Iliad Personae
The main purpose of this glossary is to indicate pronunciation.
| Phonetic Equivalents: | |
| a as in cat | o as in pot |
| ay as in day | oh as in bone |
| aw as in raw | oo as in boot |
| ai as in air | or as in bore |
| e as in pet | s as in hiss |
| ee as in feet | |
| th as in thin | |
| i as in bit | |
| eye as in bite | ur as in burst |
| Stress is indicated by an apostrophe after the stressed syllable (af’-ter). ABANTES (a-ban’-teez): people of Euboea, 2.626. | |