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InGreek mythology, theAchaean Leaders were those who led the expedition toTroy to retrieve the abductedHelen, wife ofMenelaus, king ofSparta. Most of the leaders were bound by the Oath ofTyndareus who made theSuitors 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ofEuboea | 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 ofElis | Amphimachus | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ||
| Thalpius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Diōres | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| Polyxenus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Eurytus | ✓ | ? | ||||||||||||||
| Taphians | ||||||||||||||||
| Meges | ✓ | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 40 | ✓ | 60 | |||||
| Men ofDulichium | ✓ | 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 | |||||||||||||
| Teuthis | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Amphigenia[6] | Amphigenias | ✓ | 43 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 63 | 39 | 49 | 1,186 | 21 | 434? | ||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Contingent | Leader | Parentage | Abode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeotians | •Anthedon •Arne •Hyle | •Hyria •Nisa | Thersander | son ofPolynices andArgea | Thebes |
| Peneleos | son ofHippalcimus andAsterope[7] | Boeotia | |||
| Leitus | sonAlector[8] andPolybule[9] or ofLacritus andCleobule[10] or ofGaia (Earth)[11] | Boeotia | |||
| Clonius | son ofAlegenor[12] or of Alector andActeis[13] or of Lacritus and Cleobule[10] | Boeotia | |||
| Arcesilaus | son ofAreilycus[14][12] andTheobule or of Alector and Cleobule[15] | Boeotia | |||
| Prothoenor | son ofAreilycus[14][12] andTheobule or of Alector andArteis[16] | Boeotia | |||
| Minyans | •Aspledon | •Orchomenus | Ascalaphus | sons ofAres andAstyoche | Orchomenus |
| Ialmenus | |||||
| Phocēans | •Anemorea • riverCephissus | •Hyampolis | Epistrophus | sons ofIphitus andHippolyte orThrasybule | Crissa |
| Schedius | |||||
| Locrians | •Augeae | •Opoüs | Ajax the Lesser | son ofOileus andEriopis orRhene | Opuntian Locris |
| Abantes ofEuboea | •Carystus | •Dium | Elephenor | son ofChalcodon by eitherImenarete,Melanippe orAlcyone. | Euboea |
| Athenians | Menestheus | son ofPeteos and eitherPolyxene orMnesimache[17] | Athens | ||
| Acamas | son ofTheseus andPhaedra | ||||
| Demophon | son of Theseus and Phaedra[18][19] orIope[20] | ||||
| Salamineans | •Salamis | Ajax | son ofTelamon andPeriboea | Salamis | |
| Teucer | son of Telamon andHesione | ||||
| Argives | •Aegina | •Hermione | Diomedes | son ofTydeus andDeipyle | Argos |
| Sthenelus | son ofCapaneus[21][22] andEvadne[7] | ||||
| Euryalus | son ofMecisteus andAstyoche[23] | ||||
| Amphilochus | son ofAmphiaraus andEriphyle | ||||
| Mycenaeans | •Aegium | •Hyperesia | Agamemnon | sons ofAtreus andAerope orPleisthenes andCleolla[24] | Mycenae |
| Lacedaemonians | •Amyclae •Laas | • Messe • Pharis | Menelaus | Sparta | |
| No name given. | •Aipy • Amphigenea • Arēne • Cyparisseis • Dorium, | •Helos • Pteleum • Thryum | Nestor | son ofNeleus andChloris | Pylos |
| Antilochus | son ofNestor either by Anaxibia[25] or Eurydice.[26] | ||||
| Arcadians | •Cyllene | •Pheneus • Rhipae | Agapenor | son ofAncaeus andIotis[7] | Arcadia |
| Epeans ofElis | • Alesium • Buprasium | • Myrsinus • Olene | Amphimachus | son ofCteatus andTheronice[27] | Elis |
| Thalpius | son ofEurytus andTheraephone | ||||
| Diōres | son ofAmarynceus and Mnesimache[28] | ||||
| Polyxenus | son ofAgasthenes andPeloris | ||||
| Men ofDulichium | •Dulichium | •Echinean Islands | Meges | son ofPhyleus either byEustyoche,[29][30]Ctimene,Timandra,[31]Hagnete orCtesimache[32] | Dulichium |
| Cephallenians | •Aegilips | •Neritum •Same | Odysseus | son ofLaertes orSisyphus andAnticleia | Ithaca |
| Aetolians | •Calydon | •Pleuron • Pylene | Thoas | son ofAndraemon andGorge | Calydon |
| Cretans | •Knossos • Lycastus | •Miletus • Rhytium | Idomeneus | son ofDeucalion andCleopatra[33][34] | Crete |
| Meriones | son ofMolus andMelphis orEuippe[35] | ||||
| Rhodians | •Cameirus | •Lindus | Tlepolemus | son of Heracles andAstyoche[36][37] orAstydameia[38][39] | Rhodes |
| Symians | •Symi | Nireus | son ofCharopus andAglaea[40][41][42][43] | Syme | |
| No name given. | • Calydnian Islands •Casus, •Cos | •Crapathus | Phidippus | sons ofThessalus | Cos |
| Antiphus | Cos | ||||
| Pelasgians, | •Alope •Alos | •Phthia | Achilles | son ofPeleus andThetis | Phtia |
| Neoptolemus | son of Achilles andDeidamia | Phtia | |||
| Patroclus | son ofMenoetius by eitherDamocrateia,[44]Sthenele,Periopis orPolymele[45][46] | Phtia | |||
| No name given | • Antrium •Iton | • Pyrasus • Pteleum | Protesilaus | sons ofIphiclus andDiomedeia[47] or of Phylacus andAstyoche[48] | Phylace |
| Podarces | Phylace | ||||
| No name given | •Boebe • Glaphyrae | •Iolcus | Eumelus | son ofAdmetus andAlcestis | Pherae |
| No name given | •Meliboea | • Thaumacia | Philoctetes | son ofPoeas | Meliboea |
| Medon | son of Oileus and Rhene[49] | ||||
| No name given | • Ithome | •Tricca | Machaon | sons ofAsclepius | Tricca |
| Podalirius | |||||
| No name given | •Asterius •Hypereia (fountain) | •Ormenius • Titanus | Eurypylus | son ofEuaemon andDeipyle (Deityche)[50] orOps[29] | Ormenios |
| Lapiths | • Argissa • Elone • Gyrtone | • Oloösson | Leonteus | son ofCoronus | Gyrtonne |
| Polypoetes | son ofPirithous andHippodamia | ||||
| Enienes,Peraebi | • Cyphus •Dodona (Thessalian) | •Gonnos | Guneus | son ofOcytus by eitherAurophyte orTauropoleia or Hippodameia[51] | |
| Magnetes | •Peneus | • Mt.Pelion | Prothous | son ofTenthredon andEurymache orCleobule | Magnesia |
| No name given | • Acarnania | Calchas | son ofThestor andPolymele[52] | ||
| No name given | •Colophon | Mopsus | son ofManto andRhacius orApollo | ||
| No name given | • Islands of theCyclades | Epeus | son ofPanopeus andAsterodia | ||