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Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς), another warrior-king, famed for his cunning, who is the main character of another (roughly equally ancient) epic, the Odyssey. Patroclus (Πάτροκλος), beloved companion of Achilles. Phoenix (Φοῖνιξ), an old Achaean warrior, greatly trusted by Achilles, who acts as mediator between Achilles and Agamemnon.
An interactive visualization of The Iliad ' s characters flow and relations. The Iliad: A Study Guide; Comments on background, plot, themes, authorship, and translation issues by 2008 translator Herbert Jordan. Flaxman illustrations of the Iliad; The Iliad Archived 2014-08-15 at the Wayback Machine study guide, themes, quotes, teacher resources
Pages in category "Characters in the Iliad" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
He plays an important role in the Trojan War, and is portrayed as a towering figure and a warrior of great courage in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War, being second only to Achilles among Greek heroes of the war. [3]
Briseis receives the same minimal physical description as most other minor characters in the Iliad. She is described with the standard metrical epithets that the poet uses to describe a great beauty, though her appearance is left entirely up to the audience's imagination. Her beauty is compared to that of the goddesses. [4]
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
In his prayer to Apollo (Iliad, I, 445–457), Chryses, a priest of the god in Anatolia, washes his hands and lifts them prior to requesting fulfillment of his wish. He admits his lower status in relation to the god, "who set your power about Chryse and Killa the sacrosanct, who are lord in strength over Tenedos" (Iliad, I, 451–3).
Characters in the Iliad (2 C, 49 P) L. ... Historicity of the Iliad; Hold your horses; I. The Iliad or the Poem of Force; Ilias Latina;