Characters Flashcards
To learn characters and relationships.
Menelaus
Greek: King of Sparta and the abandoned husband of Helen. He is the younger brother of Agamemnon.
Patroclus
Greek: Soldier, beloved companion to Achilles. Patroclus died wearing Achilles’ armor.
Peleus
Greek:Father to Achilles, husband of Thetis
Andromache
Trojan: Wife of Hector, mother to Astyanax.
Astyanax
Trojan: Infant son of Hector and Andromache. Also called Scamandrius
Scamandrius
Trojan: Infant son of Hector and Andromache. Also called Astyanax.
Briseis
Trojan: Girl captured and given as war prize to Achilles, then taken by Agamemnon.
Chryseis
Trojan: Girl, captured and given to Agamemnon as war prize. Daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo.
Chryses
Trojan: Priest of Apollo. His daughter, Chryseis, captured and given to Agamemnon as war prize.
Hector
Trojan: The greatest Trojan warrior and son of Priam and Hecuba.
Paris
Trojan: Son of Priam and Hector. His seduction of Helen and started the war
Priam
Trojan: King of Troy, married to Hecuba father of Hector and Paris.
Hecuba
Trojan: Wife of Priam, mother of Hector and Priam.
Zeus
Immortal: Most powerful of gods.
Apollo
Immortal: Favors and protects Trojans, called Phoebus. Archer, god of light, healing and pestilence.
Athena
Immortal: Powerful daughter of Zeus, helps the Greeks, also called Pallas. Lost Golden Apple.
Hera
Immortal: Wife and sister of Zeus, favors the Greeks. Lost Golden Apple.
Aphrodite
Immortal: Goddess of love, winner of Golden Apple, protects Helen, Paris and favors the Trojans
Thetis
Immortal: Wife of mortal Peleus, mother of Achilles.
Odysseus
Greek: A great solider and master of the horse plan.
Aeneas
Trojan: Cousin of Hector, his principal lieutenant, son of Aphrodite, the only major Trojan figure to survive the war. Held by later tradition to be the forefather of the founders of Rome.
