Trojan — Minor Figures
23 figures from The Iliad who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Doryclus
warrior · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · parent: Priam “Ajax then came up with his shield before him like a wall, and stood hard by, whereon the Trojans fled in all directions. Menelaus took Ulysses by the hand, and led him out of the press while his squire brought up his chariot, but Ajax rushed furiously on the Trojans and killed Doryclus, a bastard son of Priam”
Aethrae
handmaid · first appears BOOK III
- BOOK III · parent: Pittheus “Aethrae, daughter of Pittheus, and Clymene.”
- BOOK III · with Helen “She threw a white mantle over her head, and hurried from her room, weeping as she went, not alone, but attended by two of her handmaids, Aethrae, daughter of Pittheus, and Clymene.”
Helicaon
son of Antenor · first appears BOOK III
- BOOK III · married with Laodice “for Helicaon, son of Antenor, had married Laodice, the fairest of Priam’s daughters.”
- BOOK III · parent: Antenor “Helicaon, son of Antenor, had married Laodice”
Polybus
warrior · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · parent: Antenor “the three sons of Antenor, Polybus, Agenor, and young Acamas beauteous as a god.”
Ablerus
warrior · first appears BOOK VI
- BOOK VI · with Antilochus “Ablerus fell by the spear of Nestor’s son Antilochus”
Adamas
warrior · first appears BOOK XII
- BOOK XII · parent: Asius “Adamas the son of Asius”
- BOOK XIII · enemies with Meriones “Meriones followed after and hit him with a spear midway between the private parts and the navel”
Satnius
warrior · first appears BOOK XIV
- BOOK XIV · parent: Enops “Satnius son of Enops”
- BOOK XIV · enemies with Ajax son of Oileus “Ajax fleet son of Oileus began by springing on Satnius son of Enops, and wounding him with his spear”
Damasus
warrior · first appears BOOK XII
- BOOK XII · enemies with Polypoetes “Polypoetes, mighty son of Pirithous, hit Damasus with a spear”
Pylon
warrior · first appears BOOK XII
- BOOK XII · enemies with Polypoetes “He then slew Pylon and Ormenus”
Hippomachus
warrior · first appears BOOK XII
- BOOK XII · enemies with Leonteus “Leonteus, of the race of Mars, killed Hippomachus the son of Antimachus”
- BOOK XII · parent: Antimachus “Hippomachus the son of Antimachus”
Iamenus
warrior · first appears BOOK XII
- BOOK XII · enemies with Leonteus “After him he killed Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes”
Menon
warrior · first appears BOOK XII
- BOOK XII · enemies with Leonteus “After him he killed Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes”
Hyrtacus
father · first appears BOOK II
- BOOK II · child: Asius “Asius, son of Hyrtacus, a brave commander”
Pylaeus
commander · first appears BOOK II
- BOOK II · parent: Lethus “Hippothous, and Pylaeus of the race of Mars, two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus.”
- BOOK II · siblings with Hippothous “Hippothous, and Pylaeus of the race of Mars, two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus”
Hippolochus son of Antimachus
warrior · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · parent: Antimachus “Then King Agamemnon took the two sons of Antimachus, Pisander and brave Hippolochus.”
- BOOK XI · siblings with Pisander “Then King Agamemnon took the two sons of Antimachus, Pisander and brave Hippolochus.”
Cisses
father of Theano · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · child: Theano “Cisses, father to fair Theano.”
- BOOK XI · younger kin: Iphidamas “Cisses, his mother’s father, brought him up in his own house when he was a child”
Hippodamus
warrior · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · parent: Merops “the two sons of Merops of Percote”
- BOOK XI · siblings with Hypeirochus “the two sons of Merops of Percote”
Phausius
father of Apisaon · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · child: Apisaon “He struck Apisaon son of Phausius in the liver below the midriff”
Charops
warrior · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · siblings with Socus “Charops son of Hippasus own brother to noble Socus.”
Hippasus
father · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · child: Socus “Socus, son of Hippasus tamer of horses”
- BOOK XIII · parent: Hypsenor “Hypsenor son of Hippasus”
Paeon
father of Agastrophus · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · child: Agastrophus “The son of Tydeus speared Agastrophus son of Paeon in the hip-joint with his spear.”
Hippotion
father of Morys · first appears BOOK XIII
- BOOK XIII · parent: Morys “Morys son of Hippotion”
Agastrophus
warrior · first appears BOOK XI
- BOOK XI · parent: Paeon “The son of Tydeus speared Agastrophus son of Paeon in the hip-joint with his spear.”
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