Gods — Minor Figures
15 figures from The Fall of Troy who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Artemis
goddess · first appears Book I · Part 6
- Book I · Part 6 · parent: Zeus “Of Zeus, the tireless Huntress Artemis”
Cronos
father of Zeus · first appears Book I · Part 2
- Book I · Part 2 · child: Zeus “Then unto Cronos' Son Laomedon's child”
Ganymedes
son of Zeus · first appears Book VIII · Part 3
- Book VIII · Part 3 · parent: Zeus “O Father Zeus, if of thy seed I am, If at thine best I left far-famous Troy For immortality with deathless Gods,”
Eris
goddess of strife · first appears Book I · Part 2
- Book I · Part 2 · with Penthesileia “Which terrible Eris gave to Ares' child To be her Titan weapon in the strife”
Lycurgus
king who chased Dionysus · first appears Book II · Part 3
- Book II · Part 3 · with Thetis “She sheltered Dionysus, chased by might Of murderous Lycurgus from the earth.”
Enyo
goddess of war · first appears Book VIII · Part 3
- Book VIII · Part 3 · siblings with Ares “Shouted for glee Enyo, sister of War.”
- Book XIII · Part 1 · with Ares “Ares and fell Enyo maddened there: Blood ran in torrents, drenched was all the earth, As Trojans and their alien helpers died.”
Tithonus
Dawn's bedmate · first appears Book II · Part 4
- Book II · Part 4 · child: Memnon “Of old Tithonus and the Queen of Dawn.”
- Book VI · Part 1 · with Eos “Rose Dawn from Ocean and Tithonus' bed,”
Asclepius
physician · first appears Book IX · Part 3
- Book IX · Part 3 · child: Podaleirius “Calling on his physician-father's name;”
Sleep
personification · first appears Book V · Part 3
- Book V · Part 3 · with Hera “She clasped him round, And kissed him, who had been her marriage-kin”
Iris
messenger · first appears Book XIV · Part 4
- Book XIV · Part 4 · with Aeolus “Then sped she Iris unto Acolus, From heaven far-flying over misty seas, To bid him send forth all his buffering winds”
Endymion
beloved of Selene · first appears Book X · Part 3
- Book X · Part 3 · courtship with Selene “The white Moon-goddess from on high Looked on her, and remembered her own love, Princely Endymion”
the Queen of Autumn
one of the Seasons · first appears Book X · Part 3
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: Selene “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: the Sun “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
the Queen of Spring
one of the Seasons · first appears Book X · Part 3
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: Selene “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: the Sun “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
the Queen of Summer
one of the Seasons · first appears Book X · Part 3
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: Selene “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: the Sun “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
the Queen of Winter
one of the Seasons · first appears Book X · Part 3
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: Selene “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
- Book X · Part 3 · parent: the Sun “Whom radiant-faced Selene bare to the Sun”
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Extracted from the original text of The Fall of Troy. Made with Rho MD.