On this alphabetical list you find neames of persons and places mentioned on the other pages. |
| Achilleus | Son of Peleus, King of Myrmidon. The boldest of the Greek fighters in the Troian War. He killed Hektor and died when Paris hit him with an arrow on his heel. A. killed the Amazon Penthesilea. |
| Admete | Daughter of Eurystheus |
| Ajax (Aias) |
Name of two greek heroes at Troia. On, from Salamis, committed suicide, the other, from Lokis drowned when his ship sank. |
| Alcibie | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Alexander (the Great) |
born 356 at Pella, died 323 at Babylon. King of Makedonia (336-323 b.Chr.). Conquered Asia Minor and Egypt, drove his army up to the river Indus |
| Amazonas | River in South America, obtained its name because the discoverers were attacked by bellicose women. |
| Antandre | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Antibrote | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Antiope | Amazon queen, abducted by Theseus to Athens. |
| Ares | Greek god of war and fight, son of Zeus. |
| Athens | after a legend the city evolved around the Acropolis, which King Kekrops had built and developed under Theseus to the capital of Attika. The heyday of the antique Athens lasted from about 800 to 400 b.Chr. The influence of Athens is still conspicuous in todays culture. |
| Bion | of Smyrna (abt. 200 b.Chr.), greek writer |
| Bremusa | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Ceraunian mountains | antique name for a northern promontory of the Caucasus. |
| Clonie | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Cremni | "The crags" place at the shore of the Black sea near the city of Tanais, founded by the Greek. Perhaps the peninsula Krim drived its name therefrom. |
| Davis-Kimball | Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Ph.D., Publications |
| Derimacheia | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Derinoe | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Erinnyen | Deities of revenge in greek mythology |
| Eurystheus | King of Mykene, halfbrother of Herakles |
| Evandre | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Gargarians | acc. Strabo a neighbouring tribe of the Amazons. Together with them the Amazons had children. |
| Geles | Acc. Strabo a neighbouring tribe of the Amazons. |
| Harmothoe | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Hektor | eldest son of Priamos, he killed Patrokloss and was killed in return by Achilleus. |
| Hellanicus | of Mytilene (abt. 400 b.Chr.) Greek writer. |
| Hera | Highest goddess of the Greeek, "in charge" of household, hearth and family. Married to Zeus. |
| Herakles (Herkules) |
Demigod and hero of Greek mythology. Son of Zeus with Alkmene. He had to do 12 tasks for his halfbrother Eurystheus (among others his 6th deed brought him to the Amazons where he had to get the weeapon-belt of the queen Hippolyte). |
| Herodot | Greek historian , 485 - 425 b.Chr. Undertook wide-stretched voyages. He is regarded as founder of the critical historiography. |
| Hippolyte | sister of Pentesilea, who killed her in a hunting accident. |
| Hippolyte | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Homer | Greek poet, presumably in the 8th century b.Chr. He is assumed to have written the "Iliad" - the history of the Troian War - and the "Odyssee" - the tales of the wanderings of Odysseus. |
| Hypsikrates | of Amisos, 190 b.Chr. wrote a History of Caesar. |
| Hyrkanian sea | Greek name of the Caspian Sea. |
| Issos | Town on the southern coast of Turkey. Renown for the victory of Alexanders the Great over the Persians in 333 b.Chr. |
| Asia Minor | Peninsula of Asia, today Turkey, bordered in the North by the Black Sea, in the West by the Aegean Sea, and in the South by the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Korinthos | antique City on the isthmus between Attica and the Peloponnes. |
| Leges | Acc. Strabo a neighbouring tribe of the Amazons. |
| Lysias | Greek orator at Athen, 445 - 380 b.Chr. Most of his 34 speeches that are preserved are forensic. |
| Mermadalis | River in the area of the Amazons. |
| Metrodorus | Greek philosopher 4th century b.Chr. representing the philosophic school of sceptics. He already doubted the earth to be the only inhabited celestial body. |
| Mykene | anique city on the Peloponnes, city of Agamemnon, excavated by Schliemann. |
| Palus Maeotis | Latin name of the Sea of Asow, a part of the Black Sea. Here is the estuary of the river Don. |
| Patroklos | Friend of Achilleus, killed by Hektor. |
| Pausanias | Greek writer, 2nd century b.Chr. wrote a kind of "Baedeker" for Greece. His writings are archeologically important. |
| Peleus | Father of Achilleus |
| Penthesilea | Queen of the Amazons, at Troia killed by Achilleus, who is said to have fallen in love with the dying warrioress. |
| Pherecydes | Greek philosopher, 600-550 b.Chr., said to have been the first to write prose. He wrote about the origin of the world and the gods. |
| Plato | Greek philosopher, 427 - 347 b.Chr., his cogitations have influence till today. |
| Plutarch | actually Plutarchos of Chaironea, greek philosopher and historian, 45 - 125 p.Chr., referring frequently in his writings on sources lost today. He composed "Moralia" (philosophical, and literary works) and "Biographies", of which 46 have come down to us, where he contrasts a Roman and a Greek each. |
| Polemusa | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Pokrovka | Small town in Kyrgyzstan between Taschkent und Frunse. |
| Pompeius | actually: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, roman Statesman und military leader, 106 - 48 b.Chr. Commanded the campaign against Mithradates (who had revolted against Rome). In the course of this successful campaign her conquered 64 b.Chr. the city of Pontus at the Black Sea and made the territory a roman province. P. later allied with Caesar and Crassus for the so called "triumvirate". |
| Pontus Euxinus | Greek name for the Black Sea. |
| Priamos | King of Troia. |
| Quintus Smyrnaeus | abt. 375 b.Chr. greek epic poet, so called "Posthomerian" Describes the events of the troian War after the fall of Troia. |
| Sarmates | see Sauromates |
| Sauromates | nomadic people of the steppes, divided into seaveral tribes, from the 8th to the 4th century b.Chr., lived East of the Wolga, South of the Ural. They displaced the Scythes from their areas west of the Don and advanced in the first century b.Chr. to the Carpathes. Finally overrun by the Gothes and Huns. |
| Skythes | nomadic, indoeuropean people int the area of the Black Sea. |
| Sparta | antque city state in the South of the Peloponnes. |
| Strabo (Strabon) |
widely travelled Greek geographer and historian, 64 b. - 20 p.Chr. |
| Thalestris | Queen of the Amazons. Met Alexander the Great. |
| Theben | antique city to the West of Athens, scene of the Oidipus-legend. |
| Themiscyra | Legendary capital of the Amazons at the river Thermodon. The exact position is unknown. |
| Theophanes | of Mytilene, 188 b.Chr. wrote a monography "The Wars of Pompeius". |
| Thermodon | Legendary river in Asia Minor, where the city of the Amazons is said to have been. A score of different rivers carry the same name. |
| Thermodosa | One of Penthesileas comrades at Troja. |
| Theseus | Legendary national hero of Athens. Son of the Aigeus, King of Athens. He is attributed deeds similar to those of Herakles. |
| Troia | Also known under the name Ilion. Greek colonial city near the city Hissarlik in todays Turkey. Excavations by Schliemann et al. confirm the destruction at 1240 b.Chr.(Troia VII). But the place was inhabited already in the younger stone age (4000 years b.Chr). |
| Troian War | Paris, prince of Troia, Son of Priamos, abduces Helena, the wife of Menelaos, King of Sparta. Together with his brother Agamemmnon and the allied Greeks he does, however, not succeed in 10 years of siege to conquer the city. This happens only after a ruse of war. Homer describes in his epos "Iliad" the final war over the city. |