Menelaus
king of Sparta, husband of Helen
Helen
demigoddess wife of Menelaus (daughter of Zeus & Leda); queen of Sparta
Agamemnon
leader of Greeks, king of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus
Clytemnestra
wife of Agamemnon, sister of Helen; kills Agamemnon
Orestes
son of Agamemnon & Clytemnestra; kills Clytemnestra
Electra
daughter of Agamemnon & Clytemnestra; (maybe?) kills Orestes
Odysseus/ Ulysses
clever Greek king of Ithaca; invents horse; wants to stay home
Sinon
lying Greek whose job it is to convince the Trojans to bring in the horse
Penelope
Odysseus' faithful wife
Telemachus
Odysseus' son (newborn when the war started)
Achilles
demigod Greek warrior, son of Thetis & Peleus; heel; rage issues; honorable
Briseis
Trojan taken as a concubine by Achilles, then claimed by Agamemnon
Neoptolemus
son of Achilles; no honor; impulse control issues
Patroclus
cousin/best friend of Achilles, killed by Hector, avenged by Achilles
Iphigenia
daughter of Agamemnon whom he sacrifices to Diana for good winds
Atridae
the "sons of Atreus"�Agamemnon & Menelaus
Tyndareus
Helen's mortal "father" (Leda's husband); former king of Sparta�bound her suitors in a mutual defense alliance?Trojan War
Priam
king of Troy, father of many
Hecuba
queen of Troy, mother of many
Hector
prince of Troy, greatest Trojan warrior, eldest son of Priam
Andromache
loyal wife of Hector
Paris
prince of Troy destined to destroy his city; abandoned & raised by shepherds
Deiphobus
prince of Troy/son of Priam; married Helen after Paris died
Helenus
prince of Troy/son of Priam
Polites
prince of Troy/son of Priam, killed by Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus during fall of Troy
Cassandra
princess of Troy/daughter of Priam; cursed by Apollo with accurate prophesies no one believes; concubine of Agamemnon, killed by Clytemnestra
Aeneas
lesser prince of Troy (via dad Anchises); demigod son of Venus
Anchises
2nd cousin of Priam; father of Aeneas by Venus
Ascanius/ Iulus
young son of Aeneas & Creusa
founder of Alba Longa
Creusa
wife of Aeneas, daughter of Priam & Hecuba; killed during fall of Troy
Laocoon
Trojan priest of Neptune; "I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts
Thymoetes
Trojan whose son was killed instead of Paris; wants to bring in the horse
Capys
Trojan who wanted to destroy the horse
Ganymede
Trojan youth who replaced Juno's daughter as cupbearer to Jupiter
Numitor
descendant of Ascanius, rightful king of Alba Longa, father of Rhea Silvia
Amulius
usurper, younger brother of Numitor; tried to kill Romulus & Remus
Thea Silvia
Vestal Virgin who was impregnated by Mars with Romulus & Remus
Romulus
founder of Rome
Remus
twin brother of Romulus, killed in a dispute over which brother was superior
Latinus
king of Latins/Latium (region)/Latins (people), father of Lavinia
Amata
Latinus's queen, mother of Lavinia, opposes marriage with Aeneas
Lavinia
Latin princess betrothed by her father Latinus to Aeneas
turnus
Rutulian leader/ spurned suitor of Lavinia, leads Italian war against Aeneas
Daunus
father of Turnus
Peleus
mortal father of Achilles
Thetis
goddess mother of Achilles; tries to protect him/ make him immortal
Castor and Polluz
twin sons of Leda & Zeus; one is immortal, one mortal
Leda
impregnated by Zeus (who came in the form of a swan); mother of Castor, Pollux, Helen, & Clytemnestra; wife of Tyndareus
Faustulus
royal shepherd who found the abandoned babies Romulus & Remus
Pallas
young Arcadian prince under Aeneas' charge; killed by Turnus
Jupiter
father-figure to Venus, husband of Juno; tries to stay neutral
Juno
slighted queen of the gods who makes it her mission to destroy Troy and Aeneas
Venus
mother of Aeneas; promised Helen to Paris; tries to keep Aeneas safe
Minerva
other loser in the beauty contest; fights with Greeks against Troy
Cupid
divine son of Venus who is sometimes asked to help his half-brother Aeneas; makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas
Mars
father of Romulus & Remus
Mercury
messenger/son of Jupiter sent with messages for Aeneas
Eris
goddess of discord not invited to Peleus & Thetis's wedding�rolls in the golden apple
Hebe
daughter of Juno, former cupbearer to Jupiter, replaced by Ganymede
Apollo
prophesies through the Sibyl to help Aeneas
Sibyl
priestess to Apollo who take Aeneas to the Underworld to visit Anchises
Diana
Greek kills her sacred deer & she demands Iphegenia's sacrifice before the fleet can sail for Troy
Neptune
god of the sea who stops Juno from wrecking the Trojan fleet
Cyclops
one-eyed monsters who live on an island visited by Odysseus & later Aeneas
Troy
city in Asia Minor destroyed after a 10-year Greek siege due to Helen's abduction
Tenedos
island off the coast of Troy used as a harbor; where the Greek fleet hid when they pretended to sail home
Mycenae
Greek city-state ruled by Agamemnon
Sparta
Greek city state ruled by Tyndareus, then Menelaus (by his marriage to Helen)
Thrace
allied with Troy in the war; located on the western side of the Hellespont, northeast of Greece
Crete
island kingdom where Thetis unsuccessfully hid Achilles from the Trojan War (but not before he fathered a son, Pyrrhus/Neoptolemus)
Cathage
Phoenician settlement founded by Dido where Aeneas spends the winter in the Aeneid before continuing to Italy
orcus
the underworld; visited by epic heroes like Odysseus & Aeneas
Laitum
Italian kingdom ruled by Latinus; future site of Rome
Alba Longa
city founded by Ascanius; home city of Romulus & Remuscity
Rome
city founded by Romulus, descendant of Aeneas through the kings of Alba Longa
Vergil
Roman author of the Aeneid
Homer
Greek author of the Iliad & Odyssey
Cypria
lost prequel to the Iliad; describes the events leading up to the Trojan war (Cypria- reference to Venus, who is from Cyprus)
Ilia
epic tale of the wrath of Achilles at the loss of Briseis and later Patroclus
Odysseus
epic tale of Odysseus' 10-year journey home from the war
Aeneid
epic tale of Aeneas' quest to establish a new kingdom in Italy