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| Aeneas | mythical hero of Troy and Rome; son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises |
| Agamemnon | king of Mycenae; Leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War |
| Ajax | also known as Aias; contributed 12 ships and many men to the Greek army sent to battle the Trojans. |
| Calypso | daughter of the Titan Atlas; entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years |
| Cassandra | blessed with the gift of foreseeing the future; her curse was that no one believed her |
| Circe | powerful enchantress; capable of turning human beings into animals |
| Clytemnestra | the wife of Agamemnon; sister of Helen; daughter of Tyndareus and Leda |
| Dido | founder and queen of Carthage; had a love affair with Trojan hero Aeneas |
| Diomedes | king of Argos; son of Tydeus; commander of 80 ships during the Trojan War |
| Discordia | also known as Eris; goddess of strife and discord; name means "disagreement" |
| Eris | also known as Discordia; goddess of strife and discord; sent the golden apple to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis |
| Golden Apple | "the fruit of discord" sent by Eris to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis |
| Hector | leader of the Trojan Army; considered the greatest warrior of Troy |
| Hecuba | wife of King Priam; mother of Cassandra, Paris and Hector |
| Helen | daughter of Zeus; her abduction led to the Trojan War |
| Iphigenia | sacrificed by her father Agamemon during the Trojan War |
| Land of Lotus Eaters | place where the natives give some of Odysseus's men the intoxicating fruit of the lotus. |
| Menalaus | king of Sparta; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War |
| Nestor | king of Pylos; helped Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece from the land of Colchis |
| Odysseus | also known as Ulysses; king of Ithaca; married his daugther Penelope; |
| Paris | son of King Priam; His seduction of Helen and refusal to return her was the cause of the Trojan War. |
| Peleus | husband of Thetis; father of hero Achilles |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus |
| Polyphemus | the giant son of Poseidon; famous Cyclops |
| Priam | last king of Troy; married to Hecuba; father of Hector and Paris |
| Sirens | singing enchantresses capable of luring passing sailors to their islands |
| Telemachus | the son of Odysseus and Penelope |
| Thetis | a sea nymph; wife of Peleus; mother of Achilles |
| Trojan Horse | huge wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. |
| Ulysses | also known as Odysseus; king of Ithaca; married his daugther Penelope; |
