Classic in Translation Characters

Here are the main characters from "The Iliad" by Homer:

 

Greek Characters:

 

Major Characters:

1)      Achilles

2)      Agamemnon

3)      Menelaus

4)      Odysseus

5)      Patroclus

6)      Ajax the Greater

7)      Ajax the Lesser

8)      Nestor

9)      Diomedes

Minor Characters:

1)      Idomeneus

2)      Machaon

3)      Calchas

4)      Thersites

5)      Automedon

6)      Phoenix

7)      Antilochus

8)      Teucer

 

Trojan Characters:

 

Major Characters:

1)      Hector

2)      Priam

3)      Hecuba

4)      Paris (Alexander)

5)      Helen

6)      Andromache

7)      Aeneas

Minor Characters:

1)      Polydamas

2)      Glaucus

3)      Sarpedon

4)      Pandarus

5)      Deiphobus

6)      Dolon

7)      Antenor

8)      Cassandra

Gods and Goddesses:

 

Supporting the Greeks:

1)      Hera

2)      Athena

3)      Poseidon

4)      Hephaestus

5)      Thetis

Supporting the Trojans:

1)      Apollo

2)      Aphrodite

3)      Ares

4)      Artemis

5)      Leto

Neutral or Less Aligned:

1)      Zeus

2)      Hermes

3)      Iris

Here are the main characters from "Agamemnon" by Aeschylus:

1)      Agamemnon

2)      Clytemnestra

3)      Cassandra

4)      Aegisthus

5)      The Chorus (Elders of Argos)

6)      The Herald

Here are the main characters from "Medea" by Euripides:

1)      Medea

2)      Jason

3)      Creon

4)      Glauce (also known as Creusa)

5)      Aegeus

6)      The Chorus (Women of Corinth)

7)      Medea's children

Here are the main characters from "The Frogs" by Aristophanes:

1)      Dionysus

2)      Xanthias

3)      Heracles

4)      Aeacus

5)      Charon

6)      Pluto

7)      Euripides

8)      Aeschylus

9)      The Chorus (Frogs and Initiates)

Here are the main characters from "Phaedra" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

1)      Phaedra

2)      Hippolytus

3)      Theseus

4)      The Nurse

5)      The Chorus

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