CLA219H1 Study Guide - Athena, Eleusinian Mysteries, Divine Retribution
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Cla 219 midterm i + ii review: h schele. Achilles character in homer"s iliad; the son of peleus and thetis, great (tragic) hero of the trojan war, killer of hector and cousin of patroclus; near-immortal hero whose only weakness is his heel (achilles" heel ~ weakness) Adonis beautiful boy, lover of aphrodite, died tragically, honoured by adonia: became a god of beauty and desire; ever-youthful vegetation god, synonymous with handsome youth . Agamemnon character in homer"s iliad; brother of menelaus, husband of. Clytemnestra, father of elektra and orestes, king of the myceneans or argos, commander of the greek forces in the trojan war. Aglaurus (aglaulus) one of the three daughter of cecrops, killed herself when she saw erechthonius inside the basket with snakes, after athena told them explicitly not to look inside. Alkibiades (alcibiades) athenian statesman, general; part of the alcmaeonidae; student of socrates, involved in the sicilian expedition and the hermokpidae scandal (instigator; the dismemberment of the herms) o.
