Achaean Leaders

Greek mythological figures in the Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Achaean Leaders were those who led the expedition to Troy to retrieve the abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Most of the leaders were bound by the Oath of Tyndareus who made the Suitors 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.

## List of leaders

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### Number of ships

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List of Achaean Leaders and their Catalogue of Ships Ethnicity  | Leader  | Suitor of Helen  | Sources

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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 of Euboea | 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 of Elis | Amphimachus | ✓  | ✓  | 40  |  | ✓  | 40  | ✓  | 40  | ✓  | 10  | ✓  | 40  | ✓  | 40
Thalpius | ✓  | ✓  |  | ✓  |  |  | ✓  | ✓
Diōres |  | ✓  |  | ✓  |  |  | ✓  | ✓
Polyxenus | ✓  | ✓  |  | ✓  | ✓  | 40  |  | ✓
Eurytus |  |  | ✓  | ?  |
Taphians
Meges | ✓  | ✓  | 40  | ✓  | ?  | ✓  | 40  | ✓  | 40  | ✓  | 60  |  |
Men of Dulichium | ✓  | 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,

Hellenes, Achaeans

| 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?  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

### Ethnicity

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Ethnic group  | Contingent  | Leader  | Parentage  | Abode

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Boeotians | • Anthedon

• Arne

• Aulis

• Copae

• Coroneia

• Eilesium

• Eleon

• Erythrae

• Eteonus

• Eutresis

• Glisas

• Graia

• Haliartus

• Harma

• Hyle

| • Hyria

• Medeon

• Mycalessus

• Midea

• Nisa

• Ocalea

• Onchestos

• Peteon

• Plataea

• Schoenus

• Scolus

• Thebes

• Thespeia

• Thisbe

| Thersander  | son of Polynices and Argea | Thebes
Peneleos  | son of Hippalcimus and Asterope[7] | Boeotia
Leitus  | son Alector[8] and Polybule[9] or of Lacritus and Cleobule[10] or of Gaia (Earth)[11] | Boeotia
Clonius  | son of Alegenor[12] or of Alector and Acteis[13] or of Lacritus and Cleobule[10] | Boeotia
Arcesilaus  | son of Areilycus[14][12] and Theobule or of Alector and Cleobule[15] | Boeotia
Prothoenor  | son of Areilycus[14][12] and Theobule or of Alector and Arteis[16] | Boeotia
Minyans | • Aspledon | • Orchomenus | Ascalaphus  | sons of Ares and Astyoche | Orchomenus
Ialmenus
Phocēans | • Anemorea

• river Cephissus

• Crisa

• Cyparissus

• Daulis

| • Hyampolis

• Lilaea

• Panopeus

• Pytho

| Epistrophus  | sons of Iphitus and Hippolyte or Thrasybule | Crissa
Schedius
Locrians | • Augeae

• Bessa

• Calliarus

• Kynos

| • Opoüs

• Scarphe

• Tarphe

• Thronium

| Ajax the Lesser  | son of Oileus and Eriopis or Rhene | Opuntian

Locris

Abantes of Euboea | • Carystus

• Cerinthus

• Chalcis

• Eretria

| • Dium

• Histiaea

• Styra

| Elephenor  | son of Chalcodon by either Imenarete, Melanippe or Alcyone.  | Euboea
Athenians |

• Athens

| Menestheus  | son of Peteos and either Polyxene or Mnesimache[17] | Athens
Acamas  | son of Theseus and Phaedra
Demophon  | son of Theseus and Phaedra[18][19] or Iope[20]
Salamineans | • Salamis | Ajax  | son of Telamon and Periboea | Salamis
Teucer  | son of Telamon and Hesione
Argives | • Aegina

• Argos

• Asine

• Eїonae

• Epidaurus

| • Hermione

• Mases

• Tiryns

• Troezen

| Diomedes  | son of Tydeus and Deipyle | Argos
Sthenelus  | son of Capaneus[21][22] and Evadne[7]
Euryalus  | son of Mecisteus and Astyoche[23]
Amphilochus  | son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle
Mycenaeans | • Aegium

• Araethyrea

• Cleonae

• Corinth

• Gonoessa

• Helice

| • Hyperesia

• Mycenae

• Orneae

• Pellene

• Sicyon

| Agamemnon  | sons of Atreus and Aerope or Pleisthenes and Cleolla[24] | Mycenae
Lacedaemonians | • Amyclae

• Augeae

• Bryseae

• Helos

• Laas

| • Messe

• Oetylus

• Pharis

• Sparta

| Menelaus  | Sparta
No name given. | • Aipy

• Amphigenea

• Arēne

• Cyparisseis

• Dorium,

| • Helos

• Pteleum

• Pylos

• Thryum

| Nestor  | son of Neleus and Chloris | Pylos
Antilochus  | son of Nestor either by Anaxibia[25] or Eurydice.[26]
Arcadians | • Cyllene

• Enispe

• Mantinea

• Orchomenus

• Parrhasia

| • Pheneus

• Rhipae

• Stratie

• Stymphalos

• Tegea

| Agapenor  | son of Ancaeus and Iotis[7] | Arcadia
Epeans of Elis | • Alesium

• Buprasium

• Hyrmine

| • Myrsinus

• Olene

| Amphimachus  | son of Cteatus and Theronice[27] | Elis
Thalpius  | son of Eurytus and Theraephone
Diōres  | son of Amarynceus and Mnesimache[28]
Polyxenus  | son of Agasthenes and Peloris
Men of Dulichium | • Dulichium | • Echinean Islands | Meges  | son of Phyleus either by Eustyoche,[29][30] Ctimene, Timandra,[31] Hagnete or Ctesimache[32] | Dulichium
Cephallenians | • Aegilips

• Crocylea

• Ithaca

| • Neritum

• Same

• Zacynthus

| Odysseus  | son of Laertes or Sisyphus and Anticleia | Ithaca
Aetolians | • Calydon

• Chalcis

• Olenus

| • Pleuron

• Pylene

| Thoas  | son of Andraemon and Gorge | Calydon
Cretans | • Knossos

• Gortys

• Lycastus

• Lyktos

| • Miletus

• Phaistos

• Rhytium

| Idomeneus  | son of Deucalion and Cleopatra[33][34] | Crete
Meriones  | son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe[35]
Rhodians | • Cameirus

• Ielysus

| • Lindus | Tlepolemus  | son of Heracles and Astyoche[36][37] or Astydameia[38][39] | Rhodes
Symians | • Symi | Nireus  | son of Charopus and Aglaea[40][41][42][43] | Syme
No name given. | • Calydnian Islands

• Casus,

• Cos

| • Crapathus

• Nisyrus

| Phidippus  | sons of Thessalus | Cos
Antiphus  | Cos
Pelasgians,

Myrmidons,

Hellenes,

Achaeans

| • Alope

• Alos

• Pelasgic Argos

| • Phthia

• Trachis

| Achilles  | son of Peleus and Thetis | Phtia
Neoptolemus  | son of Achilles and Deidamia | Phtia
Patroclus  | son of Menoetius by either Damocrateia,[44] Sthenele, Periopis or Polymele[45][46] | Phtia
No name given | • Antrium

• Iton

• Phylace

| • Pyrasus

• Pteleum

| Protesilaus  | sons of Iphiclus and Diomedeia[47] or of Phylacus and Astyoche[48] | Phylace
Podarces  | Phylace
No name given | • Boebe

• Glaphyrae

| • Iolcus

• Pherae

| Eumelus  | son of Admetus and Alcestis | Pherae
No name given | • Meliboea

• Methone

| • Thaumacia  | Philoctetes  | son of Poeas | Meliboea
Medon  | son of Oileus and Rhene[49]
No name given | • Ithome

• Oechalia

| • Tricca | Machaon  | sons of Asclepius | Tricca
Podalirius
No name given | • Asterius

• Hypereia (fountain)

| • Ormenius

• Titanus

| Eurypylus  | son of Euaemon and Deipyle (Deityche)[50] or Ops[29] | Ormenios
Lapiths  | • Argissa

• Elone

• Gyrtone

| • Oloösson

• Orthe

| Leonteus  | son of Coronus | Gyrtonne
Polypoetes  | son of Pirithous and Hippodamia
Enienes, Peraebi | • Cyphus

• Dodona (Thessalian)

| • Gonnos

• Titaresius

| Guneus  | son of Ocytus by either Aurophyte or Tauropoleia or Hippodameia[51] |
Magnetes | • Peneus | • Mt. Pelion | Prothous  | son of Tenthredon and Eurymache or Cleobule | Magnesia
No name given | • Acarnania  | Calchas  | son of Thestor and Polymele[52] |
No name given | • Colophon | Mopsus  | son of Manto and Rhacius or Apollo |
No name given | • Islands of the Cyclades | Epeus  | son of Panopeus and Asterodia |

## See also

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* Catalogue of Ships
* Suitors of Helen
* Trojan Leaders
* Trojan War

## References

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1. ^ Malalas, Chronograpy 5.107-108
2. ^ *Unknown leader but ships from Phocis were mentioned
3. ^ He was likely be Theseus' son meant by Euripides in his play Iphigenia at Aulis.
4. ^ 30 supply ships for the camps
5. ^ *with 50 oarsmen each who were also archers
6. ^ a b c Malalas, Chronograpy 5.108
7. ^ a b c Hyginus, Fabulae 97
8. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.67.7
9. ^ Tzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue 534
10. ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae 97
11. ^ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259
12. ^ a b c Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 67. 7
13. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 536
14. ^ a b Homer, Iliad, 2. 495
15. ^ Tzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue, 534
16. ^ Tzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue, 535
17. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 554 – 555
18. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome of Book 4.1.18
19. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 62. 1
20. ^ Stesichorus fragment 193. 23–24; Iope is also mentioned by Plutarch in Theseus, 29. 1
21. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 71, 175 & 257
22. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.7.2 & 3.10.8
23. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 562
24. ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 69.
25. ^ Homer, Odyssey 3.451–52
26. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.9
27. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.615
28. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 534
29. ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
30. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.637
31. ^ Eustathius on Homer, 305. 15
32. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 576 – 577
33. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 587
34. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 431
35. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 588
36. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.653–70.
37. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.6
38. ^ Pindar, Olympia 7.20–30.
39. ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 232 M–W = schol. Pind. Ol. 7.42b
40. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.672
41. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome of Book 4.3.13
42. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 5.53.2
43. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1011
44. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 9 & 107
45. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.13.8
46. ^ Plutarch, Aristides 20.6
47. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 103
48. ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 323, 41
49. ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 727
50. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 619 – 620
51. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 629 – 630
52. ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 639