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    Heroes 1 Heroes 2 Heroines Amazons Perseus Theseus Heracles Argonauts Calydonian Boar Hunt Seven Against Thebes Trojan War Odyssey Aeneid Tales of Lovers Giants Centaurs Mythical Creatures
  3. Heroes 2
    Achilles Odysseus Diomedes Ajax, Greater Ajax the Lesser Philoctetes Neoptolemus Telemachus Hector Paris Helenus Deïphobus Aeneas Sarpedon & Glaucus Memnon Turnus

Heroes 2

Heroes II contains information on the heroes who fought in the Trojan War. Below is a list of Greek and Trojan champions.

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  • Trojan Champions

Please note that I have moved Helen, Penelope, Andromache and Cassandra to the new Heroines page.


Heroes of the Trojan War

Greek Champions

Achilles

Achilles

Odysseus

Odysseus

Diomedes

Diomedes

Greater Ajax

Greater Ajax

Lesser Ajax

Lesser Ajax

Philoctetes

Philoctetes

Neoptolemus

Neoptolemus

Agamemnon

Agamemnon

Menelaüs

Menelaüs

Orestes

Orestes

Telemachus

Telemachus

For Agamemnon, see House of Atreus. For Menelaüs, see House of Sparta. For Orestes, see House of Atreus.

Greek heroines are found in the Heroines page.

Trojan Champions

Hector

Hector

Paris

Paris

Helenus

Helenus

Deïphobus

Deïphobus

Aeneas

Aeneas

Sarpedon and Glaucus

Sarpedon and Glaucus

Memnon

Memnon

Turnus

Turnus

Trojan heroines are found in the Heroines page or the Amazons page.

Related Pages

  • Heroes I

  • Heroines

  • Amazons

  • Trojan War

  • The Odyssey

  • The Aeneïd

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Heroes 1

Heroes 1

Heroes I contains information on the heroes and heroines before the time of the Trojan War. Heroes I has been divided into two sections: Early Heroes and the Golden Age of Heroes. The stories of Deucalion, Perseus, Heracles and Theseus were writte...

August 23rd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Trojan War

Trojan War

Catalogues of Ships Greek Forces Trojan ForcesOther Information Funeral Games of Patroclus Trojan HorseGreek Forces Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces. The Greek forces brought a total of 1227 ships to Troy. Neoptolemus joine...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Heroines

Heroines

Even though the societies in post-Dorian Invasion Greece were predominantly filled with myths about male heroes, some myths still survive about the heroines from the mythical past. Being skilled with a weapon was not the only requirement for being...

June 22nd, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Heroic Age

Heroic Age

In the mythical past in Greece, heroes were quite common. These heroes undertook strange quests, sailed on fantastic voyages, killed villains and monsters, saved beautiful princesses in distresses, and fought in titanic wars. The Greek writer Hesi...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hector

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. Hector was the brother of Paris, Helenus and Cassandra. He married Andromache, the daughter of Eëtion ...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Odysseus

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 son of Laërtes (Laertes) and Anticleia, daughter of the thief Autolycus and Mestra. Other writers sai...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Who Were The Iliad Main Chracters?

Who Were The Iliad Main Chracters?

The main characters in The Iliad included women and men, mortal and immortal, victims, warriors, and gods. Their stories are intertwined and overlapping throughout the epic, weaving the tapestry threads known as the Trojan War. The Trojan war char...

February 16th, 2024 • Ancient Literature
Heroism in the Odyssey: Through the Epic Hero Odysseus

Heroism in the Odyssey: Through the Epic Hero Odysseus

Heroism in the Odyssey is one of the prevalent themes easily recognizable in this timeless piece of literature similar to the case of any other epic. Different characters displayed different versions of heroism, and in some cases, you may not read...

February 16th, 2024 • Ancient Literature
Achilles

Achilles

Achilles (Άχιλλεύς) was the son of Peleus and the Nereïd Thetis. Ligyron was the name given to Achilles at birth. While still an infant, Thetis tried to make her son immortal. One account says that she anointed Achilles in ambrosia before laying h...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Trojan War

Trojan War

The Trojan War was the greatest conflict in the Greek mythology, a war that was to influences people in literature and arts for centuries. The war was fought between the Greeks and Trojans with their allies, upon a Phrygian city of Troy (Ilium), o...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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