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Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς), another warrior-king, famed for his cunning, who is the main character of another (roughly equally ancient) epic, the Odyssey. Patroclus (Πάτροκλος), beloved companion of Achilles. Phoenix (Φοῖνιξ), an old Achaean warrior, greatly trusted by Achilles, who acts as mediator between Achilles and Agamemnon.
List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 13 February 2025, at 04:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Greek name Etruscan name Notes Achilles: Achle, Achile [1] Legendary hero of the Trojan War: Actaeon: Ataiun [2] Admetus: Atmite [3] Adonis: Atunis [3] Agamemnon: Achmemrun [1] Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece: Aitolos: Etule: Confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse [4] Ajax, son of Telamon Ajax, son of Oileus: Aivas ...
16. Ebenezer — Of Hebrew origin, meaning "stone of help." 17. Horace — From the Roman family name Horatius, meaning "timekeeper." 18. Wilbur — Of Old English origin, meaning "wild boar."
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
The baby girl joins their other two children — daughter Sterling Skye, 3, and son Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III, 2 — all of whom are either named or nicknamed after types of metal.
Nausicaa (second from right) with Athena and Odysseus. Detail of an Attic red-figured amphora from Vulci (c. 440 BC)Nausicaa (/ n ɔː ˈ s ɪ k ɪ ə /; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ναυσικάα, romanized: Nausikáa [nau̯sikáaː], or Ναυσικᾶ, Nausikâ, [nau̯sikâː]), also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey.