Helen: The face that launched a thousand ships.Hecuba: Hecuba is the Trojan matriarch, mother of Hector and Paris, among others, and wife of King Priam.His corpse is dragged around in the sand (but by the grace of the gods, without destruction) for days while Achilles vents his grief and anger. Hector: The lead Trojan prince whom Achilles kills.Hades: Is in charge of the Underworld and hated by mortals.Diomedes wounds Aeneas and Aphrodite and routs the Trojans until the son of Lycaon (Pandarus) hits him with an arrow. Diomedes: An Argive leader on the Greek side.When Agamemnon obliged, he insisted that he receive Achilles' prize Briseis instead. Calchas: The seer who told Agamemnon that he had angered the gods and must fix things by returning Chriseis to her father.Briseis had been awarded to Achilles as a war-prize, but then Agamemnon wanted her because he had been obliged to give up his. Briseis: The source of ill-feeling between Agamemnon and Achilles.Athena: The daughter of Zeus, a powerful goddess of war strategy for the Greeks during the Trojan War.Artemis: The daughter of Leto and Zeus and the sister of Apollo.Ares: The war god Ares was on the side of the Trojans, fighting disguised as Stentor.He's on the Trojan side and sends plague arrows to the Greeks. Apollo: The son of Leto and Zeus and the brother of Artemis.

She helps her favorites in the fray, is injured, and discusses matters with Helen.

Aphrodite: The love goddess who won the apple of strife that started things in motion.

Later Andromache becomes Neoptolemus' war-bride.

Andromache: The wife of Trojan Prince Hector and the mother of a young son named Astyanax who features in touching scenes.

He rapes Cassandra, prophetess daughter of Hecuba and Priam.

Ajax the lesser: The son of Oilean and the leader of the Locrians.

After Achilles' death, Ajax wants his armor thinking he deserves it as the second greatest of the Greek warriors.

Ajax the greater: The son of Telamon, who is also the father of the best Greek bowman, Teucer.

He makes some hard choices, like sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia at Aulis to provide wind for his ships' sails.

Agamemnon: Leader of the Achaean (Greek) forces and the brother-in-law of the beautiful Helen, formerly of Sparta, now of Troy.

He shows up with a much bigger part in the epic poem The Aeneid, by Vergil (Virgil).

Aeneas: The nephew of King Priam of Troy, a son of Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite.

Achilles then went after the man he blamed for the death, Hector, the prince of Troy. Achilles brought his troops known as the Myrmidons, was insulted by the leader of the Achaean (Greek) forces, and was sitting out the war until his close friend Patroclus was killed.

Achilles: The hero and subject of the epic poem.

The Iliad by Homer