Divine — Minor Figures

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

Boreas

wind god · first appears BOOK XXIII

• BOOK XXIII · with Achilles “Achilles therefore bethought him of another matter; he went apart and prayed to the two winds Boreas and Zephyrus vowing them goodly offerings”
• BOOK XXIII · with Iris “Achilles prays that Boreas and shrill Zephyrus will come to him”

Zephyrus

wind god · first appears BOOK XXIII

• BOOK XXIII · with Achilles “Achilles therefore bethought him of another matter; he went apart and prayed to the two winds Boreas and Zephyrus vowing them goodly offerings”
• BOOK XXIII · with Iris “Achilles prays that Boreas and shrill Zephyrus will come to him”

Discord

goddess · first appears BOOK XI

• BOOK XI · with Jove “Jove sent fierce Discord with the ensign of war in her hands to the ships of the Achaeans.”

Folly

personified goddess · first appears BOOK XIX

• BOOK XIX · parent: Jove “Folly, eldest of Jove’s daughters, shuts men’s eyes to their destruction”

Balius

horse · first appears BOOK XVI

• BOOK XVI · parent: Podarge “these were they whom the harpy Podarge bore to the west wind”

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