The Iliad Characters
Calchas
Powerful seer who reveals why Apollo sent the plague upon the Achaeans
Enkidu
Eurydice
Haemon's mom and Creon's wife who cut her own throat after hearing her son's death
Achilles
Thetis
the Achaean's most valuable warrior (stole Briseis)
sea-nymph (Achilles' mom) and makes appeal to Zeus to punish the Achaeans
Humbaba
Ishtar
monster who Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill with assistance from Shamash (the sun god)
goddess of love who lusts for Gilgamesh (he spurns her however, and she asks her father Anu - god of the sky - to punish him)
The Chorus
Choragus
describe and comment on play
leader of the choir
Agamemnon
Zeus
commander-in-cheif of Achaean's army (claims Chrysies as his prize)
Greek god who is reluctant to help the Trojans (since Hera favours the Greeks) but finally agrees
Siduri
Urshanabi
tavern keeper who Gilgamesh tells about his quest, she says that seeking eternal life is worthless and that he should be satisfied with the pleasures of this world.
ferryman who takes Gigamesh on boat journey through the Waters of Death to Utnapishtim
Haemon
King Creon
Antigones betrothed (and also cousin...EW!) who stabs himself after Antigone is sent to her death
King of Thebes, whose pride leads to his downfall (leads to the death of his niece, son and wife)
Chryses
Hera
Priest who serves Apollo (Chryseis dad) first begs Agamemnon to return his daughter and then prays to Apollo
Greek goddess who is livid that Zeus is helping the Trojans, but her son convinces her not to plunge the gods into conflict over the mortals
Utnapishtim
Ea
Mesopotamian Noah (after floods, gods granted him immortal life) who Gilgamesh is trying to find.
god who warned Utnapishtim against flood and told him to build a boat
Oedipus
Eteocles and Polynices
Antigone and Ismene's dad
Antigone and Ismene's brothers who killed each other in duel over ruling over Thebes, making Creon king. Creon decided for Eteoclesto be buried with honour, but not Polynices.
Apollo
Athena
Greek god who sends plague on Greek camp (after Chryses prays to him)
Greek goddess sent by Hera to prevent a dual between Achilles and Agamemnon
Gilgamesh
main character from Uruk who sets off on a quest to seek immortality after his friend (Enkidu) dies cus he can't stop thinking about his own death
Utnapishtim challenges him to stay awake for a week to gain immortality, but he falls asleep. Utnapishtim takes pity and tells him where to find plant that restores youth, but Gilgamesh loosed it to a serpent.
He returns to Uruk empty-handed, but has reconciled at last to his mortality.
Antigone
Ismene
Main character, who buries her brother (Polynices) against King Creon's orders because she believes it's right and honourable. Hangs herself after being immured.
Sister to Antigone, who begs her sister not to bury Polynices