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by Stephen Fry


  MIDAS King of Phrygia. His touch (courtesy of Dionysus) turns everything to gold.

  OENONE Mountain nymph. Daughter of the river god Cebren. Wife of Paris. Mother (by him) of Corythus. Abandoned by Paris when he returns to Troy. In revenge for Paris killing Corythus, refuses to heal him of his fatal wound; then immolates herself on Paris’s pyre.

  PANDARUS Trojan lord. Son of Lycaon. Skilled with the bow: Diomedes and Menelaus wounded by his arrows. Slain by Diomedes. In some later accounts, go-between for the star-crossed lovers Troilus and Cressida.

  PARIS Prince of Troy. Named Alexander at birth. Son of Priam and Hecuba. Brother of numerous siblings, including Cassandra, Deiphobus, Hector, Helenus, Polites, Polydorus, Polyxena and Troilus. Half-brother of Aesacus. Kinsman of Aeneas, Eurypylus, Memnon and Teucer. Fated to destroy Troy. Exposed at birth; raised in obscurity by AGELAUS. Husband of Oenone; father (by her) of Corythus. Awards Aphrodite the Apple of Discord in return for the hand (and the rest) of Helen. Abducts Helen, along with Aethra, Nicostratus and the royal treasury from Sparta. Bribes Antimachus to assassinate the deputation of Menelaus, Odysseus and Palamedes; foiled by Antenor. One of the leading Trojan warriors in the siege of Troy. Favoured by Apollo and Aphrodite until he unwittingly murders Corythus. Duels unchivalrously with Menelaus. Slayer of Achilles. Slain by Philoctetes with the arrows of Heracles.

  PENTHESILEA Queen of the Amazons. Daughter of Ares. Sister of Hippolyta. One of the leading warriors and allies on the Trojan side in the siege of Troy. Slayer of Podarces (brother of Iolaus). Slain by Achilles. Mourned by Greeks and Trojans alike – except, fatally, Thersites.

  PODARCES See Priam.

  POLITES Prince of Troy. Son of Priam and Hecuba. Brother of numerous siblings, including Cassandra, Deiphobus, Hector, Helenus, Paris, Polydorus, Polyxena and Troilus. Half-brother of Aesacus. Kinsman of Aeneas, Eurypylus, Memnon and Teucer. While still a boy, and while unarmed, slain by Neoptolemus.

  POLYDAMAS Trojan warrior. Son of Panthous. Brother of Euphorbus. Born on the same day as his friend Hector; unable to persuade him of the need for caution.

  POLYDORUS Prince of Troy. Son of Priam and Hecuba. Brother of numerous siblings, including Cassandra, Deiphobus, Hector, Helenus, Paris, Polites, Polyxena and Troilus. Half-brother of Aesacus. Kinsman of Aeneas, Eurypylus, Memnon and Teucer. Defies his father’s order not to fight. Slain as he flees from Achilles.

  POLYXENA Princess of Troy. Daughter of Priam and Hecuba. Sister of numerous siblings, including Cassandra, Deiphobus, Hector, Helenus, Paris, Polites, Polydorus and Troilus. Spared by Achilles when he sacrilegiously kills Troilus.

  PRIAM King of Troy. Named Podarces at birth. Son of Laomedon. Brother of Astyoche, Hesione and Tithonus. Kinsman of Anchises. Ransomed by Hesione from Heracles during his sack of Troy. Raises Troy to unequalled prosperity. Husband of Arisbe and Hecuba. Father of numerous children, including Aesacus (by Arisbe), and (by Hecuba) Cassandra, Deiphobus, Hector, Helenus, Paris, Polites, Polydorus, Polyxena and Troilus. Uncle of Eurypylus, Memnon and Teucer. Father-in-law of Acamas and Aeneas. Welcomes first Helen, later the wooden horse, into Troy. Ransoms Hector’s body from Achilles. Slain by Neoptolemus.

  RHESUS King of Thrace. Son of the river god Strymon and the Muse Euterpe. Possessor of horses vital to the Trojan war effort. Slain, and his horses captured, by Diomedes and Odysseus.

  SARPEDON King of Lycia. Son of Zeus and Laodamia (daughter of Bellerophon). Cousin of Glaucus. One of the leading warriors and allies on the Trojan side in the siege of Troy. Slain by Patroclus.

  TECMESSA Phrygian princess. Captured by Ajax, who goes on to capture her heart. Father (by him) of Eurysaces.

  TELEPHUS King of Mysia. Son of Heracles and Auge. Husband of Astyoche. Father (by her) of Eurypylus. Wounded, and healed, by Achilles wielding the spear of Peleus.

  THEANO Trojan priestess of Athena. Wife of Antenor. Mother (by him) of numerous, mostly ill-fated sons, including Coön and Iphidamus (both slain by Agamemnon), Demoleon (slain by Achilles) and Agenor (saved by Apollo from Achilles’ wrath). Advises the women of Troy not to become Amazons.

  TITHONUS Prince of Troy. Son of Laomedon. Brother of Astyoche, Hesione and Priam. Beloved of Eos; father (by her) of Memnon. Granted eternal life by Zeus, but not eternal youth. Turned into a grasshopper by Eos.

  TROILUS Prince of Troy. Son of Priam and Hecuba. Brother of numerous siblings, including Cassandra, Deiphobus, Hector, Helenus, Paris, Polites, Polydorus and Polyxena. Half-brother of Aesacus. Kinsman of Aeneas, Eurypylus, Memnon and Teucer. His death required to fulfil a prophecy of Troy’s fall. Sacrilegiously slain by Achilles, earning him (in part) Apollo’s fateful and deadly enmity. In some later accounts, the star-crossed lover of Cressida.

  TROS King of Dardania. Son of Erichthonius. Husband of Scamander’s daughter Callirrhoë. Father of Assaracus, Cleopatra, Ganymede and Ilus. Recipient of magical horses from Zeus. Troy named in his honour.

  Acknowledgements

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  So thank you Elliott Spencer, Jo Crocker, Anthony Goff, Jillian Taylor, Kit Shepherd, Roy McMillan and Louise Moore.

  Index

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  Acamas, 297, 330, 372

  Acastus, 31–5, 65, 365

  Achaea, 63

  Achaean fleet, 147–8, 172, 293

  Achaeans, 118–19, 157–8; encampment at Troy, 174–5; in the Wooden Horse, 309–14, 317–19

  Achates, 327

  Achilles (formerly Ligyron): birth and immersion in the Styx, 84–5; heel of, 85, 258–60; renamed Achilles by Chiron, 88, 88n; friendship with Patroclus, 89, 91; hidden on Skyros, 132–5; joins the Achaean fleet, 128–9, 136; and Iphigenia, 140–4; kills Tenes of Tenedos, 149–50; in Mysia, 268–9; held back by Calchas, 168–9; raids in the Troad, 175–6; first battle of the war, 171; kills Troilus, 180; raid on Mount Ida, 181–2; and Briseis, 182–3, 188–92; appeals to Thetis, 193; sulks in his tent, 218–20; lends Patroclus his armour, 226–7; mourns Patroclus, 233–5; armour of, 236–8, 261–7; joins battle, 238; aristeia, 239–42; kills Hector, 242–5; dishonours Hector’s body, 246–8; returns Hector’s body to Troy, 249–50; kills Penthesilea, 253–4; kills Memnon, 256; shot and killed by Paris, 257–8; tomb of, 232, 347; in List of Characters, 373

  Adonis, 126n

  Aeacus, 24–5, 27, 30, 30n, 159, 266n, 365

  Aegean islands, 119

  Aegean sea, 5, 39, 147, 172–3

  Aegeus of Athens, 331n

  Aegialia, 318

  Aegina (island), 24–5, 29

  Aegina (water nymph), 25, 28n, 30

  Aegisthus, 66–7, 81, 373

  Aeneas: birth, and friendship with Paris, 113; and the abduction of Helen, 114–15; in the Trojan Alliance, 161, 182; in battle, 208, 210, 225, 271–2; escapes being killed by Achilles, 239; rescues body of Glaucus, 259; escapes Troy, 327; in List of Characters, 381–2

  Aenius, 240

  Aeolia (later Thessaly), 29, 31n, 35

  Aeolus, 137

  Aerope, 66, 116n

  Aesacus, 49–50, 51, 382

  Aethra, 64n, 71–2, 90, 272, 315, 330–1, 331n, 332, 365

  Africa, 161

  Agamemnon: flees Mycenae for Sparta, 66–7; suitor for Helen, 73, 79; and Clytemnestra, 80–1; king of Mycenae, 90; furious at Helen’s abduction, 117–18; preparations for war, 119–21, 125–9; and Iphigenia, 136–46; sets sail for Troy, 148,
150, 153–4; arrives at Troy, 162–3, 167; and Chryseis, 183–91; dream of victory, 195; attack on Troy, 196–7, 206; in battle, 210, 223–5, 272, 276; offers to fight Ajax, 214; in tears, 216–17; appeases Achilles, 218–20, 236–7; mourns Achilles, 260; and the death of Ajax, 266; and Neoptolemus, 267–8; and the arrows of Heracles, 278–9; and the Wooden Horse, 296, 298–300; death prophesised by Cassandra, 329; saves Antenor, 331–2; in List of Characters, 373–4

  Agelaus, 51–4, 91, 93–4, 101, 105, 282, 382

  Agenor, 242

  Aias (Ajax the Lesser): King of the Locrians, 119; in battle, 196, 207, 210, 253, 272, 276; the battle for Patroclus’s body, 232, 234; heroism of, 196n; offers to fight Hector, 214; and the Wooden Horse, 299, 321; in List of Characters, 374; rapes Cassandra, 329

  Ajax (the Mighty): birth, 28, 28n; son of Telaman, 63, 91; suitor of Helen, 73; joins the Achaean fleet, 119; in battle, 171, 196, 225, 227, 230, 232, 234, 253; raiding parties, 175, 182; fearsome appearance, 197, 199–200; fights Hector in single combat, 214–15; war belt, 215, 245; rescues Teucer, 217; embassy to Achilles, 219–20; rescues Patroclus’ body, 233; defends Achilles’ body, 259; mourns Achilles, 260; madness and death, 261–7; funerary statue, 267n, 347; in List of Characters, 374

  Alcibie, 252n

  Alcimus, 238, 249, 250, 374–5

  Alcmene, 69n

  Alexander the Great, 347

  Althaemenes, 116n

  Amazons, 251–2, 252n

  Amphitryon, 69n

  Anaxibia, 66

  Anchises, 110–13, 114n, 157, 182, 327, 382

  Andromache, 90, 211–12, 246, 250, 329–30, 382

  Andromeda, 12n

  Antandre, 252n

  Antenor, 163–6, 181, 198, 215, 294, 307, 332, 382

  Antibrote, 252n

  Anticlea, 74, 123, 158n, 365

  Anticlus, 311, 318–19, 375

  Antigone (daughter of Eurytion), 30, 31, 32–3, 35, 365

  Antigone (daughter of Odysseus), 365

  Antilochus, 196, 233–4, 256, 375

  Antimachus, 165–6, 382

  Antiope, 252n

  Antiphantes, 302–3, 308

  Aphareus, 115n

  Aphidna, 71

  Aphidnus, 71

  Aphrodite: protector of Troy, 1, 157; at wedding of Peleus and Thetis, 42; and the judgement of Paris, 46–7, 61–2; mother of Aeneas, 108–13; and the abduction of Helen, 116; support for Paris, 203–4, 275; injured by Diomedes, 208; and Helen’s dream, 316; in List of Characters, 355

  Apollo: protector of Troy, 1, 157, 228–9, 248; revenge on Troy, 10–11; at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, 42; grants Cassandra gift of prophecy, 102–3; and Achilles, 180, 240–2, 257, 275; father of Tenes, 149–50; shoots plague arrows at the Greeks, 185; protects Aeneas, 208; and Hector’s fight with Ajax, 213; condemns profanities of the war, 333; in List of Characters, 355

  Apollodorus (Greek scholar), 88n, 147n

  Apple of Discord, 46–7, 157

  Aquarius (constellation), 4n

  Archaic Age, 344–5

  Archeptolemus, 217

  Ares, 8, 42, 47, 55–7, 64n, 110, 157, 207, 208–9, 210, 252, 356

  Argives, 119 see also Achaeans

  Argo (ship), 31, 36

  Argolid, 24n, 105, 141

  Argolid, 24

  Argos (city state), 7, 24n, 63, 118–19

  Arisbe, 49n

  aristeia, 207, 224, 228, 230, 239, 240

  Aristotle, 347

  Artemis, 31, 42, 137–8, 140, 157, 208, 356

  Ascanius, 327

  Asclepius, 34, 206, 276, 359

  Asius, 229

  Assaracus, 3

  Astyanax (Scamandrius), 211–12, 246, 329–30, 383

  Astydameia, 32–3, 35, 366

  Astypylus, 240

  Atalanta, 46n, 89, 366

  Athena: and the Luck of Troy, 5–6; at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, 42; and the judgement of Paris, 46–7, 60; supporter of Diomedes, 120, 158, 207–10; support for the Greeks, 157–8, 182, 205–6; and Achilles’ murder of Troilus, 180; prevents Achilles from killing Agamemnon, 189; and Hector’s fight with Ajax, 213; and Achilles’ fight with Hector, 243–4; condemns profanities on both sides, 333; in List of Characters, 356

  Athens, 119

  Atlas, 2

  Atreides, 150, 153, 163, 255, 266 see also Agamemnon; Menelaus

  Atreus, 64, 65–7, 190n, 366

  Attica, 119

  augury (oionistike), 127n

  Aulis, Boeotia, 119, 120, 125–6, 129, 140, 142

  Autolycus, 74, 75, 121, 158n, 366

  Automedon, 238, 249, 250, 375

  Axioche, 64

  Balius and Xanthus (horses), 43, 222, 238

  Bellerophon, 28n, 32, 62, 65, 160n, 228, 331n, 366

  birds, and forecasting see augury (oionistike)

  blood crime, 28, 30, 31, 65

  board games, 177, 182, 182n

  Boeotia, 119

  Boreas, 3

  Bremusa, 252n

  Briareos, 194n

  Briseis, 182–92, 218, 237, 260, 383

  Bronze Age, 126n, 335, 341–2, 345

  Browne, Thomas, 133n

  Byron, George, Lord, 348

  Cadmus, 4, 64, 64n, 367

  Calasso, Roberto, 70n

  Calchas, 80, 81, 127–9, 137–9, 145, 146, 168, 170, 180–1, 180n, 186–8, 191, 267–8, 278–9, 289, 298, 327, 375

  Calvert, Frank, 349

  Calydon, 31

  Calydonian Boar, 363

  Calydonian Boar Hunt, 190, 254n

  Cassandra: daughter of Priam and Hecuba, 90; granted gift of prophecy by Apollo, 102–3; foretells Paris’s role in the destruction of Troy, 100–3, 114; prophesises danger of Helen’s presence in Troy, 117, 164; mourns Paris, 282; warns against letting the Wooden Horse into Troy, 294, 302, 306; raped by Aias, 328–9; in List of Characters, 383

  Castor, 69, 70, 115, 200 see also Dioscuri

  ‘Catalogue of Ships,’ in Homer’s Iliad, 146, 169n

  ‘Catalogue of Trojans,’ in Homer’s Iliad, 161

  Catreus, 115, 116, 116n, 367

  Cebren (river god), 50, 55

  Cebriones, 229

  centaurs, 88n, 252n

  Cephalon of Gergitha, 274n

  Cephalonia, 74, 75n

  Cephalus, 75n

  Cercyon of Eleusis, 98

  Chadwick, John, 275n, 344n

  Chaeronea, 191n

  Chariclo, 25

  Charis, 235n

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, 179, 180–1, 252n

  Chimera, 331n, 363

  Chiron, 25, 34–9, 41, 42, 63, 87–8, 206, 362

  chronology, and myth, 81n, 148, 335–6, 345

  Chryse (city), 183, 184, 191

  Chryse (island), 150–1, 153, 153n

  Chryseis, 183–91, 383

  Chryses, 183, 184–5, 383

  Chrysippus, 64, 65, 367

  Chrysothemis, 90, 139

  Cilicia, 182

  Cinyras of Cyprus, 125–6, 126n, 375

  Classical Age, 344, 345–7

  Cleopatra, 3

  Clonie, 252n

  Clytemnestra, 69, 70, 80–1, 90, 139–43, 140, 145, 146, 329, 375

  Colchis, 127, 190

  Conan Doyle, Arthur, 148

  Coön, 224

  copper, 126n

  Corinth, 7, 24n, 63, 118

  Corythus, 92, 105, 272–4, 281–2, 383

  Cressida, 179–81, 383

  Cretan Bull, 14, 225, 364

  Crete, 119

  Creusa, 327

  Cychreus, 28, 65, 367

  Cyclades, 119

  Cycnus, 171, 383

  Cyprus, 108, 116, 125, 126n

  Cythera, 81, 108

  Daedalus, 62

  Danaan, 119 see also Achaeans

  Dante, Inferno, 323n

  Dardanelles see Hellespont

  Dardania, 2–3, 5

  Dardanian allies, 161

  Dardanus, 240

  Dardanus (city), 2, 5

  Dard
anus (son of Electra), 2, 6, 383

  Deidamia, 132, 133n, 268, 270–1, 376

  Deimos, 157n

  Deiphobus, son of Priam and Hecuba, 90; fights Paris at the funeral games, 96–102; dissuades Priam from returning Helen, 163–4; welcomes Eurypylus, 269; wounded in battle, 272; and the death of Paris, 282; marries Helen, 282, 286–7; and Sinon, 293–5; and the Wooden Horse, 302, 306–7, 309, 316–19; killed by Menelaus, 327; in List of Characters, 384

  Delphic Oracle, 152n

  Demeter, 42, 158, 356

  Demoleon, 239

  Demophon, 330, 376

  Demuchus, 240

  Derimacheia, 252n

  Derinoe, 252n

  Deucalion, 240

  Diomedes of Argos: suitor for Helen, 73; joins the Achaean fleet, 120; brings Achilles back from Skyros, 134–5; and Philoctetes, 153; protected by Athena, 158; knowns as Tydides, 168n; and Cressida, 181; in battle, 196; and the gods, 206–10; offers to fights Hector, 214; rescues Nestor, 216; stands up to Agamemnon, 217–18; kills Rhesus and his horses, 221–3; shot in the foot by Paris, 224; kills Amazon princesses, 253; prevented from avenging Thersites, 255; mourns Achilles, 260; brings Neoptolemus to Troy, 276; brings Philoctetes from the isle of Lemnos, 280; steals the Palladium, 284–9; ‘Diomedean necessity,’ 288n; and the Wooden Horse, 320–1; in List of Characters, 376

  Dionysus, 42, 64n, 158, 357

  Dioscuri, 72, 72n, 115, 200n, 331n, 376 see also Castor; Polydeuces (Pollux)

  Dodecanese, 119

  Dodona, oak grove, 36

  Dolon, 221–3, 384

  Dolopia, 144n

  Dryden, John, 348

  Dryops, 240

  Echeclus, 240

  Echeon, 320

  Egypt, 116

  Eirene, 163

  Electra, 2, 90, 139

  Elis, kingdom of, 63, 65

  Endeis, 25, 27, 362

  Eos, 12n, 156, 255, 291, 332, 359

  Epeius the Phocian, 297–9, 307, 310, 311, 320, 376

  ephebe, 128n

  Epidaurus (city state), 7, 24n

  Epigeus the Myrmidon, 228

  Erichthonius, 3, 6, 384

  Eris, 45–6, 157n, 359

  Eros, 109, 116, 360

  Ethiopians, 256, 259

  Euboea, 178

  Eudoros, 144, 145n

  Eumedes, 222

  Euphorbus, 229–30, 384

 

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