Iliad
The only mortal to wound a god; Mr. Jagoda's favorite character.
Who is Diomedes?
King of the Spartans; got stuck in Egypt on the way home.
Who is Menelaos
Ruler of Thebes; takes over after Oedipus leaves the city.
Who is Creon?
Athenian commander; gives a funeral oration in praise of Athens.
Who is Pericles?
The charges for which Socrates is arrested
What are corrupting the youth and teaching against the gods?
Hektor's wife; fated to be enslaved by the Achaians.
Who is Andromache?
Cyclops who is blinded by Odysseus
Who is Polyphemus?
Loves Antigone; defies his father; falls on his sword when he finds Antigone dead.
Who is Haemon?
Winners of the Peloponnesian war (traditional name)
Who are the Lacedaemonians?
Plato's epistemological theory; especially discussed in Meno
What is the Theory of Recollection?
Chariot-mate of Sarpedon; exchanges armor with Diomedes; threatens to leave the war when Hektor abandons Sarpedon's body.
Who is Glaucus?
The most treacherous of the suitors; leads the plot to kill Telemachos; the first to die
Who is Antinoos?
Soothsayer who tends to bring bad news to Thebes
Who is Teiresias?
Island near Italy; unsuccessfully invaded by Athens
What is Sicily?
Central topic of discussion in Euthyphro
What is Piety?
Achaian hero known for his skill with the bow; brother of Aias the greater.
Who is Teukros?
Two monsters between whom Odysseus must pass; One is a multi-headed beast who eats sailors; the other appears as a violent whirlpool who swallows ships.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
Sister of Antigone; is more hesitant to defy the law.
Who is Ismene?
Athenian leader in the Peloponnesian war; skilled at his job, but morally questionable; betrayed Athens after being called home to stand trial.
Who is Alcibiades?
Interlocuters who debate with Socrates in Phaedo
Father of Aias the greater.
Who is Telamon?
Odysseus' loyal dog; waits 20 years for him to return and dies upon seeing him home safe at last.
The brother of Antigone; attacked Thebes and was buried against the king's decree.
Who is Polynices?
Athenian general; led the invasion described in books 6-7 of History of the Peloponnesian War; captured by the Syracusans and "butchered" in the end.
Who is Nicias?
According to Socrates, this is not worth living.
What is "the unexamined life"?