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This Greek hero is the central figure of The Iliad, known for his rage and near-invincibility in battle.
Difficulty: Easy- Achilles
- Odysseus
- Ajax
- Diomedes
This Greek hero, one of the largest warriors, carried a massive shield and fought Hector to a draw.
Difficulty: Medium- Diomedes
- Ajax the Great
- Patroclus
- Menelaus
This scholar's "oral-formulaic theory" revolutionized Homeric studies by showing how bards composed using ready-made phrases.
Difficulty: Hard- Friedrich August Wolf
- Milman Parry
- Samuel Butler
- Bruno Snell
This ancient city is under siege throughout the events of The Iliad.
Difficulty: Easy- Athens
- Troy
- Sparta
- Mycenae
This elderly Greek king, known as a wise counselor, often gave advice to the younger warriors at Troy.
Difficulty: Medium- Phoenix
- Peleus
- Idomeneus
- Nestor
The "Homeric Question" debated since antiquity asks whether Homer was this.
Difficulty: Hard- A single poet or multiple authors
- Greek or Anatolian in origin
- Blind or sighted
- A man or a woman
This legendary poet is credited with composing The Iliad.
Difficulty: Easy- Virgil
- Ovid
- Homer
- Hesiod
This goddess puts Zeus to sleep on Mount Ida so Poseidon can assist the Greeks: Hera enlists his help.
Difficulty: Medium- Morpheus
- Hypnos
- Thanatos
- Oneiros
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