C H A R A C T E R S

ZEUS, king of the gods

TROJANS

PRIAM, king of Wilusa (= Ilios = Ilium = Troy)

HEKABE, his queen

HEKTOR, their son, the leader of Troy; of medium height

ANDROMAKE, Hektor's wife

PARIS (sometimes ALEXANDROS), another son of Priam and Hekabe

LAOKOON, another son

POLYDAMAS, younger prince of Wilusa, son of Priam by a concubine

HELENOS, the same

DEIPHOBOS, the same

TROILUS, the same

HELEN, estranged queen of Menelaos, king of Sparta; now wife of Paris

ASTYANAX (sometimes SKAMANDRIOS), infant son of Hektor and Andromake

KASSANDRA, daughter of Priam and Hekabe

POLYXENA, another daughter of Priam

ANTENOR, older noble, cousin of Priam and general of Troy

KOROEBUS, youth, son of a Trojan noble

AENEAS, cousin of Hektor

HIRAM, Admiral of the Trojan Fleet

DOREAS, a naval captain

DAVIK, youth, poet, and armorbearer

IBRIKAR, Canaanite (that is, Phoenician) merchant

ELLA, old Habiru servant woman of Hektor and Andromake

BELEROS, captain of Hektor's Guard

DEMOS, popular Trojan leader

KLETO, assassin

Another assassin

several Trojan crowds

Soldiers, guards, tradesmen, common people, foreigners, servants, slaves.

AKHAIANS

(sometimes Sons of Danos, Danaans, or Argives; a people centuries later called Hellenes and, still later, Greeks)

AGAMEMNON, overlord or war king (wanax) of the Akhaian allies; king (basileus) of Mykenae, Argos, and Korinthos

MENELAOS, his brother, king of Sparte

AKILLEUS, son of Peleus, the king of Phthia (Thessaly); a sort of Steve Reeves, about 6'3" tall (191 cm.)

ODYSSEUS, king of Ithake

AJAX, giant king of Salamis (son of Telamon, hence "Telamonian Ajax"), ideally about 6' 7" to 7' tall (200-213 cm.)

DIOMEDES, king of Argos and Tiryns

NESTOR, king of Pylos

Other kings.

PATROKLOS, friend of Akilleus

THERSITES, a clown

MYRMIDONS, elite Phthian stormtroops