Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Reading Notes: Homer's Illiad Part B

 

 
 
 Achilles dragging the body of Hector behind his chariot. Attic white ground lekythos, c. 490 BCE(image source: wiki)
 
 
 
 
Players:
Achilles - refusing to fight, let's Patroclus wear his armor to keep Greek fire from ships
Ajax - protecting ships, fights Hector but runs away
Hector - kills Patroclus; killed by Achilles
Patroclus - Dons the armor of Achilles. Dies in battle
 
 
 
Items:
Armor of Achilles
Pelian spear of Achilles
Bayard and Peibald, immortal horses of Achilles
Greek ships
Myrmidons, the soldiers commanded by Achilles
Cup of Achilles, given to him by Thetis and used only to offer to Zeus
Body of Patroclus
Body of Hector 
 
 

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