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141 rows where source_id = "SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY"
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| Link | entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
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| ENT_ACHELOOS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Acheloos ENT_ACHELOOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Acheron ENT_ACHERON | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ACHILLES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Achilles is the central hero of the Iliad; his rage (mēnis) 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 | Actaea ENT_ACTAEA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_AEACUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Aeneas Greek reception ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | A protagonist of the Homeric epics. |
| ENT_AEOLUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Aeolus ENT_AEOLUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Aesepus ENT_AESEPUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_AETHER | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_AJAX | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Alke ENT_ALKE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_AMPHITRITE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Anemoi ENT_ANEMOI | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_APHRODITE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_APOLLO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ARES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ARTEMIS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ASCLEPIUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ASCLEPIUS_HERO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Atë ENT_AT | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Atë (variant of Ate/Delusion); see ENT_ATE; named in Iliad IX and XIX |
| ENT_ATE,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Ate ENT_ATE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ATHENA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ATLAS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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" — this is the earliest Greek attestation of Atlas as Calypso's father |
| ENT_AXIUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Axius ENT_AXIUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_BELLEROPHON | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_BOREAS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_CADMUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Caicus ENT_CAICUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Calchas ENT_CALCHAS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_CALYPSO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_CASTOR | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_CERBERUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Charybdis ENT_CHARYBDIS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Cocytus ENT_COCYTUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Cronus ENT_CRONUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Curetes ENT_CURETES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Homer, Iliad 9.529ff: the Aetolian Kouretes who besieged Calydon. |
| ENT_CYMODOCE,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Cymodoce ENT_CYMODOCE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Cymothoe ENT_CYMOTHOE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.41 Nereid catalog |
| ENT_DEIMOS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Deimos ENT_DEIMOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_DEMETER | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_DIOMEDES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_DIONE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_DIONYSUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Doto ENT_DOTO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.43 Nereid catalog |
| ENT_DYNAMENE,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Dynamene ENT_DYNAMENE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.43 Nereid catalog |
| ENT_ENYO,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Enyo ENT_ENYO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_EOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_EREBUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_ERIS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Euarne ENT_EUARNE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Eudora Nereid ENT_EUDORA_NEREID | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_EURUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_GAIA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Gaia (Gē / 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 | Galatea ENT_GALATEA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.45 Nereid catalog (Galateia) |
| ENT_GANYMEDE,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Ganymede ENT_GANYMEDE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Glauce ENT_GLAUCE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.39 Nereid catalog (Glauke) |
| ENT_GRANICUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Granicus ENT_GRANICUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | The Asphodel Meadows ENT_GRR_ASPHODEL | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_HADES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Hades ENT_HADES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Hades (called Aïdēs or Aïdoneus) 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 ENT_HECTOR | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HELEN | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HELIOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HEPHAESTUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HERA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HERACLES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HERMES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HESTIA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Hipponoe ENT_HIPPONOE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HORKOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HYPERION | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_HYPNOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_IAPETUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Ino ENT_INO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_INO_LEUCOTHEA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Ioke ENT_IOKE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_IRIS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_KER | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Kydoimos ENT_KYDOIMOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_LETO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_LEUCOTHEA | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Leucothea: see ENT_INO_LEUCOTHEA; Odyssey V.333-353 |
| ENT_LITAE,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Litae ENT_LITAE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_MACHAON | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_MELEAGER | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 | Melite ENT_MELITE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.42 Nereid catalog |
| ENT_MEMNON,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Memnon ENT_MEMNON | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | A protagonist of the Homeric epics. |
| ENT_MENELAUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Menelaus ENT_MENELAUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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 ENT_MINOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) 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. XI.568-571); this is the earliest attestation of his role as underworld judge |
| ENT_MNEMOSYNE,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,scholarly attestation | Mnemosyne ENT_MNEMOSYNE | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | scholarly attestation | Mnemosyne is not named directly in Homer but her daughters the Muses are invoked at Iliad II.484-493 and Odyssey I.1; as mother of the Muses she is implied by the Homeric invocations |
| ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Moirai ENT_MOIRAI | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | The Moirai (Fates) are named in the Iliad as the force that assigns each person their portion at birth; Iliad XXIV.209-210 (Hecuba says a Moira gave Hector his spirit); XX.127; the concept of moira as a binding fate operates throughout both epics; the three-fold Clotho/Lachesis/Atropos division is Hesiodic, not Homeric |
| ENT_MOMOS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,scholarly attestation | Momos ENT_MOMOS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | scholarly attestation | Momos (Blame) is alluded to in the tradition of divine blame but is not named in the Homeric epics themselves; the Theoi tradition places him among Nyx's offspring |
| ENT_MOMUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,scholarly attestation | Momus ENT_MOMUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | scholarly attestation | Momus (Blame/Ridicule): see ENT_MOMOS; variant spelling; post-Homeric personification |
| ENT_NEMESIS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Nemesis ENT_NEMESIS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Nemesis is named in the Odyssey (XIV.283: "divine nemesis from the gods") as a divine retribution force; she does not appear as a personified deity with narrative role in Homer, but the concept nemesis (divine indignation at excess) operates throughout both epics |
| ENT_NEREUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Nereus ENT_NEREUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Nereus (the Old Man of the Sea) is named in the Iliad as the father of the Nereids; Iliad I.538: Thetis is described as the daughter of the old man of the sea; XVIII.36: the Nereids assemble from their father Nereus; Homer does not extensively describe Nereus himself |
| ENT_NESO,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Neso ENT_NESO | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Named in the Iliad XVIII.40 Nereid catalog (Nesaie / Nesaea) |
| ENT_NOTUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Notus ENT_NOTUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Notus (South Wind) is named in Odyssey V.295 (storms) and in several Iliad passages as one of the four winds; Iliad XI.306, Odyssey V.295 |
| ENT_NYX,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Nyx ENT_NYX | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Nyx (Night) appears in the Deception of Zeus episode: when Hypnos fears Zeus's wrath, Hera tells him to flee to Nyx, "who has power over gods and men" — even Zeus feared to offend Nyx (Iliad XIV.259-261); this is the primary evidence for Nyx's primordial status |
| ENT_OCEANUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Oceanus ENT_OCEANUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Oceanus is the cosmic river encircling the world's edge; Iliad XIV.200-210 (Hera claims she travels to the ends of the earth to visit Oceanus "who gave rise to the gods"); Odyssey XI.13 (Odysseus sails past Oceanus to reach the underworld); Homer's Oceanus is the origin of rivers and seas |
| ENT_ODYSSEUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Odysseus ENT_ODYSSEUS | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Odysseus is the central hero of the Odyssey; present in the Iliad as a major figure (embassy to Achilles, Iliad IX; spy mission with Diomedes, Iliad X); the Odyssey narrates his ten-year return from Troy; Iliad IX-X; Odyssey I-XXIV |
| ENT_ORESTES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation | Orestes ENT_ORESTES | Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Orestes is held up repeatedly in the Odyssey as the exemplary avenger of his father's murder: Telemachus is urged to emulate Orestes' revenge on Aegisthus; Od. I.30-43, III.196-200; the Orestes story is the Odyssey's moral parallel to the Telemachus plot |
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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
[entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
[source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
[evidence_type] TEXT,
[source_note] TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);