Download Penelope`s Personal Ad

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?
Example: I’m a SWM 40 year-old
TIPS for writing a good Personal Ad,
according to www.Match.com:
o Be personal
o Add humor, but don’t be too sarcastic or
self-depreciating
o Describe who you are, where you want to go
in life, what makes you laugh, things you
enjoy, pet peeves and what your friends call
you as a nickname.
Remember to Use THREE Vocabulary
Words!
(That way, Penelope will know you’re smart. )
romantic poet. Has anyone ever
told you that your kind heart
sparkles such that no gold nor
pearl nor any other jewelry can
match? You are celestial, and I
want to paint you with your bare
description of yourself--painting
through imagination. Just tell me
how red is your lips and how
lucid your eyes are. I will never
leave your side because I know
you’ve been abandoned by a man
who chose bellicose warfare over
your beauty. You'll never ask for
anything else when you romance
with poetry and art. Pick me to be
your man. Just ask for Meletios
at the next Ithaca meeting.
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-inlaw)
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