Hector: greatest Trojan warrior who eventually dies while running from his foe Menelaus: husband of Helen, king of Sparta, who fights a winning duel with Paris Hera: queen of the gods who keeps her husband "busy" as the Greeks win Patroclus: a hero's friend who dies while wearing that hero's armor Ulysses: wisest of the Greeks, king of Ithica, who devises a wooden horse Athena: goddess of wisdom who defeats the god Ares on the battlefield Aeneas: the only Trojan who is able to escape Troy alive, saving his father Zeus: king of the gods whose thunder bolts frighten even the immortals Agamemnon: commander of the Greek forces whose rudeness nearly loses the war Aphrodite: goddess of love who starts the war by sending Helen to Troy Priam: king of Troy who enters the Greek camp to recover his son's body Achilles: greatest Greek warrior who finally dies in a freak-hit with an arrow Poseidon: god of the sea whose involvement decides the war |