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ILLIAD 1-10 Flashcards

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Chryses

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Priest of Apollo who asked Agamemnon to give his daughter back

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Chryseis

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Daughter of Chryses

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Briseis

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Achilles prize: daughter of Briseis

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Nestor

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Venerable leader of the Pylians; the oldest and wisest Greek Chieftain

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Calchas asked______ of Achilles before he spoke. What did he say

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Protection, Apollo would stop when Agamemnon gave his daughter and made as a sacrifice of 100 bulls

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Make Agamemnon’s case in this quarrell

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Agamemnon was very angry at Calcas for the sacrifice of his daughter and is angry that he is accused of angering Apollo

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Make Achilles case in this quarrel

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He offered that there was a greater [rozein store for Agamemnon that his greed was clouding his judgment

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Why does Nestor command respect? What was his advice

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He was one of the oldest wisest people, and advised them to not take calchas’s daughter

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How did Achilles bring his mother up from the deepest depths of the sea? What did he ask her to do?

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He prayed to her and to Zeus for help, he asked that she might ask for the aid of zeus

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Describe Hera’s personality

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Pushy, often suspicious and untrustworthy

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“Sing o goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans…”

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Homer’s appeal to the Muse

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Eurybates

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Ithacan and Faithful servant of Odysseus; a herald of the Greeks

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Thersites

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Ugliest of the Greeks; an endless talker

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Scamander

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The chief river god who flows through the plain below troy

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Iris

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Messenger of the gods

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Of what did zeus inform Agamemnon in the “Lying Dream”? Why did Zeus send him this dream

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Zeus informed him that he would in fact take trot abnd that there are no longer divided councils among the gods

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What unusual plan did Agamemnon devise to test the Greeks

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Agamemnon told the Greeks that they were going to go home, to test their loyalty

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_______ prevented the Greeks from leaving by sending _____

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Athena, Odysseus

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Next to Achilles, who was the Greatest footsoldier of the Greeks

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Ajax Telamon

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“Odysseus has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council….”

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the Greeks about Thersites

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Antenor

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Elderly counselor to Priam and the Trojans; a whirring cicada

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Scaean gates

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Twin brothers of Helen; castor trained pollux was a boxxer

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Which Trojan jumped in front to challenge any Greek to a duel? Who immediately accepted his challenge

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Paris jumped and Menalouses excepted

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What were the terms of the duel

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Whoever won would receive Helen and all of her riches

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Who did Helen want to win this duel? Find a quote to support this

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Helen wants Menelaus to win because she misses her family

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Describe the duel: Explain how it ended

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Menelaus almost almost killed Paris but Paris’ helmet broke because of Aphrodite who brings him up to Olympus to be healed

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What was Helen’s response to Aphrodites demand that she join Paris back in their bed chamber. DId she go?

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Helen got very mad and refused to go because she felt she was being treated like a slave

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‘Young men’s minds are light as air, but when an old man comes he looks before and after..”

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Menelaus to both armies

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Pandarus

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Son of Lycaon: famous Trojan archer

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Machaon

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Physician of the Greeks from Thessaly; son of Asclepius a famous healer

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Antilochus

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Son of Nestor; leading fighter of the men of Pylos; friend of Achilles

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What outcome did zeus prefer

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That Menelaus take back Helen and the city of Priam to survive

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Why did zeus have an unwilling heart when he agreed to allow Hera to do as she pleased with the Trojans

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Zeus was reluctant because Troy was his favorite city and really like Illium because of the offerings they gave him

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Athene seeks out _____ to accomplish her mission to break the truce by inciting him to shoot an arrow at ___

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Panduras, Menelaus

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Agamemnon sent for ____ to attend the wound

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Machaon

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What was Nestor’s military strategy

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He placed knights with chariots in front rank, while foot soldiers were in the rear. He said to the knights to hold your horse in hard as to avoid confusing the soldiers, With cowards in the middle

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Anchises

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Father of Aeneas by Aphrodite

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What characteristic battle formation was used by both Greeks and Trojans

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The Phalanx

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______ was dazed when her wrist was injured by Diomed. Her mother, _____ told her that several other gods had suffered

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Aphrodite, Diome

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Which gods were they that were injured

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Ares, Aphrodite, Hades

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Who did Diomed attack next

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Apollo

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How did Athene change her instructions to Diomed

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She told him to smite Ares in combat. Ares threw a spear at Diomed, Athene blocks it while Diomed plunged his spear into Ares

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Xanthus

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Another name for the river scamander

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Helenus

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SOn of Priam; auger of the Trojans

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Glaucus

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Grandson of Bellerophon; cousin and squire of Sarpedon

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Astyanax

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Nickname for Hector’s son, Schamandruis means “King of the city”

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Who did Helenus hold up as the mightiest Greek

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Diomed was the mightiest because he filled men’s souls with more panic than Achilles did

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Describe what happened in the “battle” between Diomede and Glaucus

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Diomed and Glaucus learned of their grandfathers’ friendship and refused to fight instead they exchanged armor and Diomed upgraded from bronze to gold ^1 up

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What did the Women of troy offer to Athene What were their conditions

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The women of Troy offered an embroidered robe to Athene. They also offered to sacrifice twelve heifers if Athene would have pity on Troy

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Hector did not fear death nor did he grieve for himself. For what did Hector fear and grieve

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Hector grieved only for Andromache because he knew one of the Greeks would carry her aways as a slave

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What did Androche do when Hector left her for battle

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Andromache went home and mourned Hector as if he were already dead

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“why ask me of my lineage….” .

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Glaucus to Diomed

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“If even I get Home…”

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Pandurus to Aeneas

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Peleus

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King of the Myrmidons: father of Achilles

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Telamon

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Brother of Peleus: father of Ajax the great: from Salamis

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Dardanus

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Son of Zeus and Electra: ancestor of Dardanians and the Trojans

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Who fought Hector in man to man combat? How was this man selected

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Ajax and was selected when his lot fell out of Agamemnon’s hemet

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Who Was the winner of the fight and why did it stop?

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The duel was declared a draw by the heralds of the Trojans and the Greeks because night was falling

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After solo combat, what did the Greeks do back in their camp

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They feasted and buried their dead on funeral pyres

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What did the Trojans do

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At a council Antenor demanded that Paris return Helen, but Paris only agreed to return her wealth. Priam decided to send Idaeus to offer Helen’s wealth and request that fighting cease while they burned the dead

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Why was Poseidon angry with the Greeks for building a great wall around their ships

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The Greeks built the wall without sacrificing to the gods and honoring them, and the fame of the Greeks’ wall would exceed that of the wall around Troy which Poseidon and Apollo had built

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Tartarus

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Lowest abyss under the earth, a place of punishment/torment

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What were Zeus’ instructions to the gods at the start of book 8

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To not interfere with the war

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Who did Hector call a girl and coward

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Hector called Diomed a coward, Diomed` was actually the only Greek to defend Nestor and fled only because Zeus threw thunderbolts against him

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Who was Teucer? What was his strength in battle

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Teucer was was son of Telamon, half brother to Ajax, and nephew of Priam and was a skilled archer

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Homer foreshadowed the reintroduction of Achilles. What would cause Achilles to return

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Hector would rouse Achilles to fight over the body of Patroclus his squire

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Where did the Trojans sleep after a long day of victorious fighting

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The Trojans camped in an open space near the river that was clear of dead bodies

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“Would that I were….”

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Hector to the Trojan army

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Phoenix

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Surrogate father of Achilles: cursed to have no children

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Aeacus

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Achilles grandfather: his father Zeus made men of ants for him

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_____ was the first to tell Agamemnon that he was wrong for taking Briseis from Achilles. What was Agamemnon’s response

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Nestor, Agamemnon admitted his folly and agreed to make amends with gifts of atonement

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What was Achilles doing when the embassy arrived

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Playing the Lyre and singing of feats of heros

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Achilles pointed out the paradox of Agamemnon’s actions when he talked about losing Briseis. What was the Paradox

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Agamemnon undertook the Trojan War to deliver Helen the wife of Menelaus. Now Agamemnon has taken Briseis from Achilles even though Achilles loved her with his whole heart

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WHy was Phoenix part of Agamemnon’s embassy to Achilles?

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Phoenix had raised Achilles like his own son and the Greeks thought he might influenced him

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When would Achilles return to the fight? Achilles would fight when Hector burned his ships

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Achilles would fight when Hector burned his ships

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“If I stay here and fight…”

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Achilles to the embassy

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“It was I… Who had the making….”

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Phoenix to Achilles

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Dolon

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SOn of Eumedes scout of the Trojans

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Rhesus

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King of the Thracians

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________ was the first Greek to volunteer for the spy mission and ______ was chosen as his companion

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Diomed, Odysseus

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______ Volunteered to spy on the Greeks. What compensation did he request c

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Dolan, that Hector hold his scepter high and swer to give his horses and chariot

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What happened when the Trojan spy was captured by the Greeks

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Dolon begged for his life and informed the Greeks of Thracian Allies on the edge of Trojan camp, and was told he would be spared by odysseus and was killed by _______,

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Who killed the Trojan spy and why

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Diomed because he would be less trouble dead than alive

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What did Diomed and Odysseus do upon returning to the Greek Camp

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They tied their horses and took their spoils, bathed in the ocean and made offerings to the gods

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“….if we ransom you or let you go….”

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Diomed to Dolon

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