immortals in the iliad. main supporters of the trojans ares apollo aphrodite
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Aphrodite
• Oldest Olympian?• Hesiodic Version:
Born from Foam Ouranos vs Kronos
• Homeric Version: Zeus & Dione
Ares
• “Scream”, “Revenge”, “War”
• Penthesilea & Amazons
• “Double-faced liar, most hateful of all Olympians gods”– Zeus
Why Trojans?
• Slave to Laomedon• BUT• Chryseis affair• Father of Troilus• Priam & Hecuba• Father of Tenes of
Tenedos• Victims of Achilles
Athena’s Favorites
• Pro-Achaian rather than anti-Trojan
• Beats up Ares & Aphrodite
• Protectress of – Achilles– Odysseus– Diomedes
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