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Paris (mythology) Paris ( Ancient Greek: Πάρις ), also known as Alexander ( Ἀλέξανδρος, Aléxandros ), is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and ...
Diomedes ( / ˌdaɪəˈmiːdiːz / [ 1]) or Diomede ( / ˈdaɪəmiːd /; [ 1] Greek: Διομήδης, translit. Diomēdēs, lit. "god-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus") is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan War . He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his maternal ...
This is a list of mythological characters who appear in narratives concerning the Trojan War. Map of Homeric Greece Map of the Troad (Troas) Armies. Greek armies*
The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans ( Greeks ) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus , king of Sparta .
Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy). In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih-NEE-əs, [1] Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]; from Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας, romanized: Aineíās) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). [2]
Etruscan fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, 530–520 BC. Troilus[ 1] ( English: / ˈtrɔɪləs / or / ˈtroʊələs /; Ancient Greek: Τρωΐλος, romanized : Troïlos; Latin: Troilus) is a legendary character associated with the story of the Trojan War. The first surviving reference to him is in Homer 's Iliad, composed in the late 8th ...
Eris ( / ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs /; Greek: Ἔρις Éris, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same. Eris's Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Roman counterpart is Concordia, [ 3] though she is also described as opposing Nike, counterpart of the Roman Victoria.
In Greek mythology, Priam, the mythical king of Troy during the Trojan War, supposedly had 18 daughters and 68 sons. Priam had several wives, the primary one Hecuba, daughter of Dymas or Cisseus, and several concubines, who bore his children. There is no exhaustive list, but many of them are mentioned in various Greek myths.