Trojan Leaders Explained

In Greek mythology, the Trojan Leaders were those who responded to the summon of King Priam of Troy as allies against the Achaean invaders during the Trojan War.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Ethnic Identity	Settlements	Leaders	Sources				Parentage
			Homer	Apollodorus	Dictys	Dares
Trojans	None stated (Troy)	Hector	✓			✓	sons of Priam and Hecuba
		Deiphobus				✓
		Paris				✓
		Troilus				✓	son of Priam or Apollo^[5] and Hecuba
Dardanians	None stated (Dardania)	Aeneas	✓	✓		✓	son of Anchises and Aphrodite
		Archelochus	✓	✓			sons of Antenor
		Acamas	✓	✓
Trojans of Mt. Ida	• Zeleia	Pandarus	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Lycaon
No name given	• Adresteia• Apaesus • Pityeia • Mt. Tereia	Adrestus	✓	✓	✓	✓	sons of Merops
		Amphius	✓	✓	✓	✓
No name given	• Percote• Practius • Sestus • Abydus • Arisbe	Asius	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Hyrtacus
Pelasgians	• Larissa	Hippothous	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Lethus or Pelasgus
		Pylaeus	✓		✓		son of Lethus
		Cupesus				✓
Thracians	• lands bounded by Hellespont	Acamas	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Eusorus
		Peiroüs	✓		✓	✓	son of Imbrasus
Ciconians	• Ciconia, Thrace	Euphemus	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Troezenus
Paeonians	• Amydon• River Axius	Pyraechmes	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Axius
		Asteropaios				✓	son of Pelagon
Paphlagonians	• Cytorus• Sesamus • River Parthenius • Cromna • Aegialus • Erythini	Pylaemenes	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Bilsates or Melius
Halizones	• Alybe	Odius	✓	✓	✓	✓	sons of Mecisteus or Minuus
		Epistrophus	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mysians	None stated	Chromis	✓	✓	✓		sons of Arsinous
		Ennomus	✓	✓	✓
Phrygians "from afar"	• Ascania	Phorcys	✓	✓	✓	✓	sons of Aretaon
		Ascanius	✓	✓	✓	✓
Maeonians	• Mt. Tmolus	Mesthles	✓	✓	✓	✓	sons of Talaemenes
		Antiphus	✓	✓	✓	✓
Carians	• Miletus• Mt. Phthires • Streams of the Maeander • crest of Mycale	Nastes	✓	✓	✓	✓	sons of Nomion
		Amphimachus	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lycians	• River Xanthus• Solymum	Sarpedon	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Zeus or Xanthus and Laodamia
		Glaucus	✓	✓	✓	✓	son of Hippolochus
No name given	• Colophon	Mopsus				✓	son of Manto
EthiopiansIndians	• Ethiopia	Memnon			(✓)	✓	son of Tithonus and Eos
		Perses				✓
Thracians	None stated	Rhesus	(✓)		(✓)	✓
		Archilochus				✓
Phrygians	None stated	Asius			✓		son of Dymas

See also

• Achaean Leaders
• Trojan Battle Order

Notes

1. [Homer]
2. [Dictys Cretensis]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. [Dares Phrygius]
5. Apollodorus, 3.12.5

References

• Dares Phrygius, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at theio.com
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.