Olympian — Minor Figures

6 figures from The Iliad who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Oceanus

god · first appears BOOK XIV

• BOOK XIV · ward: Juno “they received me in their house, took care of me, and brought me up”
• BOOK XIV · married with Tethys “they have been quarrelling, and are so angry that they have not slept with one another this long while”

Tethys

goddess · first appears BOOK XIV

• BOOK XIV · ward: Juno “they received me in their house, took care of me, and brought me up”
• BOOK XIV · married with Oceanus “they have been quarrelling, and are so angry that they have not slept with one another this long while”

Death

god · first appears BOOK XIV

• BOOK XIV · siblings with Sleep “There she met Sleep, own brother to Death”
• BOOK XVI · with Sarpedon “he committed him to the arms of the two fleet messengers, Death, and Sleep”

Night

goddess · first appears BOOK XIV

• BOOK XIV · ward: Sleep “had not Night who cows both men and gods protected me”

Pasithea

one of the Graces · first appears BOOK XIV

• BOOK XIV · courtship with Sleep “Pasithea, whom you have always wanted to marry”
• BOOK XIV · admirer: Sleep “Pasithea, whom you have always wanted to marry”

Simois

river god · first appears BOOK XXI

• BOOK XXI · siblings with Scamander “Dear brother, let the two of us unite to save this man, or he will sack the mighty city of King Priam”

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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.