

Argos

Parodos

Cassandra

Iphigenia

Atreus/Thyestes

Furies/Erinyes

Chthonic

Katadesmos

Areopagus

Amazonomachy

Eumenides

Panathenaic procession

Autochthony

Aeneas

Romulus and Remus

Livius Andronicus

Quintus Ennius

Vergil

Dido

Anna

Pietas

Carthage

Anchises

Sortes Vergilianae

Pietas

Sibyl