The Odyssey

  ------. and action of narrative, 18-20; 447-48; aegis, 22.297-98; 432; 441; and Aias, son of Oileus, 4.502; and Athens, 7.80-81; 452; calms storm, 6; 5.382-87; 385; craftiness, contrivance, 13.290-302; 405; and crafts, 6.233; 7.110-11; 13.289; 20.72; 23.160-61; 405; and Dawn, 23.240-46, 344-48; 435, 436; 447-48; epithets, (atrytone, unwearying) 4.762; 6.324, (glaukopis) 447, (Pallas) 470; and Erechtheus, 7.80-81; 452; forms taken by, 8-9, 19, (birds) 19; 1.319-23; 3.371-85; 22.239-40, (daughter of Dymas) 6.13-47, (handsome woman) 19; 16.155-77, (Iphthime) 4.795-841; 383, (Ithakan youth) 13.221-25, (Mentes) 1.105-318, 404-20, (Phaiakians) 7.18-20; 8.7-23, 193-200, (Telemachos) 2.382-92, (see also Mentor, Athene impersonates); and Herakles, 11.626; invisibility, 18, 19; 16.159-61; 17.36n3; 412-13, (confers on others) 7.14-16, 39-42; 23.371-72; 386, 436; Laertes rejuvenated by, 24.367-74; 439; 463; libations to, 2.431-33; 3.390-95; 378; light shed by, 19.33-43; 422; likenesses. See forms taken by above; mist shed by, 8; 13.189-93; and Odysseus, 8-9; 447-48, (enhances his appearance) 20; 6.229-35; 8.16-23; 16.172-76, 207-12; 18.69-70; 23.155-63; 447, (makes him unrecognizable) 9, 19-20; 13.189-94, 397-403, 429-38; 16.207-12, 454-59; 19.100-360; 447, (on his sharp-wittedness) 13.331-40, 290-302; 405-6, (seeming absence during his wanderings) 13.316-23; 405, (support in Trojan War) 3.218-22; 8.520; 447, (see also events above); and Pandareus' daughters, 20.72; and Phaiakians, 6.291-92, 321-22; 13.299-302; 386, 405; and Poseidon, 6.328-31; 13.341-43; 386, 405-6; as pre-eminent deity in Odyssey, 11; 447-48, 458 prophecy, 1.252-67; 375; and returns of heroes from Troy, 3.134-36; 5.108&n3; sacrifices to, (Agamemnon's pointless) 3.143-47, (Nestor's rich) 3.380-85, 404-72; 378, (Penelope's) 4.751-53, 760-67; and sleep, 2.393-98; 5.491-92; 19.604; 21.357-8;and suitors' outrageous behavior, 8; 18.346-48; 20.284-86; warriors given courage by, 14.216. See also under Penelope; Telemachos; Trojan War; Zeus Athens, ixmap; 3.278, 307; 7.80-81; 11.321-25&n8; 387; 452

  athletics contest, 8.100-233; 389

  Atlas, 1.52-54; 7.245; 448

  Atreus, House of, 15-17; 11.436-39; 442, 448. See also Agamemnon; Iphigeneia; Klytaimnestra; Menelaos; Orestes; and under Nestor Attica, ixmap; 11.321-25&n8

  Aulis, ixmap; 16; 448

  authorship of Odyssey, 10-11, 13

  autochthony; Erechtheus' claim, 7.80-81; 452

  Autolykos, 11.85; 19.392-419, 459-62; 424; 448; Odysseus' visit to, 19.392-466; 21.220; 24.334-35; 424; as trickster, 19.395-98; 424; 448, 458

  Autonoe, 18.182-83, 198-99, 207, 211, 303; 420

  axes, in contest of bow, 15; 19.573-78; 21.76&n5, 80-82, 119-23; 425, 429; 478

  baldric, Herakles' decorated golden, 11.609-14

  ball, dance with, 8.370-80; 390

  bards. See minstrels

  barley-growing, 4.604

  bathing, 8.433-37, 449-57; 10.358-64; 17.85-95; Menelaos' silver bathtubs, 4.128; oil used after, 6.79-80&n1, 96, 214-15, 219-20, 227; 8.454; 10.364

  bats, simile of squeaking, 24.6-9; 436

  Bear (constellation). See Ursa Major beauty: and ambrosia, 8.364-65; 18.190-94&n6; Aphrodite and Artemis as yardsticks, 4.14; 17.37&n1; 19.54; complexion like ivory, 18.196. See also under Penelope beds: for guests, 4.296-301; 7.335-45; 388; Odysseus', 23.171-72, 177-204, 225-29; 435

  bees, 13.106

  beeswax, 12.47-48; 402

  beggars: embarrassment as not befitting, 17.345-46, 351-52, 578; 417; Odysseus' disguise as, 9, 19-20; 13.189-94, 397-403, 429-38; 16.207-12, 454-59; 19.100-360; 447. See also Iros; and under belly behavior: Nausikaa's advice to Odysseus, 2; 6.273-99; suitors' justifies extreme response, 8; 18.346-48; 20.284-86. See also modesty belly: beggar's characteristic of ravening, 17.227-28; 18.2-3; 18.364, 380; 416, 421; demands of, 6.133-34; 7.216-21; 17.286-89, 472-74, 558-59; 18.53-54; 387, 417, 419

  birds: Athene takes form of, 19; 1.319-23; 22.239-40; 375, 432; on Kalypso's island, 1; 5.64-67; in omens, 2.146-82; 15.160-81, 525-34; 17.160-61; 20.241-46; 376, 410, 411, 415, 427; in similes, (bobbing in sea) 12.418-19; 14.308-9, (flying) 5.51-53, 353; 13.86-88, (lamenting stolen chicks) 13; 16.216-9; 413, (pouncing, swooping) 22.302-6; 24.538. See also cormorants; doves; eagles; falcons; geese; owls; shearwaters; swallows; vultures bitch growling over puppies, 20.13-16; 425

  blacksmith tempering blade, 9.391-94; 393

  blank verse, English, 22

  blindness: minstrel Demodokos, 3; 8.63-64; 450. See also Polyphemos (Odysseus' blinding of) blood sausages or puddings, 18.44-47&n3; 20.25-27; 419, 425

  boar hunt, Odysseus', 19.388-468; 24.330-35; 424, 438-39; 448

  Boethoos, son of. See Eteoneus bolts, 21.6n1, 47

  Bootes (constellation), 5.272&n5; 384-85

  Bora (wind), 19.199-201&n7

  bow, contest of, 9-10, 15; 21.1-434; 428-31; Amphilochos' shade recounts story, 24.167-77; 437; Odysseus' bow, 21.11-41, 393-403; 22.119-21; 428, 430-31; Odysseus' participation, 21.274-427; 430-31; Penelope's motives, 9-10; 19.570-81; 472; setting up of axes, 15; 19.573-78; 21.76&n5, 80-82, 119-23; 428, 429; 478; suitors' attempts, 21.140-43, 167-87, 245-69; 429, 430; Telemachos' attempt, 21.101-39; 429; 478

  bowls, mixing-: ivy-wood, 9.346; 14.78; 16.52; silver, 9.204; 10.357; 15.103; 24.275; 438; silver with gold inlay, made by Hephaistos, 4.612-19; 15.103, 114-22; 381, 409

  bronze, 7.83, 86, 89; 387. See also swords; tripods brooches, 18.293-94; 421; design of hound gripping fawn, 19.226-35, 256-57; 423

  building: construction of Odysseus' house, 1.436-42; 22.126-28&n1, 142-43&n2; 432. See also carpentry; ships (building of) bull, in simile, 21.48-49

  burial. See funerary rites; tumuli, burial cables, ships', 21.389-91; 22.465-67&n5; 433

  Calverley, C.S., 22

  carpentry, 21.43-45

  Cassandra. See Kassandre

  cattle: number of Odysseus' herds, 14.100; similes, (calves glad to see mothers) 10.409-14; 397, (pursued by gadflies) 22.299-306; 432. See also Helios (cattle, on Thrinakie) cave of nymphs on Ithake, 2; 13.103-12&n4, 347-50, 355-60, 365-71; 404, 405-6

  celery flowers, 5.73

  Centaurs, 21.294-304&n8; 430; 454, 471

  Cephalonia. See Kephallenia; Same chairs: silver-and ivory-inlaid, 19.55-58; silver-studded, 7.162-63; 8.65-66; 10.366-67; 22.341

  Chalkis, ixmap; 15.295; 448

  Chania. See Kydonia

  Chapman, George, 23n9

  characterization, 4-5. See also under Helen; Melanthios; Menelaos; Nestor; Odysseus; Penelope; Telemachos Charites. See Graces

  Charybdis, 12.101-14, 235-44, 260, 428-46; 23.327-28; 402-3, 404, 436; 448-49

  chest, Alkinoos' gift to Odysseus, 8.424, 438-45; 391

  chine of roast, 4.65-66; 8.474-83; 14.437-38; 408

  Chios, xmap; 3.170-72

  Chloris, wife of Neleus, 11.280-97; 399

  Chromios, son of Neleus, 11.285-86

  chronology: of mythic world, 7-8; time displacements in Odyssey, 16, 17-18; 4.91n3; 7.258-59&n5; 460, (see also Menelaos, return from Troy; and under Orestes) Clashing Rocks (Symplegades), 1

  clover, 4.603

  Cnossos. See Knosos

  cobalt, 7.87; 387

  complexion compared to ivory, 18.196

  composition of Odyssey, 10-12; effect of Iliad in written form, 13-14. See also authorship; date of poem; inconsistencies; structure and organization of poem constellations, 5.269-77&nn5-6; 384-85. See also Orion; Pleiades; stars; Ursa Major; Ursa Minor copper, trade in, 1.184; 477, 478

  Corfu, as Scheria, 453

  cormorants, 5.66-67

  Cotterill, H.B., 22

  country life, 2. See also animal husbandry; farming cover stories, Odysseus', 14; to Antinoos, 14; 17.412-44; 417; to Athene, 13.253-99; 405; to Eumaios, 14; 14.199-359; 407-8; guest-friendship in, 17.522; 19.185, 119; 24.262-317; 438; inconsistencies, 19.171n6; names in, 24.307n5; to Penelope 14; 19.164-248; 423; scant justification, 13.291-95; 19.171n6; 469. See also under Egypt; Krete; Phoenicia; Thesprotia cowherd. See Philoitios

  craftiness. See trickery

  crafts and craftsmen: in similes, 6.231-35; 23.159-62; 435; social attitudes to, 446, 457. See also embroider
y; spinning; weaving; and under Athene; Hephaistos; metals Crete. See Krete

  cross-cutting in narrative, 4; 4.625; 15.300

  cubits, 10.517; 11.25, 311; 397, 398

  cuckolds, derision of, 446, 457

  cups: golden, 8.430-32; 391; two-handled, 15.102, 120-21; 409

  Cypria: on Odysseus' feigning madness, 24.117n3; on Paris and Helen's theft of Atreid treasure, 4.96n4; on sacrifice of Iphigeneia, 16

  Cyprus, xmap; 4.83; 8.362-63; 17.442-44, 448; 449

  dairying, 2; 9.219-23, 244-49, 308-9, 341-42, 438-40; 393

  Damastor, son of. See Agelaos Danaans; application of term, 449

  dancing: to cover up death of suitors, 23.117-52; 434-35; Dawn's dancing floors on Aiaia, 12.3-4; minstrels play for, 8.261-64; 23.133-34, 143-45; nymphs' dancing floors on Thrinakie, 12.318; by Phaiakians, 8.248-65, 370-84; 389-90

  date of poem, 11-12, 13; 463

  Dawn (Eos), 449; abode and dancing floors in Aiaia, 12.3-4; Athene delays for Odysseus and Penelope, 23.240-46, 344-48; 435, 436; 447-48; and Kleitos, 15.249-51; and Ocean, 22.197-98; 23.244, 346-47; 436; and Orion, 5.121-24&n4; 449, 470; star that heralds, 13.93-94&n3; and Tithonos, 5.1; 449, 480

  death: by arrows of Apollo and Artemis, 3.278-83; 11.172-73, 318, 324-25&n8; 15.478; 17.251-52; 20.60-90; 447, (kindly) 5.123-24, 409-11; 18.202; calling out three times to souls of dead, 9.64-66; Hermes as escort of dead, 24.1-14; 458; insubstantiality of spirits, 11.204-22, 391-94; 399, 400; sleep as akin to, 13.80; warrior's glorious, 24.23-97; 436. See also funerary rites; mourning practices; tumuli, burial deceit. See trickery

  declaimability of translation, 20, 22-23

  Deidameia, 4.5n1; 467, 477

  Deimos (Fear), 8.277n1

  Deiphobos, son of Priam, 4.276; 8.517-18; 449

  Delos, xmap; 6.162-67; 386; 449

  Delphi (Pytho), ixmap; 449, 467, 475; oracle, 8.79-81; 11.581&n11; 389; 450, 475

  Demeter, 5.125-28; 449-50, 477

  Demodokos, 450; blindness, 3; 8.63-64; 450; divine inspiration, 8.43-45, 63-64, 73, 479-81, 488-89, 497-98; 9.4; heralds attend to, 3; 8.47, 62-70, 104-7, 254-57, 261-62, 471-73; 391; lays, 13.27-28, (Aphrodite and Ares) 8.266-366; 390; 446, (Odysseus' quarrel with Achilles) 8.72-82; 388-89, (Wooden Horse) 8.492-520, 537-38; 391; Odysseus honors, 8.474-91; 9.3-4; 391; plays for dancing, 8.261-64

  Demoptolemos, 22.242-45, 266-69; 432

  destiny. See fate

  Deukalion, 19.180-81; 423; 450

  dialogue; naturalism, 3, 12

  Die (Dia, island), 11.324-25&n8

  digamma, 458

  digressions, list of, 14

  Diokles, son of Ortilochos, of Pherai, 3.488-90; 15.186-88; 410

  Diomedes, son of Tydeus, 3.167-82; 4.280-84; 378; 447, 450

  Dionysos, 11.325&n8; 24.74; 450

  Dioskouroi. See Kastor; Polydeukes disguise: Odysseus' disguised entry into Troy, 4.240-58; strangers as gods in, 17.483-87; 418. See also appearance, changes in distaffs, golden, 4.122, 131, 134-35

  Dmetor, son of Iasos, 17.442-43

  Dodone, ixmap; 7; 14.327-28; 19.296-99&n10; 407, 423-24; 450, 479

  dogs, 2; bitch growling over puppies in simile, 20.13-16; 425; Eumaios' guard dogs, 14.20-21, 29-38; 406; fawning on familiar people, 16.4-10; 412; fear of Athene, 16.162-63; 412-13; gold and silver, made by Hephaistos, 7.91-94; 387; 475-76; killing fawn, on brooch, 19.226-35, 256-57; 423; Odysseus' hound, Argos, 2; 17.291-327; 416

  Dolios, 24.386-408, 492-99; 439, 440; 450-51; children, 24.223-25, 387-96, 409-11, 492-97; 440; 450-51, (see also Melanthios; Melantho); and Laertes, 4.735-38; 24.222-25; 382, 438; 450

  doors and door furniture, 1.441-42; 21.6-7&n1, 43-50&n4, 123

  Dorians, 19.177

  Doris, daughter of Ocean, 24.57n1

  Doulichion, 9.24&n1; 451; in Odysseus' cover story, 14.333-37, 396-97; 19.290-92; 407, 408; suitors from, 1.246; 16.123-25, 247-48, 395-97; 19.131; 413, 414, 423, (see also Amphinomos) doves, 12.62-65; 15.525-34; 20.241-46; 411, 427

  dreams, 9, 10; 20.93-94; 426; Nausikaa's, 6, 19; 6.15-47; 381; truthful and deceptive, and gates of horn and ivory, 19.560-67&n19; 425. See also under Penelope drill, simile of, 9.384-86; 393

  drugs, 4.219-32; 379; 451

  Dryden, John, 21

  Dymas, shipwright, 6.22; Athene takes form of daughter, 6.13-47

  eagles: Athene takes form of sea-eagle, 3.371-85; 378; Odysseus compared to, 24.538; 440; in omens, 2.146-82; 15.160-81; 17.160-61; 20.241-46; 376, 410, 415, 427; Penelope's dream of geese and, 19.535-69; 425; 472; simile of sea eagles robbed of chicks, 16.216-19; 413

  earrings, 18.297-98; 421

  Earth (Ge, Gaia), 5.184; 7.206n4, 323-24&n7

  earthquakes, 474

  Echeneos, 7.154-66; 11.342-46; 387, 400

  Echephron, son of Nestor, 3.413, 439

  Echetos, king of Epiros, 18.84-87&n4, 115-16; 20.383n3; 21.308; 419, 430

  Echinades, 15.299n7; 451

  Egypt, 4.83; 451; drugs from, 4.227-32; 451; Homer's ignorance of topography, 4.355-57; 473; Menelaos' stay in, 3.299-302; 4.83, 125-32, 351-52, 481-83, 581-85; 380, 381; 465; in Odysseus' cover stories, 14.245-86; 17.424-41; 407, 417. See also Pharos; Thebe, Egypt Eidothee, daughter of Proteus, 4.364-425, 435-46; 380

  Eileithyia, 19.188; 444, 451

  Elatos, 22.267-69; 432

  Elatreus, 8.111, 129

  Elis, ixmap; 4.634-37; 13.275; 15.298; 24.430-31; 381, 439; 451-52

  Elpenor, 10.552-60; 11.51-80; 12.8-15; 398, 401

  Elysium, Elysian Fields, 4.561-69; 381; 452

  embarrassment as not suiting a beggar, 17.345-46, 351-52, 578; 417

  embroidery, 15.104-8, 123-28; 18.292-94

  Enipeus, river god, 11.238-40; 399; 480-81

  Eos. See Dawn

  Epeians, 13.275; 15.298; 24.431; 452

  Epeios, 8.492-93; 11.523-24; 452, 481

  Eperitos (Odysseus' assumed identity), 24.304-6; 438

  Ephialtes, Titan, 11.307-20; 400; 471

  Ephyre, 1.258-62; 2.328-30; 452, 468-69

  Epikaste (Iokaste), queen of Corinth, 11.271-80&n5, 399

  Epimenides, 462

  Epiros, ixmap; 18.84-87&n4, 115-16; 419

  epithets, personal: in translation, 24. See also under individual characters Erebos, 10.527-28; 11.37&n1, 564; 12.81; 20.356; 397, 398, 401; 452, 456, 481; asphodel meadows, 11.539, 573; 24.13; 456, 481

  Erechtheus, 7.80-81; 387; 452

  Eremboi, 4.84

  Eretmeus, 8.112

  Erinyes. See Furies

  Eriphyle, 11.326-27; 15.247n5, 460; 400; 443; 452

  Erymanthos, ixmap; 6.102-5; 452

  Eteoneus, son of Boethoos, 4.22-38; 15.95-99, 140; 379, 409

  Euboia, ixmap; 3.174; 7.321-22&nn5-6; 388; 452-53

  Eumaios, swineherd, 453; Athene sends Odysseus to, 9; 13.404-11; 406; Odysseus in hut of, 2, 9; 14.1-533; 15.301-495; 406-9, 410; 453; gives Odysseus news of parents, 15.346-70; 410-11; tells story of life, 14; 15.390-484; 411; 453; Telemachos comes to hut, 15.38-40, 555-57; 16.11-320; 409, 411, 412; goes to Penelope, 16.130-56, 333-41; 413; returns with news from town, 16.452-81; 414; escorts Odysseus to town, 16.272; 17.9-25, 182-290; 413, 415, 416; in house of Odysseus, 17.324-25, 328-35, 374-91, 507-84; 416, 417; returns to farmstead, 17.589-605; 418-19; again in Odysseus' house, 20.162-71, 238-39; 426, 427; and contest of bow, 21.80-82; 428; Odysseus reveals identity to, 21.188-241; 429; brings bow to Odysseus, 21.234-35, 359-71, 378-79; 429, 430; and killing of suitors, 21.380-87; 22.14-15, 129-30, 201-2, 267, 279-80, 284-85, 359; 430, 431, 432; binding of Melanthios, 22.162-99; 432; and clearing of hall, 22.435-39; 433; execution of maidservants and Melanthios, 22.454-79; 433; end of day, 23.297-99; 436; at farmstead, 23.367-72; 24.362-64; 436, 439; Amphilochos' shade recounts role, 24.148-52, 155-56; 437

  ------. and animals, 14.5-22, 101-2, 106-7, 409-12, 524-33; 17.593-94; 409, 426; 453, (supplies to suitors) 14.16-17, 26-28, 41, 81-82; 20.162-64; 406, 407; farmstead described, 2; 14.5-20; 406; honors gods, 14.57-58, 83-88, 420-35, 444-47; 17.238-46; 408, 41
6; hospitality, 14.45-49, 74-81, 413-17, 437-45; 406-7, 408; life, 14; 15.390-484; 411; 453; loyalty to Odysseus, 14.3-4, 61-71, 114-73, 423-24, 524-33; 17.238-46; 20.238-39; 406, 407, 409, 416, 427; 453; nobility, 14.48&n1, 140-43; 15.413-84; 453; Odysseus as beggar calls by name, 14.439&n4; Odysseus' cover story for, 14; 14.185-359; 407-8; own property, 14.3-4, 9, 449-52, 455, 526-27; Telemachos' close relationship, 16.12-26, 56, 61, 130; 17.589-605; 412

  Eumelos, of Pherai, 4.798

  Eupeithes, 16.424-30; 24.421-37, 464-65, 469-71, 522-25; 414, 439, 440; 453, 463; son of. See Antinoos Euryades, 22.267-69; 432

  Euryalos, son of Naubolos, 8.115-17, 127, 140-42, 158-64, 176-79, 238-40, 396-415; 389, 390; 443

  Eurybates, 19.244-48; 423

  Eurydamas, 18.297-98; 22.283-84; 421, 432

  Eurydike, daughter of Klymenos, 3.451-52

  Eurykleia, 453; and Telemachos' journey to Peloponnese, 2.345-80; 4.742-57; 17.31-33; 377, 382, 415; 453; sees beggar's resemblance to Odysseus, 10, 19-20; 19.379-81; recognizes Odysseus, 20; 19.343-93&n12, 467-507; 424-25; in aftermath of killing of suitors, 22.390-434, 480-96; 431-33; identifies disloyal maidservants, 22.417-27; 433; tells Penelope that Odysseus is home, 23.1-84; 434

  ------. household responsibilities, 19.15-25; 20.128-43, 147-56; 21.50n4, 380-87; 23.171-72, 177-80, 288-92; 422, 426, 430, 435, 436; as old family nurse, 1.428-42; 19.353-55, 401-4, 482-83; 376, 424; 453; Laertes' treatment, 1.428-33; 453

  Eurylochos, 453; on Aiaia, 10.205, 207, 232, 244-73, 429-48; 11.23; 395, 396, 397; Odysseus' trust, 11.23; 12.195-96; 398; on Thrinakie, 12.277-97, 339-51; 403; 453

  Eurymachos, 453-54; exchange with Telemachos, 1.399-420; 376; 454; addresses assembly, 2.177-207; 376; and Telemachos' return, 16.345-50; 413-14; and Penelope, 16.435-48; 18.243-49, 295-96; 420, 421; 454; and Odysseus as beggar, 18.349-98; 421; scoffs at Theoklymenos, 20.359-62; 454; and contest of the bow, 21.186-87, 245-55, 277, 320-29; 429, 430; attempts to avoid death, 22.44-81; 431; killed, 22.81-88; 22.246n3; 431

  ------. affair with Melantho, 18.325; 421; aggressive, imperious, 5; 2.178-207; hypocrisy, 1.399-404; 16.435-48; 22.44-81; 454; as leading suitor, 15.14-18, 518-24; 18.65; 409; Melanthios' liking for, 17.257; 416

  Eurymedon, king of the Giants, 7.58-60

  Eurymedousa, 7.7-13; 383

  Eurynome, 17.495-99; 18.163-86; 19.96-101; 20.4; 23.153-55, 288-95; 418, 420, 422, 425, 436; 454

  Eurynomos, 2.21; 22.242-69; 432

  Eurypylos, 11.519-21&n10

  Eurystheus, 11.270n4, 622n14; 444, 454

  Eurytion, Centaur, 21.294-304&n8; 430; 454