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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.
List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 13 February 2025, at 04:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
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.
Greek name Etruscan name Notes Achilles: Achle, Achile [1] Legendary hero of the Trojan War: Actaeon: Ataiun [2] Admetus: Atmite [3] Adonis: Atunis [3] Agamemnon: Achmemrun [1] Legendary king of Mycenaean Greece: Aitolos: Etule: Confused with his brother, Epeios, who built the Trojan horse [4] Ajax, son of Telamon Ajax, son of Oileus: Aivas ...
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As it stands, this is far from a complete list of characters in the Iliad. Is this intended as only the major characters notable enough to warrent articles on their own? If the latter, the lead needs to be edited to make that clear. —Quasirandom 18:30, 3 May 2008 (UTC) I agree, the page needs to be longer.
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