Identify #1
Priest of Apollo; asks Agammenon to give his daughter back
Who is Chryses?
Brother of Death and son of Night. Hera offers him a golden seat and footstool made by Hephaestus for his help in a plan against Zeus.
Who is Sleep?
Messenger of the gods (specifically to Zeus); repeats messages verbatim
Who is Iris?
Friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius
Who is Patroclus?
Respected leader of the Pylians and the oldest and wisest Greek Chieftain.
Who is Nestor?
Greek physician; son of the famous healer Asclepius. Agamemnon sends for him to attend to the wound of Menelaus in Book 4
Who is Machaon?
Son of Panthous; brother of Polydamas & Hyperenor; one of the characters to wound Patroclus
Who is Euphorbus?
Son of Eumedes; one of the Trojan scouts; he volunteered to spy on the Greeks in return for Achilles' horses and chariot.
Who is Dolon?
goddess who tossed a golden apple "for the fairest" at Peleus and Thetis' wedding which led to conflict between Aphrodite, Athene, and Hera.
Who is Discord (aka Eris or Strife)?
Patroclus's father.
Who is Menoetius?
A Son of Priam; augur of the Trojans
Who is Helenus?
Ithacan & faithful servant of Odysseus; a Greek herald
Who is Eurybates?
First Greek to land at Troy and die in the war
Who is Protesilaus?
Trojan warrior and advisor to Hector; interprets Zeus' bird sign to Trojans as meaning that the Trojans might break th eGreek wall but will lose many men by the ships
Who is Polydamas?
Great inventor of Crete who built the labyrinth.
Who is Daedalus?
Grandson of Bellerophon; cousin and squire of Sarpedon. Chides Hector to the point Hector puts on Achilles' armor to enter the battle again.
Who is Glaucus?
Elderly counselor to Priam & Trojans; he was referred to as a "whirring cicada"
Who is Antenor?
King of the Myrmidons; Achilles' father
Who is Peleus?
Since he was cursed to have no children of his own, he acted as a surrogate father to Achilles
Who is Phoenix?
King of the Thracians
Who is Rhesus?
Son of Nestor; leading fighter from Pylos & friend of Achilles
Aeneas' father by Aphrodite
Who is Anchises?
Peleus' brother; father of Ajax the Great
Who is Telamon?
Achilles' grandfather; his father, Zeus, made men of ants for him that became the Myrmidons.
Who is Aeacus?
Nickname for Hector's son Scamandrius which means "king of the city"
Who is Astyanax?