Greek Terms and Names Harvan
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- Aristoi
- noblemen the aristocracy, the best
- reciprocity
- trade or barter
- xenia
- hospitality
- arete
- what motivates a greek hero or member of the aristoi
- aidos
- sense of duty
- hubris
- excessive pride
- dike
- sense of justice
- Antinous (anitnoos)
- one of penelope's leading suitors (an arrongant and mean young noble from ithaca)
- Argos
- odysseus's old dog
- Eumaeus
- a swineherd, one of odysseys's loyal servants
- Laertes
- odysseus's old father who lives in the country
- Penelope
- odysseus's faithful wife
- Philoeteus
- a cowherd, one of odysseus's loyal servants
- helen
- the beautiful wirfe of king Menelaus. Her elopement with Paris , a prince of troy started the trojan war
- Menelaus
- brother of agamemmnon, husband of Helen, and King of Lacedaemon also known as Sparta
- Nestro
- the wise king of pylos, and hero of the trojan war
- Aeaea
- home of circe, the withgoddess
- Alcinous
- the king of Phaeacia, the father of Nausicaa
- Calypso
- a beautiful goddess nymph who lives on Ogygia. She keeps odysseus for 7 years
- Charybdis
- a female monstor who sucks in water 3 times a day to form a deadly whilrpool
- Circe
- the witch-goddess who turns odysseus's men into swine
- Cyclops
- one of the cyclopes, a race of brutish one eyed giants
- Erebus
- the land of the dead
- Nausicaa
- the beautiful young daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia
- Ogygia
- Calypso's island
- Phaeacia
- an island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous. they people that live here are ship builders and traders