Character Catalogue

Zeus... "no longer desired the goddess... his own rule must be ended if a god become greater then he"(p.4).

"Thetis... to a mortal... her son might be glorious... only among men... sat in the empty halls of Olympus"(p.4).

peleus... "King of the Myrmidons...was the chosen bridgegroom... Zeus taught him how to seize the goddess as she was playing in the ripples off the shore, and how to hold her fast"(p.4).

Hera... "Queen of the gods... Zeus's wife"(p.6).

Athene... "goddess of wisdom... gray eyed Athene... her head bear of her helmet"(p.8).

Aphrodite... "goddess of beauty... whose white feet grew heavy-scented narcissi and golden daffodils"(p.10).

Priam... "King of Troy... forget [his] fears"(p.10).

Hecuba... "Queen of Troy... to forget [her] fears"(p.10).

Paris... "Son of Priam and Hecuba... accepted as a prince [of] [Troy]"(p.10).

Menelaus... "King of Sparta; the most powerful of the kings of Greece"(p.11).

Helen... "Queen of Sparta; the most beautiful women in the world"(p.14).

Odysseus... "Odysseus... king of Ithaca"(p.

Homer

Homer is traditionally called the ancient Greek poet. People almost know nothing about Homer. Some people think he may have lived in a Greek-speaking city on the eastern shore of the Aegean Sea or on the island Khios. Other people say he never existed.

Olivia E. Coolidge

Olivia E. Coolidge was born in London, England on Oct. 16, 1908. She went to Somerville College at Oxford University and graduated with a BA and MA in 1931 and 1940. Men of Athens was a Newbery Honor book in 1963. It was also on the Horn Book honour list and an ALA. Olivia taught in England and the U.S.