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she holds him. Since the Iliad and Odyssey were myy primaryy sources of
inspiration, and since their interpretation seemed more realistic, I chose to
follow the older tradition.
AENEAS. The son of the goddess Aphrodite and the mortal Anchises, the
Trojan noble Aeneas was renowned for his pietyy. He fought bravelyy in the
Trojan War but is best known for his adventures afterwards. As Vergil tells
in the Aeneid, Aeneas escaped the fall of Troyy and led a group of survivors
to Italyy, where he married a native princess and founded the Roman people.
AGAMEMNON. The brother of Menelaus, Agamemnon ruled Myycenae, the
largest kingdom in Greece, and served as the over-general of the Greek
expedition to Troyy. During the war he often quarreled with Achilles, who
refused to acknowledge Agamemnon’s right to command him. Upon
Agamemnon’s return home after the war, he was murdered byy his wife,
Clyytemnestra. Aeschyylus depicts this incident and its aftermath in his
famous tragic cyycle the Oresteia.
AJAX. The king of Salamis and a descendent of Zeus, who was known for
his enormous size and strength. He was the second greatest Greek warrior
after Achilles, and memorablyy stood against the Trojans’ attack on the
Greek camp when Achilles refused to fight. However, after Achilles’ death,
when Agamemnon chose to honor Odyysseus as the most valuable member
of the Greek armyy, Ajax went mad with grief and rage, and killed himself.
His storyy is movinglyy told in Sophocles’ tragedyy Ajax.
ANDROMACHE. Born a princess of Cilicia, near Troyy, she became the loyyal
and loving wife of Hector. She hated Achilles, who had killed her familyy in
a raid. During the sack of Troyy, she was taken captive byy Pyyrrhus and
carried back to Greece. After Pyyrrhus’ death, she and Helenus, Hector’s
brother, founded the cityy of Buthrotum, which theyy built to resemble the
lost Troyy. Vergil tells their storyy in Book 3 of the Aeneid.
AUTOMEDON. Achilles’ charioteer, skilled at handling his divine, headstrong
horses. After Achilles’ death, he served his son Pyyrrhus.
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