The story of the Iliad · Alfred John Church
PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
Pronounce _æ_ as in _Cæsar_; _ei_ as _i_ in _island_; [_oe_] as _æ_; _y_, when accented, as _i_ in _island_; when unaccented, as _i_ in _till_. Pronounce _ch_ as _k_. _C_ and _g_ are soft (as _s_ and _j_) before _ei_, _i_, _y_, _æ_, [_oe_], _eu_; otherwise, hard, as _k_ and _g_ (in _gas_). A-chil'-les. Æ-ne'-as. Ag-a-mem'-non. A-ge'-nor. A'-jax. An-chi'-ses. An-dræ'-mon. An-drom'-a-che. An-te'-nor. An-til'-o-chus. Aph-ro-di'-te. A-pol'-lo. A'-res. Ar'-te-mis. A'-si-us. As-ter-o-pæ'-us. As-ty'-a-nax. A-the'-ne. A'-treus. Au-tom'-e-don. Ax'-i-us. Bel-ler'-o-phon. Bri-a'-re-us. Bri-se'-is. Cal'-chas. Ceb-ri'-o-nes. Chry'-se. Chry-se'-is. Chry'-ses. Co'-on. De-iph'-o-bus. Di'-o-med. Di-o'-ne. Do'-lon. E-pei'-us. Eu-me'-lus. Eu-phor'-bus. Eu-ry'-a-lus. Eu-ryb'-a-tes. Eu-ryp'-a-lus. Glau'-cus. Ha'-des. He'-be. Hec'-u-ba. Hel'-e-nus. Hel'-les-pont. He-phæs'-tus. He'-ra. Her'-mes. Her-mi'-o-ne. Hip-pol'-o-chus, I-dæ'-us. I-do'-me-neus. I'-lus. I-phid'-a-mas. I'-ris. La-er'-tes. La-o'-di-ce. La-o'-do-cus. Le'-da. Lyc'-i-a. Lyr-nes'-sus. Ma-cha'-on. Men-e-la'-us. Men-œ'-ti-us. Me-ri'-o-nes. My-ce'-næ. Myr'-mi-dons. Oe'-neus. O-lym'-pus. O-ri'-on. Pæ'-on Pan'-da-rus. Pa-tro'-clus Ped'-a-sus. Pe'-leus. Phœ'-nix. Phthi'-a. Po-lyd'-a-mas. Pol-y-do'-rus. Po-sei'-don. Rhe'-sus. Sa-mo-thrace'. Sar-pe'-don. Scæ'-an. Sca-man'-der. Sca-man'-dri-us. Si'-don. Si-do'-ni-an. Si'-mo-is. Sthen'-e-lus. Tal-thyb'-i-us. Tar'-tar-us. Tel'-a-mon. Teu'-cer. Ther-si'-tes. The'-tis. Tho'-as. Thra'-ci-ans. Ty'-deus. Xan'-thus. As many of the Greek gods are better known under the names given to them by the Romans, the following list is given:-- _Greek_ -- _Latin_ Zeus. -- Jupiter. Hera. -- Juno. (Pallas) Athene. -- Minerva. Aphrodite. -- Venus. Poseidon. -- Neptune. Ares. -- Mars. Hephæstus. -- Vulcan. Printed In the United States of America.
Ideas discussed in this chapter
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