Panic god who personifies fear and riot among the troops.
pathetic fallacy in literature, the attribution of human feelings and characteristics to inanimate things (for example, the angry sea, a stubborn door). While the weeping horses of Achilles could be called personification, they are more precisely examples of pathetic fallacy.
Peleus father of Achilles; King of the Myrmidons.
Phoebus One of several names of Apollo.
Phoenix tutor and friend of Achilles.
Polydamous one of the Trojan commanders.
ransom payment to make up for death or to secure the return of a dead body; sometimes referred to in the Iliad as "man money."
Ruin (Ate) Ruin or Ate is a personified goddess who represents "delusion" or "madness" and the destruction that can result. Ruin is used by Agamemnon to explain his inexplicable actions toward Achilles.
