EH The Trojan War chapter 13
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mleeds412 on February 27, 2009
Subjects:
english, literature, characters
Description:
chapter 13 of Edith Hamilton's Mythology: The Trojan War. these are the people
Classes:
Exam Study Materials, MBHS Seniors
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Breton | English |
|---|---|
| Homer |  blind/poet, Iliad & Odyssey were his, went around saying his poems |
| Aeschylus | 5th century Greek playwright, wrote Agamemnon |
| Eurpides | Greek playwright that wrote Trojan Women |
| Apollodorus | Greek scholar that wrote "the Chronicle" |
| Iphigenia | Agamemnon's daughter, sacrificed for Artemis |
| Eris | unpopular goddess of evil & discord |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love, offered fairest woman to Paris--Helen--and he accepted |
| Hera | Zeus' wife, offered Paris for him to be Lord of Eurasia |
| Pallas Athena | offered for Paris to lead Greeks to victory |
| Paris | the prince who was a shepherd at Mt. Ida b/c his father heard he would lead to Troy's end; he judged goddesses, accepted Aphrodite's bribe |
| Priam | Paris' father, King of Troy that sent Paris away |
| Hecuba | Priam's wife, w/ many brave sons--Hector, Paris, etc |
| Helen | fairest woman in the world--Aphrodite's bribe, cause of Trojan War |
| Leda | mother of Helen |
| King Tyndareus | Helen's step-father |
| Menelaus | Greek prince chosen to be Helen's wife, Agamemnon's brother |
| Agamemnon | forced to sacrifice Iphigenia for wind, commanded Greeks |
| Odysseus | very shrewd, tried to escape fighting, convinced Achilles to come after |
| Achilles | greatest Greek hero, mom held him back at first, later wore armor made by Hephaestus |
| King Peleus | married to Thetis; that was the wedding that Eris wasn't invited to, father of Achilles |
| Hector | led Trojans, later chased by Achilles & Aphrodite, died |
| Andromache | wife of Hector |
| Thetis | wife of King Peleus, mother of Achilles |
| Chryseis | daughter of Calchas, she was the one Agamemnon kidnapped |
| Briseis | Achilles' trophy wife, traded to Agamemnon |
| Calchas | Greek prophet that told Agamemnon of Iphigenia's sacrafice, |
| Apollo | go of son, youth, music; hurt Greeks with arrows |
| Zeus | head god, left Ares unaided, seduced by Hera |
| Artemis | didn't let Greeks sail w/out sacrafice |
| terror, destruction, strife | appear in every war, they're the friends of the war-god, urges for man to slaughter |
| Ajax | attacked Hector, great Greek |
| Diomedes | Greek hero that fought Aeneas, etc |
| Aeneas | Trojan hero that Diomedes hurt, Aphrodite's son |
| Astaynax | Hector's son |
| Patroclus | friend of Achilles, was killed wearing Achilles' armor |
| Poseidon | god of the sea, commanded by Zeus to stop helping Greeks |
| Myrmidons | Achilles' people (men) |
| Nestor | oldest, wisest chieftain |
| Hephaestus | dod of forging that made armor for Achilles |
| Deiphobus | Hector's brother |
| Iris | the gods' rainbow messenger |
| Ares | war-god on Trpjan side. hurt by Hera, unaided by Zeus |
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