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Achaean Leaders

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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

= Number of ships =

class="wikitable"

|+List of Achaean Leaders and their Catalogue of Ships

! rowspan="2" |Ethnicity

! rowspan="2" |Leader

! rowspan="2" |Suitor of Helen

! colspan="14" |Sources

Homer

|Ships

|Euripides

|Ships

|Apollodorus

|Ships

|Dictys

|Ships

|Hyginus

|Ships

|MalalasMalalas, Chronograpy 5.107-108

|Ships

|Dares

|Ships

rowspan="6" |Boeotians

|Thersander

!

|✓

| rowspan="5" |50 of 120

men

each

! colspan="2" |

| rowspan="6" |10 leaders

| rowspan="6" |40

|✓

|50

! colspan="6" |

Peneleos

|✓

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

| rowspan="5" |50

|✓

|12

|✓

| rowspan="5" |50

! colspan="2" |

Leitus

|✓

|✓

|✓

|50

|✓

|✓

|12

|✓

! colspan="2" |

Clonius

!

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|✓

|9

|✓

! colspan="2" |

Arcesilaus

!

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |50

Prothoenor

!

! colspan="4" |

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|✓

rowspan="2" |Minyans (Orchomenians)

|Ascalaphus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

! colspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |4 leaders

| rowspan="2" |30

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

|✓

|30

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

Ialmenus

|✓

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|✓

|30

|✓

|✓

rowspan="2" |Phocēans

|Epistrophus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |*Unknown leader but ships from Phocis were mentioned

| rowspan="2" |4 leaders

| rowspan="2" |40

|✓

|50

|✓

|10

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

Schedius

|✓

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

|✓

Locrians

|Ajax the Lesser

|✓

|✓

|40

|✓

|(50?)

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|20

|✓

|9

|✓

|37

Abantes of Euboea

|Elephenor

|✓

|✓

|40

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|30

|✓

|60

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="3" |Athenians

|Menestheus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="3" |50

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

Acamas

!

|✓

! colspan="2" |

! colspan="10" |

Demophon

!

|✓

|✓He was likely be Theseus' son meant by Euripides in his play Iphigenia at Aulis.

|60

! colspan="10" |

rowspan="2" |Salamineans

|Ajax

|✓

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

| rowspan="2" |11?

Teucer

|✓

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|12

! colspan="2" |

|✓

rowspan="6" |Argives

|Diomedes

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="3" |80

|✓

| rowspan="3" |50

|✓

|80

|✓

|80

|✓

|30

|✓

|80

|✓

| rowspan="3" |80

Sthenelus

|✓

|✓

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

|25

! colspan="2" |

|✓

Euryalus

!

|✓

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

|15

! colspan="2" |

|✓

Amphilochus

|✓

! colspan="14" |

Phoenix

!

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|50

! colspan="4" |

Cycnus

!

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|12

! colspan="4" |

rowspan="4" |Mycenaeans

|Agamemnon

!

|✓

|100

|✓

| rowspan="2" |100

|✓

|100

|✓

|100

|✓

|100

|✓

|100 + 3030 supply ships for the camps

|✓

|100

Adrastus

!

! colspan="2" |

|✓

! colspan="10" |

Amarynceus

!

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|19

! colspan="4" |

Nereus

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

|3

!

!

Lacedaemonians

|Menelaus

|✓

|✓

|60

|✓

|?

|✓

|60

|✓

|60

|✓

|60

|

|

|✓

|60

rowspan="2" |No name given.

|Nestor

!

|✓

|90

|✓

|50

|✓

|40

|✓

|90

|✓

|90

|✓

|90

|✓

|80

Antilochus

|✓

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|20

! colspan="4" |

Arcadians

|Agapenor

|✓

|✓

|60

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|7

|✓

|60*

|✓

|60

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|60

rowspan="5" |Epeans of Elis

|Amphimachus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="4" |40

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

|✓

| rowspan="4" |40

|✓

|10

|✓

| rowspan="3" |40

|✓

| rowspan="4" |40

Thalpius

|✓

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

!

!

|✓

|✓

Diōres

!

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

!

!

|✓

|✓

Polyxenus

|✓

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

|✓

|40

! colspan="2" |

|✓

rowspan="2" |Eurytus

! rowspan="2" |

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |?

! colspan="10" rowspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Taphians
rowspan="2" |Meges

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |40

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |?

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |40

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |40

| rowspan="2" |✓

| rowspan="2" |60

! colspan="2" |

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |

Men of Dulichium

|✓

|40

Cephallenians

|Odysseus

|✓

|✓

|12

|✓

|?

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

|✓

|12

Aetolians

|Thoas

|✓

|✓

|40

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|15

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

rowspan="2" |Cretans

|Idomeneus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |80

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

|✓

| rowspan="2" |80

! colspan="2" |

|✓

| rowspan="2" |80

|✓

| rowspan="2" |80

Meriones

|✓

|✓

|✓

|?

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|✓

|40

|✓

|✓

Rhodians

|Tlepolemus

|✓

|✓

|9

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|9

|✓

|9

|✓

|9

|✓

|9

|✓

|9

Symians

|Nireus

|✓

|✓

|3

|✓

|?

|✓

|3

|✓

|3

|✓

|16

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|53

rowspan="3" |No name given

|Phidippus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

! colspan="2" |

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

! colspan="2" |

|✓

| rowspan="3" |68

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

Antiphus

!

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|✓

|✓

|20

|✓

|✓

Sorthes

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

|

|

rowspan="3" |Pelasgians, Myrmidons,

Hellenes, Achaeans

|Achilles

!

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

|50

|✓

| rowspan="2" |50

|✓

| rowspan="3" |50

Patroclus

|✓

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|10

|✓

|✓

Neoptolemus

!

! colspan="13" |

No name given (Scyrians)

|Automedon

!

! colspan="8" |

|✓

|10

! colspan="4" |

rowspan="2" |No name given

|Protesilaus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

|✓

|?

|✓

|40

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

|(✓)

|

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

Podarces

|✓

|✓

! colspan="4" |

|✓

|✓

|10

|✓

|✓

No name given

|Eumelus

|✓

|✓

|11

|✓

|?

|✓

|11

|✓

|11

|✓

|8

|✓

|11

|✓

|10

rowspan="2" |Mothone

|Philoctetes

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |7*with 50 oarsmen each who were also archers

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|7

|✓

|7

|✓

|7

|✓

|22

|✓

|7

Medon

!

|✓

! colspan="12" |

rowspan="2" |No name given

|Machaon

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

! colspan="4" |

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

|✓

|20

! colspan="2" |

|✓

| rowspan="2" |32

Podalirius

|✓

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|30

|✓

|✓

|9

! colspan="2" |

|✓

AsterionMalalas, Chronograpy 5.108

|Eurypylus

|✓

|✓

|40

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

rowspan="2" |Lapiths

|Leonteus

|✓

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

! colspan="4" |

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

|✓

|19

|✓

| rowspan="2" |30

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

Polypoetes

|✓

|✓

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|30

|✓

|✓

|20

|✓

|✓

Enienes,

|Guneus

!

|✓

|22

|✓

|12

|✓

|22

|✓

|22

! colspan="4" |

|✓

|21

Peraebi

|Nereus

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

|22

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Magnetes

|Prothous

|✓

|✓

|40

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

|40

|✓

| rowspan="2" |40

|✓

|40

Magnitor

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

|

|

No name given

|Palamedes

!

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|?

! colspan="6" |

|✓

|12

! colspan="2" |

Tricca

|Calchas

!

! colspan="6" |

|✓

|20

! colspan="2" |

|✓

|40

! colspan="2" |

No name given

|Mopsus

!

! colspan="6" |

|✓

|20

! colspan="6" |

No name given

|Epeius

!

! colspan="6" |

|✓

|30

! colspan="6" |

rowspan="2" |No name given

|Agenor

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

| rowspan="2" |60

! colspan="2" |

Teuthides

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

! colspan="2" |

Amphigenia

|Amphigenias

!

! colspan="10" |

|✓

|43

! colspan="2" |

TOTAL

!63

!39

!49

!1,186

!21

!434?

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

= Ethnicity =

class="wikitable"

!Ethnic group

! colspan="2" |Contingent

!Leader

!Parentage

!Abode

rowspan="6" |Boeotians

| rowspan="6" |• Anthedon

• Arne

• Aulis

• Copae

• Coroneia

• Eilesium

• Eleon

• Erythrae

• Eteonus

• Eutresis

• Glisas

• Graia

• Haliartus

• Harma

• Hyle

| rowspan="6" |• 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

|Boeotia

Leitus

|son AlectorDiodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.67.7 and PolybuleTzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue 534 or of Lacritus and CleobuleHyginus, Fabulae 97 or of Gaia (Earth)Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 259

|Boeotia

Clonius

|son of Alegenor or of Alector and ActeisTzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 536 or of Lacritus and Cleobule

|Boeotia

Arcesilaus

|son of AreilycusHomer, Iliad, 2. 495Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 67. 7 and Theobule or of Alector and CleobuleTzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue, 534

|Boeotia

Prothoenor

|son of Areilycus and Theobule or of Alector and ArteisTzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue, 535

|Boeotia

rowspan="2" |Minyans

| rowspan="2" |• Aspledon

| rowspan="2" |• Orchomenus

|Ascalaphus

| rowspan="2" |sons of Ares and Astyoche

| rowspan="2" |Orchomenus

Ialmenus
rowspan="2" |Phocēans

| rowspan="2" |• Anemorea

• river Cephissus

• Crisa

• Cyparissus

• Daulis

| rowspan="2" |• Hyampolis

• Lilaea

• Panopeus

• Pytho

|Epistrophus

| rowspan="2" |sons of Iphitus and Hippolyte or Thrasybule

| rowspan="2" |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

rowspan="3" |Athenians

| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |

• Athens

|Menestheus

|son of Peteos and either Polyxene or MnesimacheTzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 554 – 555

| rowspan="3" |Athens

Acamas

|son of Theseus and Phaedra

Demophon

|son of Theseus and PhaedraApollodorus, Epitome of Book 4.1.18Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 62. 1 or IopeStesichorus fragment 193. 23–24; Iope is also mentioned by Plutarch in Theseus, 29. 1

rowspan="2" |Salamineans

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |• Salamis

|Ajax

|son of Telamon and Periboea

| rowspan="2" |Salamis

Teucer

|son of Telamon and Hesione

rowspan="4" |Argives

| rowspan="4" |• Aegina

• Argos

• Asine

• Eїonae

• Epidaurus

| rowspan="4" |• Hermione

• Mases

• Tiryns

• Troezen

|Diomedes

|son of Tydeus and Deipyle

| rowspan="4" |Argos

Sthenelus

|son of CapaneusHyginus, Fabulae 71, 175 & 257Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.7.2 & 3.10.8 and EvadneHyginus, Fabulae 97

Euryalus

|son of Mecisteus and AstyocheTzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 562

Amphilochus

|son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle

Mycenaeans

|• Aegium

• Araethyrea

• Cleonae

• Corinth

• Gonoessa

• Helice

|• Hyperesia

• Mycenae

• Orneae

• Pellene

• Sicyon

|Agamemnon

| rowspan="2" |sons of Atreus and Aerope or Pleisthenes and CleollaHesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 69.

|Mycenae

Lacedaemonians

|• Amyclae

• Augeae

• Bryseae

• Helos

• Laas

|• Messe

• Oetylus

• Pharis

• Sparta

|Menelaus

|Sparta

rowspan="2" |No name given.

| rowspan="2" |• Aipy

• Amphigenea

• Arēne

• Cyparisseis

• Dorium,

| rowspan="2" |• Helos

• Pteleum

• Pylos

• Thryum

|Nestor

|son of Neleus and Chloris

| rowspan="2" |Pylos

Antilochus

|son of Nestor either by AnaxibiaHomer, Odyssey 3.451–52 or Eurydice.Pseudo-Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 Bibliotheca 1.9.9]

Arcadians

|• Cyllene

• Enispe

• Mantinea

• Orchomenus

• Parrhasia

|• Pheneus

• Rhipae

• Stratie

• Stymphalos

• Tegea

|Agapenor

|son of Ancaeus and Iotis

|Arcadia

rowspan="4" |Epeans of Elis

| rowspan="4" |• Alesium

• Buprasium

• Hyrmine

| rowspan="4" |• Myrsinus

• Olene

|Amphimachus

|son of Cteatus and TheroniceHomer, Iliad [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerIliad2.html 2.615]

| rowspan="4" |Elis

Thalpius

|son of Eurytus and Theraephone

Diōres

|son of Amarynceus and MnesimacheTzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 534

Polyxenus

|son of Agasthenes and Peloris

Men of Dulichium

|• Dulichium

|• Echinean Islands

|Meges

|son of Phyleus either by Eustyoche,Hyginus, Fabulae, 97Homer, Iliad 2.637 Ctimene, Timandra,Eustathius on Homer, 305. 15 Hagnete or CtesimacheTzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 576 – 577

|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

rowspan="2" |Cretans

| rowspan="2" |• Knossos

• Gortys

• Lycastus

• Lyktos

| rowspan="2" |• Miletus

• Phaistos

• Rhytium

|Idomeneus

|son of Deucalion and CleopatraTzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 587Tzetzes on Lycophron, 431

| rowspan="2" |Crete

Meriones

|son of Molus and Melphis or EuippeTzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 588

Rhodians

|• Cameirus

• Ielysus

|• Lindus

|Tlepolemus

|son of Heracles and AstyocheHomer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D2%3Acard%3D653 2.653–70].Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2.7.6] or AstydameiaPindar, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DO.%3Apoem%3D7 Olympia 7].20–30.Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 232 M–W = schol. Pind. Ol. 7.42b

|Rhodes

Symians

| colspan="2" |• Symi

|Nireus

|son of Charopus and AglaeaHomer, Iliad 2.672Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome of Book 4.3.13Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 5.53.2Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1011

|Syme

rowspan="2" |No name given.

| rowspan="2" |• Calydnian Islands

• Casus,

• Cos

| rowspan="2" |• Crapathus

• Nisyrus

|Phidippus

| rowspan="2" |sons of Thessalus

|Cos

Antiphus

|Cos

rowspan="3" |Pelasgians,

Myrmidons,

Hellenes,

Achaeans

| rowspan="3" |• Alope

• Alos

• Pelasgic Argos

| rowspan="3" |• Phthia

• Trachis

|Achilles

|son of Peleus and Thetis

|Phtia

Neoptolemus

|son of Achilles and Deidamia

|Phtia

Patroclus

|son of Menoetius by either Damocrateia,Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 9 & 107 Sthenele, Periopis or PolymelePseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.13.8Plutarch, Aristides 20.6

|Phtia

rowspan="2" |No name given

| rowspan="2" |• Antrium

• Iton

• Phylace

| rowspan="2" |• Pyrasus

• Pteleum

|Protesilaus

| rowspan="2" |sons of Iphiclus and DiomedeiaHyginus, Fabulae 103 or of Phylacus and AstyocheEustathius on Homer, Iliad 323, 41

|Phylace

Podarces

|Phylace

No name given

|• Boebe

• Glaphyrae

|• Iolcus

• Pherae

|Eumelus

|son of Admetus and Alcestis

|Pherae

rowspan="2" |No name given

| rowspan="2" |• Meliboea

• Methone

| rowspan="2" |• Thaumacia

|Philoctetes

|son of Poeas

| rowspan="2" |Meliboea

Medon

|son of Oileus and RheneHomer, Iliad, 2. 727

rowspan="2" |No name given

| rowspan="2" |• Ithome

• Oechalia

| rowspan="2" |• Tricca

|Machaon

| rowspan="2" |sons of Asclepius

| rowspan="2" |Tricca

Podalirius
No name given

|• Asterius

• Hypereia (fountain)

|• Ormenius

• Titanus

|Eurypylus

|son of Euaemon and Deipyle (Deityche)Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 619 – 620 or Ops

|Ormenios

rowspan="2" |Lapiths

| rowspan="2" |• Argissa

• Elone

• Gyrtone

| rowspan="2" |• Oloösson

• Orthe

|Leonteus

|son of Coronus

| rowspan="2" |Gyrtonne

Polypoetes

|son of Pirithous and Hippodamia

Enienes, Peraebi

|• Cyphus

• Dodona (Thessalian)

|• Gonnos

• Titaresius

|Guneus

|son of Ocytus by either Aurophyte or Tauropoleia or HippodameiaTzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 629 – 630

|

Magnetes

|• Peneus

|• Mt. Pelion

|Prothous

|son of Tenthredon and Eurymache or Cleobule

|Magnesia

No name given

| colspan="2" |• Acarnania

|Calchas

|son of Thestor and PolymeleTzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 639

|

No name given

| colspan="2" |• Colophon

|Mopsus

|son of Manto and Rhacius or Apollo

|

No name given

| colspan="2" |• Islands of the Cyclades

|Epeus

|son of Panopeus and Asterodia

|

See also

References