Othryoneus

Youth, marriage, combat

Young Trojan warrior who left his bride to fight at Troy and was killed by Agamemnon

Marriage, Trojan alliance

Son-in-law of Priam from the island of Imbros who fought and died defending Troy

Combat, Mysian alliance

Son of Telephus and leader of the Mysians who came late to Troy's defence and was killed by Neoptolemus

None recorded

Prominent suitor of Penelope who used charm and deception to dominate Odysseus' hall

King of Mycenae

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

Combat, Greek alliance

Greek warrior who fought at Troy and was killed during the great battles around the ships

strength

Strongest of the Argonauts, who kidnapped his bride from Apollo and later died fighting the Dioscuri.

King of Sparta, husband of Helen

Menelaus was the king of Sparta whose stolen wife Helen was the cause of the Trojan War — yet he survived the war, the return, and old age, a rare happy ending among Greek heroes.

Son of Achilles

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

war

Trojan prince who married Helen after Paris was killed, making him the last husband of the most contested woman in myth.

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.

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.