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

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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 OF ZEUS SHE IS THE CONSUMMATE 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

ZEUS KING OF THE GODS HIS TEMPLE

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 MOTHER OF AENEAS, PATRON OF PARIS HER LOVE IS ARES, GOD OF WAR

APOLLO SON OF ZEUS GOD OF LIGHT, PROPHECY, POETRY, MUSIC. HE FIGHTS ON THE TROJAN SIDE

APOLLO RAINING DOWN ARROWS ON THE GREEKS HIS PRIEST, CHRYSES, BRINGS RANSOM TO AGAMEMNON IN THE HOPE THAT HE WILL RELEASE HIS DAUGHTER, CHRYSEIS AGAMEMNON REFUSES DESTRUCTION IS BROUGHT ON 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 THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT THE GREEKS

ARTEMIS ANCIENT TEMPLE OF 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