Priam
King of Troy, son of Laomedon of the line of Darnanus, father of Paris and Hector
Proserpina
(Persephone) Daughter of Ceres and wife of Pluto who abducted her from earth to the underworld where she rules among the dead
Polydorus
Trojan, son of Priam, who placed him under the guardianship of king Polymestor of Thrace; where Priam's fortunes fialed. Killed by Polymestor who took his treasures
Phoebus
Title of Apollo derived from a Greek word meaning brilliant with a sense of purity
Palamedes
Legendary Greek hero, son of Belus, falsely accused of treason by Ulysses- whom he had exposed as a draft dodger at the outbreak of the Trojan War- and consequently put to death, as narrated by Sinon
Palinurus
Trojan helmsman of Aeneas' ship; washed overboard, his burial site becomes a cape on the western coast of Lucania that bears his name
Pyrrhus
Son of Achilles, and the killer of Priam
Rumor
Takes vengence on gods and men with her evil tongue
Rhadamanthus
Son of Jupiter and Europa, brother of Minos, and the lawgiver who, after dispensing justice in Crete, presides in the underworld.
Vesta
Roman goddess of the hearth, the home and family, who keeps the hearthfire continuously burning, with a temple prominent among the monuments of the Roman forum
Celaeno
leader of the Harpies, possessed by prophetic powers
Augustus
Imperial title awarded to the first Roman emporer, Octavius Ceasar, the grand nephew of Julius Ceasar and adopted as his son
Atreus' sons
(Menelaus and Agamemnon) known as the Atrides
Dardanus
Son of Jupiter and Electra
Anchises
Grandson of Assaracus, son of Capys, father by Venus of Aeneas, second cousin of Priam,
Aeolus
lord of the winds, father of Salmoneus and Misenus and so called grandfather of Ulysses
Agamemnon
Greek, king of Mycenae, son of Atreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by her and Aegisthus. Brother of Menelaus.
Ajax
Greek, son of Oileus, destrpyed by Minerva on their homeward run from Troy.
Ascanius
Grandson of Anchises, son of Aeneas and Creusa, also called Iulus.
Achaemenides
Comrade of Ulysses, who abandons him on the Cyclop's island and is saved by Aeneas
Apollo
son of Jupiter and Latona, twin brother of Diana, a patron of the arts, a prophet with a famous oracular shrine at Delphi in central Greece.
Andromache
wife of Hector, then Pyrrhus, and finally of the prophet Helenus. Mother of Astayanax.
Astyanax
Son of Hector and Andromache, flung to his death from the walls of Troy by the Greeks
Anna
Sister of Dido, who attempts to intercede between Dido and Aeneas
Lavinia
Daughter of Latinus and Amata, Turnis considers her his betrothed, but her father Latinus recognizes that she is fated to marry Aeneas
Latium
A region between Tiber and Campania settled by Saturn
Latinus
King of Latium, son of Faunus, father by Amata of Lavinia
Libya
Region of northern Africa that faces the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Carthage
Hector
Trojan, supreme commander of Trojan forces, eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, father of Astyanax and killed by Achilles.
Helenus
Trojan, son of Priam, prophet and warrior, and later married to Andromache
Hecuba
Daughter of Dymas, wife of Priam and his queen, mother of Hector
Helen
Daughter of Jupiter and Leda, wife of Menelaus
Sinon
Greek. Master of fraud, whose cunning induces the Trojans to lead the wooden horse into their city
Romulus
Legendary founder of Rome, son of Mars and Ilia
Remus
Kills his brother for leaping over the walls of Rome in a gesture of rivalry
Eurypylus
Greek, emissary to Apollo's oracle during the seige of Troy
Orestes
Grandson of Atreus, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, murders Clytemnestra and Aegisthus and driven mad by her furies
Achilles
Son of Peleus and Thetis, grandson of Aeacus, father of Pyrrhus, commander of the Myrmidons, and killer of Hector.
Calchas
Son of Thestor, prophet of the Achaeans, in the service of Apollo and the armies of the Greeks
Circe
goddess and enchantress of Aeaea, who changes men to animals and beats
Cupid
Personification of love, son of Venus
Carhage
capital city of Phoenician exiles, led by Dido, who settled them in northern Libya, a nation greatly favored by Juno, and later to become the mortal enemies of Rome in the Punic Wars
Venus
(Aphrodite) goddess of love, daughter of Jupiter and Dione, wife of Vulcan, and mother of Aeneas by Anchises, and of Cupid.
Fates
The three Parcae visualized as the three women spinning the thread of human life. These figures ultimitely control the destiny of mortals
Minerva
(Athena) goddess and daughter of Jupiter, defender of the Greeks.
Ulysses
(Odysseus) grandson of Arcesius and Autolycus, son of Laertes and father of Telemachus by Penelope. King of Ithaca who helped plot the deceit of the Trojan horse
Capys
Trojan companion of Aeneas, restored to him after the storm of Libya
Nisus
Trojan, comrade of Euryalus, competitor in the foor race who places fifth, later killed by Volscians when he tries to save his younger friend during their exploit on behalf of Aeneas
Allecto
One of the three furies
Deiopea
Sea-nymph offered by Juno to Aeolus as in inducement to destroy Aeneas' fleet with a tempest off the coast of Carthage
Styx
The main river in the underworld
Jupiter
(Zeus) Son of Saturn, king of the gods, husband and brother of Juno, father of the Olympians and many mortals
Sibyl
Deiphobe, prophetess in Cumae, Aeneas' guide to the Underworld
Ilioneus
Trojan representative of Aeneas before Dido and Latinus and killer of Lucetius
Diomedes
Greek, son of Tydeus, king of Argos, founder of Argyripa, later called Arpi
Achates
loyal confident and steadfast comrade of Aeneas
Neptune
Roman god of the sea, son of Cronus and Rhea, younger brother of Jupiter, father of Polyphemus
Cumae
Campanian town, founded by the Greeks who migrated from Chalcis on the island Euboea; an legendary entrance to the underworld, its cavern the favortie haunt of Sibyl
Acestes
king of Sicily, born of Trojan stock, son of Crinisus and an ally of Anchises and Aeneas, whom he hosts in his island home. He placed first on the archery contest
Cassandra
Daughter of Priam, sister of Hector, love of Agamemnon, murdered with him by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. She was a prophetess who foresaw the doom of Troy
Androgeos
Greek captain killed at the fall of troy, son of Minos the king of Crete
Coroebus
Phrygian, fiance of Cassandra, comrade of Aeneas, killed by the Greek Peneleus at the fall of Troy
Menelaus
Son of Atreus, king of Lacedaemon, brother of Agamemnon, rightful husband of Helen
Teucer
first king of the Trojans, father of Bateia, the wife of Dardanus, forebear of Aeneas
Troilus
Trojan, son of Priam, killed by Achilles
Mars
(Ares) Roman god of war, son of Jove and Juno, and father of Romulus and Remnus
Cerberus
watchdog with three heads that guards the Underworld
Deiphobus
Son of Priam, commander-in-chief of the Trojans after Hector's death; consort of Helen after Paris dies. Aeneas sees him in the Underworld.
Golden Branch
Aeneas must find this to travel to the Underworld
Mercury
(Hermes) messenger of the gods, son of Jupiter and Maia, giant killer, the guide of dead souls to the underworld
Creusa
Daughter of Priam by Hecuba, wife of Aeneas and mother of Ascanius
Iarbas
African warlord, son of Jupiter Hammon, rebuffed by Dido in his advances towards her.