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Memoria Press The Iliad > Books I-XV > Flashcards

Books I-XV Flashcards

1
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venerable leader of the Pylians and the oldest and wisest Greek chieftain

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Nestor

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grandson of Bellerophon; cousin and squire of Sarpedon

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Glaucus

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main gates of Troy from which non-combatants observe the battles

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Scaean gates

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king of the Myrmidons; father of Achilles

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Peleus

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5
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son of Lyacon; famous Trojan archer

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Pandarus

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messenger of the gods, especially of Zeus

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Iris

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daughter of Chryses; prize of Agamemnon

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Chryseis

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“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.”

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the Greeks about Thersites

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9
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physician of the Greeks from Thessaly; son of Asclepius, a famous healer

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machaon

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10
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“Mighty son of Tydeus, why ask me of my lineage? Men come and go as leaves year by year upon the trees. Those of autumn the wind sheds upon the ground, but when spring returns the forest buds forth with fresh ones. Even so it is with the generations of mankind, the new spring up as the old are passing away.”

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Glaucus to Diomed

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11
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son of Priam; augur of the Trojans

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Helenus

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12
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brother of Peleus; father of Ajax the Great; from Salamis

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Telamon

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13
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son of Zeus and Electra; ancestor of the Dardanians and the Trojans

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Dardanus

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14
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son of Eumedes; scout of the Trojans

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Dolon

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15
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another name for the river Scamander

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Xanthus

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16
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nickname for Hector’s son, Scamandrius; means “king of the city”

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Astyanax

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17
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“Would I were as sure of being immortal and never growing old, and of being worshipped to Athene and Apollo, as I am that this day will bring evil to the Argives.”

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Hector to the Trojan army

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18
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elderly counselor to Priam and the Trojans; a whirring “cicada”

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Antenor

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19
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ugliest of the Greeks; an endless talker

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Thersites

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20
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“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.”

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Homer’s appeal to the Muse

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21
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“It was I, Achilles, who had the making of you; I loved you with all my heart: for you would eat neither at home nor when you had gone out elsewhere, till I had first set you upon my knees, cut up the dainty morsel that you were to eat, and held the wine cup to your lips. Many a time have you slobbered your wine in baby helplessness over my shirt. I had infinite trouble with you, but I knew that heaven vouchsafed me no offspring of my own, and i made of son of you, Achilles, that in my hour of need you might protect me.

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Phoenix to Achilles

22
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son of Nestor; leading fighter of the men of Pylos; friend of Achilles

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Antilochus

23
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surrogate father to Achilles; cursed to have no children

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Phoenix

24
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priest of Apollo who asks Agamemnon to give his daughter back

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Chryses

25
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Achilles’ grandfather; his father Zeus made men of ants for him - Myrmidons

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Aeacus

26
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older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius

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Patroculs

27
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the chief river god who flows through the plain below Troy

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Scamander

28
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Achilles’ prize; daughter of Briseus

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Briseis

29
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“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.”

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Menelaus to both armies

30
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lowest abyss under the earth; a place of punishment/torment

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Tartarus

31
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father of Aeneas by Aphrodite

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Anchises

32
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king of the Thracians

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Rhesus

33
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phalanx

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battle formation of tightly grouped warriors, long spears, and overlapping shields

34
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older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius

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Patroclus

35
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“I did ill to take my bow down from its peg on the day I led my band of Trojans to Ilium in Hector’s service, and if ever I get home again to set my eyes on my native place, my wife, and the greatness of my house, may someone cut my head off then and there if I do not break the bow and set it on a hot fire-such pranks as it plays me.”

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Pandarus to Aeneas

36
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Ithacan and faithful servant of Odysseus; a herald of the Greeks

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Eurybates

37
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“My mother Thetis tells me that there are two ways in which I may meet my end. If I stay here and fight, I shall not return alive but my name will live forever; whereas If I go home my name will die, but it will be long ere death shall take me. To the rest of you, then, I say, ‘Go home, for you will not take Ilium.’ Zeus has held his hand over her to protect her, and her people have taken heart.”

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Achilles to the embassy

38
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“Think not, Dolon, for all the good information you have given us, that you shall escape now you are in our hands, for if we ransom you or let you go, you will come some second time to the ships of the Achaeans either as a spy or as an open enemy, but if I kill you and make an end of you, you will give no more trouble.”

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Diomed to Dolon

39
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goddess who, when not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, tossed a golden apple For the fairest; also called Strife

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Discord

40
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Trojan warrior and advisor to Hector; born the same night as Hector

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Polydamas

41
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son of Priam

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Deiphobus

42
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“There is one omen, and only-that a man should fight for his country”

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Hector to Polydamas

43
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“My friends,” they criedd, “Argives one and all-good, bad, and indifferent, for there was never fight yet, in which all were of equal prowess - there is now work enough, as you very well known, for all of you….”

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the Ajaxes

44
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goddess of grain; mother of Persephone

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Demeter

45
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“Hector, there is no persuading you to take advice. Because heaven has so richly endowed you with the arts of war, you think that you must therefore excel all others in counsel; but you cannot thus claim pre-eminence in all things….”

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Polydamas to Hector

46
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Titan wife to Cronus; mother of the gods

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Rhea

47
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brother of Death and son of Night

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Sleep

48
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sisters and goddesses of beauty and creativity

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Graces

49
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one of the rivers of Hades by which the gods swore their most serious oaths

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Styx

50
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first Greek to land at Troy; the first Greek to die in the war

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Protesilaus

51
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“[Zeus] is now on our side and is going against the Argives. Therefore swarm round the ships and fight…”

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Hector to the Trojan army

Memoria Press The Iliad (27 decks)

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