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Iphis is an enslaved Trojan captive that Achilles gives to Patroclus as a gift. She falls in love with Patroclus during her captivity. She also becomes a good friend to Briseis. After Patroclus dies, Achilles makes her a prize in Patroclus’s funeral games. A Greek warrior named Diomedes wins her, and she is taken from Achilles’s compound.
Iphis Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by Iphis or refer to Iphis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 38
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I’ve said Achilles awarded prizes—oh, and what prizes they were! Nothing was too much for him to give in memory of Patroclus: armour, tripods, horses, dogs, women . . . Iphis. He made her first prize in the chariot race.
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Iphis Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by Iphis or refer to Iphis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 38
Quotes
I’ve said Achilles awarded prizes—oh, and what prizes they were! Nothing was too much for him to give in memory of Patroclus: armour, tripods, horses, dogs, women . . . Iphis. He made her first prize in the chariot race.
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