CHARACTERS BOOKS

The Achaeans
Book 1: The Rage of Achilles
○ Agamemnon — King of Mycenae; leader of the Greeks. Book 2: The Great Gathering of Armies
○ Achilles — Leader of the Myrmidons.
Book 3: Helen Reviews the Champions
○ Odysseus — King of Ithaca; the wiliest Greek
commander, and hero of the Odyssey. Book 4: The Truce Erupts in War
○ Aias (Ajax the Greater) — son of Telamon, with Book 5: Diomodes Fights the Gods
Diomedes, he is second to Achilles in martial prowess.
Book 6: Hector Returns to Troy
○ Menelaus — King of Sparta; husband of Helen and
brother of Agamemnon. Book 7: Ajax Duels in Hector
○ Diomedes — son of Tydeus, King of Argos. Book 8: The Tide of Battle Turns
○ Aias (Ajax the Lesser) — son of Oileus, often partner of Book 9: The Embassy to Achilles
Ajax the Greater.
○ Patroclus - Achilles’ beloved comrade and friend. Book 10: Marauding Through the Night
Book 11: Agamemnon's Day of Glory
The Trojan men Book 12: The Trojans Storm the Rampart
○ Hector — son of King Priam; the foremost Trojan warrior. Book 13: Battling for the Ships
○ Aeneas — son of Anchises and Aphrodite. Book 14: Hera Outflanks Zeus
○ Deiphobus — brother of Hector and Paris.
Book 15: The Achaean Armies at Bay
○ Paris — Helen’s lover-abductor.
Book 16: Patroclus Fights and Dies
○ Priam — the aged King of Troy.
○ Polydamas — a prudent commander whose advice is Book 17: Menalaus' Finest Hour
ignored; he is Hector’s foil. Book 18: The Shield of Achilles
○ Agenor — a Trojan warrior who attempts to fight Achilles
Book 19: The Champion Arms for Battle
(Book XXI).
○ Dolon— a spy upon the Greek camp (Book X). Book 20: olympian Gods in Arms
○ Antenor — King Priam’s advisor, who argues for returning Book 21: Achilles Fights the River
Helen to end the war; Paris refuses. Book 22: The Death of Hector
○ Polydorus — son of Priam and Laothoe.
Book 23: Funeral Games for Patroclus
The Trojan women Book 24: Achilles and Priam
○ Hecuba— Priam’s wife; mother of Hector, Cassandra,
Paris, and others.
○ Helen— Menelaus’s wife; espoused first to Paris, then to
Deiphobus.
○ Andromache — Hector’s wife; mother of Astyanax
○ Cassandra — Priam’s daughter; courted by Apollo, who
bestows the gift of prophecy to her; upon her rejection,
he curses her, and her warnings of Trojan doom go
unheeded.
○ Briseis - a Trojan woman captured by the Greeks; she
was Achilles' prize of the Trojan war.