Book 1
Character Quotation Analysis Character Contextual
Analysis
Achilles “Anger-sing,
goddess, the
anger of
Achilles”
“Achilles had the
men summoned
to assembly, an
idea goddess
white-armed
Hera gave.”
“’Come let us
consult some
prophet or priest
or some
interrupter of
dreams.’”
“’Agamemnon,
who now claims
to be far best of
all.’”
“Swift-footed
Achilles”
“’Most glorious
Agamemnon.”
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“’we will
compensate you
three, four times
over.’”
“’The gods listen
to a man who
goes along with
them.’”
“’Your black
blood will soon be
flowing down my
spear.’”
“’My quarrrel is
, not with you but
with
Agamemnon,
who sent you to
fetch the girl
Briseis.’”
“Withdrawing
from his men,
Achilles broke
down in tears.”
“’You, goddess,
went and had him
released.’”
“’Persuade
him...to help the
Trojans..pen
them hard
against the sea
and massacre
them...no respect
to the best of all
Greeks.’”
“sitting by his
ships, nursing his
anger.”
“longed for the
sound and fury of
battle.”
Agamemnon “’Old man...She
will grow old in
Argos, in my
household, a long
way from her
country, working
at the loom,
sharing my bed.
Now get out don’t
provoke me.’”
“warrior son of
Atreus”
“wide-ruling
Agamemnon”
, “with a menacing
look he spoke
first to Calchas”
“’word to my
advantage...Not
once have you
delivered a
positive
prophecy- not
once!’”
“’I want my army
alive and well,
not dead or
dying.’”
“’This cannot be
right. You can all
see for yourselves
that the prize I
was given on its
way elsewhere.’”
“’Do you expect
me to sit tamely
by, while I am
robbed?...I shall
come and help
myself to your
prize, or Ajax’s,
or maybe I shall
walk off with
Odysseus’.”
“’when the
Greeks one and
all miss Achilles
badly...Then you
will tear your
heart out in
remorse for
giving no respect
to the best of the
Greeks.’”
Nestor “the clear-voiced
orator”
“sweeter than
honey off his
tongue.”
, “’they listened to
what I said and
followed my
advice. You two
will do the
same.’”
“’Agamemnon,
though you have
authority, do not
rob him of his
girl...the
authority he
derives is from
Zeus.’”
“Achilles...are
the better fighter,
yet Agamemnon
is your superior
as he rules more
people.’”
Book 3
Character Quotation Character Analysis Contextual
Paris “He was decked out
with a leopard’s skin
on his back and a
curved bow and a
sword”
“he challenged all the
Greeks to meet him
face-to-face in mortal
combat.”
“his heart failed him
completely and he
retreated into his own
contingent of warriors
to avoid death. Like a
man who catches sight
of a snake...knees
trembling, and retreats
pale-faced.”
“’Hector, your taunts
are justified, nothing
Character Quotation Analysis Character Contextual
Analysis
Achilles “Anger-sing,
goddess, the
anger of
Achilles”
“Achilles had the
men summoned
to assembly, an
idea goddess
white-armed
Hera gave.”
“’Come let us
consult some
prophet or priest
or some
interrupter of
dreams.’”
“’Agamemnon,
who now claims
to be far best of
all.’”
“Swift-footed
Achilles”
“’Most glorious
Agamemnon.”
pg7
“’we will
compensate you
three, four times
over.’”
“’The gods listen
to a man who
goes along with
them.’”
“’Your black
blood will soon be
flowing down my
spear.’”
“’My quarrrel is
, not with you but
with
Agamemnon,
who sent you to
fetch the girl
Briseis.’”
“Withdrawing
from his men,
Achilles broke
down in tears.”
“’You, goddess,
went and had him
released.’”
“’Persuade
him...to help the
Trojans..pen
them hard
against the sea
and massacre
them...no respect
to the best of all
Greeks.’”
“sitting by his
ships, nursing his
anger.”
“longed for the
sound and fury of
battle.”
Agamemnon “’Old man...She
will grow old in
Argos, in my
household, a long
way from her
country, working
at the loom,
sharing my bed.
Now get out don’t
provoke me.’”
“warrior son of
Atreus”
“wide-ruling
Agamemnon”
, “with a menacing
look he spoke
first to Calchas”
“’word to my
advantage...Not
once have you
delivered a
positive
prophecy- not
once!’”
“’I want my army
alive and well,
not dead or
dying.’”
“’This cannot be
right. You can all
see for yourselves
that the prize I
was given on its
way elsewhere.’”
“’Do you expect
me to sit tamely
by, while I am
robbed?...I shall
come and help
myself to your
prize, or Ajax’s,
or maybe I shall
walk off with
Odysseus’.”
“’when the
Greeks one and
all miss Achilles
badly...Then you
will tear your
heart out in
remorse for
giving no respect
to the best of the
Greeks.’”
Nestor “the clear-voiced
orator”
“sweeter than
honey off his
tongue.”
, “’they listened to
what I said and
followed my
advice. You two
will do the
same.’”
“’Agamemnon,
though you have
authority, do not
rob him of his
girl...the
authority he
derives is from
Zeus.’”
“Achilles...are
the better fighter,
yet Agamemnon
is your superior
as he rules more
people.’”
Book 3
Character Quotation Character Analysis Contextual
Paris “He was decked out
with a leopard’s skin
on his back and a
curved bow and a
sword”
“he challenged all the
Greeks to meet him
face-to-face in mortal
combat.”
“his heart failed him
completely and he
retreated into his own
contingent of warriors
to avoid death. Like a
man who catches sight
of a snake...knees
trembling, and retreats
pale-faced.”
“’Hector, your taunts
are justified, nothing
