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Iliad characters Flashcards

be able to be familiar with all of the characters and their significance to the story. be able to recognize each character and what they did.

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Glaukos

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Lykian ruler; wanted to step up to his name and go headfirst into battle; encountered Diomedes on the battlefield, but they make a truce because their grandfathers knew one another and they switched armor (as a peace sign)

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Sarpedon

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Lykian ruler; son of Zeus; killed by Patroklos; scolds Hektor for leaving the fighting up to the Trojan allies

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Achilles

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Greek hero; felt dishonored by Agamemnon, so he refused to fight in the war; rejoined the war once Patroklos was killed; king of the Myrmidons; killed Hektor

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Agamemnon

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lazy (made the Greeks do all the work, yet took the prizes); took Briseis from Achilles after returning Chryseis to her father; brother of Menelaus and husband of Klytaimestra

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Briseis

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belonged to Achilles, but taken by Agamemnon

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Chryses

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father of Chryseis; priest of Apollo

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Chryseis

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daughter of Chryses; prize to Agamemnon until she was returned to her father

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Apollo

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god of the sun;on the Trojan side; sends the plague of arrows on the Greeks when Chryses was dishonored; he and Athene agree to make a combat between Aias and Hektor; picks in Aineas after Aphrodite is wounded

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Kalchas

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bird interpreter;after assured that Achilles will protect him, he declares that Agamemnon must return Chryseis to her father in order for the plague to stop; he also prophesies that the Greeks will win in the 10th year of war

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Aphrodite

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on the Trojan side; mother of Aineias; wounded by Diomedes when trying to rescue Aineias; whisks Paris away to his bedchamber as he is almost killed by Menelaus; speaks with Helen when telling her to meet Paris in the bedchamber

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Hera

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wife of Zeus; on the Greek side; deceives Zeus by sleeping with him so that Poseidon may help the Greeks; mother of Hephaistos

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Klytaimestra

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wife of Agamemnon

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Athene

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Greek side; disguises herself as the brother of Hektor when he is about to battle Achilles; restrains Achilles from killing Agamemnon; persuades Pandaros to break the truce

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Poseidon

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built the Trojan Wall; on the Greek side; secretly helps the Greeks while Zeus is asleep

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Patroklos

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close friend of Achilles; puts on the armor of Achilles to go into battle; aristeia on the battlefield; attempts to scale the walls of Troy; killed by Hektor

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Thetis

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mother of Achilles; asks Zeus to favor the Trojans so that Achilles will be needed by the Greeks; asks Hephaistos to make Achilles armor when he reenters the war

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Odysseus

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powerful Greek warrior knoown for his cleverness and trickery; scolds Thersites for being shameful; spies on the Trojans alongside Diomedes

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Zeus

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king of the gods; makes the gods stay out of the war (which he then breaks); deceived by his wife, Hera; on the Trojan side; father of Sarpedon, but allows him to die; does not interfere with fate

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Hephaistos

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makes the armor for Achilles when he reenters the war; on the Greek side; sent fire down and burnt the shores of Xanthos

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Priam

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king of Troy; father of Hektor, Paris, and many other sons; husband of Hekabe; tells Helen who the prominent Greeks are when she asks; favors Hektor, not Paris

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Thersites

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ugly and disliked Greek; said that Agamemnon was lazy and took all the prizes when he didnt do any fighting, he took Briseis from Achilles, who actually fought hard; scolded and hit by Odysseus for being shameful

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Nestor

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elderly Greek known for his wisdom; often boosts the Greek morale through long speeches; from Pylos

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<p>

| Hektor</p>

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<p>
great Trojan warrior; brother of Paris, husband of Andromache, father of Astyanax, son of Priam; killed by Achilles; kills Patroklos</p>

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Paris

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son of Priam, brother of Hektor; ran away with Helen; almost killed by Menelaus, until Aphrodite saved him; eventually kills Achilles

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Menelaus

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brother of Agamemnon; 1st husband of Helen; almost kills Paris

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Antenor

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part of the council of Priam; father of Agenor

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Helen

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cause of the war; ran away with Paris; longs for the Greeks to win

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Aias

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great Greek warrior; fought alone when all the prominent Greeks were wounded; part of the council of Achilles; duels against Hektor

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Pandaros

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Trojan who ends the truce (persuaded by Athene) by shooting Menelaus; killed by Diomedes

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Idomeneus

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on the Greek side, led the Cretans to the war; trusted adviser of Agamemnon

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Diomedes

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great Greek warrior with a large aristeia; injures Aphrodite; throws a boulder at Aineias and wounds him; along with Odysseus, he spies on the Trojans and kills Dolon

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Antilochos

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son of Nestor; announced the death of Patroklos to Achilles; sacrificed himself to save Nestor

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Ares

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god of war; on the Trojan side

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Tlepolemos

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son of Herakles; taunted Sarpedon, wounded him; killed by Sarpedon

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Aineias

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son of Aphrodite; goes up against Diomedes, wounded by him, carried away by Aphrodite and Ares

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Artemis

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on the Trojan side; injured by Hera; helps heal Aineias

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Adrestos

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Trojan who begged Menelaus to spare his life, then killed by Agamemnon

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Dolon

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Trojan who told Odysseus and Diomedes the position of the Trojan camp, but then was killed by Diomedes

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Theano

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priestess of Athene in Troy

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Andromache

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wife of Hektor, mother of Astyanax; begs Hektor not to go to war because she knows he will be killed

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Astyanax

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son of Hektor and Andromache

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Polydamas

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henchman of Hektor

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Euryplos

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Greek who volunteered to fight against Hektor, but was not chosen in the lot; aided Aias when he was fighting alone, but then was wounded in the thigh by one of Paris’ arrows

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Phoinix

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Greek who brought up Achilles; goes to his tent to encourage him to reenter the war and ends up staying the night

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Aintes

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the 2 Aias’ (little and big)

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Atreides

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Agamemnon+ Menelaus

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Hermes

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messenger of the gods; accompanied Priam to the tent of Achilles when he was asking for Hektor’s body back

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Xanthos

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river god, who tried to kill Achilles; his shores were burnt by Hephaistos

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Agenor

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son of Antenor; Trojan warrior who withstood against Achilles

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Hekabe

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(Hecuba); wife of Priam, mother of Hektor and Paris; grieved much for the loss of Hektor

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Machaon

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healer

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Peleus

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father of Achilles

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Tydeus

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father of Diomedes

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Atreus

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father of Agamemnon and Menelaus

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The Myrmidons

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people led by Achilles

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Laertes

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father of Odysseus

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