Characters for Trojan War

Peleus

Peleus

King of the Myrmidons, marries Peleus

Thetis

Wife of Peleus, a sea nymph

Agamemnon

Leader of the Greek offensive, Brother of Menelaus, Husband of Clytemnestra, and Father of Orestes

Clytemnestra

Wife of Agamemnon, lover of Aegisthus, murderer of Agamemnon, and Mother of Orestes

Aegisthus

Lover of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon

Orestes

Sun of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, murderer of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

Odysseus

Father to Telemachus, Husband of Penelope, King of Ithaca, very clever, gets stuck for 10 years coming home from Troy in the Odyssey

Penelope

Mother to Telemachus, Wife of Odysseus, Queen of Ithaca, is pursued by Suitors

The Suitors

Suitors who try tempting Penelope to marry them while Odysseus is away

Telemachus

Son of Penelope and Odysseus

Eris

Daughter of Zeus, Goddess of Discord, who throws the Apple of Discord in to the crowd at Peleus and Thetis' wedding

Paris

Prince of Troy, son of King Priam of Troy, who was raised as a Shepard due to his mother's vision that he would lead to the destruction of Troy, and was a good Judge of Cattle, and who tries to capture and claim Helen with Aphrodite's help

Hera

Goddess of Marriage, Women and Childbirth, who promises to make Paris king of Europe and Asia if she gets the Apple of Discord

Athena

Goddess of War, who promises to help Paris in a war to victory against Greece if she gets the Apple of Discord

Aphrodite

Goddess of Love, Mother of Aeneas, who promises to give Paris the most beautiful woman in the world if she gets the Apple of Discord, and gets it in the end

Helen

Most beautiful woman in the world, promised to Paris by Aphrodite, wife to Menelaus

Tyndareus

Step-father to Helen, King of Sparta

Theseus

King of Athens, who had tried to kidnap Helen before the story starts

Menelaus

Husband to Helen, brother to Agamemnon, King of Sparta

Achilles

Son of Peleus and Thetis, who was dipped in the River Styx as a baby by his ankle, making him invulnerable everywhere but his ankle, captor to Briseis, friend and avenger to Patroclus, killer of Hector, who was killed by Paris with an arrow to the ankle

Iphigenia

Daughter to Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, who was sacrificed to Artemis to make the winds favorable for the Greeks to set sail

Briseis

Achilles' female prisoner, who was taken by Agamemnon during the siege

Patroclus

Friend of Achilles, who was killed by Hector, inspiring Achilles to fight again after having Briseis taken from him to avenge him

Hector

Killer of Patroclus, who was killed by Achilles

Ajax

Greek hero who was killed after Achilles' death

Cassandra

Sister to Paris, Daughter to Priam, a priestess who had the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but was cursed so nobody believed her, who knew the horse was a trick, but nobody believed her

Laocoon

Trojan Priest who tried to warn the Trojans about the horse, but was ignored

Priam

Father to Cassandra and Paris, King of Troy

Aeneas

Son of Aphrodite and Anchises

Anchises

Father of Aeneas, Trojan Noble, who was killed