Gods & Goddesses
Eris
Eris was an instigator and also a manipulator of both the Gods and men. She was the goddess of Discord. She indirectly caused the war due to her jealousy of not being invited to the wedding of King Peleus and sea nymph Thetis, and she gave the Golden Apple of Discord to “the fairest one.”
Agamemnon
Agamemnon was the Greek commander during the war. He killed Antiphus and many other soldiers. Agamemnon is a strong warrior whose skills far exceed the average.
Patroclus
As Achilles’ closest ally, he fought for the Greeks during the Trojan War.
King Priam
Priam snuck into the Greek camp to beg for Hector’s body. His kindness eventually defeats Achilles’ rage, granting Priam his body. However, after the ploy involving the Trojan Horse, Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, slaughtered him.
Explain how Odysseus tried to avoid the war
An oracle told him that if he went to war, he would be there for 20 years and he would return as a beggar. So he pretended that he was angry and sowed his fields with salt rather than seeds.
Athena
Athena sided with the Greeks during the Trojan War, ensuring that her most favored Archaean warriors would be kept safe. She fought with her brother, Ares, over his role of defending the Trojans.
Menelaus
Menelaus was the central figure who led the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, a co-commander of a sort who led under his brother Agamemnon.
Kalchas
He is the celebrated seer who was with the Greeks when they made the expedition to Troy. He apparently knew the past, present, and future well. Before the war began, he predicted that it would last 10 years.
Hector
Hector was a well-known Hero of the Trojans who led the Trojan Army into battle and killed countless Greek soldiers. However, Achilles eventually defeated him in a one-on-one duel just by the gates of Troy.
Explain how Achilles tried to avoid the war
He let Patroclus wear his armor as a diversion
Aphrodite
Aphrodite bribed Paris with the offering of the most beautiful mortal alive, Helen of Sparta. Paris agreed, thus naming Aphrodite the winner. Aphrodite then convinced Helen to leave her husband, Menelaus, in favor of Paris, which is the main cause of the start of the Trojan War.
Odysseus
Odysseus was a well-known Greek warrior who fought during the Trojan War. His great intelligence helped him devise the army's plan to destroy the city of Troy, thus ending the War.
Ajax
During the war, he mainly played the defensive role. He held scout over the Greek camp, ships, and Patroclus’s body. When the Trojans were on the offensive, he was often known for covering the retreat of the Arameans.
Cassandra
She foresaw the Greek strategy of the Trojan Horse
Explain why the Greeks were cursed by Apollo
A priest called to Apollo to avenge him since Agamemnon took his daughter as a war prize
Hera
Hera supported the Greeks in the Trojan War out of hate for the Trojans because Paris decided that Aphrodite was the most beautiful Goddess. Hera made many attempts to stop the Trojan army.
Helen
In Menelaus's absence, Helen escaped to Troy with Paris, which ultimately caused the war.
Thetis
Her role in the war was to influence and protect her son, Achilles, while at war.
Explain how the Trojan War started
The Trojan War was caused by Paris when he took Menelaus’s wife, Helen, away to Troy.
Explain why Achilles refused to fight
Agamemnon took Achilles’ concubine which was a war prize for him
Apollo
Apollo fought at Troy’s side. He sent arrows coated with disease into the Greek camp, making many of their soldiers weak and ill. Later, after Achilles defeats Hector, Apollo guides an arrow into Achilles’ heel, killing him.
Achilles
He defeated the Trojan Prince, Hector, in a one-on-one duel just outside Troy's gates.
Paris (Alexander)
Paris was mainly responsible for the start of the Trojan War since his complement was given to Aphrodite, assuring that Helen would fall in love with him. In doing this, Paris would later escort Helen with him while King Melenaus wasn’t watching.
Explain how the Greeks won the Trojan War
The Trojans were defeated after the Greeks left behind a large wooden horse then acted like they were sailing home. The horse was filled with Greek warriors
Explain how Patroclus died
Hector stabbed him in the stomach with a spear