Trojans — Minor Figures

8 figures from The Metamorphoses of Ovid who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Dolon

spy · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · enemies with Ulysses “I slew Dolon, one of the Phrygian race”
• Fable 99 · enemies with Diomedes “Ulysses and Diomedes compelled Dolon to disclose what was going on in the Trojan camp”

Hecuba

queen · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · with Ulysses “Hecuba becomes the slave of Ulysses.”
• Fable 99 · with Ulysses “Hecuba becomes the slave of Ulysses”

Rhesus

king · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · enemies with Ulysses “Not content with that, I sought the tent of Rhesus, and in his own camp slew himself and his attendants.”
• Fable 99 · enemies with Diomedes “Rhesus ... was slain by Ulysses and Diomedes”

Helenus

prophet · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · parent: Priam “Helenus, the son of Priam”

Astyanax

son of Hector · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · parent: Andromache “He was the only child of Hector and Andromache.”

Polydorus

prince · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · guardian: Polymnestor “There, was the rich palace of Polymnestor, to whom thy father, Polydorus, entrusted thee, to be brought up privately, and removed thee afar from the Phrygian arms.”
• Fable 99 · with Polymnestor “the wicked king of the Phrygians took a sword, and plunged it in the throat of his fosterchild”

Bryses

father of Briseïs · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · child: Briseïs “Hippodamia, or Briseïs, the daughter of Bryses”

Briseïs

captive · first appears Fable 99

• Fable 99 · parent: Bryses “Hippodamia, or Briseïs, the daughter of Bryses”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.