therapontes (plural) of Ares

... n of Ares (here, as applied to the Achaeans as an aggregate of warriors)Agamemnon addresses his fellow warriors here as therapontes (plural) of Ares. In contexts where the plural therapontes in combina ... Continue reading

analysis of therapōn, this verse as an example of the prevailing application of the word as ‘attendant’Agamemnon here refers to his unnamed attendants as therapontes. Agamemnon her ... Continue reading

First, the chariot fighter is killed. Then and only then is the chariot driver, the therapōn, also killed: he is pierced in the back by a javelin as he turns the chariot team aroun ... Continue reading

The spirit of the dead Patroklos is recounting how Peleus had entrusted Patroklos as a therapōn to Achilles.See the comment for I.01.321 for a complete list of Iliadic occurrences ... Continue reading