Gate 1-2, Iliad: Main Characters

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Achilleus

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son of Peleus and Thetis, leader of the Myrmidons; Greek

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Agamemnon

Back 2

son of Atreus, brother of Menelaos, king of Mykenai and chief leader of the Achaians; Greek

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Patroklos

Back 3

son of Menoitios, henchman and close friend of Achilleus, killed by Hektor; Greek

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Odysseus

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son of Laertes, lord of Ithaka and the neighboring islands, great fighter and counselor, close friend of Agamemnon; Greek

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Diomedes

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son of Tydeus, lord, with Sthenelos and Euryalos, of Argos proper, one of the greatest of the Achaian fighters, prominent in battle until wounded by Paris; Greek

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Great Aias

Back 6

son of Telamon, of Salamis; Greek

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Little Aias

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son of Oileus, of Lokris; Greek

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Nestor

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leader of the Pylians, once a great warrior and still active as a commander and counselor, father of Antilochos and of Thrasymedes; Greek

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Menelaus

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son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, first husband of Helen, lord of Lakedaimon; Greek

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Idomeneus

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son of Deukalion, lord of Krete, one of the great princes and fighters of the Achaians; Greek

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Calchas

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augur for the Achaians, impersonated by Poseidon; Greek

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Peleus

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son of Aiakos, father of Achilleus, husband of Thetis; Greek

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Hektor

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son of Priam, field commander of the Trojans and their greatest fighter, killer of Patroklos, killed by Achilleus; Trojan

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Paris (Alexandros)

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son of Priam and Hekabe, who carried Helen from Lakedaimon; Trojan

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Helen

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wife of Menelaos who ran away with Paris, the cause of the war; Trojan

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Andromache

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daughter of Eetion, wife of Hektor; Trojan

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Astyanax

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Hektor's infant son; Trojan

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Glaukos

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(1) companion of Sarpedon, second in command of the Lykians, wounded by Teukros/ (2) father of Bellerophontes, great-grandfather of Glaukos; Trojan

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Agenor

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son of Antenor, one of the greatest captains and fighters of Troy, fights Achilleus; Trojan

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Dolon

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Trojan scout, killed by Diomedes and Odysseus; Trojan

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Pandarus

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son of Lykaon (1), leader of the Troans from Zeleia, but spoken of as being from Lykia, breaks the truce by treacherously wounding Menelaos, wounds Diomedes, killed by him; Trojan

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Antenor

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an important counselor of Priam and the Trojans, father of numerous sons who figure in the Iliad; Trojan

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Sarpedon

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son of Zeus and Laodameia, lord of the Lykians, one of the strongest fighters on the Trojan side, kills Tlepolemos, killed by Patroklos; Trojan

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Chryseis

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daughter of Chryses, captive mistress of Agamemnon, released by him to her father

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Chryses

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priest of Apollo, father of Chryseis

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Briseis

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the captive mistress of Achilleus

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Zeus

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son of Kronos, brother and husband of Hera, most powerful of the gods; claimed neutrality in the beginning, but then shifted his favoritism towards the Trojans after being asked to by Thetis

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Hera

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daughter of Kronos and Rhea, full sister and wife of Zeus, protector of the Achaians; favored the Greeks

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Athena or Pallas Athene

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daughter of Zeus, protectress of the Achaians, particularly Achilleus, Diomedes and Odysseus; favored the Greeks

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Thetis

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Nereid, given by the gods in marriage to the mortal Peleus and by him mother of Achilleus; favored the Greeks

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Apollo

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son of Zeus and Leto, chief protector of the Trojans; favored the Trojans

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Aphrodite

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daughter of Zeus and Dione, mother of Aineias, protectress of Helen, called also the Lady of Kypros; supports the Trojans

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Poseidon

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son of Kronos and Rhea, so younger brother of Zeus, lord of the sea, protector of the Achaians; favored the Achaians

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Hephaestus

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son of Hera, artificer, fire god; helps Achaians

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Artemis

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daughter of Zeus, twin sister of Apollo; supports the Trojans

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Ares

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son of Zeus and Hera, fights on the side of the Trojans

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Hermes

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son of Zeus, called guide and Argeiphontes, messenger of the gods; helps Achaians but doesnt favor one side or the other

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Iris

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the messenger of the gods, particularly Zeus