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.
Glaukos
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)
Sarpedon
Lykian ruler; son of Zeus; killed by Patroklos; scolds Hektor for leaving the fighting up to the Trojan allies
Achilles
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
Agamemnon
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
Briseis
belonged to Achilles, but taken by Agamemnon
Chryses
father of Chryseis; priest of Apollo
Chryseis
daughter of Chryses; prize to Agamemnon until she was returned to her father
Apollo
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
Kalchas
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
Aphrodite
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
Hera
wife of Zeus; on the Greek side; deceives Zeus by sleeping with him so that Poseidon may help the Greeks; mother of Hephaistos
Klytaimestra
wife of Agamemnon
Athene
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
Poseidon
built the Trojan Wall; on the Greek side; secretly helps the Greeks while Zeus is asleep
Patroklos
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
Thetis
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
Odysseus
powerful Greek warrior knoown for his cleverness and trickery; scolds Thersites for being shameful; spies on the Trojans alongside Diomedes
Zeus
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
Hephaistos
makes the armor for Achilles when he reenters the war; on the Greek side; sent fire down and burnt the shores of Xanthos
Priam
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
Thersites
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
Nestor
elderly Greek known for his wisdom; often boosts the Greek morale through long speeches; from Pylos
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great Trojan warrior; brother of Paris, husband of Andromache, father of Astyanax, son of Priam; killed by Achilles; kills Patroklos</p>
Paris
son of Priam, brother of Hektor; ran away with Helen; almost killed by Menelaus, until Aphrodite saved him; eventually kills Achilles
Menelaus
brother of Agamemnon; 1st husband of Helen; almost kills Paris
Antenor
part of the council of Priam; father of Agenor
Helen
cause of the war; ran away with Paris; longs for the Greeks to win
Aias
great Greek warrior; fought alone when all the prominent Greeks were wounded; part of the council of Achilles; duels against Hektor
Pandaros
Trojan who ends the truce (persuaded by Athene) by shooting Menelaus; killed by Diomedes
Idomeneus
on the Greek side, led the Cretans to the war; trusted adviser of Agamemnon
Diomedes
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
Antilochos
son of Nestor; announced the death of Patroklos to Achilles; sacrificed himself to save Nestor
Ares
god of war; on the Trojan side
Tlepolemos
son of Herakles; taunted Sarpedon, wounded him; killed by Sarpedon
Aineias
son of Aphrodite; goes up against Diomedes, wounded by him, carried away by Aphrodite and Ares
Artemis
on the Trojan side; injured by Hera; helps heal Aineias
Adrestos
Trojan who begged Menelaus to spare his life, then killed by Agamemnon
Dolon
Trojan who told Odysseus and Diomedes the position of the Trojan camp, but then was killed by Diomedes
Theano
priestess of Athene in Troy
Andromache
wife of Hektor, mother of Astyanax; begs Hektor not to go to war because she knows he will be killed
Astyanax
son of Hektor and Andromache
Polydamas
henchman of Hektor
Euryplos
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
Phoinix
Greek who brought up Achilles; goes to his tent to encourage him to reenter the war and ends up staying the night
Aintes
the 2 Aias’ (little and big)
Atreides
Agamemnon+ Menelaus
Hermes
messenger of the gods; accompanied Priam to the tent of Achilles when he was asking for Hektor’s body back
Xanthos
river god, who tried to kill Achilles; his shores were burnt by Hephaistos
Agenor
son of Antenor; Trojan warrior who withstood against Achilles
Hekabe
(Hecuba); wife of Priam, mother of Hektor and Paris; grieved much for the loss of Hektor
Machaon
healer
Peleus
father of Achilles
Tydeus
father of Diomedes
Atreus
father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
The Myrmidons
people led by Achilles
Laertes
father of Odysseus
