11 The Friends and Foes of Homer’s Iliad
king of the gods and arbiter between Greeks Zeus and Trojans and their favoring deities messenger of the gods, especially of Zeus; Iris repeats messages almost verbatim
Greeks: Favoring Gods Poseidon brother of Zeus; king of the sea Hera sister and wife of Zeus; queen of the gods daughter of Zeus; no mother; Athene goddess of wisdom Thetis mother of Achilles; sea nymph Hephaestus son of Zeus and Hera; god of the forge
Trojans: Favoring Gods Apollo son of Zeus and Leto; god of prophecy Artemis Apollo’s twin sister; goddess of the hunt Aphrodite daughter of Zeus; goddess of beauty Ares son of Zeus and Hera; god of war Hermes son of Zeus and Maia; messenger god also called Xanthus; god of the river Scamander Scamander, runs through the plain of Ilium 12 Iliad
Greeks: Major Characters king of Mycenae; leader of the Greeks; Agamemnon son of Atreus king of Sparta; brother of Agamemnon; Menelaus husband of Helen son of Thetis and Peleus (a mortal); Achilles fairest and fiercest of the Greeks old king of Pylos; Nestor father of Antilochus and Thrasymedes Odysseus king of Ithaca; husband of Penelope Ajax, son of ruler of Locris; fast runner Oïleus Ajax, son of ruler of Salamis; fierce warrior Telamon Diomed son of Tydeus; king of Argos, Tiryns, Aegina Idomeneus king of Crete; grandson of Minos Patroclus comrade and squire of Achilles foster son of Peleus; Phoenix surrogate father to Achilles Meriones squire of Idomeneus Calchas seer and interpreter of omens Machaon son of Asclepius Thersites ugliest of the Greeks; an endless talker Talthybius, Greek heralds Eurybates The Friends and Foes of Homer’s Iliad 13
Trojans: Major Characters Priam king of Troy; descendant of Tros and Zeus Paris son of Priam; seducer of Helen Hector son of Priam; Trojan commander Helenus son of Priam; soothsayer Antenor aged councilor to Priam son of Zeus and Laodamia; grandson of Sarpedon the horseman, Bellerophon Glaucus comrade and squire of Sarpedon son of Anchises and Aphrodite; leader of Aeneas the Dardanians; founder of Rome Polydamas warrior and councilor Dolon Trojan scout Idaeus Trojan herald
Women of Troy Hecuba wife of Priam; queen of Troy Helen wife of Menelaus and Paris Andromache wife of Hector; mother of Astyanax Laodice daughter of Priam; wife of Helicaon daughter of Priam; prophetess whom Cassandra no one believed Theano wife of Antenor; priestess of Athene