Achaean — Minor Figures

25 figures from The Iliad who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Alcimus

attendant · first appears BOOK XIX

• BOOK XIX · with Achilles “Automedon and Alcimus busied themselves with the harnessing of his horses”
• BOOK XXIV · with Achilles “only two, the hero Automedon, and Alcimus of the race of Mars, were busy in attendance about his person”

Neoptolemus

son of Achilles · first appears BOOK XIX

• BOOK XIX · parent: Achilles “though I should hear that my son is no more—he who is being brought up in Scyros—if indeed Neoptolemus is still living”

Eioneus

warrior · first appears BOOK VII

• BOOK VII · enemies with Hector “Hector threw a spear at Eioneus and struck him dead”
• BOOK X · child: Rhesus “Rhesus son of Eioneus for their king”

Bienor

leader · first appears BOOK XI

• BOOK XI · enemies with Agamemnon “Agamemnon led them on, and slew first Bienor, a leader of his people”
• BOOK XI · with Agamemnon “Agamemnon led them on, and slew first Bienor, a leader of his people”

Thootes

messenger · first appears BOOK XII

• BOOK XII · with Menestheus “Menestheus, therefore, sent Thootes with a message to Ajax”
• BOOK XII · with Ajax son of Telamon “The messenger did as he was told, and set off running along the wall of the Achaeans. When he reached the Ajaxes he said to them”

Tychius

shield-maker · first appears BOOK VII

• BOOK VII · with Ajax son of Telamon “a shield of bronze with seven folds of ox-hide—the work of Tychius, who lived in Hyle and was by far the best worker in leather.”

Hecamede

servant · first appears BOOK XI

• BOOK XI · employer: Nestor “Fair Hecamede, whom Nestor had had awarded to him from Tenedos when Achilles took it”
• BOOK XI · parent: Arsinous “she was daughter of wise Arsinous”

Alcmaon

warrior · first appears BOOK XII

• BOOK XII · enemies with Sarpedon “Sarpedon was stung with grief when he saw Glaucus leave him, still he did not leave off fighting, but aimed his spear at Alcmaon the son of Thestor and hit him”
• BOOK XII · parent: Thestor “Alcmaon the son of Thestor”

Pandion

attendant · first appears BOOK XII

• BOOK XII · with Teucer “with Pandion to carry Teucer’s bow”

Iphinous

warrior · first appears BOOK VII

• BOOK VII · parent: Dexius “Glaucus, moreover, son of Hippolochus, captain of the Lycians, in hard hand-to-hand fight smote Iphinous son of Dexius on the shoulder”
• BOOK VII · enemies with Glaucus “Glaucus, moreover, son of Hippolochus, captain of the Lycians, in hard hand-to-hand fight smote Iphinous son of Dexius on the shoulder”