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THE ILIAD: GODS AND GODDESSES MAN, MYTH, MEANING THE TROJAN WAR Map of Greece/Troy In The Bronze Age GOD/GODDESSES ON THE GREEK SIDE PARTHENON TEMPLE OF ATHENA NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE ATHENA GODDESS OF WAR AND WISDOM HER TEMPLE TODAY ATHENS, GREECE ATHENA, THE GODDESS BORN FROM THE HEAD SHE IS THE CONSUMMATE OF ZEUS WARRIORESS HERA WIFE AND SISTER OF ZEUS FANATICAL SHE WILL GO TO ANY LENGTHS INCLUDING THE DECEPTION OF HER HUSBAND FOR THE DEFEAT OF TROY HERMES, AMBASSADOR OF THE GODS CONDUCTOR OF DEAD SOULS TO HADES HE DOES LITTLE TO AID THE GREEKS HE ESCORTS PRIAM ON HIS VISIT TO ACHILLES IN BOOK 24 HERMES WITH CUPID AND UNKNOWN WOMAN TEMPLE OF POSEIDON YOUNGER BROTHER OF ZEUS GOD OF THE SEA POSEIDON HE IS RESENTFUL OF ZEUS’ CLAIM TO AUTHORITY OVER HIM THETIS IMPLORING ZEUS MOTHER OF ACHILLES A SEA NYMPH SHE SUPPORTS HER SON IN HIS QUARREL WITH AGAMEMNON SHE IS NOT OTHERWISE INVOLVED IN THE WAR HIS TEMPLE ZEUS KING OF THE GODS THE SKY GOD HIMSELF THE ULTIMATE ANTHROPOMORPHIC CONCEPTION OF GOD IN THE SKY ORIGINATING IN THE HUMAN MIND GOD/GODDESSES ON THE TROJAN SIDE TROY BURNING THE TROJAN HORSE THE END OF THE TROJANS A PLOY CRAFTED BY ODYSSEUS APHRODITE GODDESS OF LOVE DAUGHTER OF ZEUS HER LOVE IS ARES, GOD OF WAR MOTHER OF AENEAS, PATRON OF PARIS APOLLO HE FIGHTS ON THE TROJAN SIDE SON OF ZEUS GOD OF LIGHT, PROPHECY, POETRY, MUSIC. APOLLO RAINING DOWN ARROWS ON THE GREEKS AGAMEMNON REFUSES HIS PRIEST, CHRYSES, BRINGS RANSOM TO AGAMEMNON IN THE HOPE THAT HE WILL RELEASE HIS DAUGHTER, CHRYSEIS DESTRUCTION IS BROUGHT ON THE GREEKS THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT THE GREEKS ARES GOD OF WAR SON OF ZEUS AND HERA, LOVER OF APHRODITE. HE FIGHTS ON THE TROJAN SIDE, DESPITE AN EARLIER PROMISE TO HERA AND ATHENA ANCIENT TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS ARTEMIS SHE FIGHTS WITH LITTLE EFFECT, ON THE TROJAN SIDE GODDESS OF THE HUNT, WILD ANIMALS, AND BIRTH. Schliemann’s Trench Remains of Troy, Hellespont SHIELD OF ACHILLES MICROCOSM AND MACROCOSM OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE FALL OF TROY, F0UNDING OF ROME MYTHICALLY IRONIC THAT IN THE VIOLENT DESTRUCTION OF ONE GREAT CIVILIZATION, ANOTHER RISES ON ITS ASHES