All The Song Of Achilles characters Listed With Descriptions

All T characters Listed With Descriptions

THE SONG OF ACHILLES

by Madeline Miller

Characters By Chapter

EDITOR:
Remy Hale

QUICK EDITION (QE)

CH	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	DESCRIPTION
1	Peleus		King of Phthia and Achilles's father.
2	Tyndareus		King of Sparta.
	Leda		Wife of Tyndareus.
	Zeus		King of the gods in ancient mythology.
	Clytemnestra		Wife of Agamemnon.
	Castor		Brother of Clytemnestra.
	Helen		Famously beautiful Spartan princess.
	Danae		Princess, mother of Perseus.
	Perseus		Son of Zeus.
	Heracles		Known as Hercules; popular Greek hero.
	Philoctetes		Comrade of Heracles.
	Idomeneus		King of Crete.
	Menelaus		Son of Atreus; King of Sparta.
	Menoitius		A king and one of the Argonauts.
	Laertes		Father of Odysseus.
	Patroclus		Son of Menoitius; Achilles's companion.
	Ajax		Son of Telamon.
3	Odysseus		A Greek hero, King of Ithaca.
	Clysonymus		Son of a nobleman at the palace.
	Thetis		Greek sea goddess; mother of Achilles.
	Proteus		Father of Thetis.
	Achilles		Greek hero; son of Peleus and Thetis.
5	Eleithyia		Goddess of childbirth.
6	Oroheus		One of the handful of Greek heroes.
7	Meleager		A Greek hero.
8	Chiron		Centaur and teacher of heroes like Achilles and Jason.
9	Andromeda		Princess in Greek mythology.
	Perseus		Greek hero who slew Medusa.
	Pegasus		Winged horse from Greek mythology.
	Medusa		One of the three Gorgons.
	Asclepius		Greek god of medicine and healing.
	Apollo		Greek and Roman god of music, prophecy, and healing.
	Centaur		Creature with upper human body and lower horse body.
10	Theseus		Greek hero.
	Jason		Hero tutored by Chiron.
	Bellerophon		Greek hero.
	Chimera		Fire-breathing monster from Greek myth.
11	Menelaus		Greek hero, King of Sparta.
	Priam	King	Last King of Troy.
	Phoinix	Lord	Achilles's tutor.
	Antenor		Counselor to King Priam of Troy.
	Europylus		Thessalian king.
	Machaon		Son of Asclepius.
	Idomeneus		Cretan king and commander.
	Diomedes		Greek hero of the Trojan War.
12	Lycomedes	King	King of the island of Scyros.
	Deidameia	Princess	Princess of Scyros.
	Chironides		Son of Chiropractic.
	Pyrrha		Wife of Deucalion in Greek mythology.
14	Penelope		Wife of Odysseus.
15	Hector		Trojan prince.
	Nestor	King	Legendary king of Pylos.
	Paris		Trojan prince.
	Troilus		Youngest legitimate son of King Priam.
	Tantalus		Son of Zeus.
	Pelops		King of Pisa in Greek mythology.
	Atreus		Son of Pelops.
	Thyestes		Son of Pelops.
17	Myrmidon		Refers to Achilles's royal soldiers.
18	Calchas		Argive seer (mantis).
	Artemis		Greek goddess of the hunt and wild animals.
	Agamemnon		Leader of the Greek army during the Trojan War.
	Iphigenia		Daughter of Agamemnon.
19	Meriones		Cretan son of Molus and Memphis.
	Automedon		Son of Diores.
	Protisilaus		Greek hero.
20	Teucer		Son of King Telamon.
21	Briseis		Virgin priestess of Apollo.
22	Aphrodite		Greek goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure.
23	Antilochus		Prince of Pylos.
	Podalirius		Son of Asclepius.
	Andromache		Wife of Hector.
	Eetion	King	Father of Andromache.
24	Sthenelus		Son of Perseus.
	Podarces		Son of Iphiclus.
	Neoptolemus		Also called Pyrrhus; son of Achilles.
25	Chryseis		Trojan woman, daughter of Chryses.
	Talthybius		Friend of Agamemnon.
26	Eurybates		Herald sent by Agamemnon to retrieve Briseis.
	Sarpedon		Son of Zeus.
28	Cleopatra		Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
32	Memnon		King of Aethiopia.

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