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<rt'-se-as): daughter of Chryses, captive of Agamemnon Chryses (l<rt'-sez): priest of Apollo, father of Chryseis 95 Dolon (do'-lon): tojan scour Ennomus (en'-o-mas): co-commander of the Mysians Hector (hek'-tar): son of Priam and Hecuba, supreme commande Trojans Iphidamas (t-fi'-da-mas): Thracian killed by Agamemnon, soo t Antenor Memnon (mem'-non): King of Ethiopia, nephew of Priam Paris (par'-as): son of Priam and Hecuba Priam (prt'-am): King of Troy, father of Hector and Paris Rhesus (r€' -sas): King of Thrace, tojan ally Sarpedon (sar-pe' -dan): Trojan ally THE GODS AND FATES Aphrodite (af '-ra-dtae): goddess of love, morher of Aeneas Apollo (a-pcil'-d): god of rhe sun, son of Zeus and Leto, twin t'rt Artemis, principal divine champion of the Trojans Ares (ar' -e7): god of war Artemis (art'-a-mas): goddess of the hunt, daughter of Zeus an. twin sister of Apollo Athena (a-the'-na): goddess of war and wisdom Fates (fdts): potent, shadowy figures said to control the fate of rr Hephaestus (ha-fes' ,tas): god of fire Hera (her'-a): queen of the gods, wife and sister of Zeus Hermes (hur'-m€z): messenger of the gods Iris (i'-ras): messenger of the gods Poseidon (pa-std'n): god of the sea, younger brother of Ze's Thetis (the-tas): sea goddess, wife of Peleus, morher of Achilles Zeu.s (zns): king of the gods.