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Homer
The traditional author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
The name attached to the two great epics of ancient Greece. Almost nothing certain is known about him: seven c…
Achilles
The greatest Achaean warrior · hero of the Iliad
Son of Peleus and the sea-nymph Thetis, and the strongest fighter on the Achaean side. His wrath at being depr…
Odysseus
King of Ithaca · hero of the Odyssey
King of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and the most resourceful of the Achaean leaders. Th…
Hector
Trojan commander · defender of Troy and its household
Son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, father of Astyanax, and the commander of the Trojan forces. Mo…
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war · patron of Odysseus and Achilles
Daughter of Zeus and a goddess of war, craft, and counsel. In the Iliad she is the Achaeans’ most active divin…
Zeus
King of the Olympian gods · guarantor of fate and hospitalit…
The king of the gods, lord of the sky, thunder, and justice. He is not a simple partisan: in the Iliad he gran…
Penelope
Queen of Ithaca · wife of Odysseus
Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. For ten years she has held off more than a hundred suitors by promi…
Agamemnon
High king of the Achaeans · commander at Troy
Son of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and the nominal commander of the Achaean coalition. His refusal to return Chry…
Patroclus
Achilles’ closest companion · the death that ends the wrath
Son of Menoetius and Achilles’ closest companion. He goes into battle in Achilles’ armour to save the Achaeans…