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Brewer's: Ausonia
An ancient name of Italy; so called from Auson, son of Ulysses, and father of the Ausones. “All the green delights Ausonia pours.” Thomson: Summer, 956. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Parthenope
(4 syl.). Naples; so called from Parthenope, the siren, who threw herself into the sea out of love for Ulysses, and was cast up on the bay of Naples. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Mentor
A guide, a wise and faithful counsellor; so called from Mentor, a friend of Ulysses, whose form Minerva assumed when she accompanied Telemachos in his search for his father. (Fénelon:…Brewer's: Calypso
in Fénelon's Télémaque, is meant to represent Madame de Montespan. In fairy mythology, she was queen of the island Ogygia on which Ulysses was wrecked, and where he was detained for seven…Brewer's: Demodocos
A minstrel who, according to Homer, sang the amours of Mars and Venus in the court of Alcin'oös while Ulysses was a guest there. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Eumæ'os
or Eumæus. A swineherd. So called from the slave and swineherd of Ulysses. “This second Eumæus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him ... the whole herd of his…Brewer's: Telemachos
The only son of Ulysses and Penelope. After the fall of Troy he went, under the guidance of Mentor, in quest of his father. He is the hero of Fénelon's prose epic called Télémaque.…Brewer's: Teucer
Brother of Ajax the Greater, who went with the allied Greeks to the siege of Troy. On his return home, his father banished him the kingdom for not avenging on Ulysses the death of his…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene IV
Scene IVPlains between Troy and the Grecian campAlarums: excursions. Enter ThersitesThersitesNow they are clapper-clawing one another; I'll go look on. That dissembling abominable varlets…Brewer's: Trygon
A poisonous fish. It is said that Telegonos, son of Ulysses by Circe, coming to Ithaca to see his father was denied admission by the servants; whereupon a quarrel ensued, and his father,…Trending
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