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Other characters mentioned in the story, but not seen:
HECTOR: Trojan warrior, killed in battle, son of Hecuba, husband to Andromache.
AJAX: Famed Greek warrior, loved by Athena until he rapes Cassandra in her temple.
She then turns on him.
POLYXENA: Youngest daughter of Hecuba, sacri昀椀ced to Achilles.
AGAMEMNON: King of Greece.
PARIS OF TROY: Another son of Hecuba, obsessed with Helen and so kidnapped her,
thus starting the Trojan War.
PRIAM: King of Troy, husband to Hecuba, killed in battle.
ASTYANAX: Young son of Andromache and Hector. In some versions of The Trojan
Women he is a baby or toddler, in others he is closer to 10 or 12. I envision him as 7
years old.
APHRODITE: Goddess of love, lust, passion, assisted Paris is stealing Helen away
from Sparta.
