Oil flask (lekythos) with Achilles, Ajax and Athena. Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 500 B.C.
(image source: Museum of Fine Arts: Boston)
Characters:
Achilles - "Bravest and Strongest of all the Greeks;
Agamemnon - Brother to Menelaus; Stealer of spoils
Brseis - Achilles' spoil; Taken by Agamemnon
Allies to Achilles:
Patroclus - Friend/Lover of Achilles;
Calchas - Prophet; Told Achilles why Apollo is angry
Chryseis - Agamemnon's spoil; Daughter of a priest of Apollo
Apollo - Sun God; Angered by Agamemnon denying Chryseis' father his daughter
Thetis - Mother of Achilles; Pleas with Zeus to favor her son
Zeus - King of the Gods; God of Thunder and Sky; Helps Thetis in restoring Achilles' honor
Switzerland:
Ulysses - Returns Chryseis; Hero of the Odyssey
bibliography: Homer's Iliad (retold by A. J. Church)
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