Iris: divine messenger of the gods.

Leto: goddess mother of Apollo and Artemis.

Lycia/Lycians: region of Asia Minor whose troops, led by Sarpedon and Glaucus, are allied with the Trojans.

Machaon: leader of troops from parts of Thessaly, a healer in the Achaean army.

Meges: son of Phyleus, leader of troops from Doulichium, part of the Achaean army.

Menelaus: son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, first husband of Helen of Troy, king of Sparta, a major figure in Achaean leadership.

Menestheus: leader of Athenian soldiers fighting with the Achaeans.

Meriones: an attendant on Idomeneus, part of the Cretan contingent in the Achaean forces.

Myrmidons: troops from Thessaly under the command of Achilles.

Nestor: king of Pylos, a senior warrior among Achaeans, called "the Geranian horseman."

Odysseus: king of Ithaca, major warrior for the Achaean forces, commonly called "resilient" and "resourceful" and "cunning."

Olympus: mountain in Greece where the major gods (the Olympians) live.

Ouranos: divine father of Cronos.

Pandarus: son of Lycaon, leader of troops from Zeleia, part of the Trojan forces.

Paris: son of Priam and Hecuba, brother of Hector, abductor of Helen from Menelaus, also called Alexander.

Patroclus: son of Menoetius, an Achaean warrior and special comrade of Achilles.

Peleus: father of Achilles.

Phoebus: see Apollo.