The Trojan War: Homer

Character catolog

Achillise-"...famous for his strength, his speed on foot, and his beauty."
Agamemnon- Agamemnon was a very sellfish king, king Agamemnon refused to be humiliated by a retreat and sacraficed his daughter. He did not let anyone get in the way of his pride even his wife who threatned to kill him for the sacrafice he made "The kings nature could not bear the reproch of failure..."
Aphrodite - goddess of love""You shall have the fairest woman to wife"she said gently...her sea-blue eyes laughed [at him]"
Athene-goddess of wisdom""i will teach you all the wisdom that there is in the mind of a man"her calm eyes looked through him"
Calchas- Calchas was Agememnons soothsayer, he was againsed going to war ""we are indeed in the gods ill favor. I it is beter that we go home"
Chiron-"...half horse, half man, who had been tutor to many horse's."
Hecuba-queen of troy
Hera-""I will make you king of the world"she said proudly to him"
Iphagenia- Iphagenia was the daghter of Agamemnon. Iphagenia was a kind girl, her father was rather faund of her. ifagenia hoped to be married to achillise. Agamemnon lued Iphagenia by saying she was going to be married to achillise,"Iphagenia was lead out to sacrafice. The knife of the slayer rose and fell"and Iphagenias life ended.
Odysseus- ""no wise man cares to be made to look like a fool, and though Odysseus is a good friend, he is a fearful enemy.""
Odysseus- ""no wise man cares to be made to look like a fool, and though Odysseus is a good friend, he is a fearful enemy.""
Paris-""a young man declares hm self to be paris, prince of troy in asia traveling to see the world""
Peleus-"Peleus was the coosen bridegroom...Peleus would not let her go untill she had promised to be his bride"
Priam-king of troy"that shall never do""said king priam grimly"have I not other children, and did not you soothsayers prophesy that I should have no less than fifty sons...?""
Thetis-"...the sea nymph...Zeus wood silver footed Thetis...she was hard to catch"
Zeus - god of the sky"Zeus...no longer desierd the goddess...[his] own rain must be ended if a god became greater than he"

The Trojan War

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Homer

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