- Achilles-Greek: son of King Pelias; main hero of Trojan War
- Agamemnon-Greek: brother and leader of Greek Army; King of Mycenae
- Agelaos: servant who takes Paris to wilderness; raises Paris as his own
- Agelaos-trojan: chief herdsman and adopted father of Paris
- Aphrodite: goddess of beauty
- Athene: goddess of wisdom
- Briseis-Greek: love of Achilles; stolen by Agamemnon
- Cassandra-trojan: daughter/prophetess of King Priam
- Chiron-Greek: the centaur; adopted father of Achilles
- Deiphobus-trojan: son of King Priam
- Eris: goddess of discord; not invited
- Hector-trojan: eldest son of King Priam; main hero of Trojan War
- Helen-Greek: most beautiful woman in the world, stolen by Paris, which caused the Trojan War
- Hera: wife of Zeus
- Homer: Iliad writer
- King Menelaus-Greek: of Sparta;husband of Helen
- King Pelias-Greek: husband of Thetis(sea nymph)
- King Priam-trojan: dreams of the destruction of Troy; Hecuba's husband
- Odysseus-Greek: King of Ithaca; creator of the Trojan horse
- Paris-trojan: son of King Priam; cause of Trojan War
- Patroclus-Greek: cousin to Achilles
- Rosemary Sutcliff: author of book