In Greek mythology, the Achaean Leaders were those who led the expedition to Troy to retrieve the abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Most of the leaders were bound by the Oath of Tyndareus who made the Suitors of Helen swear that they would defend and protect the chosen husband of Helen against any wrong done against him in regard to his marriage.
Ethnicity | Leader | Suitor of Helen | Sources | |||||||||||||
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Homer | Ships | Euripides | Ships | Apollodorus | Ships | Dictys | Ships | Hyginus | Ships | Malalas [1] | Ships | Dares | Ships | |||
Boeotians | Thersander | ✓ | 50 of 120 men each | 10 leaders | 40 | ✓ | 50 | |||||||||
Peneleos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 50 | ||||||||
Leitus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ||||||||
Clonius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | |||||||||||
Arcesilaus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 50 | |||||||||||
Prothoenor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Minyans (Orchomenians) | Ascalaphus | ✓ | ✓ | 30 | 4 leaders | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ||
Ialmenus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
Phocēans | Epistrophus | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | [2] | 4 leaders | 40 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | |
Schedius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Locrians | Ajax the Lesser | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | (50?) | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 20 | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | 37 |
Abantes of Euboea | Elephenor | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 60 | ||||
Athenians | Menestheus | ✓ | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ||
Acamas | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Demophon | ✓ | ✓ [3] | 60 | |||||||||||||
Salamineans | Ajax | ✓ | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 11? |
Teucer | ✓ | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Argives | Diomedes | ✓ | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 80 |
Sthenelus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 25 | ✓ | ||||||||||
Euryalus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 15 | ✓ | |||||||||||
Amphilochus | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Phoenix | ✓ | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Cycnus | ✓ | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Mycenaeans | Agamemnon | ✓ | 100 | ✓ | 100 | ✓ | 100 | ✓ | 100 | ✓ | 100 | ✓ | 100 + 30 [4] | ✓ | 100 | |
Adrastus | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Amarynceus | ✓ | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Nereus | ✓ | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Lacedaemonians | Menelaus | ✓ | ✓ | 60 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 60 | ✓ | 60 | ✓ | 60 | ✓ | 60 | ||
No name given. | Nestor | ✓ | 90 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 90 | ✓ | 90 | ✓ | 90 | ✓ | 80 | |
Antilochus | ✓ | ✓ | 20 | |||||||||||||
Arcadians | Agapenor | ✓ | ✓ | 60 | ✓ | 7 | ✓ | 60* | ✓ | 60 | ✓ | 60 | ||||
Epeans of Elis | Amphimachus | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ||
Thalpius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
Diōres | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Polyxenus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | ||||||||||
Eurytus | ✓ | ? | ||||||||||||||
Taphians | ||||||||||||||||
Meges | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 60 | |||||
Men of Dulichium | ✓ | 40 | ||||||||||||||
Cephallenians | Odysseus | ✓ | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 12 |
Aetolians | Thoas | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 15 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ||
Cretans | Idomeneus | ✓ | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 80 | ✓ | 80 | ||||
Meriones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
Rhodians | Tlepolemus | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | 9 | ||
Symians | Nireus | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 3 | ✓ | 3 | ✓ | 16 | ✓ | 53 | ||
No name given | Phidippus | ✓ | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 68 | ✓ | 30 | ||||
Antiphus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
Sorthes | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Pelasgians, Myrmidons, | Achilles | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 50 | |
Patroclus | ✓ | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
Neoptolemus | ||||||||||||||||
No name given(Scyrians) | Automedon | ✓ | 10 | |||||||||||||
No name given | Protesilaus | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | (✓) | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | |
Podarces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
No name given | Eumelus | ✓ | ✓ | 11 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 11 | ✓ | 11 | ✓ | 8 | ✓ | 11 | ✓ | 10 |
Mothone | Philoctetes | ✓ | ✓ | 7 [5] | ✓ | 7 | ✓ | 7 | ✓ | 7 | ✓ | 22 | ✓ | 7 | ||
Medon | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
No name given | Machaon | ✓ | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 20 | ✓ | 32 | ||||||
Podalirius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ✓ | ||||||||
Asterion [6] | Eurypylus | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ||
Lapiths | Leonteus | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 19 | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | 40 | ||||
Polypoetes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
Enienes, | Guneus | ✓ | 22 | ✓ | 12 | ✓ | 22 | ✓ | 22 | ✓ | 21 | |||||
Peraebi | Nereus | ✓ | 22 | |||||||||||||
Magnetes | Prothous | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ||
Magnitor | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
No name given | Palamedes | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 12 | |||||||||||
Tricca [6] | Calchas | ✓ | 20 | ✓ | 40 | |||||||||||
No name given | Mopsus | ✓ | 20 | |||||||||||||
No name given | Epeius | ✓ | 30 | |||||||||||||
No name given | Agenor | ✓ | 60 | |||||||||||||
Teuthides | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Amphigenia [6] | Amphigenias | ✓ | 43 | |||||||||||||
TOTAL | 63 | 39 | 49 | 1,186 | 21 | 434? |
Ethnic group | Contingent | Leader | Parentage | Abode | |
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Boeotians | • Anthedon • Arne • Aulis • Copae • Coroneia • Eilesium • Eleon • Erythrae • Eteonus • Eutresis • Glisas • Graia • Harma • Hyle | • Hyria • Medeon • Midea • Nisa • Ocalea • Peteon • Plataea • Schoenus • Scolus • Thebes • Thespeia • Thisbe | Thersander | son of Polynices and Argea | Thebes |
Peneleos | son of Hippalcimus and Asterope [7] | Boeotia | |||
Leitus | son Alector [8] and Polybule [9] or of Lacritus and Cleobule [10] or of Gaia (Earth) [11] | Boeotia | |||
Clonius | son of Alegenor [12] or of Alector and Acteis [13] or of Lacritus and Cleobule [10] | Boeotia | |||
Arcesilaus | son of Areilycus [14] [12] and Theobule or of Alector and Cleobule [15] | Boeotia | |||
Prothoenor | son of Areilycus [14] [12] and Theobule or of Alector and Arteis [16] | Boeotia | |||
Minyans | • Aspledon | • Orchomenus | Ascalaphus | sons of Ares and Astyoche | Orchomenus |
Ialmenus | |||||
Phocēans | • Anemorea • river Cephissus • Crisa • Daulis | • Hyampolis • Lilaea • Panopeus • Pytho | Epistrophus | sons of Iphitus and Hippolyte or Thrasybule | Crissa |
Schedius | |||||
Locrians | • Augeae • Bessa • Kynos | • Opoüs • Scarphe • Tarphe • Thronium | Ajax the Lesser | son of Oileus and Eriopis or Rhene | Opuntian Locris |
Abantes of Euboea | • Carystus • Chalcis • Eretria | • Dium • Histiaea • Styra | Elephenor | son of Chalcodon by either Imenarete, Melanippe or Alcyone. | Euboea |
Athenians | • Athens | Menestheus | son of Peteos and either Polyxene or Mnesimache [17] | Athens | |
Acamas | son of Theseus and Phaedra | ||||
Demophon | son of Theseus and Phaedra [18] [19] or Iope [20] | ||||
Salamineans | • Salamis | Ajax | son of Telamon and Periboea | Salamis | |
Teucer | son of Telamon and Hesione | ||||
Argives | • Aegina • Argos • Asine • Eїonae | • Hermione • Mases • Tiryns • Troezen | Diomedes | son of Tydeus and Deipyle | Argos |
Sthenelus | son of Capaneus [21] [22] and Evadne [7] | ||||
Euryalus | son of Mecisteus and Astyoche [23] | ||||
Amphilochus | son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle | ||||
Mycenaeans | • Aegium • Cleonae • Corinth • Gonoessa • Helice | • Hyperesia • Mycenae • Orneae • Pellene • Sicyon | Agamemnon | sons of Atreus and Aerope or Pleisthenes and Cleolla [24] | Mycenae |
Lacedaemonians | • Amyclae • Augeae • Bryseae • Helos • Laas | • Messe • Oetylus • Pharis • Sparta | Menelaus | Sparta | |
No name given. | • Aipy • Amphigenea • Arēne • Cyparisseis • Dorium, | • Helos • Pteleum • Pylos • Thryum | Nestor | son of Neleus and Chloris | Pylos |
Antilochus | son of Nestor either by Anaxibia [25] or Eurydice. [26] | ||||
Arcadians | • Cyllene • Enispe • Mantinea | • Pheneus • Rhipae • Stratie • Tegea | Agapenor | son of Ancaeus and Iotis [7] | Arcadia |
Epeans of Elis | • Alesium • Buprasium • Hyrmine | • Myrsinus • Olene | Amphimachus | son of Cteatus and Theronice [27] | Elis |
Thalpius | son of Eurytus and Theraephone | ||||
Diōres | son of Amarynceus and Mnesimache [28] | ||||
Polyxenus | son of Agasthenes and Peloris | ||||
Men of Dulichium | • Dulichium | • Echinean Islands | Meges | son of Phyleus either by Eustyoche, [29] [30] Ctimene, Timandra, [31] Hagnete or Ctesimache [32] | Dulichium |
Cephallenians | • Aegilips • Crocylea • Ithaca | • Neritum • Same | Odysseus | son of Laertes or Sisyphus and Anticleia | Ithaca |
Aetolians | • Calydon • Chalcis • Olenus | • Pleuron • Pylene | Thoas | son of Andraemon and Gorge | Calydon |
Cretans | • Knossos • Gortys • Lycastus • Lyktos | • Miletus • Phaistos • Rhytium | Idomeneus | son of Deucalion and Cleopatra [33] [34] | Crete |
Meriones | son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe [35] | ||||
Rhodians | • Cameirus • Ielysus | • Lindus | Tlepolemus | son of Heracles and Astyoche [36] [37] or Astydameia [38] [39] | Rhodes |
Symians | • Symi | Nireus | son of Charopus and Aglaea [40] [41] [42] [43] | Syme | |
No name given. | • Calydnian Islands • Casus, • Cos | • Crapathus • Nisyrus | Phidippus | sons of Thessalus | Cos |
Antiphus | Cos | ||||
Pelasgians, | • Alope • Alos | • Phthia • Trachis | Achilles | son of Peleus and Thetis | Phtia |
Neoptolemus | son of Achilles and Deidamia | Phtia | |||
Patroclus | son of Menoetius by either Damocrateia, [44] Sthenele, Periopis or Polymele [45] [46] | Phtia | |||
No name given | • Antrium • Iton • Phylace | • Pyrasus • Pteleum | Protesilaus | sons of Iphiclus and Diomedeia [47] or of Phylacus and Astyoche [48] | Phylace |
Podarces | Phylace | ||||
No name given | • Boebe • Glaphyrae | • Iolcus • Pherae | Eumelus | son of Admetus and Alcestis | Pherae |
No name given | • Meliboea • Methone | • Thaumacia | Philoctetes | son of Poeas | Meliboea |
Medon | son of Oileus and Rhene [49] | ||||
No name given | • Ithome • Oechalia | • Tricca | Machaon | sons of Asclepius | Tricca |
Podalirius | |||||
No name given | • Asterius • Hypereia (fountain) | • Ormenius • Titanus | Eurypylus | son of Euaemon and Deipyle (Deityche) [50] or Ops [29] | Ormenios |
Lapiths | • Argissa • Elone • Gyrtone | • Oloösson • Orthe | Leonteus | son of Coronus | Gyrtonne |
Polypoetes | son of Pirithous and Hippodamia | ||||
Enienes, Peraebi | • Cyphus • Dodona (Thessalian) | • Gonnos | Guneus | son of Ocytus by either Aurophyte or Tauropoleia or Hippodameia [51] | |
Magnetes | • Peneus | • Mt. Pelion | Prothous | son of Tenthredon and Eurymache or Cleobule | Magnesia |
No name given | • Acarnania | Calchas | son of Thestor and Polymele [52] | ||
No name given | • Colophon | Mopsus | son of Manto and Rhacius or Apollo | ||
No name given | • Islands of the Cyclades | Epeus | son of Panopeus and Asterodia |
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In Greek mythology, the name Guneus or Gouneus may refer to:
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In Greek mythology, the female name Polymede may refer to:
In Greek mythology, Antiope or Antiopa may refer to the following
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In Greek mythology, Alcyone was the name of the following personages.
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