Iliad Characters

3. Wife of Hector.
4. Son of Priam; leader of the Trojans and their greatest fighter.
6. Infant son of Hector and Andromache. Other name: Scamandrius.
8. King of Ithaca. The smoothest talker and wiliest thinker among the Greeks; a favorite of the goddess Athena.
10. Messenger god; son of Zeus.
11. Ruler of the dead and the underworld; brother of Zeus.
14. Son of Priam.
15. King of Troy; husband of Hecuba, father of Hector and Paris.
16. Son of Menoetius, a companion and henchman to Achilles.
18. Wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta.
19. Wife of Agamemnon, sister of Helen.
22. Sea goddess; wife of the mortal Peleus and mother of Achilles.
24. Son of Peleus, a mortal king, and the sea-goddess Thetis. The best warrior among the Acheans; leader of the Myrmidons. Other names: Pelides, Aeacides.
25. The daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo. A captive girl given to Agamemnon as his prize.

1. A Trojan captive girl, named after her father Briseus, given as a prize to Achilles.
2. The most powerful of the gods, known as 'father of men and gods.'
3. God of war; favors the Trojans.
5. King of Sparta and the surrounding area (Lacedaemon). Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen.
7. King of Pylos, belonging to an older generation than the other Greek warriors. He serves as a wise old counselor.
9. Sister and wife of Zeus; favors the Greeks.
12. The strongest warrior on the Greek side after Achilles.
13. King of Mycenae; husband of Clytemnestra; brother of Menelaus. Leader of the Greek expeditionary force. Other names: Atrides.
17. Father of Achilles; husband of the goddess Thetis.
20. The archer god; a god of light and of healing. Apollo not only heals, he visits pestilence on men. He favors and protects the Trojans. Other names: Phoebus, Smintheus.
21. Daughter of Zeus only (she has no mother). She emerged from her father's head fully armed and is associated with victory in war and clever thinking and speaking. She protects the Greeks. Other names: Pallas and Tritogenia.
23. Goddess of love, beauty; protects Helen and Paris and favors the Trojans. Other name: Lady of Cyprus.