Ephyra (e-fai´-ra): a city in Thesprotia, on the western mainland of Greece. 1.260.
Epicaste (e-pi-kast´-ee): mother of Oedipus; wife of Laius, king of Thebes. In other versions of the myth, she is known as Jocasta. 11.272.
Erebus (e´-reb-us): a dark underworld location. 10.530.
Erechtheus (e-rek´-thee-us): legendary king of Athens. 7.81.
Eretmeus (e-ret´-mee-us): Phoenician athlete; the name suggests “Oarsman.” 8.110.
Eriphyle (e-rif-eel´-ee): wife of Amphiaraus; one of the shades of heroines Odysseus encounters in the underworld. 11.328.
Erymanthus (e-ree-man´-thus): a mountain range on the border between Achaea and Elis, in the northwestern Peloponnese. 6.103.
Eteoneus (e-tee-o´-nee-us): Menelaus’ guard in Sparta. 4.22.
Ethiopia (ee-thee-o´-pee-ya): the most distant place imaginable, located “between the sunset and the dawn”; a mythical place, not identical with the modern country. Poseidon’s visit to Ethiopia provides the opportunity for the gods to discuss Odysseus’ return home. 4.83.
Euanthes (you-anth´-eez): father of Maron. 9.199.
Euboea (you-bee´-a): a large island east of mainland Greece. Nestor lands there on his way back from Troy. 3.175.
Euenor (you-ee´-nor): father of Leocritus. 2.241.
Eumaeus (you-may´-us): loyal slave of Odysseus; he takes care of his pigs and helps Odysseus kill his wife’s suitors. 14.54.
Eumelus (you´-mel-us): husband of Penelope’s sister, Iphthime. 4.798.
Eupeithes (you-pay´-theez): father of Antinous; the name suggests “Persuasive.” 20.269.
Eurus (yor´-us): the East Wind. 5.295.
Euryades (yur-ai-ad´-eez): one of Penelope’s suitors; killed by Telemachus. 22.267.
Euryalus (yur-ai´-a-lus): Phaeacian; son of Naubolus. He is second only to Laodamas in beauty and strength, and he excels at wrestling. His name suggests “Wide-Sea.” 8.114.
Eurybates (yur-i´-ba-teez): squire of Odysseus. 19.245.
Eurycleia (yur-i-klay´-a): old slave woman who took care of Telemachus as a baby; she now protects Odysseus’ domestic stores. 1.427.
Eurydamas (yur-i´-da-mas): one of Penelope’s suitors; killed by Odysseus. 18.297.
Eurydice (yur-i´-di-see): queen of Pylos, and wife of Nestor. 3.452.
Eurylochus (yur-i´-lo-kus): a self-assertive member of Odysseus’ crew. 10.205.
Eurymachus (yur-i´-ma-kus): one the most prominent and vocal of Penelope’s suitors. 1.400.
Eurymedon (yur-i´-me-don): king of the Giants, whom he killed, and great-grandfather of Alcinous. 7.56.
Eurymedusa (yur-i-me-doo´-sa): old slave who attends to Nausicaa. 7.7.
Eurymus (yur´-i-mus): father of Telemus, who prophesied to Polyphemus that he would lose his sight at Odysseus’ hands. 9.509.
Eurynome (yur-i´-no-mee): servant of Penelope. 17.495.
Eurynomus (yur-i´-no-mus): one of Penelope’s suitors; son of Aegyptius. 2.21.
Eurypylus (yur-i´-pi-lus): son of Telephus, leader of the Cretans; he was killed by Neoptolemus during the Trojan War. 11.518.
Eurytion (yur-i´-tee-on): a centaur who, at the wedding of Pirithous, king of the Lapiths, got drunk and tried to abduct the bride; in the ensuing brawl, many on both sides (centaurs and Lapiths) were slaughtered. 21.297.
Eurytus (yur´-i-tus): king of Ochalia, and father of Iphitus; killed by Apollo when he proposed an archery contest with the god. 8.224.
Gaia (gai´-a): the earth; mother of Tityus. 7.324.
Geraestus (ger-ais´-tus): a promontory on the coast of Euboea, where Nestor puts in for a night on his way back from Troy. 3.178.
Gerenian (ger-ee´-nee-an): an epithet for Nestor, referring to Gerenia, the town in Messenia where Nestor took refuge when Heracles was attacking Pylos. 3.68.
Giants: a race of beings that waged war with the Olympians. They were ruled over, and eventually killed, by Eurymedon. 7.57.
Gorgon (gor´-gon): a legendary monster whose gaze could turn onlookers to stone. 11.635.
Gortyn (gor´-tin): a city in south central Crete. 3.293.
Graces: daughters of Zeus and Eurynome; attendants of Aphrodite. 6.19.
Greeks: Greek-speaking inhabitants of the southern Balkan penninsula, as well as of parts of southern Italy, Crete, the Aegean islands, and the coast of Asia Minor. The original text usually calls them “Achaeans.” 1.11.
Gyrae (gee´-rai): a (perhaps mythical) rocky outcropping in the Aegean Sea, onto which Poseidon drove the Lesser Ajax to shipwreck. 4.501.
Hades (hay´-deez): the land of the dead, and the god who rules there (a brother of Zeus, another son of Cronus and Rhea). 3.409.
Halitherses (hal-i-ther´-seez): old Ithacan; son of Mastor. He is noted for his skill in prophecy and augury, and he interprets the omen of the two eagles. 2.158.
Halius (ha´-lee-us): Phaeacian; son of Alcinous. 8.119.
Hebe (hee´-bee): daughter of Zeus and Hera, and the cup bearer for the Olympian gods. Goddess of youth, her name means “Youth.” 11.602.
Helen: daughter of Zeus and Leda, and wife of Menelaus; mother of Hermione, and sister of Castor, Pollux, and Clytemnestra. Her abduction by Paris prompted the Trojan War. 4.13.
Helius (hee´-lee-us): the Olympian god associated with the sun. Often referred to just as the Sun God (q.v.), and distinct from Apollo. 12.4.
Hephaestus (he-fais´-tus): the god of fire and metallurgy; a master craftsman, he is the son of Hera and husband of Aphrodite. 4.616.
Hera (hee´-ra): goddess associated with the hearth and marriage; she is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and the sister and wife of Zeus. 4.512.
Heracles (he´-ra-kleez): deified mortal hero; son of Zeus and Alcmene, he was persecuted by Hera. 8.224.
Hermes (her´-meez): the messenger of the gods; son of Zeus and Maia. 1.39.
Hermione (her-mai´-o-nee): daughter of Helen and Menelaus. 4.14.
Hippodamia (hip-o-da´-mee-ya): slave girl of Penelope. 18.183.
Hyperesia (hai-per-ee´-see-a): a town in Achaea, in the northern Peloponnese; home of Polypheides. 15.257.
Hyperia (hai-pehr´-ee-a): the former home of the Phaeacians, near the land of the Cyclopes. 6.4.
Hyperion (hai-pehr´-ee-on): father of Helius. 12.262.