The Iliad of Homer

by Richmond Lattimore

  Perse'phonē: Wife of Hades and queen of the dead, 9.457.

  Per'seus: Son of Zeus and Danaë, 14.320; grandfather of Eurystheus, 19.116.

  Pe'teon: City in Boiotia, 2.500.

  Pe'teos: Father of Menestheus, 2.552.

  Phai'nops: (1) Father of Xanthos (2) and Thoön (1), 5.152. (2) Father of Phorkys, 17.312.

  Phais'tos: (1) City in Krete, 2.648. (2) Maionian killed by Idomeneus, 5.43.

  Phal'kes: Trojan killed by Antilochos, 14.513.

  Pharis: City in Lakedaimon, 2.582.

  Phau'sias: Father of Apisaon (1), 11.578.

  Phe'geus: Trojan killed by Diomedes, 5.9-19.

  Phe'ia: City on the borders of Pylos and Arkadia, 7.135.

  Phei'das: Captain under Menestheus, 13.691.

  Pheidip'pos: A leader of the men from Kos and the adjacent islands, 2.678.

  Phe'neos: City in Arkadia, 2.605.

  Phe'rai: (1) Thessalian city of Eumelos, 2.711. (2) City near Pylos, 5.543, 9.151.

  Phere'klos: Builder in Troy, who made ships for Paris, killed by Meriones, 5.59-68.

  Phe'res: Father of Admetos, grandfather of Eumelos, 2.763.

  Pherou'sa: A Nereïd, 18.43.

  Phile'tor: Father of Demouchos, 20.458.

  Philokte'tes: Leader of the Thessalians from Methone and thereabouts, archer, during the action of the Iliad ill of an infection in Lemnos, 2.716-25.

  Phleg'yes: A northern people visited by Ares, 13.302.

  Phoenicians: A nation, well known as seafarers, living on the Syrian coast, 23.744.

  Phoi'bos: Epithet of Apollo, 1.43, etc.

  Phoi'nix: (1) Son of Amyntor, a refugee befriended by Peleus, companion and tutor of Achilleus; his story, 9.430-95. (2) Father of Europa, 14.321.

  Phokis: District in central Greece, adjoining Boiotia, 2.517.

  Phor'bas: (1) Man of Lesbos, father of Diomede, 9.665. (2) Father of Ilioneus, 14.490.

  Phor'kys: Phrygian killed by Aias, 17.312.

  Phrad'mon: Father of Agelaos (1), 8.257.

  Phron'tis: Wife of Panthoös, 17.40.

  Phry'gia: District east of the Troad, allied with Troy, 2.862, etc.

  Phthi'a: The home of Achilleus, in southern Thessaly, 2.683, etc.

  Phthi'ron: Mountain near Miletos (2), 2.868.

  Phyl'akē: Thessalian city in the domain of Protesilaos, 2.695.

  Phy'las: Father of Polymele, 16.181.

  Phy'leus: Father of Meges, 2.628, etc.; defeated in spear-throwing by Nestor, 23.637.

  Phylomedou'sa: Wife of Areïthoös (1), 7.10.

  Pidy'tes: Trojan ally from Perkote, killed by Odysseus, 6.30.

  Piē'ria: The region around Olympos, 14.226.

  Pit'theus: Father of Aithre, 3.144.

  Pityei'a: City on the Hellespont, 2.829.

  Plak'os: Mountain dominating Thebe (2), 6.396.

  Platai'a: City in Boiotia, 2.504.

  Plei'ades: The constellation, 18.486.

  Pleu'ron: City in Aitolia, 2.639.

  Podalei'rios: Son of Asklepios, fighter and healer, with his brother Machaon leader of the men from Oichalia and thereabouts, 2.732.

  Podar'ge: Harpy, mother by the West Wind of the horses of Achilleus, 16.150.

  Podar'gos: (1) One of the horses of Hektor, 8.185. (2) One of the horses of Menelaos, 23.295.

  Podar'kes: Brother of Protesilaos, succeeding him as leader of the men from Phylake, etc., 2.703-8.

  Po'des: Son of Eëtion, friend (possibly brother-in-law) of Hektor, killed by Menelaos, 17.575-81.

  Poli'tes: Son of Priam, 2.791, etc.

  Polyai'mon: Father of Amopaon, 8.276.

  Pol'ybos: Son of Antenor, 11.59.

  Polydeu'kes: Brother of Helen, 3.237.

  Polydo're: Daughter of Peleus, mother, by the river Spercheios, of Menesthios, 16.173-78.

  Polydo'ros: (1) Youngest son of Priam, killed by Achilleus, 20.407-18. (2) Spear-thrower defeated by Nestor, 23.637.

  Polyi'dos: (1) Trojan killed by Diomedes, 5.148-51. (2) Augur in Korinth, father of Euchenor, 13.663.

  Polyk'tor: Named as his father by Hermes to Priam, 24.398.

  Polyme'le: Mother, by Hermes, of Eudoros, 16.179-90.

  Polyme'los: Lykian killed by Patroklos, 16.417.

  Polynei'kes: Son of Oidipous, leader of the Seven against Thebes, 4.377.

  Polyphe'mos: Hero of the generation of Nestor, 1.264.

  Polyphe'tes: A Trojan captain, 13.791.

  Polyphon'tes: Kadmeian killed by Tydeus, 4.395.

  Polypoi'tes: Son of Peirithoös, leader of the Lapithai from Argissa, etc., 2.740, etc.

  Polyxei'nos: A leader of the Epeians, 2.623.

  Por'theus: Aitolian hero, father of Agrios, Melas, and Oineus, 14.115.

  Posei'don: Son of Kronos and Rheia, so younger brother of Zeus, lord of the sea, 15.185-92; protector of the Achaians, 13.10-124, etc.

  Pouly'damas: Son of Panthoös, fighter and careful counselor, frequently opposed to the reckless strategy of Hektor, 12.210-29, 18.249-83, etc.

  Prak'tios: River in the Troad, 2.835.

  Pramnei'an wine: A wine used medicinally, origin unknown, 11.639.

  Priam: Son of Laomedon, king of Troy, father of Hektor, Paris, and many other children (fifty sons, 24.495), 3.161, etc.

  Proi'tos: King of Ephyra, who designed against the life of Bellerophontes, 6.156-70.

  Pro'machos: Boiotian killed by Akamas (1), 14.476.

  Pro'noös: Trojan killed by Patroklos, 16.399.

  Protesila'os: Leader of the men from Phylake, etc., first of the Achaians to land at Troy and first to be killed, 2.695-709.

  Prothoë'nor: A Boiotian leader, 2.495; killed by Poulydamas, 14.450.

  Pro'thoön: Trojan killed by Teukros, 14.515.

  Pro'thoös: Leader of the Magnesians from Pelion, 2.756.

  Protia'on: Father of Astynoös (2), 15.455.

  Proto: A Nereïd, 18.43.

  Pry'tanis: Lykian killed by Odysseus, 5.678.

  Ptel'eos: (1) City in the domain of Nestor, 2.594. (2) City in the domain of Protesilaos, 2.697.

  Ptolemai'os: Father of Eurymedon (1), 4.228.

  Pygmai'ans: That small infantry warred on by cranes, 3.6.

  Pylai'menes: Lord of the Paphlagonians, killed by Menelaos, 5.576-79.

  Pylai'os: Leader, with his brother Hippothoös, of the Pelasgians from Larissa, 2.842.

  Pylar'tes: (1) Trojan killed by Aias, 11.491. (2) Trojan killed by Patroklos, 16.696.

  Pyle'ne: City in Aitolia, 2.639.

  Py'lon: Trojan killed by Polypoites, 12.187.

  Py'los: The city of Nestor, with the district surrounding it, on the western coast of the Peloponnese (south Greece: exact location disputed), 1.252, 2.591, etc.

  Pyraich'mes: Paionian chief killed by Patroklos, 16.287.

  Pyr'asos: (1) City in the domain of Protesilaos, 2.695. (2) Trojan killed by Aias, 11.491.

  Py'ris: Trojan killed by Patroklos, 16.416.

  Py'tho: Place in Phokis sacred to Apollo, later called Delphoi, 2.519, 9.404-5.

  Rhadaman'thys: Son of Zeus and Europa, brother of Minos, 14.321-22.

  Rhe'a, or Rhei'a: Mother, by Kronos, of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Demeter, 15.187-88.

  Rhe'ne: Mother, by Oïleus (1), of Medon (1), 2.728.

  Rhe'sos: (1) King of the Thracians, killed by Diomedes, 10.432-502. (2) River of the Troad, 12.20.

  Rhig'mos: Thracian killed by Achilleus, 20.484-89.

  Rhi'pe: City in Arkadia, 2.606.

  Rhodes: Island just southeast of the Aegean, its men led by Tlepolemos (1), 2.654.

  Rho'dios: River of the Troad, 12.20.

  Rhy'tion: City in Krete, 2.648.

  Sal'amis: Island off the shore by Athens, home of Aias (1), 2.557.

  Sa'mos: (1) Large island, later called Kephallenia, near Ithaka and part of the domain of Odysseus, 2.634. (2) Island, later called Samothrace, in the northern Aegean or Thracian Sea, 13.13, 24.78.

  Sangar'ios: River in Phrygia, 3.187.
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  Sarpe'don: Son of Zeus and Laodameia, lord of the Lykians, 2.876, 6.198-99; one of the strongest fighters on the Trojan side, kills Tlepolemos, 5.629-62; killed by Patroklos, 16.462-507.

  Satni'oeis: River of the Troad, 6.34, etc.

  Sat'nios: Trojan killed by Aias (2), 14.443.

  Sche'dios: (1) Son of Iphitos (1) and a leader of the Phokians, 2.517; killed by Hektor, 17.304-11. (2) Son of Perimedes, also leader of the Phokians and killed by Hektor, 15.515. (It is quite possible that there is confusion in the tradition here, and that the same man is meant.)

  Schoi'nos: City in Boiotia, 2.497.

  Sel'agos: Father of Amphios (2), 5.612.

  Sele'pios: Father of Euenos, 2.693.

  Selle'eis: (1) River of unknown location associated with Ephyra (1), 2.659, 15.531. (2) River of the Troad, 2.839.

  Sel'loi: Prophets of Zeus at Dodona, 16.235.

  Sem'elē: Mother, by Zeus, of Dionysos, 14.323-25.

  Se'samos: City of the Paphlagones, 2.853.

  Ses'tos: City on the European side of the Hellespont, its people allies of Troy, 2.836.

  Sidon: City of the Phoenicians, 6.291.

  Sik'yon: City once ruled by Adrestos (1) in the domain of Agamemnon, 2.572.

  Sim'oeis: River by Troy, tributary of Skamandros, 5.774, etc.

  Simoei'sios: Trojan named after the river, killed by Aias, 4.473-89.

  Sin'tians: People of Lemnos, 1.594.

  Sip'ylos: Mountain in Lydia, 24.615.

  Sis'yphos: Hero of Ephyre (2), grandfather of Bellerophontes, 6.153.

  Skai'an: Of one of the gates of Troy, 3.145, etc.

  Skaman'drios: (1) Trojan huntsman and fighting man killed by Menelaos, 5.49-58. (2) Another name for Astyanax, 6.402.

  Skaman'dros: Chief river of the Trojan plain, 2.465, etc.; as a god, fights and discomfits Achilleus, 21.211-382; called also, by the gods, Xanthos, 20.74.

  Skandei'a: City on Kythera, 10.268.

  Skar'phe: City in Lokris, 2.532.

  Skolos: City in Boiotia, 2.497.

  Sky'ros: Island off Euboia, 9.668, 19.332.

  Smin'theus: Epithet of Apollo, 1.39.

  Sokos: Trojan killed by Odysseus, but only after wounding and nearly killing him, 11.427-55.

  Sol'ymoi: Tribe in Asia Minor; Bellerophontes fought against them, 6.184-85.

  Spar'ta: The same as Lakedaimon (q.v.) except that the name Sparta applies only to the city, Lakedaimon to the district as well, 2.582, etc.

  Spei'o: A Nereïd, 18.40.

  Sperchei'os: River running through the domain of Peleus and Achilleus, 16.174, etc.

  Sphe'los: Father of Iasos, 15.338.

  Sten'tor: Achaian with a big voice, impersonated by Hera, 5.785.

  Sthenela'os: Trojan killed by Patroklos, 16.586.

  Sthen'elos: (1) Son of Kapaneus, leader, with Diomedes and Euryalos, of the men of Argos (1), 2.563-64; companion in arms and charioteer of Diomedes, 5.108, etc. (2) Father of Eurystheus, 19.116, 19.123.

  Sti'chios: A leader of the Athenians, killed by Hektor, 15.329-31.

  Stra'tia: City in Arkadia, 2.606.

  Stro'phios: Father of Skamandrios (1), 5.50.

  Stympha'los: City in Arkadia, 2.608.

  Sty'ra: City of Euboia, 2.539.

  Styx: The river (later, at least, a river of the dead, and see 8.369) by which the gods swear, 2.755, etc.

  Sy'me: Island just north of Rhodes, its people led by Nireus, 2.671.

  Talai'menes: Father of Mesthles and Antiphos (2), 2.865.

  Tal'aos: Father of Mekisteus (1), 2.566.

  Talthy'bios: Herald of Agamemnon, 1.320, etc.

  Tar'ne: City of the Maionians, 5.44.

  Tar'phe: City in Lokris, 2.533.

  Tar'taros: The pit of perdition, 8.13-16, 8.478-81.

  Te'gea: City in Arkadia, 2.607.

  Tel'amon: Father of Aias (1) and Teukros, 2.528, 8.283, etc.

  Tele'machos: Son of Odysseus, 2.260.

  Ten'edos: Island off the coast of the Troad, 1.38.

  Tenthre'don: Father of Prothoös, 2.756.

  Terei'a: Hill near the Hellespont, 2.829.

  Te'thys: Wife of Okeanos, 14.201.

  Teukros: Bastard son of Telamon, so half brother of Aias (1), archer and spear-fighter, 8.266-334, etc.

  Teu'tamos: Father of Lethos, 2.843.

  Teu'thras: (1) Achaian killed by Hektor, 5.705. (2) Father of Axylos, 6.13.

  Thalei'a: A Nereïd, 18.39.

  Thal'pios: Son of Eurytos (2), leader of the Epeians, 2.620.

  Thaly'sias: Father of Echepolos (1), 4.458.

  Tha'myris: Thracian singer ruined by the Muses, 2.594-600.

  Thauma'kia: City in the domain of Philoktetes, 2.716.

  Thea'no: Wife of Antenor, 5.70, etc.; priestess of Athene, 6.298-311.

  Thebai'os: Father of Eniopeus, 8.120.

  The'be or Thebes: (1) City of Eëtion near Troy, sacked by Achilleus, 1.366, etc. (2) City of the Kadmeians in Boiotia, attacked by Polyneikes and his companions, 4.376-81; and taken by their sons, 4.404-9; only the lower city remaining at the time of the Trojan War, 2.505. (3) City of Egypt, 9.381-82.

  The'mis: Olympian goddess of order and custom, 15.87, 20.5.

  Thersi'lochos: Paionian killed by Achilleus, 21.209.

  Thersi'tes: Achaian of indefinite social and military status, ugly and scurrilous and eloquent, squelched by Odysseus, 2.211-77.

  The'seus: Hero of Athens, 1.265.

  Thespei'a: City in Boiotia, 2.498.

  Thes'salos: Son of Herakles, father of Antiphos (1) and Pheidippos, 2.679.

  Thes'tor: (1) Father of Kalchas, 1.69. (2) Father of Alkmaon, 12.394. (3) Trojan killed by Patroklos, 16.402.

  The'tis: Nereïd, given by the gods in marriage to the mortal Peleus, and by him mother of Achilleus, 1.351-457, 18.35-147, etc.

  This'be: City in Boiotia, 2.502.

  Tho'as: (1) Son of Andraimon, leader of the Aitolians, 2.638; one of the more important younger chiefs, characterized, 15.281-84. (2) King in Lemnos, 14.230. (3) Trojan killed by Menelaos, 16.311.

  Tho'ë: A Nereïd, 18.40.

  Tho'ön: (1) Trojan killed by Diomedes, 5.152. (2) Trojan killed by Odysseus, 11.422. (3) Trojan killed by Antilochos, 13.545.

  Thoö'tes: Henchman or herald of Menestheus, 12.342.

  Thrace: The seaboard and inlying territory north of the Aegean, the inhabitants called Thracians, 9.5, 10.434, etc.

  Thra'sios: Paionian killed by Achilleus, 21.210.

  Thrasyme'des: Son of Nestor, 9.81, etc.

  Thrasyme'los: Henchman of Sarpedon, killed by Patroklos, 16.463.

  Thro'nion: Lokrian city, 2.533.

  Thryoes'sa: Town in Pylos by the Alpheios, 11.711.

  Thry'on: City in the domain of Nestor, on the Alpheios, probably identical with the foregoing, 2.592.

  Thyes'tes: Son of Pelops and brother of Atreus, 2.106.

  Thymbrai'os: Trojan killed by Diomedes, 11.320.

  Thym'bre: Town or village near Troy, 10.430.

  Thymoi'tes: Elder of Troy, 3.146.

  Tir'yns: Argive city in the domain of Diomedes, 2.559.

  Ti'tanos: A place in the domain of Eurypylos (1), 2.735.

  Ti'tans: The elder gods in Tartaros, 14.279.

  Titares'sos: Thessalian river, tributary of the Peneios, 2.751.

  Titho'nos: Son of Laomedon and brother of Priam, 20.237; husband of the Dawn, 11.1.

  Tlepo'lemos: (1) Son of Herakles and leader of the men from Rhodes, 2.653-70; killed, after severely wounding him, by Sarpedon, 5.628-69. (2) Lykian killed by Patroklos, 16.416.

  Tmo'los: Mountain in Maionia, 2.866.

  Tra'chis: City near the Spercheios in the domain of Peleus and Achilleus, 2.682.

  Tre'chos: Aitolian killed by Hektor, 5.706.

  Trik'ke: Thessalian city in the domain of Machaon, 2.729.

  Tritogenei'a: Epithet of Athene, 4.515.

  Tro'ad: Term used for the whole country of the Trojans, of which Troy was the capital, 6.315, etc.


  Tro'ilos: Son of Priam, killed at some time before Hektor, 24.257.

  Troi'zen: City on the Argive coast in the domain of Diomedes, 2.561.

  Troize'nos: Father of Euphemos, 2.847.

  Tros: (1) Son of Erichthonios, father of Ilos, Assarakos, and Ganymedes, thus ancestor of the kings and princes of Troy, 20.230-40. (2) Trojan killed by Achilleus, 20.463-71.

  Troy: Ilion, the city of Tros and of the Trojans, 1.128, etc.

  Ty'chios: Leatherworker of Hyle, who made the great shield of Aias, 7.220-24.

  Ty'deus: Son of Oineus and father of Diomedes; his genealogy and history, 14.113-25.

  Typho'eus: Giant (later called Typhon) put underground in the land of the Arimoi, 2.783.

  Xan'thos: (1) River of Lykia, 2.877, etc. (2) River of the Troad, also called Skamandros (q.v.), 6.4, etc. (3) Trojan killed by Diomedes, 5.152. (4) One of Hektor’s horses, 8.185. (5) One of the horses of Achilleus, 16.149, etc.

  Zakyn'thos: Island off the western coast of Greece, part of the domain of Odysseus, 2.634.

  Zelei'a: City of the Troad, its men led by Pandaros, 2.824-27.

  Ze'phyros: The west wind, 9.5.

  Zeus: Son of Kronos, brother and husband of Hera, most powerful of the gods, 1.5, etc.