Official TROJAN WAR Scorecard


GREEKS                                           TROJANS

ZEUS							ZEUS
ATHENA							APHRODITE
HERA							APOLLO
POSEIDON						ARES

MENELAUS						PRIAM
(king of Sparta, husband of Helen			king of Troy, father of Paris and Hector

AGAMEMNON						HECUBA
(king of Mycenae, Menelaus's brother			queen of Troy, wife of Priam, later a dog

ODYSSEUS						HECTOR
cleverest of the Greeks,, faithful to his wife		the Trojans' best fighter; almost as good as Achilles

ACHILLES						ANDROMACHE
the "best of the Achaeans"				wife of Hector, mother of Astyanax

DIOMEDES						ASTYANAX	
equally valuable in war and in counsel			doomed son of Andromache and Hector

AJAX THE GREATER					HELEN
son of Telamon, almost as good as Achilles		Aphrodite made her do it... right?

AJAX THE LESSER						AENEAS
son of Oileus, archer, violates Cassandra		son of Aphrodite and Anchises; later founded Rome

NEOPTOLEMUS (a/k/a PYRRHUS)				PARIS (a/k/a ALEXANDER)
Achilles's son; 9 year old Wunderkind of War		should have refused to judge that beauty contest

NESTOR							POLYXENA
3 generations old, talked ALL the time			sacrificed on Achilles's tomb

PATROCLUS						LAOCOON
close personal friend and associate of Achilles		warned Trojans about the Trojan Horse

PROTESILAUS						PENTHESILEA
first Greek casualty in the Trojan War			queen of the Amazons, killed by Achilles

PHILOCTETES						SARPEDON
stinkfooted helmsman; owner of Heracles's bow		son of Zeus, who was unable to save him

PALAMEDES						MEMNON
second wisest Greek; called Odysseus's bluff		king of Ethiopia

CALCHAS							HELENUS
official prophet of the Greeks				official prophet of the Trojans

IDOMENEUS						CASSANDRA
Cretan king, liked to fight				100% accurate prophecy ratio; never believed

THERSITES						DEIPHOBUS
prototypical Greek wise guy				married Helen after Paris's death

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