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Aeneas
A Dardanian hero. He was the son of Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. Hesiod says that Aphrodite gave birth to Aeneas (Αἰνείας) at the peaks of I...
By Jimmy Joe
Deïphobus
A Trojan prince. Deïphobus (Δηίφοβος) was a son of Priam and Hecuba; he was possibly their third son. He was a brother of Hector, Paris, Helenus an...
By Jimmy Joe
Helenus
A Trojan seer. Helenus (Ἕλενος) was the son of Priam, the king of Troy, and Hecuba. Helenus was the brother of Hector, Paris, Deiphobus and Cassand...
By Jimmy Joe
Paris
The second son of Priam and Hecuba, Paris (Πάρις) was also called Alexander. Hecuba had a disturbing nightmare in which she gave birth to a son who...
By Jimmy Joe
Hector
Commander-in-chief of the Trojan forces and their allies. Hector (Ἕκτωρ) was the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba. He was Troy's greatest warrior. He...
By Jimmy Joe
Telemachus
A young hero in the Odyssey. Telemachus (Τηλέμαχος) was the son of Odysseus and Penelope. Telemachus was only an infant when his father left for Tr...
By Jimmy Joe
Neoptolemus
Neoptolemus (Νεοπτόλεμος) was the son of Achilles and Deidameia, the daughter of King Lycomedes of Scyrus. Achilles was staying in Lycomedes' court...
By Jimmy Joe
Philoctetes
A Malian archer. Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης) was the son of Poeas, king of Malis, and Demonassa. He may have sailed with Jason as an Argonaut. Either ...
By Jimmy Joe
Ajax the Lesser
Also known as the Lesser Ajax. Ajax (Aias or Αἴας) was the son of Oïleus (Oileus) king of Locians by his wife Eriopis, or by the nymph Rhene. As a ...
By Jimmy Joe
Ajax, Greater
A Salamian hero. Ajax (Aias or Αἴας) was the son of Telamon and Periboea or Eëriboea (Eeriboea), daughter of Alcathoüs (Alcathous). As the grandson...
By Jimmy Joe
Diomedes
An Argive hero. Diomedes (Διομήδης) was the son of Tydeus, one of the seven leaders against Thebes, and Deïpyle (Deipyle) the daughter of Adrastus,...
By Jimmy Joe
Odysseus
King of Ithaca. The Romans identified Odysseus as Ulysses. Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) was the hero of the epic poem called The Odyssey. Odysseus was the s...
By Jimmy Joe
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