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| Another name for Paris, as in Paris of Troy |
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| Soldier who fought on the Greek side of the Trojan war |
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| King of Sparta and husband of Helen; of great significance to the Trojan war. As in, if he had not wanted her back the war would not have happened |
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| Another name for the City of Troy |
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| General who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan war; one of Agamemnon's most trusted advisors, entered the Trojan horse |
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| Lists the contingents of the Aechean army that sailed to Troy |
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| Woman abducted by Achilles during the Trojan war, then taken by Agamemnon which resulted in Achilles withdrawing from the war |
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| The father of Menelaos and Agamemnon |
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| Godess of heroic adventure and the shrewd companion of heroes |
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| A city occupied since the early Bronze age; center of Argolis and was the principal center of worship of Thera |
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| Olympian god of War, killed the son of Poseidon |
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| The God of Light, Prophecy, etc.; the prophetic deity of the Delphic oracle |
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| Goddess of Love; Gave Paris apple of discord which led to Helen falling in love with Paris which led to the Trojan war |
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| Trojan princess; after the Trojan war she was carried away by Neoptolemus; Achilles son; killed her husband |
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| Soldiers commanded by Achilles in Trojan war |
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| Mother of Achilles; Married a mortal despite being loved by Poseidon and Zeus |
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| Member of Greek army during the Trojan war; Homer makes fun of him through his stupidity; he mocks Agamemnon |
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| Led the Lycians against Greeks in the Trojan war |
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| Achilles best friend; fought in place of Achilles in the Trojan war but was killed in fighting |
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| sabotages the truce that could have led to the peaceful return of Helen by wounding Menelaus |
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| Leader of the Greek forces; tried to get out of the war by feigning madness; the Odyssey (also by Homer) tells of his adventures after the Trojan war |
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| King of Pylos; fights with Greeks at Troy |
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| Supreme deity of the ancient Greeks; ruler of the heavens and father of other gods and mortal heroes |
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| One of the 7 against Thebes; killed in the expedition |
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| Wife and older sister of Zeus; Goddess of marriage |
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| The most beautiful of women; cause of the Trojan war; married to Menelaus, but was loved by Paris |
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| Trojan prince and one o fthe best warriors in the Trojan war; one of the Nine Worthies (known for courage and noble nature) |
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| Greek sea god; born mortal but became immortal by eating an herb |
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| known for participation in the Trojan war; entered the Trojan horse |
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| Woman captured by Agamemnon; released when Apollo sent a plague to the Greek army |
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| Son of Telemon; tallest and strongest of all Aecheans and the most valuable warrior in Agamemnon's army |
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| A Trojan hero; founded the city of Rome; leader of the Dardanians; Venus and Apollo frequently aid him on the field |
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| King of Mycenae; led the Greeks in the Trojan war; murdered by his wife upon return from the war |
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| Greek hero of Trojan war and the central character of the Iliad; theme of book is the wrath of Achilles |
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| Name for the Greeks; joined Aechean league |
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