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''Whom the Gods Would Destroy'' is a novel written by Richard P. Powell. It was published in 1970 by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY. The title is currently out of print. The story is narrated through the point of view of a young boy named Helios who grows up during the Trojan War. ==Characters== The following fictional characters were invented for the novel. *Helios: The narrator of the novel. He may be an illegitimate son of King Priam. *Oliana: A Trojan bread baker. Foster mother of Helios. *Polydextus: The Trojan Master of Stables of the Dardanian Gate. Foster father of Helios. *Milentius: The Trojan son of the Captain of the Palace Guard. *Orynia: Helios' birth mother. Born on Rhodes and then became a Trojan slave. She died when Helios was born. *Sardon: A Hittite from the East who was allowed to stay at Troy because of his knowledge of horses. *Antimachus: An elderly Trojan counselor. *Sisycles: Head scribe of the Trojan palace. *Deira: The great-granddaughter of Theseus and Ariadne. She is a Cretan princess, an heiress of northern Skyros, and a priestess of Rhea. *Lycteus: A minor noble of Lyrnessus, a spy of Priam. *Thersites: An Achaean soldier. *Alcimus: A young Achaean officer. *Idaeus: The herald of Priam. The novel also includes these mythological characters from the story of the Trojan War. *Priam *Paris *Cassandra *Nestor *Apollo *Hector *Troilus *Helen *Menelaus *Andromache *Aeneas *Agamemnon *Antenor *Gaia *Laomedon *Hecuba *Achilles *Odysseus *Diomedes *Neoptolemus *Machaon *Lycomedes *Calchas *Rhesus of Thrace *Automedon *Briseis *Polyxena *Othryoneus 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「Whom the Gods Would Destroy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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