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Priam
Hecuba
Paris
Hector
Andromache
Astyanax
Affair
Atreus
Helen
Menelaos
Hermione
Aërope
Agamemnon
(older)
Kassandra
Astyanax
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This is showing the child Astyanax being
Thrown from the walls of Troy as his mother
Andromache watches
Astyanax was the son of Hector and
Andromache. His original name was
Scamandrius but the people of Troy
nicknamed him Astyanax.
During the Trojan war Andromache
hid Astyanax in the tomb of Hector,
however the child was discovered.
The child was trown over Troys
walls by Neoptolemus also known
as Pyrrhus.
Hecuba
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Husband of King Priam of Troy. She has a total of 19 children, only a few of them
being Paris, Hector, and Kassandra. Hecuba’s father was Dymyas and her mother
was Eunoë (who was said to be the daughter of Sangarius the god of the
Sangarius River.
Hecuba also has a son with Apollo, Troilus. The prophecy said that Troy would not
be defeated if Troilus reached the age of twenty, Achilles killed him during the
Trojan War.
Hecuba was given to Odysseaus as a slave after the fall of Troy. Hecuba was the
only one to witness the death of her daughter Polyxena and her grandson
Astyanax (child of Hector and Andromache). They were sacrificed to Achilles.
Andromache
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Is the wife of Hector (in this
story a widow) and has a son
Astyanax. Her father and
brothers were also killed in the
Trojan War. Achilles killed all
those close to her. When she
was captured she was made in
to Neoptolemus’s slave and
concubine.
Neoptolemus, also Pyrrhus,
is the only son of Achilles.
His mother is Deidamea,
King Peleus’s daughter.
Greek Herald Talthybios threw
her son Astyanax from the city
walls. They feared he would
avenge his Father Hector if they
let him live.
"Andromache Mourning Hector" by Jacques-Louis David, 1783
Kassandra
Daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She is sister of
Paris and Hector. Apollo has given her the gift
of prophecy (seeing into the future) because of
her beauty. We learn that in The Oresteia, a
trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus,
that Kassandra made a promise to Apollo to be
his companion, but broke it releasing his wrath.
So no one believer her predictions.
She foresees the Trojan War and the
death of Agamemnon but can’t do
anything about it because no one believes
her.
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During the fall of Troy she hides in the
temple of Athena where she was abducted
and raped by Ajax the Lesser, then taken
as a concubine for King Agamemnon.
She is killed by Clytemnestra
(Agamemnon’s wife) and her lover
Aegisthus.
Ajax and Cassandra by
Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1886.
Helen
Before the Trojan War
The daughter of Zeus and Leda (the
wife of Spartan king Tyndareus). At
about the age of seven Theseus and
Pirithous abducted her. Theseus chose
Helen; he left her with his mother
Aethra because she was not of
marrying age.
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During the selection process of
Helen’s husband Menelaus sent his
brother Agamemnon to represent him.
Tyndareus chooses Menelaus as
Helen’s husband. However, before the
decision was made all the suitors
swore an oath to defend the chosen
husband against whoever should
come against him.
Helen of Troy
by Evelyn de Morgan (1898, London)
Helen
During/After the Trojan Women
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The Love of Helen and Paris
by Jacques-Louis David (oil on canvas, 1788, Louvre, Paris
Years later Paris had been appointed
by Zeus to proclaim the most beautiful
goddess, Aphrodite promised Paris the
most beautiful woman in the world.
Paris chooses Aphrodite’s offer earning
the wrath of Athena and Hera. So Paris
abducted Helen.
Once Menelaus discovered that his
wife was missing he called upon
Helen’s suitors to fulfill their oaths,
which began the Trojan War. There are
several theories on Helen’s role in the
Trojan War, a couple being that she
became a traitor. After the fall of Paris
and Hector, she married their younger
brother Deïphobus, but ultimately
betrayed him ask well leaving him to
Menelaus and Odysseus. In the end
when Menelaus found her he was
going to kill her, but before he could
she dropped her robe and before he
could kill her he was overwhelmed by
her beauty and could not kill her.
Menelaus
He is the King of Sparta, the
husband of Helen, and brother to
Agamemnon
When Menelaus married Helen, he
and Odysseus as well as other
suitors of Helen made a solemn
oath to defent the chosen husband
of Helen in any quarrel. When Paris
abducted Helen, Menelaus called on
this suitors to fufill their oath.
After the Trojan War, Menelaus was
returning home but his ship was
blown of course and he became
stranded in Egypt. His marriage with
Helen was strained because of the
Trojan war and because she could
not produce a male heir.
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