Books I-XXI Flashcards
ugliest of the Greeks; an endless talker
Thersites
nickname for Hector’s son, Scamandrius; means “king of the city”
Astyanax
son of Zeus and Electra; ancestor of the Dardanians and the Trojans
Dardanus
older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius
Patroculs
“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.
Phoenix to Achilles
“At daybreak we will arm …”
Hector to the Trojans
main gates of Troy from which non-combatants observe the battles
Scaean gates
grandson of Bellerophon; cousin and squire of Sarpedon
Glaucus
“You know no pity ….”
Patroclus to Acchiles
brother of Death and son of Night
Sleep
Ithacan and faithful servant of Odysseus; a herald of the Greeks
Eurybates
father of Aeneas by Aphrodite
Anchises
king of the Myrmidons; father of Achilles
Peleus
sisters and goddesses of beauty and creativity
Graces
wise centaur who lived on mt. Pelion and tutored Achilles
Chiron
older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius
Patroclus
messenger of the gods, especially of Zeus
Iris
father of Patroclus
menoetius
priest of Apollo who asks Agamemnon to give his daughter back
Chryses
son of Priam; augur of the Trojans
Helenus
“There is one omen, and only-that a man should fight for his country”
Hector to Polydamas
another name for the river Scamander
Xanthus
first Greek to land at Troy; the first Greek to die in the war
Protesilaus
“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.”
Glaucus to Diomed
son of Panthous; brother of Polydamas and Hyperenor, wounded Patroclus
Euphorbus
venerable leader of the Pylians and the oldest and wisest Greek chieftain
Nestor
lowest abyss under the earth; a place of punishment/torment
Tartarus