Μέντωρ
Μέντωρ, Mentor
Μέντωρ, ορος (ὁ) Mentor :
1 ami d’Ulysse, Od. 2, 225, etc. ||
2 Troyen, Il. 13, 171 ||
3 autres, Dém. 23, 154, 157 Baiter-Sauppe ; Plut. Eum. 2, etc. ||
➳ Voc. Μέντορ, Od. 2, 243 ; 22, 213, etc.
Étym. μένος.
Μέντωρ -1
- (πολύϊππος).
- Father of Imbrius-1 Il. 13.171.
Μέντωρ -2
- Patronymic Ἀλκιμίδης.
- A comrade of Odysseus in Ithaca left in charge of Odysseus’s house and property.
- His speech in the Ithacan assembly Od. 2.225;
- Athene takes his guise Od. 2.267 (urging Telemachus to go to Pylus and Sparta), 416 (accompanying T.), Od. 22.206 (in the fight with the suitors), Od. 24.502 (in the fight with the Ithacans); etc.
Μέντωρ : Mentor. —(1) an Ithacan, the son of Alcimus, a near friend of Odysseus, to whom Odysseus intrusts the oversight of his household during his absence. Under the form of Mentor, Athēna guides Telemachus on his travels in search of his father, and helps him to baffle the suitors; in other words she makes herself his mentor, Od. 2.225, 243, Od. 3.22, 340, Od. 22.206, 208, Od. 24.446.—(2) father of Imbrius, under whose form Apollo incites Hector to battle, Il. 13.171.