The Iliad of Homer in English Hexameter Verse/List of Proper Names

by Homer

LIST OF PROPER NAMES.

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In Greek				In Latin, or English,
Agelaia		Representing		A name of Minerva.
Aïdòneus		Representing„		Pluto.
Aphrodìte		Representing„		Venus.
Apollo		Representing„		Apollo.
Àres[1]		Representing„		Mars.
Athène[1]		Representing„		Minerva.
Cronos		Representing„		Saturn.
Cronĭdes, or Cronïon	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Representing„	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	A Son of Saturn, generally Jupiter.
Demèter		Representing„		Ceres.
Dionỳsus		Representing„		Bacchus.
Ennosiagaios—the Earth-shaker		Representing„		A title of Neptune.
Enyo		Representing„		Bellona.
Erys		Representing„		Discord.
Hades		Representing„		Pluto.
Hephæstus		Representing„		Vulcan.
Heràcles		Representing„		Hercules.
Hère[1]		Representing„		Juno.
Hermes		Representing„		Mercury.
Iris		Representing„		Iris.
Leto		Representing„		Latona.
Odysseus		Representing„		Ulysses.
Oneiros		Representing„		A Dream.
Persephoneia		Representing„		Prosperpine.
Poseidon		Representing„		Neptune.
Thetis		Representing„		Thetis.
Zeus		Representing„		Jupiter.

1. In the first, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth books, which were printed before the intermediate and subsequent parts of the translation, the accent has unfortunately been frequently affixed to the final syllables of these three names: an error which the reader is requested to correct.