Can you name the characters in the Iliad from their epithets?

created by AdamBishop
  • Enter an epithet in the box below
  • Correctly named epithets will show up below
  • Click any empty Epithet or Character to answer for that location
  • Source: Epithets in Homer
  • See also the Iliad, http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html
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EpithetCharacter
Phoebus, of the silver bow
violent, manslaughtering
Tydides, tamer of horses
sweet-spoken, Gerenian horseman
swift-footed, lion-hearted
great-hearted, noble
silver-footed
Alexandros, woman-mad
wide-seeing, cloud-gathering
Argive, fair-haired
EpithetCharacter
rosy-fingered
red-haired, spear-famed
wide-ruling, lord of men
old, Dardanian
laughter-loving, golden
grey-eyed, driver of the spoil
gigantic, swift
resourceful, sacker of cities
ox-eyed, white-armed
earth-shaking, earth-encircling
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Epithets in the Iliad Quiz

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  • Created Nov 5, 2010 in Literature
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