the illiad charactefrs Flashcards
Ajax
Greek. Warrior known for size and strenght
Diomedes
Greek. Warrior known for his courtesy and gallantry
Calchas
Greek. Soothsayer and prophet and tells Achilles why there’s a plague
Menalaus
Greek. King and brother to Agamemnon
Nester
Oldest Greek warrior. Wants to keep peace between Agamemnon and Achilles
Patroclus
Greek. Achilles friend who wears his armor to battle
Meriones
Greek ally who fights woth Aeneas over Sarpedon’s body
Athena
Chooses Greeks becasue of Paris’ decision
Hera
Wants to destroy Troy because of Paris’ decision
Thetis
Achilles’ mother and suports her son when he wants Zeus to go against Greeks
Hephaestus
Makes Achillies armor at the request of Thetis
Hactor
Prince of Troy. Most noble person in the Epic
Aeneas
Trojan warrior. Son of Aphrodite
Priam
King of Troy. Doesn’t fight but goes to camp to ransom son’s body
Astynax
Trojan. Hector’s infant son
Chryseis
daughter of priest of Apollo that Agamemnon captures
Hecuba
Wife of Priam. Makes offering to Athena
Andromache
Trojan. Hector’s wife
Cassandra
Trojan. Priam’s daughter and first to see him arrive with Hector’s body. Will be Agamemnon’s war prize
Sarpedon
Trojan ally. Zeus’ son who he consideres saving when he fights Patroclus
Aphrodite
Protects Paris because he gave her the golden apple
Apollo
causes pleague against Greeks because his preists’ daughter was taken
Ares
God of war who fights for Troy because he loves Aphrodite
Zeus
Is neutral (god of justice) but doesn’t go against Greeks because of Thetis
