ILIAD - Main Characters Flashcards
Who are the GREEKS?
Achilles Agamemnon Menelaus Helen Odysseus Aias the Great / AJAX
Who are the TROJANS?
Priam Hecuba Hector Andromache Paris Aeneas
Which Gods supported the GREEKS?
Poseidon
Hera
Athena
Zeus tries to be neutral
Which Gods supported the TROJANS?
Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares
Zeus tries to be neutral but ended up for Trojans
Who was Achilles?
GREEK
Main character
One of greatest warriors
Lead the Myrmidons against the Trojans
Same team as Agamemnon but they dont get on
Who was Agamemnon?
GREEK
General of Greek armies
Same team as Achilles but do not get on
Who was Menelaus?
GREEK
King of Sparta
Helen his wife is taken by Paris, a Trojan
Greeks go to war to get her back the TROJAN WAR
Helen considered to be most beautiful woman in the world
Who was Helen?
GREEK
Wife of Melenaus, the King of Sparta
Helen is taken by Paris, a Trojan
Greeks go to war to get her back the TROJAN WAR
Helen considered to be most beautiful woman in the world
Aphrodite cast a spell on her to make her fall in love with Paris
Who is Odysseus?
GREEK
King of Ithicca
Considered a Greek hero
Known for his intelligence
Who is Aias the Great?
GREEK
2nd greatest Greek warrior after Achilles
Called Ajax by the Romans
Who was Priam?
TROJAN
King of Troy during the ILIAD
Married to Hecuba, Queen of Troy
Had a son, Hector (greatest trojan warrior)
Who was Hector?
TROJAN
Greatest of all Trojan warriors
King Priam’s son
Killed on battlefield by Achilles
Who was Paris?
TROJAN
Trojan who took Helen from King Menelaus
Who was Aeneas?
TROJAN
One of greatest Trojan warriors after Hector
What is the ILIAD?
Epic poem by Greek poet HOMER Tells story of last year of Trojan war War between City of Troy and Greeks Story starts 10years in to raging war Greeks are camped outside walls of Troy
What do Achilles and Agamemnon fall out about?
Agamemnon holding woman Chryseis captive
Her father offers to pay for her release but Agamemnon refuses
Her father prays to Apollo
Apollo attacks the Greeks
Achilles and greek leaders persuage Agamemnon to release her
Agamemnon wants to get back at Achilles and steals Briseis from Achilles
Why wont Achilles fight?
Achilles angry at Agamemnon for stealing his lady, Briseis
He refuses to fight
Achilles asks his mother Thetis to pray to Zeus to help Trojans
Zeus had been neutral but then decides to help Trojans
How were the GODS involved in the war?
Hector was hit by a giant rock from Aias
Apollo heals Hector, stronger and faster than before
Hector leads Trojans, pushing Greeks back to the shore
How does Patroclus get involved?
Achilles best friend Patroclus cannot persuade him to return to battle
Patroclus wears Achilles armour to fight
He was helping the Greeks until he met Hector
Hector killed Patroclus
Why did Achilles return to battle?
After the death of his best friend Patroclus
He rejoins battle and pushed Trojans back to Troy
Comes up against Hector
Achilles kills Hector
How did Achilles Die?
Had one weakness Mother dipped him in River Styx, held by his heel God Apollo knew of this weakness Paris released arrow at Achilles Apollo guided arrow to his heel Died from wound
What was Odysseus idea to get into Troy?
Built a large wooden horse
Soldiers hid inside horse
Rest of army returned to boats and sailed away
Trojans thought they won war and horse was GIFT
Rolled horse into city and celebrated
Boats returned that night
Odysseus men came out of horse and killed guards They opened gates to let Greek army in
GREEKS WON THE WAR!!
Why does Helen of Troy have “a face that launched a thousand ships”?
Because the Greeks set sail for Troy on 1000 ships