Who’s Who in the Iliad (from goecities.com)
Gods and Goddesses
[Roman names are given in brackets]
Aphrodite [Venus]:
Daughter of ZEUS and Dione;
favors the Trojans.
Apollo:
Son of ZEUS and
Leto; favors the Trojans.
Ares [Mars]:
Son of ZEUS; favors the Trojans.
Artemis [Diana]:
Daughter of ZEUS and Leto, favors the Trojans.
Athena
[Minerva]:
Daughter of
ZEUS; favors Greeks.
Hades:
Son of Cronus; ruler of the
underworld of the dead.
Hephaestus [Vulcan]:
Son of ZEUS and Hera; favors the Greeks.
Hera [Juno]:
Daughter of Cronus and wife of ZEUS; queen of the
Gods; favors the Greeks.
Hermes [Mercury]:
Sone of
ZEUS; favors the Trojans.
Iris:
Messenger of the gods.
Paeeon:
Physician to the gods.
Poseidon [Neptune]:
Son of Cronus; king of the sea; favors the Greeks.
Thetis:
A
sea nymph, wedded to a mortal, Peleus; mother of Achilles.
ZEUS
[Jupiter, Jove]:
Son
of Cronus [Saturn]; king of the gods and ruler of the sky; arbiter of human
destiny.
God of the river Scamander:
Also called Xanthus; favor the Trojans.
Greeks
[Greeks are also called Achaeans, Danaans, or
Argives]
Achilles:
Son
of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis; grandson of Aeacus,
son of ZEUS; chief of the Myrmidons from Phthia and
Hellas.
Agamemnon:
Son
of Atreus; king of Argos and Mycenae; leader of the host.
Ajax:
Son of Telamon;
ruler of Salamis.
Ajax:
Son of Oileus;
ruler of Locris.
Antilochus:
Son of Nestor.
Ascalaphus:
Leader of Miniae;
son of Ares.
Calchas:
Son of Thestor;
seer and interpreter of omens.
Diomed:
Son of Tydeus
and grandson of Oeneus; king of Middle Argos, Tiryns,
and Aegina.
Eurybates:
Greek herald.
Helen:
Wife
of Menelaus, seduced by Paris.
Idomeneus:
Son of Deucalion and grandson of
Minos, king of Crete.
Machaon:
Son of the healer Asclepius;
physician to the Greeks.
Menelaus:
Son
of Atreus; husband of Helen; king of Sparta, also called Lacedaemon.
Meriones:
Son of Molus,
comrade and squire of Idomeneus.
Nestor:
Son of Neleus;
aged king of Pylus and Dorium;
father of Antilochus and Thrasymedes.
Odysseus:
Son
of Laertes and husband of Penelope; king of Ithaca and leader of Cephallenians.
Patroclus:
Son of Menoetius;
comrade and squire of Achilles.
Phoenix:
Son of Amyntor;
foster son of Achilles’ father and old friend of Achilles; ruler of the Dolopians in Phthia.
Sthenelus:
Son of Capaneus;
comrade of Diomed.
Talthybius:
Greek herald.
Teucer:
Illegitimate son of Telamon, half brother of the
first Ajax; a bowman.
Thersites:
Ugliest of the Greek soldiers; an
endless talker.
Tlepolemus:
Son of Heracles; from Rhodes.
Trojans
Acamas:
Son of Antenor.
Aeneas:
Son of Anchises
and the goddess Aphrodite; leader of the Dardanians.
Andromache:
Daughter of Aetion,
king of Cilicia; wife of Hector and mother of his little son Astyanax.
Antenor:
Aged councilor to Priam and the Trojans.
Archelochus:
Son of Antenor.
Cassandra:
Daughter of Priam
and Hecuba; a prophet.
Deiphobus:
Son of Priam.
Dolon:
Son of Eumedes; scout for
the Trojans.
Glaucus:
Son of Hippolochus
and grandson of Bellerophon; comrade and squire of Sarpedon.
Hector:
Son
of Priam; commander of the Trojan army.
Hecuba:
Wife of Priam;
queen of Troy.
Helenus:
Son of Priam;
soothsayer for the Trojans.
Idaeus:
Trojan herald.
Laodice:
Daughter of Priam
and Hecuba; wife of Helicaon, son of Antenor.
Laodocus:
Son of Antenor.
Lycaon:
Son of Priam.
Pandarus:
Son of Lycaon;
chief of Telea, near Mount Ida.
Paris:
Also
called Alexander, son of Priam; seducer of Helen.
Polydamas:
Son of Panthous;
Trojan warrior and councilor.
Priam:
Son
of Laomedon and descendant of Tros,
the founder of Troy, and of Dardanus, son of ZEUS;
king of Troy.
Rhesus:
Son of Eoneus;
king of Thrace.
Sarpedon:
Son of ZEUS and Laodamia,
grandson of Bellerophon; leader of the Lycians.
Theano:
Daughter of Cisseus
and wife of Antenor; priestess of Anthene.
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