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Glossary of People and Places
Below is a partial list including only the important characters and a few others. For a complete list of all the names in the Iliad, together with a detailed glossary indicating where their names appear in the poem, please consult the following internet site:
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliad_index.htm.
Achaea: mainland Greece.
Achaeans: collective name for the forces from Greece under Agamemnon, used interchangeably with the term Argives or Danaans.
Achilles: leader of the Myrmidons, part of Achaean army, son of Peleus and Thetis, often referred to as "son of Peleus" or "descendant of Aeacus."
Aeneas: major Trojan warrior, leader of Dardanians, son of Anchises and Aphrodite.
Agamemnon: king of Mycenae, son of Atreus, leader of Achaean forces, brother of Menelaus, commonly called "wide ruling" or "mighty."
Agenor: son of Antenor, Trojan warrior.
Ajax (1): son of Telamon, leader of forces from Salamis, greatest Achaean warrior after Achilles, known as the great Ajax or greater Ajax; Ajax (2): son of O
ïleus, leader of Locrian troops, the swift or lesser Ajax.Alexander: another name for Paris.
Andromache: wife of Hector, daughter of E
ëtion.Antenor: senior Trojan councillor.
Aphrodite: divine daughter of Zeus and Hera, goddess of erotic love, a supporter of the Trojans.
Apollo: divine son of Zeus and Leto, a supporter of the Trojans.
Ares: son of Zeus, god of war, especially the destructive aspects, a supporter of the Trojans.
Argives: see Achaeans.
Argolid: area in the north-west Peloponnese.