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Homer
Terms from "The Iliad" by Homer
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Undergraduate 1
02/26/2008

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Alexandros
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Another name for Paris, as in Paris of Troy
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Telemon
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Soldier who fought on the Greek side of the Trojan war
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Menelaos
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King of Sparta and husband of Helen; of great significance to the Trojan war. As in, if he had not wanted her back the war would not have happened
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Ilion
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Another name for the City of Troy
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Idomeneus
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General who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan war; one of Agamemnon's most trusted advisors, entered the Trojan horse
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Catalog of Ships
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Lists the contingents of the Aechean army that sailed to Troy
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Brisius
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Woman abducted by Achilles during the Trojan war, then taken by Agamemnon which resulted in Achilles withdrawing from the war
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Atreus
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The father of Menelaos and Agamemnon
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Athene/ Athena
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Godess of heroic adventure and the shrewd companion of heroes
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Argos
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A city occupied since the early Bronze age; center of Argolis and was the principal center of worship of Thera
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Argives
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The inhabitants of Argos
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Ares
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Olympian god of War, killed the son of Poseidon
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Apollo
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The God of Light, Prophecy, etc.; the prophetic deity of the Delphic oracle
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Aphrodite
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Goddess of Love; Gave Paris apple of discord which led to Helen falling in love with Paris which led to the Trojan war
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Andromache
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Trojan princess; after the Trojan war she was carried away by Neoptolemus; Achilles son; killed her husband
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Myrmidons
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Soldiers commanded by Achilles in Trojan war
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Thetis
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Mother of Achilles; Married a mortal despite being loved by Poseidon and Zeus
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Thersites
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Member of Greek army during the Trojan war; Homer makes fun of him through his stupidity; he mocks Agamemnon
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Sarpedon
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Led the Lycians against Greeks in the Trojan war
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Patroklos
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Achilles best friend; fought in place of Achilles in the Trojan war but was killed in fighting
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Pandaros
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sabotages the truce that could have led to the peaceful return of Helen by wounding Menelaus
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Odysseus
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Leader of the Greek forces; tried to get out of the war by feigning madness; the Odyssey (also by Homer) tells of his adventures after the Trojan war
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Nestor
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King of Pylos; fights with Greeks at Troy
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Zeus
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Supreme deity of the ancient Greeks; ruler of the heavens and father of other gods and mortal heroes
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Tydeus
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One of the 7 against Thebes; killed in the expedition
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Hera
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Wife and older sister of Zeus; Goddess of marriage
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Helen
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The most beautiful of women; cause of the Trojan war; married to Menelaus, but was loved by Paris
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Hektor
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Trojan prince and one o fthe best warriors in the Trojan war; one of the Nine Worthies (known for courage and noble nature)
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Glaukos
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Greek sea god; born mortal but became immortal by eating an herb
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Diomedes
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known for participation in the Trojan war; entered the Trojan horse
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Chryseis
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Woman captured by Agamemnon; released when Apollo sent a plague to the Greek army
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Aias
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Son of Telemon; tallest and strongest of all Aecheans and the most valuable warrior in Agamemnon's army
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Aineias
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A Trojan hero; founded the city of Rome; leader of the Dardanians; Venus and Apollo frequently aid him on the field
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Agamemnon
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King of Mycenae; led the Greeks in the Trojan war; murdered by his wife upon return from the war
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Achilleus
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Greek hero of Trojan war and the central character of the Iliad; theme of book is the wrath of Achilles
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Achaians
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Name for the Greeks; joined Aechean league
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