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Patroclus |
Achillies beloved friend, companion and advisor. Grew up alongside Achilles in Pithia under the guardianship of Peleus. wears Achilles armor to hold back the Trojans |
Achilles' bae |
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Odysseus
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a warrior and and the cleverest of the Achaean commanders. Along with Nestor , he is one of the Achaeans 2 best speakers. Helps mediate between Agamemnon and Achilles during their quarrel and prevents them form making bad decisions. |
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Ajax
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an Achaean commander, Great _____ is the 2ND mightiest Achaean warrior after Achilles. His size/strength help him to wound Hector twice by hitting him with boulders. |
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Diomedes |
youngest of the Achaean commanders, he is bold and sometimes proves impetuous. After Achilles withdraws from war, Athena inspires him with so much courage that he wounds two gods, Aphrodite & Ares |
Tried to convince Achilles to come back and fight |
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Nestor |
KING OF PYLOS + Oldest Achaean commander. Age has taken his physical strength, but he has much wisdom. Acts as an advisor to the military commanders, ESPECIALLY Agamemnon. He and Odysseus are the Achaeans' most skillful/persuasive orators. |
Sometimes long-winded |
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Phoenix |
A kindly old warrior. Helped raise Achilles while he was still a young man. Achilles deeply loves and trusts him. Mediates b/w him & Agamemnon during their quarrel |
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Meleager |
Son of Althea. Shut himself away with his wife, like Achilles did with Patroclus. He refused to battle and only went back after his wife convinced him |
Also an Argonaut, sent to gather up heroes from all over Greece to hunt the Calydonian Boar. Killed by his own mother when she threw the log into the fire. |
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Cleopatra |
NOT the famous one!!! Called by title of Alcyone. She got up the gumption to tell her husband Meleager to take action when he refused to fight. He listened, and promptly snatched his city from the jaws of defeat. |
she died with grief when her husband, Ceyx, was killed by Zeus |
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Curetes |
The ones who fought with the Aetolians. Were a legendary people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian Boar. Nearly won while Meleager took some time off. |
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Aetolians |
The ones fighting Curetes near Calydon. They defended the city that the Curetes tried to destroy |
considered to be semi-barbaric and reckless. |
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Sarpedon |
ONE of Zeus' sons. Fate seemed intertwined with the gods' objections, calling attn to the gods' relationship to fate. Killed by Patroclus--Zeus was PISSED! |
A violent struggle ensued over the body of this fallen king. |
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Myrmidons |
The soldiers under Achilles' command, hailing from his homeland: Pithia |
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Achilles |
Son of PELEUS + THETIS!! Most powerful warrior in the Iliad. Commands the Myrmidons. Takes offense easily/reacts with anger when he thinks his honor has been slighted. His wrath towards Agamemnon for taking his war prize (Briseis) forms the main subject of the Iliad |
The _________ heel.. |
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Thetis |
A sea-nymph. Mother of Achilles. Gets Zeus to help the Trojans & punish the Achaeans at the request of her angry son. Recruits Hephaestus to design her son a new suit of armor |
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Iris |
Zeus' messenger |
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Polydamas
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Young Trojan commander. Gives the Trojans sound advice, but Hector seldom acts on it. Advises the Trojans to retire from the battlefield after the death of Patroclus
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ONLY Friend of Hector
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Hephaestus |
God of FIRE. Hubby of APHRODITE!!! A metalsmith who makes the new suit of armor for Achilles' return to battle |
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ekphrasis |
a graphic, often dramatic, description of a visual work of art. |
The Shield!!! |
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Hector |
A son of KING PRIAM + QUEEN HECUBA!!! Mightiest warrior in the Trojan army. Mirrors Achilles in some flaws, but not completely. Devoted to his wife ANDROMACHE. Hates his brother for bringing war on their family/city |
knows that Troy and the house of Priam are doomed to fall and that the gloomy fate of his wife and infant son will be to die or go into slavery in a foreign land. Killed by Achilles |
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Priam |
KING OF TROY + Hubby to HECUBA!!! Father of 50 Trojan warriors including Hector + Paris. |
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Deiphobus
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Son of PRIAM + HECUBA. Prince of Troy. Greatest of Priams' sons. Killed 4 men of fame
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Athena |
GODDESS of WISDOM!!! She is Zeus' daughter. Like Hera, she really hates the Trojans & helps out the Achaeans often.. guided Perseus in his quest to behead Medusa. instructed Heracles to skin the Nemean Lion by using its own claws to cut through its thick hide. |
"protectress of heroes" |
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Hecuba |
The wife of PRIAM!!!! Had 19 kids including Hector + Paris. She pleads with Hector not to fight Achilles, for fear of "never get[ting] to mourn you laid out on a bier." |
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Penthesilea
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Queen of the AMAZONS!!!! Daughter of ARES + OTRERA!! Killed by Achilles. Helped the Trojans. Killed her sister Hippolyta w a spear when they were hunting deer; caused her so much grief she wanted to die
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long ass name for no reason....
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Ajax the Lesser |
Greek hero. Son of OILEUS. led his Locrians in 40 ships against Troy. Was brave and intrepid, especially skilled in throwing the spear and, next to Achilles, the swiftest of all the Greeks. |
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Neoptolemus |
(also called Pyrrhus). Son of ACHILLES!!!! He killed six men in battle. Killed at Delphi and honored there with a hero-cult |
Killed Priam, Eurypylus, Polyxena, Polites and Astyanax, captured Helenus, and made Andromache his concubine. |
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Laocoon |
Trojan hero who played dominant role. Priest of Apollo. Killed by Poseidon or Athena along w his 2 sons--by sea serpents. All because he warned his people of the Trojan horse |
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Polyxena
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Daughter of PRIAM + HECUBA!!! Claimed by the ghost of Achilles after the fall of Troy. Put to death at his tomb.
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Nostoi |
Returns of the Greeks. Lost epic in lit. Told the whole story of Trojan war in epic reverse |
relates the return home of the Greek heroes after the end of the Trojan War. |
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Oresteia |
a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Narrated by Nestor + Menelaos. |
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Clytemnestra |
daughter of LEDA + TYNDAREUS!!!! Wife of AGAMEMNON!!! Commander of the Greeks in Trojan war. Infidelity with Aegisthus while Aggy was at war. They murdered Aggy when he returned home from war. Killed by her son/daughter: Orestes/Electra--revenge for their father. |
driven to murder Aggy bc he killed their daughter Iphigenia; she was sacrificed for the sake of success in the war |
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Cassandra |
ONE of the princesses of Troy. Daughter of PRIAM + HECUBA!!!! Really fine ass hell!! Able to see the future (gift from Apollo). |
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Orestes
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Son of AGAMEMNON + CLYTEMNESTRA!!! KKKING of MYCENAE/ARGOS!! Was at war whn his daddy died. Killed his own mother for killing his daddy
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Electra |
Daughter of AGAMEMNON + CLYTEMNESTRA!!! |
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Eumenides |
"The kindly ones". Female spirits who tormented the guilty. Born from the blood of Uranus |
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Mentes |
son of ANTILOCHES!!ATHENA disguises herself as this guy in the Odyssey. In the Iliad, APOLLO disguises himself as this guy to encourage Hector to fight Menelaus |
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Telemachus |
son of ODYSSEUS + PENELOPE!!! spends the first four books of the Odyssey trying to gain knowledge of his father, Odysseus, who left for Troy when he was still an infant |
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Antinous |
Leads campaign to have Telemachus killed. one of two leading suitors of Penelope, the other being Eurymachus. |
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Eurymachus |
Son of POLYBUS!!! One of two leading suitors of Penelope, the other being Antinous. Plots to kill Telemachus. Deceitful. Killed by Odysseus. |
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Calypso |
Beautiful Nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on Ogygia. Holds him hostage for 7 years until Hermes, the msgr god, persuades her to let him go. |
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Alcinous |
KING OF PHAECIANS!!!! Offers Odysseus hospitality in Scheria. Provides Ody w safe passage back to Ithaca |
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Nausica
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daughter of KING ALCINOUS + QUEEN ARETE of the Phaecians!!!! Discovers Ody on beach of Scheria & welcomes him at her parents' palace
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Phaeacians |
Ody washed up here among these ppl. Athena intervened to make them foster his journey home. Athena went and appeared in a dream to the princess of these ppl |
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Lotus Eaters |
Basically druggies. Lived on a food that comes from a kind of flower. Gave some of Odysseus' men some to eat |
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Cyclops |
The one-eyed monsters that the Ithacans encounter on their way home |
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Polyphemus |
ONE of the Cyclopes. His island is where Ody comes after leaving Troy. He imprisons Ody & his men & tries to eat them. Ody blinds him & escapes, but also angering this dudes daddy |
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Poseidon |
GOD OF THE SEA!!!!! Ody divine antagonist. Despises Ody for blinding his son, Polyphemus. Patron of seafearing Phaecians who ironically help Ody get home to Ithaca |
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Aeolus |
KING OF WINDS!!!!! Releases Anemoi & Aellai. He gave hospitality for a month and provided for a west wind to carry Ody home. |
Son of Hippotes A___s. |
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Circe |
WITCH GODDESS!!!!! Transforms Ody crew into swine when he lands on her island. Ody resists her powers and becomes her lover for a yr... |
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Eurylochus |
One of the Ithacans traveling w Ody. Cautious man refused to enter Circe's hall. Brilliant mind who convinces everyone to stay a night at Thrinakia |
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Sirens |
Dangerous ladies who lure men to their deaths w their voices. Ody is 1st mortal to live&tell the tale |
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Scylla |
Monster that Ody must pass w his men. Ody has been told not to try & fight this monster, but just row by him quickly. Still kills six of his men |
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Charybdis |
One of the monsters Ody must pass w his men. A whirlpool that swallows the sea and spits it back up.. |
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Eumaeus
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Loyal Shepherd who helps Ody reclaim his throne after his return to Ithaca. Gives Ody food/shelter
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You Make Comfortable
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Amphinomus
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The only decent man seeking Penelope's hand in marriage. Sometimes speaks up for Ody & Telemachus, but is killed in the final fight like the rest of the suitors
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Something with an A!!!!!
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numen/numina |
divine spirits, will, presence |
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Quirinus
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WAR GOD!!!! Identified w Romolus, Founder of Rome....
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Janus |
GOD OF BEGINNINGS, DOORS, AND TRANSITIONS!!!! Has 2 faces: future & past |
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Lares & Penates |
Watched over households |
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Vesta |
ROMAN GODDESS OF HOME & FAMILY!!!! Greek equivalent is Hestia... |
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Virgil |
Poet. Author of Aeneid |
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aeneid |
experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy |
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Aeneas
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TROJAN PRINCE!!! Son of ANCHISES + APHRODITE!!!! Escaped & sailed to Italy..landed near Rome
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A + A
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Dido |
QUEEN OF CARTHAGE!!!! Left Tyre whn her hubby was murdered by Pygmalion (her brother). She is strong. Loves Aeneas. Becomes a pawn for the gods in their struggle for Aeneas' destiny. Her love proves to be her downfall. Aeneas abandons her, she kills herself with his sword |
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Carthage
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Rival city of Rome
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pietas |
duty, filial piety, devotion |
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Anna |
Dido's sister. Built the pyre Dido killed herself in |
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Sychaeus |
Once married to DIDO!!! Richest man in Tyre. Killed by Pygmalion bc of it. Told the truth about his death in a dream, urged Dido to flee the country, and revealed to her where his gold was buried. She left with those who hated or feared Pygmalion. |
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Iarbas |
SON OF JUPITER!!!! Fell in love w Dido and got SHUT DOWN lol |
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Ascanius
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Son of AENEAS!!!! ...by his 1st wife Creusa. Is a symbol of Aeneas' destiny--founding of the Roman race. Helps defend the Trojan camp from Turnus' attack while his father is away
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His Son. few letter difference
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Elysium |
Land of perfect happiness. Where ppl were made immortal |
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Sibyl |
oracular women able to foretell the future |
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Cumae |
an ancient city. The route Aeneas used to descend to the Underworld |
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Hades |
GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD!!!! |
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Golden Bough |
the symbol Aeneas must carry in order to gain access to the underworld. Sign of his special privilege |
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Charon |
The boatman of the underworld who carries people across the River Styx |
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Deiphobus |
Son of PRIAM + HECUBA!!!! appears to Aeneas in the underworld. While with Aeneas, he begs the gods for revenge against the Greeks |
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Romolus |
Founder of Rome!!! Son fo MARS + RHEA SILVIA!!!!! Killed his twin Remus |
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sabines |
women who were abducted and raped, to prevent war, stood in b/w their past and new men |
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Tarpeia |
betrayed Rome to Sabines for jewelry. Crushed to death and thrown off Tarpeian rock |
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apotheosis |
making divine, To make something god-like in stature |
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Tarquin the Proud |
The 7th and last king Romans tolerated. His son raped Lucretia. |
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Tullia |
Last Queen of Rome. daughter of SERVIUS TULLIUS!!! Killed her father with hubby, Tarquin the Proud |
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Sextus Tarquin |
son of Tar the Proud. His rape of Lucretia was the precipitating event in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Republic. |
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Lucretia |
Raped by Sextus. Afterwards she drew a concealed dagger and stabbed herself in the heart. She died in her father's arms |
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Brutus
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vowed to avenge Lucretia and end the monarchy. BBuilt a RRepublic UUf Rome
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