NAMES OF GODS:
- Aphrodite, Cytherian:
- Goddess of the erotic.
- Apollo, Phoebus:
- Sun god.
- Ares:
- God of war.
- Artemis:
- Goddess of the hunt.
- Athena, Pallas, Tritogenia:
- Goddess of wisdom and of battle.
- Dionysus:
- God of ecstatic release, associated with wine.
- Hera, Ox-eyed:
- Goddess wife of Zeus.
- Poseidon:
- God of the Sea.
- Zeus, Son of Cronus:
- King of the gods, both brother and husband of Hera. God of sky, weater, hospitality, punishment of injustice, sending of omens, and the rule of the universe--though he shares this final power with the fates.
NAMES OF WARRIORS:
- -ides
- This is a suffix, added on to the name of a warrior to signify who his father is--just as in contemporary Iceland the name Jon Henrysson means Jon the son of Henry. A warrior may be called either by his own name or by his patronymic, i.e., the name that signifies his father.
- Achaeans, Danaans, Hellenes, Lacedaemonians:
- Other names for the Greeks.
- Achilles, Aeacedes, Pelides:
- Achilles is the grandson of Aeacus, the son of Peleus. He may be called by any of these names.
- Agamemnon, Atrides, and Menelaus, Atrides; both together, Atridae:
- The brother kings, sons of Atreus.
- Ajax, Aeantes:
- There are two warriors named Ajax. When spoken of together they are called Aeantes.
- Dardanians:
- People descended from Dardanus, the king of a colony that eventually became Troy.
- Myrmidons:
- The troops of Achilles.
NAMES OF PLACES:
- Argos, Argolid:
- Both a city and the entire kingdom of Agamemnon.
- Troy, Ilium:
- Both are names of Troy.
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