Achilles

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Achilles

Epithets – swift-footed, godlike

Book 1

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Impulsive – stands poised to draw his sword and

kill Agamemnon – athene stops him

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Angry – infuriated by Agamemnon’s request to

replace his prize, Chryseis, with Briseis

v Petty/vengeful – prays to his mother,

Thetis, to ask Zeus to punish the Achaians

v Inconsiderate – sabotages his own

side by going to the gods to seek punishment for Agamemnon and the Achaians

v Stubborn – following his quarrel with Agamemnon,

Achilles refuses to participate in battle though he is a great asset to the

Achaians

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Book 9

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Oversensitive – feels personally attacked as he

says he’s the only person that Agamemnon has stolen from therefore Agamemnon

does not deserve his help

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Stubborn – refused to return to war despite the

gifts he is offered and the plea from Phoenix with the story of Meleager

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Selfish – refused to go back and help his

friends in the battle even though they are begging him to come back because he

is one of their strongest warriors and they have a better chance of winning

with his help

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Self-righteous – too proud to come back and help

the Achaians as he would subsequently be helping Agamemnon whom he hates with a

fiery passion atm

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Resentful – holding a grudge against Agamemnon

over the Briseis situation

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Angry – despises Agamemnon to such an extent

that he allows his fellow warriors to face injury/death in battle

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Overdramatic – says that you get the same credit

whether ur a hero or a coward

Book 11

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Self-righteous – sends Patroklos to inquire

about Machaon so he does not appear to be interested

Book 16

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Powerful – Just his armour is enough to

intimidate the Trojans (Patroklos frightens the Trojans when he appears in

Achilles’ armour and causes Hektor and the Trojans to flee towards Troy)

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Protective – he warns Patroklos

to do no more than rescue the ships, for if

he attacks Troy, he may be killed

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Cautious – prays to Zeus that the ships would be saved and that

Patroklos would not die in battle

Book 18

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Frustrated – Patroklos disobeyed his

instructions

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Guilty – he allowed Patroklos to go to war in

his armour

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Vengeful – wants to avenge Patroklos + decides

to return to the war and slay Hektor

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Devastated – weeps for the loss of his best

friend

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Disappointed – upset that Patroklos did not

return back safely even though he prayed to Zeus that Patroklos would return

from battle

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Angry – hates Hektor for killing Patroklos

Book 19

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Impatient/impractical – wants to go to war

straight away without a meal so all his men would me hungry and will not fight

their best

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Forgiving – publicly states that his wrath

towards Agamemnon is over and his new focus if to kill Hector and avenge

Patroklos

Book 22

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Brutal – stabs Hektor in the throat

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Relentless – refuses to grant Hektor his wish of

returning his body to his family

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Disrespectful – ties Hektor’s corpse to his

chariot and parades around Troy for Hektor’s parents and wife to see

Book 23

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Generous

– awarded extra prizes to Antilochus – gives him an extra prize in the chariot

race to make up for giving away his 2nd place prize to Eumelos and

gives him an extra half-talent of gold for flattering him

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Fair/just

– sorts all conflicts in the book so that all the competitors were pleased with

their prizes

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Cautious

– stopped the wrestling match so neither of the men (Aias + Odysseus) were

badly injured since the war was still going on

Book 24

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Excessive – hubris when he kills Hektor + drags

him around Patroklos’s grave

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Angry – Still mourning for Patroklos

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Reasonable – makes a deal with Priam and hears

him out, also offers him a place to sleep for the night