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Trojans Iliad
Major Trojan Characters in The Iliad
| Description | Character |
|---|---|
| King of Troy. | Priam |
| Queen of Troy. | Hecuba |
| (also known as “Alexander”) A prince of Troy. Paris’s abduction of the beautiful Helen, wife of Menelaus, sparked the Trojan War. | Paris |
| Reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the ancient world, she left her husband, Menelaus, to run away with Paris. | Helen |
| Hector’s loving wife. | Andromache |
| Hector and Andromache’s infant son. | Astyanax |
| Agamemnon's slavegirl. | Chryseis |
| Achilles' slave girl. | Briseis |
| A priest of Apollo in a Trojan-allied town. The father of Chryseis. | Chryses |
| A prince of Troy. The mightiest warrior in the Trojan army. | Hector |