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Who are the men chosen as Achilles envoys?
The king selects some of the Achaeans’ best men, including Odysseus, Great Ajax, and Phoenix, to communicate the proposal to Achilles. The embassy finds Achilles playing the lyre in his tent with his dear friend Patroclus.
Who is chosen to receive Achilles armor?
Achilles lets his friend Patroclus use his armor during a battle, where his is mistaken for Achilles. After killing Patroclus, the Trojan hero, Hector, takes Achilles’ armor and wears it. Finally, the god Hephaestus makes a new set of armor for Achilles, which the hero wears to fight and kill Hector.
Why do the three envoys visit Achilles?
Basically, the three envoys are coming to Achilles to ask him to help the Achaians, who are losing to the Trojans. Achilles has been angry because Agamemnon took Briseis away from him. Because of this, he has been unwilling to help. The three envoys promise to give Briseis back along with gifts and an apology.
Why is Phoenix chosen for the embassy to Achilles?
Odysseus, Great Ajax, and the elderly Phoenix are chosen as the men to offer Agamemnon’s peace proposal to Achilles. Claiming that death is the same for everyone, Achilles says that there is no point in battling with the Trojans. He curses Agamemnon and his treasures.
Who was Amyntor?
Amyntor, in Greek mythology, was the son of Ormenus and king of Ormenium. He was the father of Phoenix and Astydamia, who bore Heracles a son named Ctesippus. Amyntor’s son Phoenix, on his mothers’ urgings, slept with his father’s mistress, Clytia or Phthia.
Who has the bow of Heracles?
Philoctetes
He (or his father, Poeas) had been bequeathed the bow and arrows of the Greek hero Heracles in return for lighting his funeral pyre; Philoctetes thus became a notable archer. En route to Troy he was incapacitated by a snakebite, and he was left behind on the island of Lemnos.
Who are the men in the embassy to Achilles?
The king selects some of the Achaeans’ best men, including Odysseus, Great Ajax, and Phoenix, to communicate the proposal to Achilles. The embassy finds Achilles playing the lyre in his tent with his dear friend Patroclus.
Who was achilles’substitute in the Trojan War?
Patroclus and Hector. Patroclus donned Achilles’s armor–except for his ash spear, which only Achilles could wield–and went into battle as a direct substitute (what Nickel refers to as “doublet”) for Achilles. And at Troy, Patroclus was killed by Hector, the greatest warrior on the Trojan side.
Why did Achilles want to take Phoenix with him?
Achilles offers to take Phoenix, who helped rear him in Phthia, with him, but Phoenix launches into his own lengthy, emotional plea for Achilles to stay. He uses the ancient story of Meleager, another warrior who, in an episode of rage, refused to fight, to illustrate the importance of responding to the pleas of helpless friends.
Who is at the side of Achilles in the Iliad?
Achilles’ friend Patroclus is at his side, and the two men welcome the embassy. Achilles provides food and drink for the men. Odysseus speaks first, asking for Achilles’ help and listing the treasures offered by Agamemnon.