Iris

Family: Gods · Role: messenger · First appears: Book XIV · Part 4

Life events

• Athena sent Iris to order Aeolus to unleash the winds against the Achaeans.(Book XIV · Part 4)
  • With: Athena
  • “Then sped she Iris unto Acolus, From heaven far-flying over misty seas, To bid him send forth all his buffering winds”
• Iris delivered Athena’s purpose, and Aeolus released the winds to overwhelm the sea.(Book XIV · Part 4 · 📍 Aeolia)
  • With: Aeolus
  • “And she told to him Athena's purpose toward the homeward-bound Achaeans. He denied her not, but passed Forth of his halls, and in resistless hands Upswung his trident, smiting the mountain-side Within whose chasm-cell the wild winds dwelt”

Book XIV · Part 4

• with Aeolus (interaction) “Then sped she Iris unto Acolus, From heaven far-flying over misty seas, To bid him send forth all his buffering winds”

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Extracted from the original text of The Fall of Troy. Made with Rho MD.