Download Midterm Study Guide - Traditions in World Lit | ENGL 2030 and more Study notes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! English Midterm Study Guide Argus – Odysseus’ dog Athena – Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, purposeful battle, and the womanly arts. Brahmin – priest Eumaeus – The loyal shepherd Eurycleia – The aged and loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus Govinda – Siddhartha’s best friend and sometimes his follower. Humbaba – The fearsome demon who guards the Cedar Forest forbidden to mortals. India – area in which Siddhartha took place, southern Asia Iran – western Asia Iraq – area in which Gilgamesh took place, western Asia Ishtar – The goddess of love and fertility, as well as the goddess of war. Kamala – A courtesan who instructs Siddhartha in the art of physical love. Laertes – Odysseus’s aging father, who resides on a farm in Ithaca. Menelaus – King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, he helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan War. Om – placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred incantation Orestes – son of Agommenon, killed his mother and her lover Penelope – Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Phaeacia – Nausikaa, King Alkinoös, send Odyessus home Polyphemus – One of the Cyclopes (uncivilized one-eyed giants) whose island Odysseus comes to soon after leaving Troy. Poseiden – God of the sea. As the suitors are Odysseus’s mortal antagonists, Poseidon is his divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and constantly hampers his journey home. Samana – A group of traveling ascetics who believe that a life of deprivation and wandering is the path to self-actualization. Siduri – The goddess of wine-making and brewing. Siduri is the veiled tavern keeper who comforts Gilgamesh and who, though she knows his quest is futile, helps him on his way to Utnapishtim. Telemachus – Odysseus’s son. Uruk – the capital city of Gilgamesh Utanapishtum – A king and priest of Shurrupak, whose name translates as “He Who Saw Life.” By the god Ea’s connivance, Utnapishtim survived the great deluge that almost destroyed all life on Earth by building a great boat that carried him, his family, and one of every living creature to safety. The gods granted eternal life to him and his wife. Achilles – Greek hero of the Trojan War
