An old Achaean warrior greatly trusted by Achilles, acts as mediator between Achilles and Agamemnon.

Phoenix

Achaean from Argos, friend to Diomedes.

Sthenelus

Hector's wife and mother of their infant son, Astyanax.

Andromache

Son of Priam and half brother and chariot driver of Hector.

Cebriones

King of Crete and Achaean commander. Leads a charge against the Trojans in Book 13.

Idomeneus

Trojan prince and Hector's brother; his abduction of Helen is the casus belli. He was supposed to be killed as a baby because Cassandra foresaw he would cause the destruction of Troy. Raised by a shepherd.

Paris

An Achaean commander, son of Oileus often fights alongside Great Ajax; the two together are sometimes called the “Aeantes.”

Ajax the Lesser

A priest of Apollo in a Trojan-allied town.

Chryses

Achaean captain from Crete.

Meriones

King of Athens, noted for his cowardice in war.

Menestheus