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Adrestos: a Trojan fighter who pleads with Menelaos to take him alive rather than kill him
Helenos: son of Priam who urges Hektor to gather the Trojan women to beseech Athene
Glaukos: Trojan warrior who exchanges a promise of friendship with Diomedes
Hekabe: Priam’s wife and Hector’s mother, who chooses her best robe as a gift to Athene
Theano: priestess of Athene who presents the gift with a prayer to the goddess
Andromache: Hektor’s wife who tries to convince him not to go back to the battle
...Source: MAXnotes to Iliad, ©2000 Research and Education Association, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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