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Immortals in the Iliad
Main Supporters of the Trojans
• Ares• Apollo• Aphrodite
Aphrodite
• Oldest Olympian?• Hesiodic Version:
Born from Foam Ouranos vs Kronos
• Homeric Version: Zeus & Dione
Aphrodite’sFavorites I• Paris
Aphrodite’s Favorites II
• Aineias (Shame)– Anchises
Aphrodite & Hephaestus
Ares
• “Scream”, “Revenge”, “War”
• Penthesilea & Amazons
• “Double-faced liar, most hateful of all Olympians gods”– Zeus
Ares & Aphrodite
• Deimos & Phobos (Terror & Panic)
Busted• Demodokos’
song (Od.VIII)• Hephaestus’
Trap• Apollo &
Hermes
• Van Heemskerk 1536
Athena over Ares
• Vien
Apollo
• Music & Muses• Beast-slayer• Smintheus
– Mouse-killer– Arrows for plague
Why Trojans?
• Slave to Laomedon• BUT• Chryseis affair• Father of Troilus• Priam & Hecuba• Father of Tenes of
Tenedos• Victims of Achilles
Main Supporters of the Greeks
• Hera• Athena• Poseidon
Hera
• “Protectress”?• Champion of
Achaians, Danaans = Greeks
• Queen of gods
Hera’s Favorites: Achilles & Menelaos
Athena
• Giant Alcyoneus• Obeys Hera
Athena’s Favorites
• Pro-Achaian rather than anti-Trojan
• Beats up Ares & Aphrodite
• Protectress of – Achilles– Odysseus– Diomedes
Poseidon
• Hates Troy• Slave of Laomedon• No pay!• Laomedon’s Threats