The greeks were fascinating ye BRISEIS Captive girl originally awarded to Achilleus but taken by Agamemnon, precipitating the "wrath of Achilleus." CATALOG OF SHIPS Long descriptive passage in Book II outlining all the battle contingents at Troy. CHRYSEIS Captive girl taken by Agamemnon. Apollo forces him to return her by sending a plague on the Greek forces. CHRYSES Father of Chryseis, priest of Apollo. DACTYLIC HEXAMETER The metrical form used by Homer in his epic …
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…referring to the immortals' fight in Book XXI. THERSITES Offensive Greek fighter; a buffoon and a whiner. THETIS Sea goddess, mother of Achilleus. TROY Walled city on the coast of Turkey; also called Ilion. TYDEUS Father of Diomedes; sometimes referred to as Tydeides. TYNDAREUS Father, perhaps, of Helen. XANTHOS Another name for the river Skamandros. ZEUS Most powerful of the immortals, a thunder-and-lightning sky god. His plan outlines the plot of the Iliad. t scary.