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Iliad Characters
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12th Grade
09/02/2010

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Thetis
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mother of Achilles, sea-goddess
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Peleus
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father of Achilles, human
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Eris
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goddess of discord and strife, not invited to wedding
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Hera
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wife of Zeus, sides with Greeks, competes for Golden Apple
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Athena
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goddess of war, sides with Greeks, competes for Golden Apple
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Aphrodite
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goddess of love and beauty, competes for Golden Apple
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Zeus
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Lord of Lightning, Lord of Sky, neutral in the war, husband to Hera
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Paris
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prince of Troy, son of Priam, thought to be the most beautiful man alive
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power
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Hera promises Paris ______
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glory and renown in war
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Athena promises Paris ________ and __________ in ______
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most beautiful woman in the world
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Aphrodite promises Paris the _________________________________
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Aphrodite
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Paris chooses:
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Helen
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wife of Menelaus, Greek, becomes Paris' wife
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Menelaus
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king of Sparta, husband of Helen, kind to Paris
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Odysseus
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Greek, most clever, smartest
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Achilles
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Greek, half-god, best fighter, lives in Pthia
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Calchas
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Greek, seer, prophet, tells future
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Agamemnon
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general of Greek forces, brother of Menelaus
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Artemis
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Diana, goddess of hunting, sides with Trojans, angry when Menelaus kills prey
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Iphegenia
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daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed to please Artemis
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Clytemnestra
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wife of Agamemnon, mother of Iphegenia
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Ajax
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second-greatest of Greek warriors
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Nestor
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Greek, old counselor from Pylos, really old--ruling grandsons generation
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Apollo
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sides with Trojans because of Chryses' request
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Priam
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King of Troy
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Hecuba
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Priam's wife, mother of Paris and Hector
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Hector
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general of Trojan Army
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Andromache
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Hector's wife
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Astyanax
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Hector and Andromache's infant son
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Briseis
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belongs to Achilles, spoil of war
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Chryseis
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belongs to Agamenon, spoil of war, Chryses' daughter
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Chryses
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Apollo's priest
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Patroclus
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Achilles' closest friend
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Atreus
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father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
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Calliope
Definition
muse of epic poets
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