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This is a list of the main characters that appear in the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'' by Homer. ==Greeks in the Trojan War== *Achilles (), the leader of the Myrmidons (), son of Peleus and Thetis and the principal Greek champion whose anger is one of the main elements of the story. *Agamemnon (), King of Mycenae, supreme commander of the Achaean armies whose actions provoke the feud with Achilles; elder brother of King Menelaus. *Ajax or Aias (), also known as Telamonian Ajax (he was the son of Telamon) and Greater Ajax, was the tallest and strongest warrior (after Achilles) to fight for the Achaeans. *Ajax the Lesser, an Achaean commander, son of Oileus often fights alongside Great Ajax; the two together are sometimes called the "Ajaxes" (, ''Aiante''). *Calchas (), a powerful Greek prophet and omen reader, who guided the Greeks through the war with his predictions. *Diomedes (also called "Tydides")() - the youngest of the Achaean commanders, famous for wounding two gods, Aphrodite and Ares. *Helen () the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits Menelaus in Sparta. With the assistance of Aphrodite, Paris and Helen fall in love and elope back to Troy, but in Sparta her elopement is considered an abduction. *Idomeneus, () King of Crete and Achaean commander. Leads a charge against the Trojans in Book 13. *Menelaus (), King of Sparta and the abandoned husband of Helen. He is the younger brother of Agamemnon. *Nestor (), of Gerênia and the son of Neleus. He was said to be the only one of his brothers to survive an assault from Heracles. Oldest member of the entire Greek army at Troy. *Odysseus (), another warrior-king, famed for his cunning, who is the main character of another (roughly equally ancient) epic, the ''Odyssey''. *Patroclus (), beloved companion to Achilles. *Phoenix, an old Achaean warrior greatly trusted by Achilles, acts as mediator between Achilles and Agamemnon. *Teucer, Achaean archer, half-brother of Ajax. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Homeric characters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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