Books I-IV Flashcards
Ithacan and faithful servant of Odysseus; a herald of the Greeks
Eurybates
older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius
Patroclus
messenger of the gods, especially of Zeus
Iris
main gates of Troy from which non-combatants observe the battles
Scaean gates
“Odysseus has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council, but he never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this fellow’s mouth from prating further. he will give the kings no more of his insolence.”
the Greeks about Thersites
son of Nestor; leading fighter of the men of Pylos; friend of Achilles
Antilochus
son of Lyacon; famous Trojan archer
Pandarus
daughter of Chryses; prize of Agamemnon
Chryseis
priest of Apollo who asks Agamemnon to give his daughter back
Chryses
“Young men’s minds are light as air, but when an old man comes he looks before and after, deeming that which shall be fairest upon both sides.”
Menelaus to both armies
older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius
Patroculs
physician of the Greeks from Thessaly; son of Asclepius, a famous healer
machaon
phalanx
battle formation of tightly grouped warriors, long spears, and overlapping shields
ugliest of the Greeks; an endless talker
Thersites
the chief river god who flows through the plain below Troy
Scamander
“Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles first fell out with one another.”
Homer’s appeal to the Muse
venerable leader of the Pylians and the oldest and wisest Greek chieftain
Nestor
elderly counselor to Priam and the Trojans; a whirring “cicada”
Antenor
Achilles’ prize; daughter of Briseus
Briseis
