- Apollo - god of many attributes. Favors the Trojans.
- Poseidon - Sea god and brother of Zeus. Known to the Romans as Neptune.
- Polydamas - a Trojan leader and son of Panthous. He wants to return Helen to the Greeks.
- Asius - a Phrygian leader and Trojan ally.
- Polypoetes and Leonteus - Lapiths from Thessaly on the Greek side.
- Zeus - king of the gods. Zeus attempts neutrality.
Known as Jupiter or Jove among the Romans and in some translations of the Iliad. - Hector - champion of the Trojans and son of Priam.
- Ajax - the son of Telamon and Periboea, this Ajax is the one most people refer to when talking about Ajax. He was one of the foremost fighters in the Trojan War.
- Ajax - of Locris. He is the son of Oileus.
- Teucer - a half-brother of Ajax and a son of Telamon.
- Sarpedon - king of Lycia, son of Zeus.
- Menestheus - King of Athens when the Trojan War began.
- Glaucus - a son of Antenor who was spared at the end of the Trojan War.
Profiles of Some of the Major Olympian Gods Involved in the Trojan War
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book I
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book II
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book III
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book IV
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book V
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book VI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book VII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book VIII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book IX
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book X
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XIII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XIV
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XV
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XVI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XVII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XVIII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XIX
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XX
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XXI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XXII
