Chryses

Captive who caused the quarrel of the Iliad

Chryseis was the priest's daughter whose captivity by Agamemnon and forced return sparked the quarrel with Achilles that drives the entire Iliad.

captivity

Daughter of Apollo's priest Chryses whose capture by Agamemnon triggered the plague and quarrel that opens the Iliad.

Son of Achilles

Neoptolemus was Achilles' fierce son, brought to Troy because a prophecy declared the city could not fall without him.

King of Mycenae

Agamemnon led the Greek coalition against Troy but was murdered upon return by his wife Clytemnestra.

Queen who murdered Agamemnon

Clytemnestra murdered Agamemnon on his return from Troy, driven by rage over Iphigenia's sacrifice.

King of Argos who wounded gods

Diomedes was the only mortal in the Iliad to wound two Olympian gods in a single day.

Motherhood, Captivity, Loyalty

Princess of Troezen, mother of Theseus, who became a captive slave in Troy.

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First wife of Heracles, given to him as a reward and later killed in his madness

War prize whose seizure caused Achilles' withdrawal

Briseis was the captive woman taken from Achilles by Agamemnon — the cause of Achilles' wrath that nearly destroyed the Greek army at Troy.

Princess sacrificed for the Trojan War

Iphigenia was Agamemnon's eldest daughter, sacrificed at Aulis to gain winds for Troy — or rescued at the last moment by Artemis and whisked to Tauris.

Queen of Troy

Hecuba was the queen of Troy who watched her husband, sons, and city destroyed — embodying the total devastation that war inflicts on women.

Epigoni, Vengeance, Thebes

Son of Parthenopaeus and member of the Epigoni who succeeded in sacking Thebes where his father had failed.