TROJAN WAR

CHARACTERS:

King of Thessaly Son of Poseidon and

Canace. Father of Erysichthon

and Iphimedia. Father of Agenor, Iasus and Pelasgus.

Boagrius's king“You can’t have the world, Agamemnon. It’s too big even for you.”

TRIOPAS

Hero in Greek mythology and one of the main characters that participated in the Trojan War.

He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a nymph.

His mother wanted to make him immortal so she dipped him in the river Styx.

ACHILLES

“ I want all men want. I just want it more.”

“The gods envy us because we are mortal. Because any moment will be our last.”

“You won’t have eyes tonight. You won’t have ears or a tongue.You’ll wander the underworld, blind, deaf, and dumb.”

“You gave me peace in a lifetime of war.”

king of Sparta in Greek mythology, husband of Helen.

He was one of the main characters involved in the Trojan War.

His parents were Atreus and Aerope, while his brother was Agamemnon who ruled over the city of Mycenae.

MENELAUS

“May the gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds.“

“Wives are for breeding.”

“I won’t rest till I’ve burned Troy to the ground.”

“The Trojans spat on my honor. An insult to me is an insult to you.”

King Triopas’ best soldier.

He was killed by Achilles.

BOAGRIUS

The son of Neleus and Chloris and the King of Pylos.

His wife was either Eurydice or Anaxibia.

King Agamemnon’s adviser

“This will be the greatest war the world has ever seen. We need the greatest warrior.”“Give him the battle, we’ll take the war.”

NESTOR

HECTORThe oldest son of the King of Troy and the elder brother of Paris. The one who leads the war against the Spartans.

“Only children and fools fight for honor. I fight for my country!”

HELENThe wife of King Menalaus of Sparta who had an affair with Paris and joined him to go back to Troy.

“Sparta was never my home. When I was sixteen, My parents sent me to Sparta to marry Menalaus.”

PARISThe younger brother of Hector, who abducted Helen of Sparta from King Menalus.

“I don’t want to see anymore Trojan die because of me”

ARCHEPTOLEMUS

- Trojan high priest and adviser of King Priam

“I spoke to two farmers today. They saw an eagle flying with a serpent clutched in its talons.”

VELIOR

- Trojan priest

“Trojans are on the pyre right now because of one youthful indiscretion.”

ANDROMACHE

- Princess of Troy; wife of Hector; mother of Scamandrius

“Fifty thousand Greeks didn’t cross the sea to watch your brother fight.”

SCAMANDRIUS or ASTYANAX

- Son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache. Hector named him Scamandrius after the River Scamander, near Troy. The Trojans named him Astyanax (“Lord of the City”) as the son of Troy’s greatest warrior.

BRISEIS

- Priestess of Apollo; cousin of Hector and Paris; lover of Achilles

“Soldiers understand nothing but war. Peace confuses them.”“You lost your cousin, and now you have taken mine. Where does it end?”“If killing is your talent, that’s your curse. I don’t want anyone dying for me.”

EUDORUS

- Captain of the Myrmidons. He captured Briseis and delivered her to Achilles.

“He wore your armor, your shield, your greaves, your helmet. He even moved like you.”

Ajax Son of Telamon, king

of Salamis Second to the Greek

hero Achilles in strength and bravery

tutelary hero of the island of Salamis

wall of army

Haemon

Son of Creon and Eurydice

Fiancé of Antigone A soldier who fought

under Turnus

Aeneas

Son of Aphrodite A Trojan nobleman He is second in

command of the Trojan army and a brave, skillful warrior.

Echepolus•was a Greek who came to Troy along with king Agamemnon•he presented Agamemnon with a gift of a mare named Aethe

Aphareus

• A Greek warrior in the Trojan War

• son of Caletor