Who was the legendary herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War who was said to be able to shout as loudly as fifty normal men?
"of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor?"" Stentor In Greek mythology, Stentor (Ancient Greek: Στέντωρ; ""gen"".: Στέντορος) was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. He is mentioned briefly in Homer's ""Iliad"" in which Hera in the guise of Stentor, whose ""voice was as powerful as fifty voices of other men"" encourages the Greeks to fight. Elsewhere, Stentor is said to have died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes. Stentor's story is the origin of the term ""stentorian"", meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous. Aristotle"
"Eudoros In Greek mythology, Eudoros (Greek: Εὔδωρος), was the second of Achilles' five commanders at the Trojan War. According to the ""Iliad"", he commanded ten penteconters and five hundred Myrmidons. In Book XVI of the ""Iliad"", when Patroclus readies Achilles' men, Homer talks about him for fourteen lines - more than any of the other commanders in this passage. He is also the second most notable of the five, beaten only by Phoenix. Eudoros was a demigod, the son of Hermes and Polymele, who danced in Artemis' choir. Polymele's father Phylas brought him up after she married Echekles. Eudoros was"
"Menelaus In Greek mythology, Menelaus (; , ""Menelaos"", from μένος ""vigor, rage, power"" and λαός ""people,"" ""wrath of the people"") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the ""Iliad"", Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in both the ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"", Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a"
"the necessary sanction."" The pseudepigraphical writer Dares Phrygius states that Hector ""spoke with a slight lisp. His complexion was fair, his hair curly. His eyes would blink attractively. His movements were swift. His face, with its beard, was noble. He was handsome, fierce, and high-spirited, merciful to the citizens, and deserving of love."" Hector In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, who was a descendant of Dardanus and Tros, the founder of Troy,"
"of Fire"" (1998). He is a minor character in the video game """" (2018). Dienekes Dienekes or Dieneces (, from διηνεκής, Doric Greek: διανεκής ""continuous, unbroken"") was a Spartan soldier who fought and died at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. He was acclaimed the bravest of all the Greeks who fought in that battle. Herodotus (7.226) related the following anecdote about Dienekes: Herodotus also mentions that Dienekes said many other similar things which made him unforgotten. Plutarch in his ""Sayings of the Spartans"" also mentions this comment, but he attributes it to Leonidas I, Dienekes' general in the"
"Philoctetes Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης ""Philoktētēs""; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, ""-tet-""), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in the Trojan War. Philoctetes was the subject of four different plays of ancient Greece, each written by one of the three major Greek tragedians. Of the four plays, Sophocles' ""Philoctetes"" is the only one that has survived. Sophocles' ""Philoctetes at Troy"", Aeschylus' ""Philoctetes"" and Euripides' ""Philoctetes"" have all been lost, with the exception of some fragments."
"War perhaps occurred at the height of the Mycenaean civilization (see discussion of Troy VII), roughly the point at which this palace appears to have been abandoned. Ajax the Great Ajax or Aias ( or ; Greek , gen. ""Aiantos""; archaic ) is a mythological Greek hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. He plays an important role, and is portrayed as a towering figure and a warrior of great courage in Homer's ""Iliad"" and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War. He is also referred to as"
"Ajax the Great Ajax or Aias ( or ; Greek , gen. ""Aiantos""; archaic ) is a mythological Greek hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. He plays an important role, and is portrayed as a towering figure and a warrior of great courage in Homer's ""Iliad"" and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War. He is also referred to as ""Telamonian Ajax"" (, in Etruscan recorded as ""Aivas Tlamunus""), ""Greater Ajax"", or ""Ajax the Great"", which distinguishes him from Ajax, son of Oileus (Ajax the Lesser). Ajax"
"Paris at Sparta; his retrieval of Patroclus’s corpse; and his reunion with Helen. Menelaus appears as a character in a number of 5th-century Greek tragedies: Sophocles’ ""Ajax"", and Euripides’ ""Andromache"", ""Helen"", ""Orestes"", ""Iphigenia at Aulis"", and ""The Trojan Women"". Menelaus In Greek mythology, Menelaus (; , ""Menelaos"", from μένος ""vigor, rage, power"" and λαός ""people,"" ""wrath of the people"") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the ""Iliad"", Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army,"
"Thoas Thoas (; Ancient Greek: Θόας), son of Andraemon and Gorge, was one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. He was a former suitor of Helen of Troy and led a group of forty ships for the Aetolians, one of the larger contingents. The ""Iliad"" states that he received his lordship because the previous dynasty of Oineus and Meleagros had perished, so the power to rule was bestowed on him. He was one of the nine volunteers to fight Hector in one-to-one combat, but lost in the drawing of lots to Telamonian Aias. In"
"touches outlets in the untrodden body now you can no longer walk – you crawl, there where the darkness is deeper more tender, carcass of a disemboweled beast you embrace a handful of bed-ridden bones and drift into sleep."" </poem> Philoctetes Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης ""Philoktētēs""; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, ""-tet-""), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in the Trojan War. Philoctetes was the subject of four different plays of ancient Greece, each written"
"such a position of personal ascendancy as no man before or after him attained; secondly, because his thoughts and his moral force won him such renown for eloquence as no one else ever got from Athenians"". Ancient Greek writers call Pericles ""Olympian"" and extol his talents; referring to him ""thundering and lightning and exciting Greece"" and carrying the weapons of Zeus when orating. According to Quintilian, Pericles would always prepare assiduously for his orations and, before going on the rostrum, he would always pray to the Gods, so as not to utter any improper word. Pericles' most visible legacy can"
"Dolon (mythology) In Greek mythology, Dolon (Ancient Greek: Δόλων, gen.: Δόλωνος) fought for Troy during the Trojan War. Dolon was the son of Eumedes and had five sisters. Considered a fast runner, after a request by Hector in which all the Trojan men were called together, Dolon volunteered to spy on the Greek ships and check whether or not, as well as how, the Greeks were still guarding them. In exchange, Hector offered the horses and bronze chariot of Achilles as his prize at the end of the war. Fearing deceit, Dolon demanded that Hector swore to fulfill the promised"
"Stesichorus Stesichorus (; , ""Stēsikhoros""; c. 630 – 555 BC) was the first great lyric poet of the West. He is best known for telling epic stories in lyric metres but he is also famous for some ancient traditions about his life, such as his opposition to the tyrant Phalaris, and the blindness he is said to have incurred and cured by composing verses first insulting and then flattering to Helen of Troy. He was ranked among the nine lyric poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria and yet his work attracted relatively little interest among ancient commentators, so"
"Achilles strikes Eudorus to the ground; he later apologizes and asks Eudorus to leave him at Troy and take the Myrmidons home. Eudoros In Greek mythology, Eudoros (Greek: Εὔδωρος), was the second of Achilles' five commanders at the Trojan War. According to the ""Iliad"", he commanded ten penteconters and five hundred Myrmidons. In Book XVI of the ""Iliad"", when Patroclus readies Achilles' men, Homer talks about him for fourteen lines - more than any of the other commanders in this passage. He is also the second most notable of the five, beaten only by Phoenix. Eudoros was a demigod, the"
"Anticlus In Greek mythology, Anticlus (Greek: Ἄντικλος, ""Antiklos""), son of Ortyx, was one of the Greek warriors who hid inside the Trojan Horse during the siege of Troy. When the wooden horse was taken within the city, Helen, suspecting a trick by the Greeks, circled the horse imitating the voices of the warriors' wives and sweethearts and calling their names. Anticlus was the only one to not resist and attempt to answer as he heard her talking in the voice of his wife Laodamia, but just as he was on the point of calling out in response, Odysseus shut his"
"Attic orators The ten Attic orators were considered the greatest orators and logographers of the classical era (5th–4th century BC). They are included in the ""Canon of Ten"", which probably originated in Alexandria. A.E. Douglas has argued, however, that it was not until the second century AD that the canon took on the form that is recognised today. As far as Homer (8th or 9th century BC), the art of effective speaking was of considerable value in Greece. In Homer's epic, the ""Iliad,"" the warrior, Achilles, was described as ""a speaker of words and a doer of deeds"". Until the"
"unpleasant character. Deiphobus In Greek mythology, Deiphobus (Ancient Greek: Δηίφοβος, ""Deiphobos"") was a son of Priam and Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and the greatest of Priam's sons after Hector and Paris. Deiphobus killed four men of fame in the Trojan War. According to the ""Iliad"" (books XII, XIV, XXII), in the Trojan War Deiphobus, along with his brother Helenus, led a group of soldiers at the siege of the newly constructed Argive wall and killed many, and wounded the Achaean hero Meriones. As Hector was fleeing Achilles, Athena took the shape of Deiphobus and goaded Hector to"
"mouth with his hands to prevent him from answering, and thus saved his companions. Some say he held Anticlus so tight that he strangled him. The asteroid 7214 Anticlus is named for the mythological figure. Anticlus In Greek mythology, Anticlus (Greek: Ἄντικλος, ""Antiklos""), son of Ortyx, was one of the Greek warriors who hid inside the Trojan Horse during the siege of Troy. When the wooden horse was taken within the city, Helen, suspecting a trick by the Greeks, circled the horse imitating the voices of the warriors' wives and sweethearts and calling their names. Anticlus was the only one"
"Iliad The Iliad (; """", in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the ""Iliad"" mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about"
"Astyanax In Greek mythology, Astyanax (; ""Astyánax"", ""protector of the city"") was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and his wife, Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. His birth name was Scamandrius (in Greek: Σκαμάνδριος Skamandrios, after the river Scamander), but the people of Troy nicknamed him Astyanax (i.e. high king, or overlord of the city), because he was the son of the city's great defender (""Iliad"" VI, 403) and the heir apparent's firstborn son. During the Trojan War, Andromache hid the child in Hector's tomb, but the child was discovered. His fate was debated by the Greeks,"
"Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus ( ; , ""Achilleus"" ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's ""Iliad"". His mother was the immortal Nereid Thetis, and his father, the mortal Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons. Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the ""Iliad"", other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him"
"with Troy described in the ""Iliad"". His wandering voyage takes him from one strange and dangerous land to another, experiencing among other maritime hazards shipwreck, the sea-monster Scylla, the whirlpool Charybdis and the island Ogygia of the delightful nymph Calypso. The soldier Xenophon, in his ""Anabasis"", told how he witnessed the roaming 10,000 Greeks, lost in enemy territory, seeing the Black Sea from Mount Theches, after participating in Cyrus the Younger's failed march against the Persian Empire in 401 BC. The 10,000 joyfully shouted """"Thálatta! Thálatta!"" ""() — ""The Sea! The Sea!"" The famous shout has come to symbolise victory,"
"of Troy according to Stesichorus'). Scholars are divided as to whether or not it accurately depicts incidents described by Stesichorus in his poem ""Sack of Troy"". There is, for example, a scene showing Aeneas and his father Anchises departing 'for Hesperia' with 'sacred objects', which might have more to do with the poetry of Virgil than with that of Stesichorus. Stesichorus Stesichorus (; , ""Stēsikhoros""; c. 630 – 555 BC) was the first great lyric poet of the West. He is best known for telling epic stories in lyric metres but he is also famous for some ancient traditions about"
"Sinon on several occasions in his work, using him as a symbol of treachery. Sinon In Greek mythology, Sinon (Greek: ""Σίνων"", from the verb ""σίνομαι""—""sinomai"", ""to harm, to hurt"") a son of Aesimus (son of Autolycus), or of the crafty Sisyphus, was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War. In the Aeneid, he pretended to have deserted the Greeks and, as a Trojan captive, told the Trojans that the giant wooden horse the Greeks had left behind was intended as a gift to the gods to ensure their safe voyage home. He told them that the horse was made so"
"Hector In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, who was a descendant of Dardanus and Tros, the founder of Troy, he was a prince of the royal house and the heir apparent to his father's throne. He was married to Andromache, with whom he had an infant son, Scamandrius (whom the people of Troy called Astyanax). He acted as leader of the Trojans and their allies in the defence of Troy, ""killing 31,000"
"Thersites In Greek mythology, Thersites (Ancient Greek: Θερσίτης) was a soldier of the Greek army during the Trojan War. In the ""Iliad"", he does not have a father's name, which may suggest that he should be viewed as a commoner rather than an aristocratic hero. However, a quotation from another lost epic in the Trojan cycle, the ""Aethiopis"", gives his father's name as Agrius of Calydon and Dia, as his mother. Agrius, was a prince of Calydon while Dia was a daughter of King Porthaon. In some accounts, Thersites together with his five brothers including Melanippus, overthrew Oeneus from the"
"figures in the Trojan War – the war from which he had been driven to the alien shores of Carthage as a refugee: the sons of Atreus (Agamemnon and Menelaus), Priam, and Achilles, who was savage to both sides in the war. He then cries out: <poem> ""Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi; sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem."" ""Here, too, the praiseworthy has its rewards; there are tears for things and mortal things touch the mind. Release your fear; this fame will bring you some safety."" Virgil, ""Aeneid"", 1.461 ff.</poem>"
"Poseidon Poseidon (; , ) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth. He was god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. His Roman equivalent is Neptune. Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In Homer's ""Iliad"", Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War. In the ""Odyssey"", during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon's fury by blinding his"
"Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; , , ""Xenophōn""; – 354 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates. As a soldier, Xenophon became commander of the Ten Thousand at about 29, with noted military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge saying of him, “the centuries since have devised nothing to surpass the genius of this warrior.” He established the precedent for many logistical operations and was among the first to use flanking maneuvers, feints and attacks in depth. He was among the greatest commanders of antiquity. As a historian, Xenophon is known for recording the history of"
"Pandarus Pandarus or Pandar (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος ""Pándaros"") is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War. In Homer's ""Iliad"" he is portrayed as an energetic and powerful warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus and Cressida. In Shakespeare's play ""Troilus and Cressida"", he is portrayed as an aged degenerate and coward who ends the play by telling the audience he will bequeath them his ""diseases"". In Homer's ""Iliad"", Pandarus is a renowned archer and the son of Lycaon. Pandarus, who fights on the side of"
"160–164), Pythagoras is again said to have claimed to be a reincarnation of Euphorbus. Euphorbus In Greek mythology, Euphorbus (Ancient Greek: Εὔφορβος; ""or"" Euforbo) was a Trojan hero during the Trojan War. Euphorbus was a handsome man described to have the loveliest locks among the curly-haired. He had a lot of gold bound into his braid of hair along with other ornaments around his head. Euphorbus was the son of Panthous and Phrontis according to Homer and thus brother to Polydamas and Hyperenor. But according to Orpheus, his parents were the naiad Abarbarea and Boucolides, illegitimate son of Laomedon, and"
"Agonius Agonius (Ancient Greek: Ἀγώνιος) or Enagonius was an epithet of several gods in Greek mythology (or a distinct deity). Aeschylus and Sophocles use it of Apollo and Zeus, and apparently in the sense of helpers in struggles and contests, or possibly as the protectors of soldiers. But Agonius is more especially used as an epithet of Hermes, who presides over all kinds of solemn contests (), such as the Agonalia. Classical scholar William Warde Fowler thought it likely the deity or the epithets were merely inventions of the pontifices. According to a 19th-century catalog of Greek and Roman art"