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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.
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]
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.
Eurymachus, one of the 180 Theban soldiers who were taken prisoner in the Theban siege of Plataea.All of the Theban soldiers were killed after the Plataeans brought everyone living outside of their walls into the city after unrequited negotiation with Thebes's nightly backup troops.
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.
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 .
Balki was born and raised on the fictional Greek-like island of Mypos, where he eked out a living as a shepherd and dreamed of a better life in the United States. Balki is a naive, optimistic, and well-meaning person. Pinchot once said of his character "...he looks at the world like a four-year-old [and] sees the world as benevolent". [2]
Originally uninterested in Greek life, [2] Cappie rises to become the President of the unruly Kappa Tau. “Cappie” is actually a nickname and his real name is "Captain John Paul Jones," which was finally revealed during the last five minutes of the series finale. His carefree and fun-loving personality hides a very sharp mind.