{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entity_sources", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where source_id = \"SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY\"", "rows": [["ENT_ACHELOOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Acheloos (Achelous) is named in Iliad XXIV.616 (in Niobe's story) and called upon as a river oath deity; he is invoked alongside the river gods in the formal oath formula; Iliad XXIV.616; also Odyssey references to the river's power"], ["ENT_ACHERON", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Odyssey 10.513: the underworld river into which Cocytus and Pyriphlegethon flow."], ["ENT_ACHILLES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Achilles is the central hero of the Iliad; his rage (m\u0113nis) is the poem's first word and its subject; he is the son of Peleus and the Nereid Thetis; his divine parentage, his heel, his armor, his friendship with Patroclus, and his death at Paris's hands (aided by Apollo) are all Homeric; Iliad I-XXIV"], ["ENT_ACTAEA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.41 Nereid catalog assembled to mourn with Thetis"], ["ENT_AEACUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Aeacus is named in the Iliad as the father of Peleus and grandfather of Achilles (Iliad XXI.189); he is mentioned as a son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina; his role as underworld judge postdates Homer"], ["ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "A protagonist of the Homeric epics."], ["ENT_AEOLUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Aeolus (Keeper of the Winds) has a major Odyssey episode (Book X.1-79): Odysseus visits his floating island, receives a bag containing all the winds; the crew opens it, releasing the winds and blowing them back to Aeolus who refuses further help; Odyssey X.1-79"], ["ENT_AESEPUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named among the rivers of the Troad and the wider Iliad (e.g. Il. 12.20-22, 21)."], ["ENT_AETHER", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Aether (the bright upper air of the gods) is distinguished from the dark aer (lower air) in Homer; Zeus dwells in the aether; Iliad II.412, XIV.288; the gods breathe aether rather than air"], ["ENT_AJAX", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Ajax (Aias the Greater) is the second-greatest Greek warrior after Achilles; he fights Hector to a draw (Iliad VII), defends the ships (Iliad XII-XVI), and is prominent in the funeral games; Iliad VII, XI-XII, XV-XVII, XXIII"], ["ENT_ALKE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Homer, Iliad 5.738-742 (Alke/Prowess and Ioke/Onrush worked upon Athena's aegis, with Phobos, Eris, and the Gorgon)."], ["ENT_AMPHITRITE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Amphitrite is named in the Odyssey as the consort of Poseidon and the personified sea (Od. III.91: \"the deep of Amphitrite\"); Od. XII.60 (the ship must sail past Amphitrite); she is not a major narrative character in Homer but establishes her role as sea-queen"], ["ENT_ANEMOI", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "The Anemoi (wind gods collectively) are named throughout both epics; the four winds (Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus, Eurus) are established in the Homeric corpus as the canonical set"], ["ENT_APHRODITE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Aphrodite rescues Paris from Menelaus (Iliad III.380-420); is wounded by Diomedes (Iliad V.330-430); her mother here is Dione (Il. V.370) rather than the sea-foam tradition; Iliad III, V, XIX"], ["ENT_APOLLO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Apollo sends the plague that opens the Iliad (I.8-53); he is the divine protector of Troy; he kills Achilles with Paris as his instrument (implied Il. XXII); Iliad I, IV, V, VII, XV-XVI, XXII, XXIV"], ["ENT_ARES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Ares fights for Troy and is wounded by Diomedes with Athena's help (Iliad V.825-906); he is portrayed as the god of war-madness, distinguished from Athena's strategic warfare; Iliad V, XIII, XV"], ["ENT_ARTEMIS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Artemis favors Troy; she is struck and humiliated by Hera in the Battle of the Gods (Iliad XXI.470-496); she is the twin of Apollo; Iliad VI, IX, XXI"], ["ENT_ASCLEPIUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Asclepius is named in Iliad II.729-733 as the father of the two healers Machaon and Podalirius, who command men from Tricca; he is called \"the blameless physician\"; this is the primary Homeric attestation of Asclepius, before his later development into a healer god"], ["ENT_ASCLEPIUS_HERO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Asclepius Hero (the mortal physician who became a healing cult figure): see ENT_ASCLEPIUS; Iliad II.729-733"], ["ENT_AT", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "At\u00eb (variant of Ate/Delusion); see ENT_ATE; named in Iliad IX and XIX"], ["ENT_ATE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Ate (Delusion/Ruin) has a key narrative in Iliad XIX.91-131: Zeus tells the story of how Ate blinded his mind regarding the birth of Heracles and how he hurled her from Olympus; the Litae (Prayers) are described as following behind Ate in Iliad IX.502-512; Iliad IX.502, XIX.91"], ["ENT_ATHENA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Athena is the most active Olympian in both epics: she inspires Achilles (Iliad I), fights beside Diomedes (Iliad V), guides Odysseus throughout the Odyssey; Iliad I, V, VI, XV, XVIII-XXII; Odyssey I, III, XIII-XXIV"], ["ENT_ATLAS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Atlas is named in the Odyssey V.52-54 as the father of Calypso: \"his daughter, the nymph Calypso whose father is destructive Atlas who knows the depths of the whole sea\" \u2014 this is the earliest Greek attestation of Atlas as Calypso's father"], ["ENT_AXIUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named among the rivers of the Troad and the wider Iliad (e.g. Il. 12.20-22, 21)."], ["ENT_BELLEROPHON", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Bellerophon appears in Iliad VI.155-202 in Glaucus's account of his lineage; this is the primary Homeric source for the Bellerophon myth: sent to Lycia with a letter requesting his death, he performed trials including killing the Chimera; Iliad VI"], ["ENT_BOREAS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Boreas (North Wind) is called upon to blow on the funeral pyre of Patroclus (Iliad XXIII.194-230: Achilles prays to Boreas and Zephyrus to come and kindle the pyre); he also appears in Odyssey passages; Iliad XXIII"], ["ENT_CADMUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Cadmus is named in Odyssey V.333 (Ino \"of the slim ankles, once a mortal, now Leucothea, who was the daughter of Kadmos\"); this is the Homeric attestation of Cadmus as the ancestor of Ino-Leucothea"], ["ENT_CAICUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named among the rivers of the Troad and the wider Iliad (e.g. Il. 12.20-22, 21)."], ["ENT_CALCHAS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Iliad 1.68-72: \"far the best of bird-diviners,\" seer of the Achaeans."], ["ENT_CALYPSO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Calypso (daughter of Atlas) has a major narrative role in the Odyssey: she keeps Odysseus on her island Ogygia for seven years; the poem opens with Hermes being sent to order her to release him (Odyssey I.14-15, V.1-281); she is the daughter of Atlas (Od. I.52-54)"], ["ENT_CASTOR", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Castor is named in Iliad III.236-244 (the Teichoscopia: Helen looks for her brothers Castor and Polydeuces on the battlefield but notes they are not visible, not knowing they are already dead in Sparta); Odyssey XI.300-304 (they alternate life and death each day)"], ["ENT_CERBERUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Cerberus is named in the Odyssey XI.623 (Heracles' eleventh labor: bringing up the hound of Hades) and Iliad VIII.368; the multi-headed nature is not specified in Homer but his role as Hades' hound is established here"], ["ENT_CHARYBDIS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Odyssey 12.101-110: the thrice-daily whirlpool beneath the fig tree."], ["ENT_COCYTUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Odyssey 10.513-514: the river of wailing, a branch of the Styx."], ["ENT_CRONUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Kronos/Cronus is named throughout as Zeus's father and the deposed king of the gods; Zeus is consistently called \"son of Kronos\" (Kronion); Kronos is imprisoned in Tartarus; Iliad I.503, VIII.13, XIV.203, etc.; throughout both epics"], ["ENT_CURETES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Homer, Iliad 9.529ff: the Aetolian Kouretes who besieged Calydon."], ["ENT_CYMODOCE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.39 Nereid catalog; also Il. XVIII.65"], ["ENT_CYMOTHOE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.41 Nereid catalog"], ["ENT_DEIMOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Deimos (Terror/Dread) accompanies Ares into battle; Iliad IV.440: \"Ares and Athena, Deimos and Phobos and Eris\" are listed together as the war spirits; Iliad XIII.299"], ["ENT_DEMETER", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Demeter is mentioned in the Iliad as the golden-haired grain goddess (Il. II.696, V.500, XIII.322, XXI.76); her union with Iasion in Crete is narrated in the Odyssey (Od. V.125); she does not play a narrative role in either epic"], ["ENT_DIOMEDES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Diomedes is the hero of Iliad V-VI (the aristeia of Diomedes), in which he wounds both Ares and Aphrodite with Athena's help; he is one of the most prominent Greek warriors; Iliad V-VI, X (spy mission with Odysseus)"], ["ENT_DIONE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Dione appears in Iliad V.370-430 as Aphrodite's mother: after Diomedes wounds Aphrodite, she flies to Olympus and is comforted by Dione; this is the only major appearance of Dione as Aphrodite's mother (contrasting with the sea-foam Hesiodic tradition); Iliad V.370"], ["ENT_DIONYSUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Dionysus is mentioned in the Iliad (VI.130-140: the Lycurgus story, where Dionysus flees in terror and Thetis protects him; XIV.325: in the catalogue of Zeus's loves); he does not play a major narrative role but his Homeric attestation is important evidence for his early presence in the Greek pantheon"], ["ENT_DOTO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.43 Nereid catalog"], ["ENT_DYNAMENE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.43 Nereid catalog"], ["ENT_ENYO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Enyo (goddess of war/havoc) is named alongside Ares and Eris in the battle catalog (Iliad V.333: \"Enyo, sacker of cities\"); Iliad IV.440, V.333"], ["ENT_EOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Eos (Dawn) appears at the opening of many books of both epics; she is the mother of Memnon (Iliad implied) and Tithonus; she transports her son's body from Troy (Odyssey V.1); she abducts Orion and Cleitos; throughout both epics"], ["ENT_EREBUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Erebus (the deep darkness) is named in the Odyssey as the deep darkness of the underworld through which the dead travel; Odysseus sacrifices at the entrance to Erebus (Od. XI.37)"], ["ENT_ERIS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Eris (Strife) is named alongside Ares, Enyo, and the Ker as a war deity who delights in battle (Iliad IV.440-445; V.518-521); she is described as the sister of Ares and appears on the battlefield; the tradition of Eris throwing the golden apple (cause of the Trojan War) is post-Homeric but her presence in the Iliad is primary"], ["ENT_EUARNE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.42 Nereid catalog (Euarne / Euagore)"], ["ENT_EUDORA_NEREID", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Homer, Iliad 18.39-49 (the Nereids who attend Thetis in her mourning)."], ["ENT_EURUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Eurus (East Wind) is named in Odyssey V.295 among the four winds that batter Odysseus's raft; Iliad II.145; Odyssey V.295, XII.289, XIX.206"], ["ENT_GAIA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Gaia (G\u0113 / Earth) is named in oath formulas (Iliad III.104, XIX.259; Odyssey V.184) and as the origin of the gods; she is called upon alongside Helios and the river gods in formal oaths"], ["ENT_GALATEA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.45 Nereid catalog (Galateia)"], ["ENT_GANYMEDE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Ganymede is named in Iliad XX.231-235 as the most beautiful of mortal men, taken by the gods to serve as Zeus's cupbearer among the immortals; his horses are later given to his father Tros as compensation; Iliad XX"], ["ENT_GLAUCE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.39 Nereid catalog (Glauke)"], ["ENT_GRANICUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named among the rivers of the Troad and the wider Iliad (e.g. Il. 12.20-22, 21)."], ["ENT_GRR_ASPHODEL", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "primary text attestation", "attestation"], ["ENT_HADES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hades (called A\u00efd\u0113s or A\u00efdoneus) is named as the lord of the dead who received his dominion when the cosmos was divided by lot (Iliad XV.187-193); the Odyssey Book XI (Nekyia) is the primary epic account of the underworld; Homer's Hades is a realm of shadows, not torture"], ["ENT_HECTOR", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hector is the greatest Trojan warrior and the most sympathetically portrayed figure in the Iliad; his death at Achilles' hands and the ransom of his body form the climax of the poem; Iliad VI, VII, XII-XIII, XV-XVII, XXII, XXIV"], ["ENT_HELEN", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Helen is the cause of the Trojan War; she is a complex figure in the Iliad (Iliad III: the Teichoscopia, where she identifies the Greek heroes; her conversation with Aphrodite after Paris's defeat) and Odyssey IV (living harmoniously with Menelaus); Iliad III, VI; Odyssey IV"], ["ENT_HELIOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Helios (the Sun) drives his chariot across the sky; his sacred cattle on Thrinakia are central to Odyssey XII (the men's fatal transgression); he is called upon in oath formulas alongside Gaia and rivers (Iliad III.104)"], ["ENT_HEPHAESTUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hephaestus forges the armor of Achilles at Thetis's request (Iliad XVIII.468-617); he quenches the river Scamander with fire (Iliad XXI.342-382); his limp and his forging domain are foundational here; Iliad I, XVIII, XXI"], ["ENT_HERA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hera actively favors the Greeks; she deceives Zeus in the Deception of Zeus episode (Iliad XIV); opposes Troy passionately throughout; Iliad I, III-V, XIV-XV, XVIII, XXIV"], ["ENT_HERACLES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Heracles is mentioned extensively in both epics as the greatest Greek hero; Iliad V.638-643 (sack of Troy), VIII.362-369 (his labors including Cerberus), XV.18-30 (his suffering at Hera's hands); Odyssey XI.601-626 (Odysseus sees his shade in the underworld); throughout both epics"], ["ENT_HERMES", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hermes escorts Priam through the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body (Iliad XXIV); in the Odyssey he delivers Zeus's commands to Calypso (Od. V) and escorts the dead suitors to Hades (Od. XXIV); Iliad XXIV; Odyssey V, X, XXIV"], ["ENT_HESTIA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hestia is mentioned in passing in the Odyssey (XIV.159: \"Hestia and the god of the hearth\"); her minimal narrative role in Homer contrasts with her prominent Homeric Hymns; she is the goddess of the household hearth"], ["ENT_HIPPONOE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Homer, Iliad 18.39-49 (the Nereids who attend Thetis in her mourning)."], ["ENT_HORKOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Horkos (Oath) is named in formal oath scenes in both epics; Iliad III.104 (the major oath scene invoking Zeus, Earth, Sun, and rivers); XIX.258-265 (Achilles' oath); oath-breaking brings the punishment of the Erinyes"], ["ENT_HYPERION", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hyperion (Titan of the sun) is named as the father of Helios; in the Odyssey, Helios is repeatedly called \"Hyperion\" or \"son of Hyperion\" (Od. I.8, XII.176, XII.374); the cattle of Helios are called \"cattle of Hyperion\" (Od. XII.263)"], ["ENT_HYPNOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Hypnos (Sleep) has a major role in the Deception of Zeus (Iliad XIV); Hera persuades him to put Zeus to sleep so Poseidon can help the Greeks; he is the twin of Thanatos and the son of Night (Nyx); Iliad XIV.231-291, XVI.672 (carries Sarpedon's body with Thanatos)"], ["ENT_IAPETUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Iapetus is named in Iliad VIII.479 (alongside Kronos) as one of the imprisoned Titans in Tartarus, far from the light of Helios; his imprisonment establishes the Titan-below-Olympian structure"], ["ENT_INO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Odyssey 5.333-335: the mortal daughter of Cadmus, now the sea-goddess Leucothea."], ["ENT_INO_LEUCOTHEA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Ino-Leucothea appears in Odyssey V.333-353: after Poseidon wrecks Odysseus's raft, Ino (formerly a mortal, now a sea-goddess) rises from the waves and gives him her magic veil to stay afloat; she is called \"Leucothea\" (the White Goddess); Odyssey V"], ["ENT_IOKE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Homer, Iliad 5.738-742 (Alke/Prowess and Ioke/Onrush worked upon Athena's aegis, with Phobos, Eris, and the Gorgon)."], ["ENT_IRIS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Iris is the primary divine messenger in the Iliad; she delivers Zeus's commands to the Trojans (Iliad II.786-807), to Hector (Iliad XI.185-210), and to Poseidon (Iliad XV.143-217); she also warns Priam (Iliad XXIV.144-188); more active than Hermes as messenger in the Iliad"], ["ENT_KER", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Ker/Keres (spirits of death and doom) appear on the Shield of Achilles (Iliad XVIII.535-538): \"pale Keres, gnashing their white teeth\"; they appear at battles dragging away the dead; Iliad II.302, XI.332, XVIII.535; Odyssey (several passages)"], ["ENT_KRONOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Kronos (ENT_KRONOS; variant) named as Zeus's father and king of an earlier divine order; see ENT_CRONUS"], ["ENT_KYDOIMOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Homer, Iliad (Enyo the war-goddess, Il. 5; Kydoimos the Din of Battle on the Shield of Achilles, Il. 18.535)."], ["ENT_LETO", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Leto is named as the mother of Apollo and Artemis; she appears in the Battle of the Gods (Iliad XXI.497-504: Hera slaps her and scatters her arrows); Iliad I.9, V.447, XIV.327, XX.72, XXI.497"], ["ENT_LEUCOTHEA", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Leucothea: see ENT_INO_LEUCOTHEA; Odyssey V.333-353"], ["ENT_LITAE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Litae (Prayers personified) are described in Phoenix's speech (Iliad IX.502-512): they are the daughters of Zeus, \"crippled and wrinkled and squint-eyed,\" who follow behind Ate (Ruin) and heal the damage she causes; this is their only Homeric attestation and the primary ancient text for their existence"], ["ENT_MACHAON", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Machaon (son of Asclepius) is the chief healer of the Greek army at Troy; Iliad II.732 (listed with Podalirius as sons of Asclepius); XI.505-520 (Machaon is wounded; \"a healer is worth many men in one\")"], ["ENT_MELEAGER", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Meleager is the subject of Phoenix's extended paradigmatic tale (Iliad IX.524-605): he withdrew from battle in anger and only returned when his city was in danger; this story is told as a parallel to Achilles' own withdrawal and serves as persuasion in the Embassy scene"], ["ENT_MELITE", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Named in the Iliad XVIII.42 Nereid catalog"], ["ENT_MEMNON", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "A protagonist of the Homeric epics."], ["ENT_MENELAUS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Menelaus is the husband of Helen and the wronged party whose cause the Greeks fight; he is active in both epics; Odyssey IV (the Telemachy) and Iliad III, IV, VII, XVII, XXIII"], ["ENT_MINOS", "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY", "direct attestation", "Minos appears in the Odyssey XI (Nekyia) as the judge of the dead, holding his golden scepter and giving judgments among the dead (Od. 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