| A | B |
|---|
| Paris | Hector's brother |
| Helen | the fairest woman in the world |
| Menelaus | Helen's husband |
| Agamemnon | Menelaus's brother; quarrels with Achilles over Chryseis/Briseis |
| Odysseus | doesn't want to go fight the Trojan War; pretends to be crazy |
| Achilles | Greatest Greek warrior |
| Priam | King of Troy |
| Hecuba | Priam's wife |
| Hector | Greatest Trojan warrior |
| Andromache | Hector's wife |
| Chryseis | Daughter of Apollo's priest |
| Calchas | Greek sooth-sayer |
| Briseis | Achilles' war prize |
| Ajax and Diomedes | Greatest Greek warriors once Achilles quits |
| Astyanax | Hector's son |
| Nestor | Oldest and wisest of the Greek warriors |
| Patroclus | Killed by hector wearing Achilles' armor |
| Myrmidons | Achilles' men |
| Antilochus | Nestor's son |
| In medias res | in the middle (of the story/action) |
