The Iliad: Book 1 Epithets

Question	Answer
Phoebus Apollo	Sunshine
White-armed Hera	Purity; Goddess (the paler you were the higher in class you were as you would not go outside)
Swift-footed Achilles	Quick Killer
Wide-ruling Agamemnon	Powerful
Great-hearted Greeks	Courageous; High-spirited
Godlike Achilles	Powerful; Great
Fair-cheeked Chryseis	Young; Beautiful
Grey-eyed Athene	Wise
Man-slaying Hector	Great Warrior
Godlike Polyphemus	Powerful
Quick-thinking Odysseus	Sharp-witted
Olympian-born Patroclus	Demigod
High-Thundering Olympian Zeus	Refers to him being Lightning God
Rosy-Fingered Dawn	Exposed to the sun; refers to Sun
Far-thundering Zeus	Rules everywhere; refers to his god power
Silver-footed Thetis	Literal Sense (silver sandals); possibly quick and nimble
Ox-eyed Hera	Beauty; Large brown eyes

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