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The Role of the Gods and Goddesses
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As/A2 Virgil and Homer Mind Map on The Role of the Gods and Goddesses, created by Cara Dudgeon on 29/04/2015.
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The Role of the Gods and Goddesses
The Iliad
Hera
Book VIII: Iris
Encourages Achilles to stop wallowing in his own self pity and return to battle
Book VIII: Hates the Trojans
Judgement of Paris
Shows hate by making trouble for them
Athena
Book VI: Against the Trojans - rejecting the offering of the women
Book VIII: Brings Achilles back to the battlefield
XXII: Intervenes in the fight between Achilles and Hector
Tells Achilles that she will help him in the fight
Disguises herself as Hector's brother Deiphobus
Gives Achilles a spear
Thetis
Book XVIII: Comforts Achilles when he hears of Patroclus' death
Family
Compassion
Goes to Hephaestus to get Achilles new armour
Book XXIV: She persuades Achilles to give the body back
Hephaestus
Book VIII: Makes Achilles' armour
More for Thetis than for Achilles - has to repay her
Shows her xenia
Saved him as a baby
Shield - tells the story of life and death outside of war
Zeus
Book XXII: He is not above fate
Like Hector but will not save him
Could be to avoid a war with the Gods
XXIV: Zeus intervenes and orders the return of Hector's body
Iris is sent to get Thetis
Book XXIV: Sent to Priam to tell to collect his son's body
Apollo
XXII: Mocks Achilles - leading Achilles from battle
Shows Apollo's favour of Hector/Trojan
Book XXII: Apollo deserts Hector
Following the judgement of Zeus
XXIV: Protects Hector's body after death
Urges Hermes to steal his body
Not agreed to by Hera, Athena and Poseidon
Argues with Hera
Hermes
Book XXIV: Disguised as a Myrmidon to guide Priam through the Greek camp
The Aeneid
Juno
Juturna
Book XII: Sanctioned by Juno to interfere in the war to try and save Turnus
Goes to the battle lines disguised as Camers to rouse the Rutulians to war
Book XII: Sends the eagle into the sky so that the Rutulians misinterpret the sign
Book XII: She drives through the battlefield on Turnus' chariot and stops him from going to battle with Aeneas
This rouses Aeneas to anger and he kills anyone in sight
Turnus recognizes what Juturna's trying to do and asks her to stop - accepts his death
Book XII: Gives Turnus his sword
Book I: Her love for Carthage and hates the Trojans
Causes storm by Aeolus - brings Aeneas to Carthage
In general - spiteful, selfish, stubborn, manipulative, powerful
Book II: First to seize the Scaean gate.
Book IV: Sends Iris to put Dido out of her misery by taking a lock of her hair to give to Dis
Allecto
Book VII: Infects Amata with anger - personification
Book VII: Goes to Turnus as Calybe and tries to insight war but gets laughed off and goes sick
Book VII: Puts the sudden fit of madness into the hounds of Ascanius, making him kill the stag signaling the start of the war.
Book VII: Returns from Argos and realizes that Aeneas has reached his goal. She accepts fate but aims to upset it as much as she can
Book VII: Juno puts a stop to Allecto and will finish what Allecto started - opens the Iron Gates of war
Venus
Cupid
Book I: Sent by Venus disguised as Ascanius
Book I: Disguises herself as a Spartan woman
Angry when Aeneas questions her tactics
Convinces Aeneas to go to Carthage
Shrouds him a cloud of mist
Book I: Appeals to Jupiter about Juno's treatment of Aeneas
Book II: Appears to Aeneas to stop him killing Helen - reminds him of his fate.
Book IV: Juno and Venus agree to marry Dido and Aeneas
Book XII: Venus sends dittany to Aeneas to cure his arrow wound - identified as the work of the Gods
Book XII: Venus tells Aeneas to go to the city (Latium)
Gives Aeneas back his spear
Neptune
Book I: Calms the storm she has created
Simile - Page 7
Book II: Referred to loosening the foundations of Troy
Book VII: Prevents the Trojans from making harbour
Jupiter
Book I: Calms Venus and introduces the first prophecy.
Book II: Rouses the Gods against Troy
Book II: Puts himself into the hearts of the Greeks giving them strength
Book IV: Speaks to Mercury and tells him to go to Aeneas and remind him of his fate
Book XII: Jupiter tells Juno to stop intervening and Juno agrees on condition that the Latins keep their name - Jupiter judges them on the scale
Book XII: Sends the Dira to warn off Juturna
Mercury
Book I: Sent by Jupiter to make Carthage hospitable to the Trojans
Minerva/Athena
Book II: Referenced to as being the one that helps the Greeks build the Trojan Horse
Book II: Sends the serpents to kill Laocoon convincing the Trojans to take to take the horse in
Vulcan
Book VIII: Goes to Vulcan to get him to make Aeneas new armour - flatters him - uses Thetis as blackmail
Book XII: Creates the sword for Turnus' father that Turnus has
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