The Iliad Flashcards
(29 cards)
Main Greek tribe at the time
Achaeans
Sons of Atreus
Agamemnon and Menalaus
Husband of Helen
Menalaus
Caused Achaeans to be plagued
Agamemnon refuses to return Chryseis to Chyrses
To replace Chryseis, Agamemnon takes her from Achilles
Briseis
Achilles’ parents
Thetis and Peleus
Aged King of Pylos
Nestor
King of Troy
Priam
Achilles’ friend
Patroclus
God of the River Achilles fights
Xanthus
After killing Hector, Achilles ____.
Lashes him to his chariot and drags it across the battlefield. He continues to drag him for 9 days.
Achilles Leads the _____.
Myrmidons
Kills Achilles
Paris
Daughter of Priam Achilles falls in love with after the poem.
Polyxena
The Iliad is set in which century?
12th century BC (Bronze age)
The Iliad was composed between ___ and ____.
750 and 650 BC.
After Achilles dies, his armor is awarded to _____.
Odysseus
To defeat Troy, the Achaeans must retrieve the ____ and the _____.
Palladium and Arrows of Hercules
Kills Paris with the Arrows of Hercules
Philoctetes
Convinces the Trojans that the wooden horse is gift to Athena, and that the Achaeans hope the Trojans destroy it.
Sinon
Wounds two Gods in combat
Diomedes
The Aeantes are
Litte and Great Ajax
Achilles is from
Phythia
Menelaus is from
Sparta
