HONR 101 Midterm Characters

Augustine

Christian Saint, author of "Confessions"

Monnica

Augustine's mother, helps guide him to God

Una

Augustine's concubine, his "true love"

Illa

Monnica's childhood servant

Tacita

Augustine's child bride

Faustus

Manichee teacher, disappointing to Augustine

Ambrose

Christian bishop, helps guide Augustine to God

Unnamed Friend

grew sick and died, led Augustine away from God

Alypius

Augustine's friend, became addicted to the games

Sappho

poet

Medea

ex-wife of Jason, sorceress, exiled princess

Jason

Greek hero/warrior, ex-husband of Medea, wife of the princess of Corinth

Chorus

the women on Corinth

Creon

king of Corinth

Aegeus

king of Athens, agrees to take Medea in

Epictetus

author on "The Handbook", stoic, former slave

Odysseus

Greek hero/warrior

Telemachus (The Odyssey)

Odysseus' son, matures

Penelope

wife of Odysseus, outsmarts the suitors

Athena

goddess of wisdom, main godly supporter of Odysseus

Calypso

nymph, involve with Odysseus, traps Odysseus on her island for 7 years

Circe

sorceress, Odysseus' lover

Poseidon

god of the sea, hates Odysseus, Polyphemus' father

Antinous

most arrogant suitor, wants to kill Telemachus and overtake Penelope

Eurymachus

influential suitor

Eumaeus

Odysseus' loyal shepherd

Eurycleia (The Odyssey)

nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg

Melanthius

disloyal slave, kicks beggar Odysseus

Polyphemus

cyclops, curses Odysseus to Posideon

Tiresias

prophet of the underworld, allows Odysseus to speak to other souls, tells Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca

Nestor

king of Pylos, warrior in the Trojan War, tells Telemachus to go to Menelaus to find out more about his father

Menelaus

king of Sparta, warrior in the Trojan War, Helen's husband, tells Telemachus that Odysseus is on Calypso's island

Helen

Menelaus' wife, started the Trojan War by running off with Paris

Agamemnon

commander of the forces of Troy, murdered by his wife and her lover upon his homecoming

Nausicaa

princess of the Phaeacians, finds Odysseus on the beach, helps him receive xenia from her parents

Alcinous

king of the Phaeacians, provides xenia and passage home to Odysseus

The Twelve Maids

Penelope's trusted servants, got information from the suitors, executed by Telemachus

Eurycleia (The Penelopiad)

Odysseus' and Telemachus' maid, dislikes Penelope, like a mother to Telemachus

Telemachus (The Penelopiad)

Penelope's son, rude towards his mother, idolizes Odysseus

Laertes

Odysseus' father, isolates himself after Odysseus leaves, Penelope weaves a shroud for him

Icarius

Penelope's father, tried to drown her