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| Tantalus (1) | One of Zeus' mortal sons; tried to outsmart the gods by feeding them his son Pelops whom he had cooked in a stew. Subsequently "tantalized" in Hades with food and drink that is always out of reach |
| Tantalus (2) | Clytemnestra's first husband, killed by Agamemnon |
| Paris | Trojan prince sent away to Mount Ida by his father King Priam. Priam wanted to avoid a prophecy; Paris judged the "to the fairest" contest |
| Eris | Goddess of Discord; not invited to Peleus and Thetis' wedding; got revenge by throwing the "To the fairest" apple into the party |
| Peleus | Mortal father of Achilles |
| Thetis | Nereid; mother of Achilles |
| Oenone | Paris' girlfriend at the time of the "To the Fairest" contest; refused to cure him when he comes back from Trojan war injured |
| Cheiron | Centaur who raised and instructed Achilles |
| Tyndareus | Clytemnestra's father and Helen's step-father; at Odysseus' advice, he got all of Helen's suitors to agree to support one another regardless of who "won" her hand in marriage |
| Leda | Helen and Clytemnestra's mother; seduced by Zeus in swan form, which led to Helen's birth and explains Helen's unnatural beauty |
| Pelops | Tantalus' son; cooked and served to the gods. Brought back to life with an ivory shoulder because his own had been consumed by Demeter |
| Thyestes | Fed his own children by his brother Atreus, who sought revenge after his wife had an affair with Thyestes |
| Atreus | Agamemnon and Menelaus' father; had an affair with his brother Thyestes' wife |
| Artemis | Goddess of the hunt and wild animals; angered when one of her sacred animals is slain at Aulis and won't calm the winds and allow the Greeks to sail to Troy |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of Love and Beauty who promises Paris the most beautiful woman in the world if he names her "the fairest" |
| Hera | Goddess who promises to make Paris ruler of Europe and Asia if he names her "the fairest" |
| Athena | Goddess who promises Paris to lead the Trojans in victory over the Greeks and lay Greece in ruins |
