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. (56 cards)
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
