| Thetis |
a beautiful nymph who was loved by all
the gods |
| Zeus |
king of the gods |
| Peleus |
a mortal man |
| Mt. Olympus |
home of the gods |
| Eris |
goddess of discord |
| Hera |
queen of the gods |
| Athena |
goddess of wisdom, war, and weaving |
| Aphrodite |
goddess of love and beauty |
| Paris |
A shepherd on Mt. Ida |
| Mt. Ida |
A mountain near the city of Troy |
| Helen |
The most beautiful woman in the world |
| Menelaus |
Helen's husband and king of Sparta |
| Agamemnon |
Menelaus's brother and king of Mycenae
(leader of the Greeks) |
| Odysseus |
King of Ithaca (an island) and wily |
| Penelope |
Odysseus's wite |
| Telemachus |
Odysseus's son |
| Achilles |
son of Peleus and Thetis (Myrmidons) |
| Nestor |
a wise man from sandy Pylos |
| Patroclus |
Achilles' best friend |
| Diomedes |
Odysseus's best friend |
| Stentor |
the herald |
| Ajax |
a thug |
| Artemis |
goddess of the hunt and the moon |
| Clytemnestra |
wife of Agamemnon |
| Iphigenia |
daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra |
| Aulis |
city where the Greeks had camped |
| The face that launched a thousand ships |
| Priam |
king of Troy, had 50 sons and 50
daughters |
| Hector |
the bravest and strongest of the
Trojans, son of Priam |
| Hecate |
wife of Priam |
| Aeneas |
a brave Trojan hero |
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