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characters in Iliad Flashcards

1
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Son of Peleus and Thetis, greatest of the Greek warriors

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Achilles

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Brother to Menelaus, leader of the Greek armies

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Agamemnon

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3
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Achilles beloved friend and companion

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Patroclus

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4
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Smartest of all the Greeks

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Odysseus

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5
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Brave and young Greek soldier who takes Achilles place in battle when he is absent

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Diomedes

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6
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A very large Greek warrior

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Great Ajax

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7
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often fights alongside great Ajax

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Little Ajax

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8
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King of Pylos and the oldest Achaean commander

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Nestor

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9
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King of Sparta, was married to Helen before she was taken

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Menelaus

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10
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King of Crete and a respected commander

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Idomeneus

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11
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a healer who is wounded by Paris in book 11

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Machaon

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12
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an important soothsayer who identifies the cause of the plague in book 1 which causes the rift between Achilles and Agamemnon

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Calchas

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13
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Achilles’ father and the grandson of Zeus

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Peleus

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14
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a kind old warrior who helped to raise Achilles and is part of the embassy to him in book 9

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Phoenix

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15
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Achilles elite soldiers

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The Myrmidons

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16
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son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, leader of the Trojan army

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Hector

17
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King of Troy, husband of Hecuba, father of Paris and Hector

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Priam

18
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Queen of troy, mother of Hector, wife of Priam

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Hecuba

19
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son of Priam and Hecuba, brother to Hector, responsible to the abduction of Helen and the start of the war

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Paris

20
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former wife of Menelaus, current partner of Paris, arguably the centre of the war.

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Helen

21
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son of Aphrodite and a mighty Trojan warrior

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Aeneas

22
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Wife of Hector

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Andromache

23
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Son of Hector and Andromache

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Astyanax

24
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A level headed Trojan who is the voice of reason for Hector

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Polydamus

25
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Has an exchange of armour with Diomedes after finding out their grandfathers were familiar with each other

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Glaucus

26
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A Trojan warrior who tries to fight Achilles and delays him long enough for his Trojans to retreat within the walls

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Agenor

27
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A trojan spy sent on a night mission in book 10

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Dolon

28
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Trojan soldier who broke the truce in book 3

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Pandarus

29
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A Trojan nobleman who argues that Helen should be returned to Menelaus

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Antenor

30
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Son of Zeus who fought on the Trojan side

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Sarpedon

31
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Chryses’ daughter, a priest of Apollo

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Chryseis

32
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war prize of Achilles that sparks the feud between him and Agamemnon

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Briseis

33
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A priest of Apollo in a Trojan-allied town; the father of Chryseis, whom Agamemnon takes as a war prize.

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Chryses

34
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deals the initial fatal blow to Patroclus in battle

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Euphorbos

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