Homer: the Iliad

Achilles Æneas Agamemnon Ajax Ajax the Greater ancient Andromache Antilochus Apollo armour arms army arrow avenge bard battle beauty bids blood brave Briseis brother Calchas called carried champion character chariot chief classical combat comes comrade counsel dead death Diomed Echepolus enemy English eyes fate father favourite fierce fight galley give goddess gods Greece Greek hand heaven Hector Helen hero Homer honour horses host hurls husband Iliad immortal Jove Juno Jupiter king Laomedon legend Lycian medieval memnon Menelaus Minerva modern mortal mother mounts Myrmidons Neptune Nestor noble Odyssey Olympian Olympus once Pandarus Paris Patroclus poem poet Priam prize quarrel reader recognised remarkable romance round royal rushes scene shield ships shouts siege slain spear spirit stands Sthenelus story tale taste taunts tells Teucer thee Thetis thou Trojan prince Troy Tydeus Ulysses Venus victory Vulcan walls warrior whole wife words wound wrath