Greeks — Minor Figures

22 figures from Greek Tragedy who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Oeax

enemy of Orestes · first appears Euripides, Orestes — Scene 3

• Euripides, Orestes — Scene 3 · enemies with Orestes “Œax, imputing to my father the hatred which arose on account of Troy.”
• Euripides, Orestes — Scene 3 · enemies with Agamemnon “Œax, imputing to my father the hatred which arose on account of Troy.”

Palamedes

dead hero · first appears Euripides, Orestes — Scene 3

• Euripides, Orestes — Scene 3 · with Orestes “The death of Palamede takes its vengeance on thee.”

Nauplius

mythic figure · first appears Euripides, Helen — Scene 5

• Euripides, Helen — Scene 5 · with Menelaus “Those treacherous beacons, by the vengeful hand Of Nauplius kindled on Eubœa’s rocks”

Musaeus

poet · first appears Euripides, Rhesus — Scene 6

• Euripides, Rhesus — Scene 6 · mentor: Apollo “And by Apollo, and our sister choir, Thy venerable citizen Musæus Was taught to soar beyond each warbled strain Of pristine melody;”

Epeus

Phocian chief · first appears Euripides, The Trojan Captives — Scene 1

• Euripides, The Trojan Captives — Scene 1 · with Athena “The Phocian chief Epeus, by Minerva’s arts inspired, Framed with a skilful hand, and through the gates Sent that accursed machine, the horse which teemed With ambushed javelins.”

Sisyphus

ancestor associated with Odysseus · first appears Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 3

• Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 3 · with Odysseus “The rascal birth Laërtes bought of Sisyphus”
• Euripides, The Cyclops — Scene 1 · younger kin: Odysseus “That loquacious man, The crafty brood of Sisyphus, full well I know.”

Patroclus

warrior · first appears Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 3

• Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 3 · friends with Achilles “Patroclus, whom thy father loved so well?”

Phoenix

warrior · first appears Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 3

• Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 3 · with Neoptolemus “Old Phoenix, Acamas and Demophon Are gone in thy pursuit with ships and men.”

Poeas

father of Philoctetes · first appears Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 1

• Sophocles, Philoctetes — Scene 1 · child: Philoctetes “Ordered by those who had command,--cast forth Trachinian Philoctetes, Poeas' son, His foot dark-dripping with a rankling wound;”

Oenomaus

father of Hippodameia · first appears Euripides, Iphigenia In Tauris — Scene 5

• Euripides, Iphigenia In Tauris — Scene 5 · enemies with Pelops “the ancient spear of Pelops in my father's house, which brandishing in his hand, he [Pelops] won Hippodameia, having slain Ænomaus”
• Euripides, Helen — Scene 3 · rivals with Pelops “O Pelops, in the strife on Pisa’s field, / Who didst outstrip the fiery steeds that whirled / The chariot of Oenomaus”