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Role and Fate of this people
Achilles
Hector
Paris
Helen
King Priam
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Hippasus
Andromache
Patroclus
Ajax
Nestor
Briseis
Thetis
Glaucus
Aeneas
Triopas
Eudorus
Telephus
Philoctetes
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Achilles
Hector
Paris
Helen
King Priam
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Hippasus
Andromache
Patroclus
Ajax
Nestor
Briseis
Thetis
Glaucus
Aeneas
Triopas
Eudorus
Telephus
Philoctetes
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Telephus:
Telephus appeared in the Homeric Cypria, one of the so-called epic cycles which relate events left out of the Homeric epics. His story is later retold many times by Greek and Roman dramatists, notably Euripides and the Roman Ennius. The story of Telephus exhibits many features common in world mythology.
He was the son of Heracles and the princess Auge, from Tegea. Auge's father, fearing an oracle that said his grandson would kill his uncles either, a) made the pregnant Auge a priestess of Athena and exposed the infant Telephus on Mt. Parthenion, who was then miraculously saved or suckled by a deer, and/or b) the infant Telephus and his mother were thrown into a crate and put into the sea where they landed in Asia Minor. The story of a child born under a curse and then exposed or set adrift and miraculously saved is common in Greek mythology, and in these respects Telephus differs hardly at all from Perseus, Oedipus, Romulus and Remus, or Heracles 1.
Telephus became king of the Mysians, where the Greeks mistakenly landed in their first attempt to find and besiege Troy. In the ensuing battle, Achilles wounded Telephus. When the wound would not heal, Telephus consulted an oracle which responded: "he that wounded shall heal."
Telephus appeared in the Homeric Cypria, one of the so-called epic cycles which relate events left out of the Homeric epics. His story is later retold many times by Greek and Roman dramatists, notably Euripides and the Roman Ennius. The story of Telephus exhibits many features common in world mythology.
He was the son of Heracles and the princess Auge, from Tegea. Auge's father, fearing an oracle that said his grandson would kill his uncles either, a) made the pregnant Auge a priestess of Athena and exposed the infant Telephus on Mt. Parthenion, who was then miraculously saved or suckled by a deer, and/or b) the infant Telephus and his mother were thrown into a crate and put into the sea where they landed in Asia Minor. The story of a child born under a curse and then exposed or set adrift and miraculously saved is common in Greek mythology, and in these respects Telephus differs hardly at all from Perseus, Oedipus, Romulus and Remus, or Heracles 1.
Telephus became king of the Mysians, where the Greeks mistakenly landed in their first attempt to find and besiege Troy. In the ensuing battle, Achilles wounded Telephus. When the wound would not heal, Telephus consulted an oracle which responded: "he that wounded shall heal."
Telephus contd
In the reports we have about Euripides' lost play on the subject, Telephus went to Aulis disguised as a beggar to ask Achilles for help in healing his wound. Aristophanes has Aeschylus savagely criticize Euripides in his Frogs for having depicted a Greek hero so disgracefully. Achilles refused to heal the wound saying that he had no medical expertise. In another version of the story, Telephus is said to have somehow seized Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and leader of the Greeks, whom he threatened to kill unless Achilles agreed to help. But Odysseus pointed out that, as it was the spear that had inflicted the wound, the oracle meant that the spear must be the instrument of his healing. Scrapings from the spear were applied to Telephus' wound, and it was healed. This is another common motif in antiquity, the idea of sympathetic magic. In recompense Telephus was to lead the Greeks to Troy, but by this time Agamemnon had angered Artemis, and the Greeks were confined to Aulis.
In the reports we have about Euripides' lost play on the subject, Telephus went to Aulis disguised as a beggar to ask Achilles for help in healing his wound. Aristophanes has Aeschylus savagely criticize Euripides in his Frogs for having depicted a Greek hero so disgracefully. Achilles refused to heal the wound saying that he had no medical expertise. In another version of the story, Telephus is said to have somehow seized Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and leader of the Greeks, whom he threatened to kill unless Achilles agreed to help. But Odysseus pointed out that, as it was the spear that had inflicted the wound, the oracle meant that the spear must be the instrument of his healing. Scrapings from the spear were applied to Telephus' wound, and it was healed. This is another common motif in antiquity, the idea of sympathetic magic. In recompense Telephus was to lead the Greeks to Troy, but by this time Agamemnon had angered Artemis, and the Greeks were confined to Aulis.
Philoctetes:
The son of Peoas, king of Meliboea, at the eastern coast of Thessaly. He was a close friend of Heracles, and he received the hero's bow and arrows when no other than he would light Heracles' funeral pyre. With seven ships Philoctetes sailed along in the expedition against Troy. When they stopped on the island Chryse to get supplies, he was bitten by a snake. The wound caused by the bite began to fester and produced such a horrible smell that the others could no bear it. On Odysseus' advice and at the order of the Atreidae, he was left behind on the island of Lemnos, where he spent ten long years in sufferance and loneliness.
However, because an oracle had prophesied that Troy could not be taken without the aid of Heracles' never missing arrows, Odysseus and Neoptolemus were send back to Lemnos to fetch Philoctetes. When they returned at Troy, Philoctetes' wound was healed by Asclepius (or Machaon). By killing Paris, Philoctetes accelerated the downfall of Troy.
According to some sources, he went to Italy on the return voyage from Troy, where he founded Brutti in Petelia (Strongoli). His person is the subject of tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
The son of Peoas, king of Meliboea, at the eastern coast of Thessaly. He was a close friend of Heracles, and he received the hero's bow and arrows when no other than he would light Heracles' funeral pyre. With seven ships Philoctetes sailed along in the expedition against Troy. When they stopped on the island Chryse to get supplies, he was bitten by a snake. The wound caused by the bite began to fester and produced such a horrible smell that the others could no bear it. On Odysseus' advice and at the order of the Atreidae, he was left behind on the island of Lemnos, where he spent ten long years in sufferance and loneliness.
However, because an oracle had prophesied that Troy could not be taken without the aid of Heracles' never missing arrows, Odysseus and Neoptolemus were send back to Lemnos to fetch Philoctetes. When they returned at Troy, Philoctetes' wound was healed by Asclepius (or Machaon). By killing Paris, Philoctetes accelerated the downfall of Troy.
According to some sources, he went to Italy on the return voyage from Troy, where he founded Brutti in Petelia (Strongoli). His person is the subject of tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
Achilles: Mightiest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan Wars, and was the hero of Homer�s ILIAD. Priam's son Paris (or Alexander), aided by Apollo, wounded Achilles in the heel with an arrow; Achilles died of the wound. (Achilles Heel)
Hector: Hector was the mightiest warrior on the side of Troy during the Trojan War, and he led many of the attacks against the Greek troops. He and Ajax fought to a draw in single combat, and he killed Patroclus, the close friend and companion of Achilles. He was eventually killed by Achilles, who was eager to avenge Patroclus' death. Achilles then desecrated Hector's corpse by dragging it behind his chariot before the walls of Troy, and refused to give up the body for burial. Achilles only allowed the body to receive funeral rites after King Priam came to his tent to plead for its return in person.
Hector: Hector was the mightiest warrior on the side of Troy during the Trojan War, and he led many of the attacks against the Greek troops. He and Ajax fought to a draw in single combat, and he killed Patroclus, the close friend and companion of Achilles. He was eventually killed by Achilles, who was eager to avenge Patroclus' death. Achilles then desecrated Hector's corpse by dragging it behind his chariot before the walls of Troy, and refused to give up the body for burial. Achilles only allowed the body to receive funeral rites after King Priam came to his tent to plead for its return in person.
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Achilles: Mightiest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan Wars, and was the hero of Homer�s ILIAD. Priam's son Paris (or Alexander), aided by Apollo, wounded Achilles in the heel with an arrow; Achilles died of the wound. (Achilles Heel)
Hector: Hector was the mightiest warrior on the side of Troy during the Trojan War, and he led many of the attacks against the Greek troops. He and Ajax fought to a draw in single combat, and he killed Patroclus, the close friend and companion of Achilles. He was eventually killed by Achilles, who was eager to avenge Patroclus' death. Achilles then desecrated Hector's corpse by dragging it behind his chariot before the walls of Troy, and refused to give up the body for burial. Achilles only allowed the body to receive funeral rites after King Priam came to his tent to plead for its return in person.
Hector: Hector was the mightiest warrior on the side of Troy during the Trojan War, and he led many of the attacks against the Greek troops. He and Ajax fought to a draw in single combat, and he killed Patroclus, the close friend and companion of Achilles. He was eventually killed by Achilles, who was eager to avenge Patroclus' death. Achilles then desecrated Hector's corpse by dragging it behind his chariot before the walls of Troy, and refused to give up the body for burial. Achilles only allowed the body to receive funeral rites after King Priam came to his tent to plead for its return in person.
Odysseus:
Odysseus (called Ulysses in Latin) was the son of Laertes and was the ruler of the island kingdom of Ithaca. He was one of the most prominent Greek leaders in the Trojan War, and was the hero of Homer's Odyssey. He was known for his cleverness and cunning, and for his eloquence as a speaker. Odysseus was one of the original suitors of Helen of Troy. When Menelaus succeeded in winning Helen's hand in marriage, it was Odysseus who advised him to get the other suitors to swear to defend his marriage rights. However, when Menelaus called on the suitors to help him bring Helen back from Troy, Odysseus was reluctant to make good on his oath. He pretended to have gone mad, plowing his fields and sowing salt instead of grain. Palamedes placed Odysseus' infant son in front of the plow, and Odysseus revealed his sanity when he turned aside to avoid injuring the child.
However reluctant he may have been to join the expedition, Odysseus fought heroically in the Trojan War, refusing to leave the field when the Greek troops were being routed by the Trojans, and leading a daring nocturnal raid in company with Diomedes. He was also the originator of the Trojan horse, the stratagem by which the Greeks were finally able to take the city of Troy itself. After the death of Achilles, he and Ajax competed for Achilles' magnificent armor; when Odysseus' eloquence caused the Greeks to award the prize to him, Ajax went mad and killed himself.
Odysseus (called Ulysses in Latin) was the son of Laertes and was the ruler of the island kingdom of Ithaca. He was one of the most prominent Greek leaders in the Trojan War, and was the hero of Homer's Odyssey. He was known for his cleverness and cunning, and for his eloquence as a speaker. Odysseus was one of the original suitors of Helen of Troy. When Menelaus succeeded in winning Helen's hand in marriage, it was Odysseus who advised him to get the other suitors to swear to defend his marriage rights. However, when Menelaus called on the suitors to help him bring Helen back from Troy, Odysseus was reluctant to make good on his oath. He pretended to have gone mad, plowing his fields and sowing salt instead of grain. Palamedes placed Odysseus' infant son in front of the plow, and Odysseus revealed his sanity when he turned aside to avoid injuring the child.
However reluctant he may have been to join the expedition, Odysseus fought heroically in the Trojan War, refusing to leave the field when the Greek troops were being routed by the Trojans, and leading a daring nocturnal raid in company with Diomedes. He was also the originator of the Trojan horse, the stratagem by which the Greeks were finally able to take the city of Troy itself. After the death of Achilles, he and Ajax competed for Achilles' magnificent armor; when Odysseus' eloquence caused the Greeks to award the prize to him, Ajax went mad and killed himself.
Odysseus contd
Odysseus' return from Troy, chronicled in the Odyssey, took ten years and was beset by perils and misfortune. He freed his men from the pleasure-giving drugs of the Lotus-Eaters, rescued them from the cannibalism of the Cyclopes and the enchantments of Circe. He braved the terrors of the underworld with them, and while in the land of the dead Hades allowed Thiresias, Odysseus' mother, Ajax and others to give him advice on his next journey. They gave him important advice about the cattle of the sun (which Apollo herds), Scylla and Charybdis and the Sirens. From there on the travels were harder for Odysseus, but they would have been much worse of it wasn't for the help of the dead.
With this newly acquired knowledge, he steered them past the perils of the Sirens and of Scylla and Charybdis. He could not save them from their final folly, however, when they violated divine commandments by slaughtering and eating the cattle of the sun-god. As a result of this rash act, Odysseus' ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, and only Odysseus himself survived. He came ashore on the island of the nymph Calypso, who made him her lover and refused to let him leave for seven years. When Zeus finally intervened, Odysseus sailed away on a small boat, only to be shipwrecked by another storm. He swam ashore on the island of the Phaeacians, where he was magnificently entertained and then, at long last, escorted home to Ithaca.
There were problems in Ithaca as well, however. During Odysseus' twenty-year absence, his wife, Penelope, had remained faithful to him, but she was under enormous pressure to remarry. A whole host of suitors were occupying her palace, drinking and eating and behaving insolently to Penelope and her son, Telemachus.
Odysseus' return from Troy, chronicled in the Odyssey, took ten years and was beset by perils and misfortune. He freed his men from the pleasure-giving drugs of the Lotus-Eaters, rescued them from the cannibalism of the Cyclopes and the enchantments of Circe. He braved the terrors of the underworld with them, and while in the land of the dead Hades allowed Thiresias, Odysseus' mother, Ajax and others to give him advice on his next journey. They gave him important advice about the cattle of the sun (which Apollo herds), Scylla and Charybdis and the Sirens. From there on the travels were harder for Odysseus, but they would have been much worse of it wasn't for the help of the dead.
With this newly acquired knowledge, he steered them past the perils of the Sirens and of Scylla and Charybdis. He could not save them from their final folly, however, when they violated divine commandments by slaughtering and eating the cattle of the sun-god. As a result of this rash act, Odysseus' ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, and only Odysseus himself survived. He came ashore on the island of the nymph Calypso, who made him her lover and refused to let him leave for seven years. When Zeus finally intervened, Odysseus sailed away on a small boat, only to be shipwrecked by another storm. He swam ashore on the island of the Phaeacians, where he was magnificently entertained and then, at long last, escorted home to Ithaca.
There were problems in Ithaca as well, however. During Odysseus' twenty-year absence, his wife, Penelope, had remained faithful to him, but she was under enormous pressure to remarry. A whole host of suitors were occupying her palace, drinking and eating and behaving insolently to Penelope and her son, Telemachus.
