Iliad Characters Flashcards

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Who is Diomedes?

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  • Son of Tydeus
  • Greek fighter
  • Kills Pandarus and is given powers of strength and ability to detect Gods by Athena
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Who is Sthenelus?

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  • Diomedes’ charioteer
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Who is Athena?

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  • Goddess of war and handicraft
  • Helped Greek side by giving Diomedes strength and the ability to spot Gods
  • Her siblings (in the Iliad) are Aphrodite, Ares and Apollo
  • Daughter of Zeus
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Who is Patroclus?

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  • Greek
  • Killed by Hektor
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Who is Hektor?

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  • Trojan Prince
  • Son of Priam and Hecuba
  • Husband of Andromache
  • Father of Astyanax / Scamandrius
  • Killed by Achilles
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Who is Pandarus?

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  • Lycaon’s son
  • Trojan fighter
  • Killed by Diomedes
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Who is Aeneas?

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  • Son of Aphrodite and Anchises
  • Trojan fighter
  • Is saved by Apollo and Aphrodite when he is injured trying to protect Pandarus’ body
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Who is Achilles?

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  • Strongest Greek warrior
  • Son of Peleus and Thetis
  • Kills Hektor
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Who is Glaucus?

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  • Grandson of Bellerephon
  • Son of Hippolochus
  • Has xenia bond with Diomedes due to his grandfathers friendship with Oeneus
  • Trojan fighter
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Who is Aphrodite?

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  • Goddess of love
  • Mother of Aeneas
  • Is injured by Diomedes in war
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Who is Apollo?

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  • God of prophecy and music
  • Rescues Aeneas from Diomedes
  • Trojan side
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Who is Iris?

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  • Personification of the rainbow
  • Messenger of the Gods
  • She led Aphrodite to safety in Mount Olympus after she was injured
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Who is Ares?

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  • God of War
  • Disguises himself as a Trojan leader to incite them to fight
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Who is Dione?

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  • Aphrodite’s mother
  • She comforts Aphrodite with tales of mortals who harmed Gods but all ended up meeting unpleasant ends after Diomedes injures her
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Who is Artemis?

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  • Goddess of the hunt
  • Helps Trojan side
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Who is Leto?

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  • Mother of Apollo and Artemis
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Who is Hecuba/Hecabe?

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  • Hektor’s mother
  • Wife to Priam
  • Tries to stop Hektor from fighting Achilles by exposing her breast to him, to remind him of his childhood
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Who is Paris?

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  • Reason the Trojan war started
19
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Who is Andromache?

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  • Hektor’s wife
  • She’s enslaved after Troy falls
20
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Who is Hektor’s son?

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Astyanax/ Scamandrius

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Who is Priam?

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  • Hektor’s father
  • He begs Achilles to give him back his son’s body, by reminding Achilles of his own father when he dies
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Who is Deiphobus?

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  • Hektor’s brother
  • Hektor believes Deiphobus has come to help him when he’s fighting Achilles, but its just Athena tricking him