GlossARY oF M,qtx Ct-tARAcrERs
THE GREEKS AND THEIR ALLIES Achilles (a-kil'-ez):son of Peleus and Thetis' commander of the Myrmidons Agamemnon (ag'- a-mem'-nrin): King of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus Ajax (ay',-jax): Achaean commander of the Salamis contingent Calchas (kal'-kas): Achaean prophet, son of Thestor Cheiron (kt'-ron): Most humane of the Centaurs (part man, part beast), healer and teacher, friend of Achilles and Peleus Diomedes (dt-a-me'-dez): King of Argos Eurypylu s (yu-ri' -pil 'as): King of Cos Helen (heL'-an): daughter of Zeus, wife of Menelaus, consort of Paris Idomeneu s (f-dO-me'-nya^s): Achaean commander of Cretans and Pylians Machaon (ma-ka''on): co-commander of the Thessalians Menelaus (me-na-la'-us): husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon Nestor (nes'-tor): Achaean, King of the Pylians Odysseus (6-di'-se-as): warlord of lthaca Panopeus (pan-oyi -e-as): Achaean whose idea it was to build the horse Patroclus (pa-vo'-klas): Achaean, friend of Achilles Peleus (pel'-yas): father of Achilles, King of the Myrmidons 6 ?z>.\e Teucer (tyu'-ser): master archer Lri'a b*r ,s4 THE TROJANS AND THEIR ALLIES ;b- 'i"tu Aeneas (a-n€'-us): son of Aphrodite, commander of the Dardanians {". r Agelaus (a-ja-La'-as): Trojan herdsman who raised Paris Andromache (an-drom''a'ke): wife of Hector Briseis (brt-s€'-as): daughter of Briseus, captive of Achilles Chersidaftas (kur-si''da'mas): Trojan kllled by Odysseus Chryseis (l