Iliad Names and Places

proper nouns found in the Iliad

Atreides

“sons or descendants of Atreus”, refering to Agamemnon and Menelaus

Achaians

collective name used by Homer to refer to Greeks, or inhabitant of Greek region Archaea

Leto

ancient Greek titan/goddess of motherhood/modesty, and mother to Apollo and Artemis

Chryses

Trojan priest of Apollo at Chryse, near Troy

Atreus

former king of Mycenae in the Iliad

Danaans

collective name used to refer to Greek forces fighting at Troy

Killa

Trojan princess, daughter of king Laomedon and Strymo (naiad), sister of Priam

Tenedos

Aegean island near coast of Troy

Smintheus

epithet for Apollo, meaning “Lord of Mice”/ “Mouse God”