For the past 20 years, suitors have been knocking on Penelope’s door trying to get her hand in marriage. Finally, Antinous gets the idea: the Greeks should write a personal ad to get her attention and win her affection.
Instructions: Compose a scintillating personal ad that Penelope won’t be able to resist. Use the Greek Names on the back to give an identity to the suitor who is pursuing Penelope. Caveat: You must include 3 vocabulary words from any of our lists .
Questions to Consider Before Writing: From the first four books of The Odyssey, what are the different codes of ethics for men and women? What might Penelope want in a man (remember, she is married to Odysseus), and what qualities might these many suitors have to offer?
Good Greek Names
ACTEON, ACTAEON: myth name (a hunter torn apart by his own dogs)
ADONIS: myth name (lover of Aphrodite)
AEACUS: myth name (grandfather of Achilles)
AEETES: myth name (Medea's father)
AEGEUS: myth name (second husband of Medea)
AEGIS: myth name (shield of Zeus)
AEGISTHUS: myth name (cousin of Agamemnon)
AEGYPTUS: myth name (father of Danaides)
AENEAS: praiseworthy
AEOLUS: myth name (god of the winds)
AESCULAPIUS, ASKLEPIOS: myth name (god of medicine)
AESON: myth name (father of Jason)
AGAMEDES: myth name (murdered by his brother for theft)
AGENOR: myth name (son of Poseidon)
name (one of the attackers of Thebes)
AMPHION: myth name (son of Zeus)
AMPHITRYON: myth name (husband of Alcmene)
AMPYX: myth name (father of Mopsus)
AMYCUS: myth name (son of Poseidon)
ANASTASIO: reborn
ANATOL: easterner
ANCAEUS: myth name (an Argonaut)
ANCHISES: myth name (father of Aeneas)
ANASTASIOS, ANSTISS: resurrected
ANTAEUS: myth name (killed by Hercules)
ANTEROS: myth name (mutual love)
ANTHONY, ANTON, ANTONY: priceless
ANTHOR: myth name
ANTILOCHUS: myth name (son of Nestor)
ANTINOUS: myth name (one of Penelope's suitors)
ANTIPHATES: myth name (a Cyclops)
AONGHAS, ANGUS: unique choice
APOLONIUSZ: manly beauty
ARCAS: myth name (son
ASOPUS: myth name (son of Hector killed at Troy)
ATHAMAS: myth name (father of Phrixus and Helle)
ATHANASIOS: noble
ATLAS: myth name (a Titan)
ATREIDES: descended from Atreus
ATREUS: myth name (father of Agamemnon)
ATTIS: myth name (son of Manes)
AUSTER: myth name
AUTOLYCUS: myth name (son of Hermes)
AVERNUS: myth name (portal to Hades)
BALASI: flat-footed
BALTSAROS: Greek form of Balthazar
BOETHIUS: myth name
BOREAS: myth name (the north wind)
BRIAREUS: myth name (a Titan)
CADMUS: from the east
CALAIS: myth name (son of Boreas)
CALCHAS: myth name (a seer)
CASTOR: myth name (brother of Helen)
CEBRIONES: myth name
CENON: friendly
CREON: myth name (Jocasta's brother)
CRONUS: myth name (a Titan)
CTESIPPUS: myth name (one of Penelope's suitors)
CYCNUS: swan
CYPRIAN: from Cyprus
CYR, CYRIL, CYRYL, CYREK, COIREALL, CIRILO, CIRO, CIRIO: lordly
CYRANO: from Cyrene
CYRUS, CIRO, CY: sun
DAEDALUS: myth name (killed his nephew)
DAEMON: myth name (guardian spirit)
DAMASKENOS, DAMASKINOS: from Damascus
DAMIAN, DAMEN, DAMAE: tame
DAMOCLES: myth name (a tyrant of Syracuse)
DANAUS: myth name (father of the Danaides)
DAPHNIS: myth name (blinded for his infidelity)
DARDANUS: myth name (founder of Troy)
DEIPHOBUS: myth name (a son of Priam)
DELPHINUS: myth name (a scout of Poseidon)
DEMETRIUS, DEMETRI, DEMETRE, DEMETRIOS: gift from Demeter
DEMODOCUS: myth name (a blind bard)
DEMOGORGON: myth name (thought to be the name for Satan)
DEMOPHON: myth name (son of Theseus)
DEUCALION: myth name (son of Prometheus)
DHIMITRIOS: myth name
DIOMEDES: myth name (an evil king)
DIONYSUS: myth name (god of wine)
DOLIUS: myth name (a shepherd)
DORAN: a gift
DORIAN: a Dorian
ECHION: myth name
EGIDIO: shield-bearer
ELEK, ELI: defender of man
ELEFTHERIOS: free
ENCELADUS: myth name (a giant)
ENDRE: manly
ENDYMION: myth name (a shepherd)
ENEA: born ninth
ENEAS: praised
EPEIUS: myth name (maker of the Trojan horse)
ERASMUS: worthy of love
name (an Argonaut)
MELECERTES: myth name (son of Ino)
MELETIOS: meaning unknown
MENELAUS: myth name (brother of son of Zeus)
MOMUS: myth name (god of ridicule)
MOPSUS: myth name (a seer)
MORPHEUS (myth name (bringer of dreams)
MYLES, MILES, MILO: destroyer
MYRON: myrrh
NAPE: myth name
NARCISSUS, NARKIS, NARCISSE: daffodil
NAUPLIUS: myth name (an Argonaut)
NECTARIOS: name of a saint
NELEUS: myth name (son of Poseidon)
NEMO, NEMOS: from the glen
NEOTOLEMUS: myth name (son of Achilles)
NEREUS: myth name (father of the Nereids)
NIKLAUS, NIKOLAJIS: people's victory
NISUS: myth name (father of Scylla)
NOTUS: myth name (the south wind)
OBIAREUS: myth name (a Titan)
OCEANUS: myth name (father of the Oceanids)
OCNUS: incompetent
OEDIPUS: swollen foot
OENEUS: myth name (king of Calydon)
OENOMAUS: myth name (son of Ares)
OIGHRIG: well-spoken
OLES: defender of man
OPHELOS: profit; help
OPHION: myth name (a serpent)
ORESTES, ORESTE, OREIAS: from the mountain
ORION: son of fire
(killed by his uncle)
PERICLES: myth name
PERSIUS, PERSEUS: myth name (son of Danae)
PETER, PEDRO, PETR, PIARAS: rock
PHAON: myth name (a ferryman)
PHEMIUS: myth name (a bard)
PHEOBUS: shining
PHILANDER: lover of man
PHILEMON: loves thought
PILIB: lover of horses
PHILO, PHYLO: friend
PHILOCTETES: myth name (killed Paris)
PHILOETIUS: myth name (a cowherd)
PHINEAS, PHINEES, PHINEUS: mouth of brass
PHLEGETHON: myth name (river of fire)
POLYEIDUS: myth name (a seer)
POLYMESTOR: myth name (Priam's son-in-law)
PONTUS: sea
PORFIRIO: purple stone
POSEIDON: myth name (god of the sea and ocean)
PRIAM: myth name (king of Troy)
PRIAPUS: myth name (god of fertility)
PROCRUSTES: myth name (stretcher)
PROKOPIOS: declared leader