Trojan Women / Iphigenia Among the Taurians / Ion
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Menelaus
In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) was a king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and a central figure in the Trojan War. He was the son of Atreus and Aerope, brother of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and, accordin...
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Orestes
In Greek mythology, Orestes (Greek: Ὀρέστης) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. When his father returned from the Trojan War, he was murdered by Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. Orestes went into exile and swore to get revenge. After he reac...
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Athena (greek Goddess)
In Greek religion and mythology, Athena or Athene (Παλλὰς Ἀθηνᾶ; Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη), is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. Minerva is the Roman...
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Thoas
In Greek mythology, Thoas was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of Cretan king Minos. Some, however, consider him to be Theseuss son, together with his brother Oenopion. Rhadamanthus, Ariadnes uncle, bequeathed Thoas the island of ...
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Pylades
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Hermes
Hermes (Greek : Ἑρμῆς) was an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia. He was second youngest of the Olympian gods.Hermes was a god of transitions and boundaries. He was quick and cunning, and moved freely between the...
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Andromache
In Greek mythology, Andromache (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη) was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled.During the Trojan War, Hector was killed by Ac...
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Hecuba
Hecuba (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη Hekábē]) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homers Iliad such as the warriors Hector a...
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Iphigeneia Princess Of Argos
In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Argos....
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Talthybius
Talthybius was herald and friend to Agamemnon in the Trojan War. He was the one who took Briseis from the tent of Achilles. Preceding the duel of Menelaus and Paris, Agamemnon charges him to fetch a sheep for sacrifice. He died at Aegium in Achaia....
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Ion (greek Mythology)
According to Greek mythology, Ion was the illegitimate child of Creüsa, daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Xuthus. Creusa conceived Ion with Apollo then she abandoned the child. Apollo asked Hermes to take Ion from his cradle. Ion was saved (and raised) b...
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Creusa
In Greek mythology, Creusa was the daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens and his wife, Praxithea...
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Xuthus
In Greek mythology, Xuthus (Xouthos) was a king of Peloponnesus and founder (through his sons) of the Achaean and Ionian nations....
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Cassandra
In Greek mythology, Cassandra (Greek Κασσάνδρα, also Κασάνδρα) was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy. When Cassandra refused Apollos attempted seduction, he placed a curse...
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Poseidon
Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea". Additionally, he is referred to as "Earth-Shaker" due to his role in causing earthqua...
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Helen Of Troy
In Greek mythology, Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda and sister of Castor, Pollux, and Clytemnestra. She was wed to king Menelaus of Sparta, but later kidnapped by Trojan Paris, thus sparking the Trojan War, earning her the metonymous epithet "The f...
