Characters 1
Andromache
Hector's wife
Zeus
King of the gods, lightning
Asking the gods/muses to inspire the poet to sing/write a great poem.
Invocation
Who tricks Hector, pretending to be Hector's brother/friend, convincing him to fight Achilles
Athena
King of Mycenae and Leader of Greeks/Achaean army
Agamemnon
Hecuba
Hector's mother, Queen of Troy
God of the son, protector of Troy
Apollo
Starting in the middle of the story.
In medias res
What culture created the first democratic government?
Athens
Patroclus
Achilles' friend, killed by Hector
Priest of Apollo
Chryses
Athena
Goddess of wisdom, patron of Achillies
A comparison between to things, using like/as, one object being of common everyday use.
Epic simile
Name of era of the Mycenaeans and the Trojan War
The Heroic Age
Hector
Hero of Troy
The author/poet of The Iliad
Messenger of the gods, guides Priam through the camp at night
Hermes
A noun phrase to describe a person: Hector the Tamer of Horses
Stock epithet
When Agamemnon agrees to return Chryseis, what does he want in return from Achilles?
He wants Briseis, the girl Achilles captures.
King of Troy, Hector's father
Priam
Achilles' mother, a sea goddess.
Thetis
Queen of the gods, wife of Zeus
Hera
The Epic Age
What does Hector ask Achilles to agree to before they fight?
To not disgrace the body of the hero that falls in battle.