Greeks in the Trojan War

Achilles (?), the leader of the Myrmidons (), son of Peleus and Thetis and
the principal Greek champion whose anger is one of the main elements of the story.
Agamemnon (?), King of Mycenae, supreme commander of the Achaean armies
whose actions provoke the feud with Achilles; elder brother of King Menelaus.
Ajax or Aias (), also known as Telamonian Ajax (he was the son of Telamon) and Greater
Ajax, was the tallest and strongest warrior (after Achilles) to fight for the Achaeans.
Ajax the Lesser, an Achaean commander, son of Oileus often fights alongside Great Ajax; the
two together are sometimes called the "Ajaxes" (?, Aiante).
Calchas (), a powerful Greek prophet and omen reader, who guided the Greeks
through the war with his predictions.
Diomedes (also called "Tydides")() - the youngest of the Achaean commanders,
famous for wounding two gods, Aphrodite and Ares.
Helen (?) the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits Menelaus in Sparta. With
the assistance of Aphrodite, Paris and Helen fall in love and elope back to Troy, but in Sparta
her elopement is considered an abduction.
Idomeneus, () King of Crete and Achaean commander. Leads a charge against the
Trojans in Book 13.
Menelaus (), King of Sparta and the abandoned husband of Helen. He is the
younger brother of Agamemnon.
Nestor (), of Gernia and the son of Neleus. He was said to be the only one of his
brothers to survive an assault from Heracles. Oldest member of the entire Greek army at Troy.
Odysseus (?), another warrior-king, famed for his cunning, who is the main character
of another (roughly equally ancient) epic, the Odyssey.
Patroclus (), beloved companion to Achilles.

Phoenix, an old Achaean warrior greatly trusted by Achilles, acts as mediator between
Achilles and Agamemnon.
Teucer, Achaean archer, half-brother of Ajax.[1][2][3]

Trojans
Aeneas (?), cousin of Hector, iscipal lieutenant, son of Aphrodite, the only major Trojan
figure to survive the war. Held by later tradition to be the forefather of the founders of Rome.
See the Aeneid.

Agenor, a Trojan warrior who attempts to fight Achilles in Book 21.

Antenor, a Trojan nobleman who argues that Helen should be returned to Menelaus in order
to end the war.
Glaucus, co-leader of the Lycian forces allied to the Trojan cause with Sarpedon.

Hector (?), firstborn son of King Priam, husband of Andromache, father of Astyanax,
leader of the Trojan and allied armies and heir apparent to the throne of Troy.

Paris (), Trojan prince and Hector's brother, also called Alexander; his abduction
of Helen is the casus belli. He was supposed to be killed as a baby because his
sister Cassandra foresaw that he would cause the destruction of Troy. Raised by a shepherd.
Polydamas, a young Trojan commander.

Priam (), king of the Trojans, son and successor of Laomedon, husband of
Queen Hecuba, father of Hector and Paris, too old to take part in the fighting; many of his fifty
sons are counted among the Trojan commanders.
Sarpedon, co-leader of the Lycian forces allied to the Trojan cause with Glaucus. Son of Zeus.
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Family and Servants of Odysseus[edit]

Laertes, father of Odysseus.
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus, she is clever and loyal to Odysseus, she
is contrasted with Clytemnestra.
Telemachus, son of Odysseus and Penelope, matures during his travels to Sparta and Pylos,
fights Penelope's suitors with Odysseus. [3]

Suitors of Penelope
Amphinomus
Antinous
Eurymachus

Mistresses
Briseis, mistress and love interest of Achilles, a woman captured in the sack of Lyrnessos, a
small town in the territory of Troy, and awarded to Achilles as a prize; Agamemnon takes her
from Achilles in Book 1 and Achilles withdraws from battle as a result.
Chryseis, Chryses daughter, taken as a war prize by Agamemnon.

Helen (?), daughter of Zeus, former Queen of Sparta and wife of Menelaus, now
espoused to Paris.[1][2]

Deities
Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, and sexual pleasure. Wife of Hephaestus, and lover of
Ares.
Apollo, god of the sun, light, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, the arts, music,
poetry, prophecy, archery. Son of Zeus and Leto, twin of Artemis.
Ares, god of war. Lover of Aphrodite. Driven from the field of battle by Diomedes (aided by
Athena).
Athena, goddess of crafts, domestic arts, strategic warfare, and wisdom. Daughter of Zeus.

Hera, goddess of birth, family, marriage, and women. Sister and wife of Zeus, queen of the
gods.
Hermes, messenger of the gods, leads Priam into Achilles' camp in book 24.

Iris, messenger of Zeus and Hera.

Poseidon, brother of Zeus, Greek god of the sea and earthquake, curses Odysseus.
Zeus, king of the Gods, brother of Poseidon and father of Athena, Aphrodite and Helen. [1][2]
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