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Iliad characters
Characters in Iliad
Question | Answer |
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Muse | goddess of poetry, inspiration |
Peleus | Greek king. Father of Achilles |
Achilles | Greek king. Strongest, best warrior on the Greek side. "Son of Peleus" |
Achaeans | of Homer’s three names for the Greeks. Also he uses “Argives,”* and “Danaans.”* |
Zeus | God. King of the gods. God of the sky (thunder, lightening, etc). “Son of Cronus.”* |
Agamemnon | king. Commander-in-chief of Greek forces. “Son of Atreus,”* or “Atrides.”* |
Apollo | God. Pro-Trojan. God of prophecy, music and poetry, sickness, health, medicine, archery, etc. |
Leto | Goddess. Mother of Apollo and Artemis.* |
Chryses | Trojan. A priest of Apollo. Father of Chryseis. |
Atreus | Greek king. Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. |
Menelaus | Greek king. Brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen*. “Son of Atreus,”* or “Atrides.”* |
Olympus | Mountain home of the gods. |
Priam | Trojan king. King of Troy. |
Argos* | City in Greece. In Agamemnon’s kingdom. |
Hera | Goddess. Pro-Greek. Queen of gods, wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage. |
Calchas | Greek prophet. Son of Thestor. |
Clytemnestra | Greek queen. Wife of Agamemnon. |
What Agamemnon fins appealing about Chryseis | 1. Sex 2. prospect of gain and wealth 3. honor |
Mythology | talking about the most important things in our lives in terms of society. |