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Oldest member of the entire Greek army at Troy. Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς), another warrior-king, famed for his cunning, who is the main character of another (roughly equally ancient) epic, the Odyssey. Patroclus (Πάτροκλος), beloved companion of Achilles.
18th-century depiction of the four temperaments: [1] phlegmatic and choleric above, sanguine and melancholic below The four temperament theory is a proto-psychological theory which suggests that there are four fundamental personality types: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic.
Aegean – Aegeus, of Greek mythology (as in Aegean Sea) Aeolian – Aeolus, of Greek mythology (as in Aeolian Islands); also Eolian (as in Eolian processes) Aeschylean – Aeschylus (as in Aeschylean silence) Aesopian – Aesop the Ancient Greek fabulist. (Also, conveying an innocent meaning to an outsider but a hidden meaning to a member of a ...
The character of Narcissus is the origin of the term narcissism, a self-centered personality style. This quality in extreme contributes to the definition of narcissistic personality disorder , a psychiatric condition marked by grandiosity , excessive need for attention and admiration, and an inability to empathize .
Baucis and Philemon are characters in the fifth act of Goethe's Faust II (1832). Gogol wrote an ironic and bittersweet reworking of the legend in his 1835 novella The Old World Landowners. Charles Gounod wrote his opéra comique Philémon et Baucis in 1860. The Lanchester Marionettes created a puppet show Philemon and Baucis in 1952 [4]
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
Fictional characters from Athens (3 P) C. ... Pages in category "Fictional Greek people" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
Pages in category "Greek literary characters" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. Z. Alexis Zorbas