THE ILIAD: GODS AND GODDESSES

THE ILIAD: GODS AND GODDESSES MAN, MYTH, MEANING THE TROJAN WAR

Map of Greece/Troy In The Bronze Age

GOD/GODDESSES ON THE GREEK SIDE PARTHENON TEMPLE OF ATHENA

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

ATHENA GODDESS OF WAR AND WISDOM HER TEMPLE TODAY ATHENS, GREECE

ATHENA, THE GODDESS BORN FROM THE HEAD

SHE IS THE CONSUMMATE

OF ZEUS

WARRIORESS

HERA WIFE AND SISTER OF ZEUS FANATICAL SHE WILL GO TO ANY LENGTHS INCLUDING THE DECEPTION OF HER HUSBAND FOR THE DEFEAT OF TROY

HERMES, AMBASSADOR OF THE GODS CONDUCTOR OF DEAD SOULS TO HADES

HE DOES LITTLE TO AID THE GREEKS

HE ESCORTS PRIAM ON HIS VISIT TO ACHILLES IN BOOK 24

HERMES WITH CUPID AND UNKNOWN WOMAN

TEMPLE OF POSEIDON YOUNGER BROTHER OF ZEUS

GOD OF THE SEA

POSEIDON HE IS RESENTFUL OF ZEUS’ CLAIM TO AUTHORITY OVER HIM

THETIS IMPLORING ZEUS MOTHER OF ACHILLES A SEA NYMPH

SHE SUPPORTS HER SON IN HIS QUARREL WITH AGAMEMNON

SHE IS NOT OTHERWISE INVOLVED IN THE WAR

HIS TEMPLE

ZEUS KING OF THE GODS

THE SKY GOD HIMSELF THE ULTIMATE ANTHROPOMORPHIC CONCEPTION OF GOD IN THE SKY ORIGINATING IN THE HUMAN MIND

GOD/GODDESSES ON THE TROJAN SIDE TROY BURNING

THE TROJAN HORSE THE END OF THE TROJANS

A PLOY CRAFTED BY ODYSSEUS

APHRODITE

GODDESS OF LOVE

DAUGHTER OF ZEUS

HER LOVE IS ARES, GOD OF WAR

MOTHER OF AENEAS, PATRON OF PARIS

APOLLO HE FIGHTS ON THE TROJAN SIDE

SON OF ZEUS GOD OF LIGHT, PROPHECY, POETRY, MUSIC.

APOLLO RAINING DOWN ARROWS ON THE GREEKS AGAMEMNON REFUSES

HIS PRIEST, CHRYSES, BRINGS RANSOM

TO AGAMEMNON IN THE HOPE THAT HE WILL RELEASE

HIS DAUGHTER, CHRYSEIS DESTRUCTION IS BROUGHT ON THE GREEKS

THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT THE GREEKS

ARES GOD OF WAR SON OF ZEUS AND HERA, LOVER OF APHRODITE.

HE FIGHTS ON THE TROJAN SIDE, DESPITE AN EARLIER PROMISE TO HERA AND ATHENA

ANCIENT TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS

ARTEMIS

SHE FIGHTS WITH LITTLE EFFECT, ON THE TROJAN SIDE GODDESS

OF THE HUNT, WILD ANIMALS, AND BIRTH.

Schliemann’s Trench Remains of Troy, Hellespont

SHIELD OF ACHILLES MICROCOSM AND MACROCOSM OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE

FALL OF TROY, F0UNDING OF ROME

MYTHICALLY IRONIC THAT IN THE VIOLENT DESTRUCTION OF ONE GREAT CIVILIZATION, ANOTHER RISES ON ITS ASHES