Question

Create your own character sketch of about one page in length. You are building a character, perhaps inspired by a real person, who could fit into The Iliad. You may create a god, goddess, ruler, or whoever you can imagine who would fit seamlessly into the epic poem. Include at least two epithets to describe your character.

Key Point!
The text does not have to be in a rhyme scheme, unless you want another challenge.
Describe the following:

Your character’s appearance
Your character’s actions
Says
Does
Interacts with others
Your character’s feelings

Answer 1

A character that could fit into the story of the Iliad would be the god Harthos, protector of Troy.

It would be an antagonistic god to Zeus, protector of the Hellenic peoples, since Harthos would protect the Turkic peoples beyond the Aegean Sea.

Being twin brother of Zeus, both would have divided their territories establishing as limit the Aegean Sea. Both had the same powers because they were identical twin brothers.

When the Greeks invaded Troy, Harthos supported his people to repel the attacks. He collaborated with the deaths of Patroclus, Ajax, and other Greek warriors. Zeus came to help Achilles to kill Hector.

The confrontation happened to be direct between both gods. When the Greeks built the wooden horse, Zeus and Harthos fought to settle their differences. Zeus ended up winning, sending Harthos into exile, so he could not protect his people, who ended up being cheated and defeated by the Greeks.