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* WhatWereYouThinking: To Paris for eloping with King Menelaus' wife after their nations had just made peace.
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* WhatWereYouThinking: To Chews out Paris for eloping with King Menelaus' wife after their nations had just made peace.
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* GeniusBruiser: Shown in full when he comes up with the Trojan Horse and in the Sack of Troy, he plows through even the Appollonian Guard.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's also in the Trojan Horse and when night falls, he signals the men inside to open the gates and get the rest of the Greek armies into Troy.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The film softens him considerably from a callously womanising EvilPrince to a more naive LadykillerInLove.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Talks down Achilles from his rage and makes him feel the weight of all the men he's killed.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Hector] killed my cousin.\\
'''Priam:''' He thought it was you. How many cousins have you killed? How many sons and fathers and brothers and husbands? ''How many, brave Achilles?'' I knew your father, he died before his time. But he was lucky not to live long enough to see his son fall.
--> '''Achilles:''' [Hector] killed my cousin.\\
'''Priam:''' He thought it was you. How many cousins have you killed? How many sons and fathers and brothers and husbands? ''How many, brave Achilles?'' I knew your father, he died before his time. But he was lucky not to live long enough to see his son fall.
* SoProudOfYou: Loves Hector dearly and his last words to him are "No father ever had a better son".
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Troy's prince, top commander and very best fighter. He comes closest to matching [[WorldsBestWarrior Achilles]] in single combat, when dozens of men had failed.
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Troy's first prince, top commander and very best fighter. He comes closest to matching [[WorldsBestWarrior Achilles]] in single combat, when dozens of men had failed. He's also the only Trojan shown taking on [[EliteMooks the Myrmidons]] up close and winning.
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* LeaveNoSurvivors: He orders and encourages the Greeks to RapePillageAndBurn the city of Troy and to "spare no one" in the Director's Cut.
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* VillanousBreakdown: Becomes increasingly unhinged and manic after his brother's death.
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* BullyingADragon: It never occurs to him to ''not'' antagonise the man who has brought him many victories and provides great morale for all his men.
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* SacredHospitality: It was ''his'' hospitality that was soiled and now he wants revenge.
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* IgnoredExpert: The worst example of this is when he advises his father to ''not'' attack the Greek encampment (having noticed Achilles' absence in the prior battle), fearing this would unite and embolden the demoralised Greeks. Indeed, this sets off a chain of events which would eventually lead to the Sack of Troy.
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** Before Paris duels Menelaus, he advises Paris to "make him swing and miss" until the older man tires, instead ofthis is when he matching him blow-for-blow during the duel.
** He advises his father to ''not'' attack the Greek encampment (having noticed Achilles' absence in the prior battle), fearing this would unite and embolden the demoralised Greeks. Indeed, this sets off a chain of events which would eventually lead to the Sack of Troy.
** Before Paris duels Menelaus, he advises Paris to "make him swing and miss" until the older man tires, instead of
** He advises his father to ''not'' attack the Greek encampment (having noticed Achilles' absence in the prior battle), fearing this would unite and embolden the demoralised Greeks. Indeed, this sets off a chain of events which would eventually lead to the Sack of Troy.
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* WarIsHell: Finds nothing glorious about seeing men dying in battle, and knows [[LeaveNoSurvivors happens to the losers]].
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* WhatWereYouThinking: To Paris for eloping with King Menelaus' wife after their nations had just made peace.
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* TheAtoner: After the first day of the war, she all but states she doesn't care if Menelaus kills her or makes her his slave, because it's preferable to the guilt she feels for starting it.
* AdaptationalUgliness: He's described as handsome in some sources, but portrayed as boorish and significantly older than Helen to prop up her falling for Paris without Aphrodite's intervention.
* PunchClockVillain: He's a good man, but is subservient to Agamemnon to protect his kingdom.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: His mythological counterpart was raised as a shepherd after his mother had a vision of giving birth to a ball of fire, which was attributed to him being an omen of doom, and was sent into the wild to be killed; the man sent to do so, Agelaus, couldn't bring himself to and raised him, with Paris not discovering he was a prince until the Judgment of Paris. None of this is in the film, where Paris is said to be a RoyalBrat who beds "merchants' wives and temple maids". He also had a romance with a nymph that naturally is left out of this version.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: As noted below, he doesn't need Hermes to guide him to Achilles's tent in the film.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Described as blonde in most sources, she's brunette here.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Inverted! Achilles was responsible for killing all her seven brothers in mythology, but that isn't mentioned here.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She causes Achilles's death by telling Paris she doesn't know where Briseis is, and he goes into the city to look for her, giving him a clean shot at Achilles.
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* AchillesInHisTent: Spends most of the war sulking in his tent and refusing to fight after Agamemnon dishonours him by taking Briseis.
--> "We stay until Agamemnon ''groans'' to have Achilles back!"
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* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Briseis from being raped and/or killed by her Greek captors.
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* OneManArmy: Quoth Agamemnon "he's going to take the beach of Troy with fifty men?"
* ShellShockedVeteran: In one scene, he tells Patroclus that he has dreams of all the men he's killed waiting for him in the Underworld.
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* OneManArmy: Quoth Agamemnon "he's Agamemnon: "He's going to take the beach of Troy with fifty men?"
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He was ready to leave Troy after one spat too far with Agamemnon. Patroclus' death changes things.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In one scene, he tellsPatroclus Briseis that he has dreams of all the men he's killed waiting for him in the Underworld.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He was ready to leave Troy after one spat too far with Agamemnon. Patroclus' death changes things.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In one scene, he tells
* VillainBall: It never occurs to him to ''not'' antagonise the man who has brought him many victories and provides great morale for all his men.
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* {{Foil}} He's the good foil to Achilles, being more rational, tempered and heroic.
* MrFanservice: Not as much as Achilles or Paris, but he gets two shirtless scenes.
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* {{Foil}} {{Foil}}: He's the good foil to Achilles, being more rational, tempered and heroic.
* HonourBeforeReason: Despite his spoken disdain for "honour", he stops the battle after Patroclus is killed, and accepts Achilles' DuelToTheDeath.
* IfIDoNotReturn: Before he falls in battle to a vengeful Achilles, he shows his wife the escape tunnels beneath Troy.
* IgnoredExpert: The worst example of this is when he advises his father to ''not'' attack the Greek encampment (having noticed Achilles' absence in the prior battle), fearing this would unite and embolden the demoralised Greeks. Indeed, this sets off a chain of events which would eventually lead to the Sack of Troy.
* MrFanservice: Not as much as Achilles or Paris, buthe he's ''very'' well-built and gets two shirtless scenes. scenes.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: His UndyingLoyalty to Troy is repeatedly emphasised. He'll defend his King and country to the last, before any personal feelings.
--> "Children and fools fight for honour. I fight for my country."
* HonourBeforeReason: Despite his spoken disdain for "honour", he stops the battle after Patroclus is killed, and accepts Achilles' DuelToTheDeath.
* IfIDoNotReturn: Before he falls in battle to a vengeful Achilles, he shows his wife the escape tunnels beneath Troy.
* IgnoredExpert: The worst example of this is when he advises his father to ''not'' attack the Greek encampment (having noticed Achilles' absence in the prior battle), fearing this would unite and embolden the demoralised Greeks. Indeed, this sets off a chain of events which would eventually lead to the Sack of Troy.
* MrFanservice: Not as much as Achilles or Paris, but
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: His UndyingLoyalty to Troy is repeatedly emphasised. He'll defend his King and country to the last, before any personal feelings.
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* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one on the Trojan side who has any idea of what real tactics in such a war would be. Any time his fellow Trojans decide to do something stupid because of 'favorable omens', he seems to be fighting the urge to Facepalm.
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Troy's prince, top commander and very best fighter. He comes closest to matching [[WorldsBestWarrior Achilles]] in close combat, when dozens of men had failed.
* WarIsHell: Finds nothing glorious about seeing men dying in battle, and knows [[LeaveNoSurvivors happens to the losers]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: He is rightfully suspicious of the Greeks' "gift to the gods".
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* FatalFlaw: Despite being wise, his flaw is putting too much faith in the gods.
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* AgeLift: He was younger than Patroclus in a lot of sources, but is portrayed as an older mentor here.
* BrokenAce: The greatest warrior in the land, and has nightmares about all his victims waiting for him at the River Styx.
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!!Achilles
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/BradPitt
One of the greatest warriors to have ever lived, may possibly be a demigod, descended from the sea goddess Thetis. He fights for no one but himself, and only takes part in the Trojan War to earn his place in history.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Well, depending on which version you go by. Him and Patroclus are lovers in post-Homeric literature, but they were kinsmen beforehand. They're said to be cousins here.
* AnimalMotifs: His motif is the lion.
* AntiHero: He's very anti-authority and a bit of a jerkass, killing Hector for petty reasons.
* ConfusionFu: Of all the natural gifts of combat Achilles has, his greatest strength seems to be just how unorthodox his style of combat is, moving and attacking in unusual ways that allow him to claim openings others could not. His fight with Hector helps underscore this, comparing Hector's experienced, orthodox fighting style with Achilles' flowing, dynamic style which included things like stabbing with a spear from behind his own head.
* DeadpanSnarker: From his first scene, where he responds to a child saying he's heard he can't be killed with "wouldn't be bothering with the shield then would I?"
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite seeming like a {{Jerkass}} at first, he treats Briseis decently, refuses to kill Hector on the first day of the war, and wants to protect Patroclus from conflict.
* FamedInStory: Achilles is the most prominent example, as his name is feared across the Aegean. Funnily, King Triopas in the beginning of the story doesn't fear Achilles much.
* AFatherToHisMen: He treats his soldiers decently, and they have great respect for him.
* GlorySeeker: His main motivation for fighting alongside Agamemnon's forces is the glory that comes with being part of such a conflict.
* HiddenDepths: He surprises Briseis with his when he speaks eloquently about how the Gods envy them because they are mortal.
* HotBlooded: Especially when Patroclus is killed. He attacks both Eudoras and Briseis, two characters he cared for.
* LadykillerInLove: Downplayed. He's introduced having had a threesome with two unnamed women, and he genuinely falls in love with Briseis.
* MrFanservice: His sculpted physique is often shown in many scenes, and even in clothes, his biceps or legs are still on display.
* OneManArmy: Quoth Agamemnon "he's going to take the beach of Troy with fifty men?"
* ShellShockedVeteran: In one scene, he tells Patroclus that he has dreams of all the men he's killed waiting for him in the Underworld.
* TookALevelInKindness: After Hector's death, he has a HeelRealization and shows respect to Priam, not only returning Hector's body to him but declaring that no Greek will attack Troy for twelve days in respect for the funeral customs, also giving Briseis back to him and telling him "you're a better king than the one leading this army". He also enters Troy to not sack it but make sure Briseis isn't hurt in the carnage.
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!!King Agamemnon
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/BrianCox
An evil and power hungry tyrant who has been trying to conquer all of Greece, and now commands most of it. He uses Helen's elopement with Paris as an excuse to declare war on Troy and claim it for himself.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Agamemnon wasn't exactly a NiceGuy in the poems, but he only sacked Troy to avenge his brother's humiliation, and had no interest in power. Here, he's a tyrant who even exploits Menelaus's death as a chance to continue the war.
* AdaptationalWimp: His mythological counterpart was a OneManArmy whose abilities even Achilles had a grudging respect for. Here, he's an armchair general who doesn't fight his own battles, and gets killed by Briseis of all people.
* BenevolentBoss: Agamemnon to his highest vassal lords. He accepts their homage gracefully and addresses them like treasured friends, promising them glory come the victory. Giving Briseis to his demoralised men is also a rather twisted application of the trope. Achilles seems to be the king's one exception, as the two have incompatible philosophies and openly despise one another.
* DeathByWomanScorned: He's killed by Briseis, whom he had mistreated multiple times in the film, and was implied to be about to rape her before she stabs him.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Rather than getting to sail home, where he's stabbed by his wife, he is killed by Briseis during the fall of Troy.
* DirtyCoward: His only major kill in the movie is stabbing a distracted Priam in the back.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to care a lot about his brother.
* EvilCounterpart: To both Hector and Achilles; the former by being the villainous older brother and leader, and the latter by having a massive ego, desiring Briseis and being sent into a blind rage by the death of a kinsman.
* EvilOverlord: He's only interested in conquering all of Greece, and then wants to rule Troy as well.
* FatalFlaw: Greed and pride, both of which lead to him continuing the war, and bring about his downfall.
* GeneralFailure: He's painfully incompetent at actually leading the army, and wouldn't have even taken the beach if it hadn't been for Achilles and Ajax.
* HateSink: In a story full of GrayAndGrayMorality, he's an utterly loathsome villain with little to no redeeming qualities.
* LargeHam: He's fond of loud speeches and booming his voice as much as possible.
* StrawMisogynist: He treats Briseis as though she were an object, jokes about raping her in front of Achilles, and threatens to do it while Troy is falling.
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!!Queen Helen, later Princess Helen of Troy
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/DianeKruger
The famed beauty of Sparta, and Menelaus's unhappy wife. She falls in love with Prince Paris and decides to elope with him back to Troy, knowing that war is likely to ensue.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: She was royalty already in mythology, and possibly a daughter of Zeus too, and she had multiple suitors campaigning for her hand. Here, Menelaus was the royalty, and she was sold into marriage with him.
* AdaptationalSympathy: Helen is usually portrayed as anything from a CosmicPlaything to an outright GoldDigger. This is one of the most sympathetic Helens, portraying her as a depressed trophy wife who is fully aware of everything her actions have caused, and she carries the guilt.
* AgeLift: The film says she was 16 when she was married to Menelaus, and in mythology she was 14.
* TheBeautifulElite: The Queen of Sparta, and one of the most beautiful women in the film.
* DeathSeeker: Downplayed. She says she considered suicide while married to Menelaus, and she is ready to give herself over to the Greeks out of guilt for the dead soldiers, knowing that it'll result in her death.
* DecoyProtagonist: While she's the impetus for starting the war, she is not actually the protagonist of the story.
* DiamondsInTheBuff: Paris presents her with a pearl necklace while she's fully nude.
* FallenPrincess: Sort of. She is queen at the start of the movie, and is demoted to merely being a princess in spirit, since she and Paris aren't officially married yet. This however is a significant upgrade for her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's golden-haired and a very kind, sweet woman. Although an adulterer, she wants to give herself up after one day of war because of the guilt.
* HeadTurningBeauty: When Priam meets her, he says that "for once, the gossips were right" about her beauty.
* ItsAllMyFault: She's destroyed by guilt after seeing the funerals for all the dead soldiers.
* MsFanservice: She appears topless in the extended version and is dressed very flatteringly throughout the film.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Well she wasn't single in the sense that she was forced into her marriage with Menelaus, but she insists to Paris that she wants "someone I can grow old with" rather than a fighter.
* SympatheticAdulterer: She was a trophy wife to a man twice her age, and "wanted to walk into the sea and drown" throughout their entire marriage.
* UnexplainedAccent: In a movie where everyone is speaking in British RP, she has traces of Diane Kruger's German accent.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Helen is the same age as Paris, but feels much older than him, because she's been made weary and cynical by her marriage to Menelaus. She is however very practical and wise about relationships.
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!!King Menelaus
!!!Portrayed by: Brendan Gleeson
A boorish and bloodthirsty king who had been hoping for peace with Troy before Helen's elopement. Now he wants her back just so he can kill her himself.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Helen was raised to be his trophy wife in the film, and married into the royal family. In mythology, Helen herself was royalty, and Menelaus was in fact one of the few suitors to not actively campaign for her hand; only winning it when everyone agreed to draw straws for her.
* AdaptationalVillainy: He receives a much harsher portrayal, as a BloodKnight who made Helen wish she was dead while married to him. In the myths, he actually held no ill-will to Helen for her affair with Paris, and they were somewhat HappilyMarried.
* AgeLift: He's portrayed as at least late 40s here (Brendan Gleeson was 48). Some sources state him as 30 when the war broke out.
* BoisterousBruiser: He's a LargeHam and a known warrior.
* DeathByAdaptation: He survived the war in mythology and even sailed home to Sparta. Here, he's killed relatively early in the war.
* EvilCounterpart: He's portrayed as this to Paris, as both feud over Helen, both are the younger brother, and both had reputations as womanisers.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: It's said that he has grown tired of war and looks to make peace with Troy. But Helen's elopement extinguishes all of that and spurs him to go to war with Troy.
* SacrificialLion: He's the first major character to fall in battle, killed by Hector, showing that AnyoneCanDie.
* UnexplainedAccent: His brother is played by Brian Cox disguising his Scottish accent under British RP. Brendan Gleeson's natural Irish brogue seeps through more obviously.
* WorfHadTheFlu: His defeat at Hector's hands is explained as him having previously grown tired of war, and therefore not being in as good shape as he previously was, and Hector being younger and fitter, as well as him being distracted trying to get Paris.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: King Odysseus of Ithaca]]
!!King Odysseus
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/SeanBean
The playful and benevolent King of Ithaca, known as the only man Achilles will listen to. Also responsible for building the famed wooden horse that would bring about Troy's destruction.
* DeadpanSnarker: He says two snarky things about Menelaus to his brother hours after his death.
--> "The men believe we came here for Menelaus's wife. Won't be needing her anymore."
* TheGoodKing: He's king of Ithaca and portrayed as a jovial and benevolent sort.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's a supporting character whose main function in the plot is to be a friend to Achilles before coming up with the wooden horse idea.
* KingIncognito: In the director's cut, he's introduced pretending to be a shepherd to Agamemnon's envoys.
* MoralityPet: He's the only one Achilles listens to and treats as an equal.
* NarratorAllAlong: Revealed earlier than most examples, but he narrates the first scene and doesn't appear until nearly half an hour into the film.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the most level-headed character on the Greek side, best exemplified by his callout to Agamemnon's complaints about Achilles's loyalty.
--> "I don't care about his allegiance; I care about his ability to win battles."
* PragmaticVillainy: He takes part in the war because his kingdom can't afford to have Agamemnon as an enemy.
* SavedByCanon: Being the protagonist of the ''Odyssey'' means he's one of the characters not likely to suffer DeathByAdaptation, as well as being the narrator. For added hilarity, he's played by an actor famous for [[ChronicallyKilledActor dying in most of his roles]].
* {{Troll}}: In the extended cut, he trolls Agamemnon's envoys by pretending to be a commoner bad mouthing himself and eventually quips that he hopes Agamemnon has smarter generals.
* UnexplainedAccent: Everyone else speaks in RP, but of course he speaks with Sean Bean's distinctive Yorkshire accent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Thetis]]
!!Thetis
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/JulieChristie
Achilles's mother, hinted to be the very goddess of the sea herself. She offers him advice on which path to take.
* AngelUnaware: The boy who wakes Achilles at the start tells the audience that his mother is rumoured to be an immortal sea goddess. She was indeed a goddess in some traditions, and in others just a sea nymph. The movie doesn't say either way, although Achilles claims to have seen the gods.
* HotGod: The only (possible) god to appear in the movie, she's shown as very beautiful and elegant, as well as being played by 60s and 70s screen beauty Julie Christie.
* MadOracle: Downplayed. If she's not actually a goddess, she seems to think she knows what will happen to Achilles's future.
* SilverFox: She's grey-haired and portrayed as very beautiful. Her actress was a famed fashion icon of TheSixties after all.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She appears in only one scene, but she tells Achilles what will happen if he goes to Troy, and that's what convinces him to fight in the war.
* TragicKeepsake: She gifts Achilles with seashell necklaces, which he then places on Patroclus's funeral pyre and gives Briseis as a parting gift.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears an elegant blue dress as befitting a possible goddess.
* WaterIsWomanly: She gives her motherly advice to Achilles while standing in the sea, and the water helps give her a feminine presence.
[[/folder]]
!!The Trojans:
[[folder: Hector]]
!!Prince Hector
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/EricBana
The noble and kind-hearted prince of Troy, beloved and respected by all. His devotion to his country and protecting his brother however will be his downfall.
* AdaptationalBadass: He actually kills Ajax in the movie, when he didn't in the myths.
* AdaptationalHeroism: He's considerably better in the film than he is in the ''Iliad'', where he desecrated Patroclus's corpse and told Paris he wished he'd never been born.
* AnimalMotifs: He's associated with horses.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very protective of Paris, even killing Menelaus for him.
* CompositeCharacter: He's combined with Polydamas, who gave the advice in the mythology.
* AFatherToHisMen: Hector shows great care for his soldiers and laments that they have to die en masse for such petty reasons as Paris taking away Menelaus' wife.
* {{Foil}} He's the good foil to Achilles, being more rational, tempered and heroic.
* MrFanservice: Not as much as Achilles or Paris, but he gets two shirtless scenes.
* NiceGuy: Eric Bana even chose this role because he felt Hector seemed like "such a nice guy".
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one on the Trojan side who has any idea of what real tactics in such a war would be. Any time his fellow Trojans decide to do something stupid because of 'favorable omens', he seems to be fighting the urge to Facepalm.
* PrinceCharming: Out of him and Paris, he's a good man and loving husband to Andromache, as well as being a doting father.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: He's the technician to Achilles's performer in terms of fighting style - with a more orthodox technique.
* WarriorPrince: He's the heir to the throne and leads the men in battle up until his death.
* WorthyOpponent: He considers Achilles to be one, and intends to pay full respects to his body if he is victorious.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Prince Paris]]
!!Prince Paris
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/OrlandoBloom
Hector's hedonistic younger brother, known for "bedding merchants' wives and temple maids", now recently having fallen in love with Helen of Sparta. He persuades her to return to Troy with him, kicking off the entire war.
* AdaptationalBadass: He lands a hit on Menelaus and kills Achilles in a fairer way than the myths.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The film softens him considerably.
* AdaptationalWealth: In mythology, he was raised as a shepherd and had no idea he was a prince. The film's version appears to be a RoyalBrat.
* AdaptationalWimp: The film has him cowardly running from his duel with Menelaus when the latter starts winning. In mythology, he only survived the encounter because Aphrodite intervened and took him inside the city walls.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Hector initially, but mercifully matures throughout the film.
* ChekhovsSkill: He's shown to be a skilled archer early on, and he kills Achilles by shooting him with several arrows.
* CompositeCharacter: Paris is the one who suggests burning the wooden horse, which was said by Laocoön in the myths.
* LadykillerInLove: He's got a reputation for stealing other men's wives, but he's legitimately in love with Helen.
* MrFanservice: He's the first of the men in the film to get a shirtless scene, and it's not his last.
* PrettyBoy: Played by a young Orlando Bloom at the height of his status as a teen heartthrob. Priam says "women have always loved Paris".
* SparedByTheAdaptation: During the fall of Troy, Paris is traditionally killed in a duel with Philoctetes, but survives the film.
* TookALevelInBadass: Starts out as a naive idiot, who actually runs from his duel to the death with Menelaus, but becomes maturer and more competent as the film goes on.
* WarriorPrince: Not at first, but he becomes a competent fighter by the end, even being the one to kill Achilles.
* WideEyedIdealist: He starts out quite idealistic, believing his love for Helen can conquer anything, and even thinks a duel between him and Menelaus will end the war.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Briseis]]
!!Briseis
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/RoseByrne
The beautiful and pious cousin to Hector and Paris. She has decided to become a priestess to Apollo, but is captured by the Greeks on the first day of the war, and made Achilles's slave.
* ActionSurvivor: While not a full blown ActionGirl, she does come close to killing Achilles in his sleep, and stabs Agamemnon to death. She also punches one of the Greeks who tries to rape her.
* AdaptationDyeJob: The Byzantine poet John Tzetzes describes her as having curly black hair, and Dares the Phrygian said she was blonde. She has light brown hair in this film.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Inverted. She falls for Achilles when he shows that he's more than "a dumb brute".
* BadassPacifist: She stands up to the two men from the enemy side that are holding her prisoner, who are literally fighting over who gets to keep her as a slave, and declares that she doesn't want anyone dying for her.
* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Technically she becomes Achilles's slave when she is given to him, but of course he views her as his lover.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She warms up to Achilles because he started treating her well.
* BreakTheCutie: A happy virgin priestess at the beginning, she's captured by the Greeks and made Achilles's prisoner. She nearly gets gang raped and even if she and Achilles do become lovers, he man handles her at one point, and she then loses her cousin to his hand. And after making it home, her city falls around her, and she's nearly raped by Agamemnon. Finally, Achilles is killed in front of her, killed by her own cousin.
* ChastityDagger: She carries a dagger in her possession after returning to Troy and uses it to stab Agamemnon. No doubt spending time among the soldiers and nearly getting gang raped motivated this.
* CompositeCharacter: She has some elements of Chryseis (the priestess of Apollo), Cassandra (being a younger female relation to Paris and Hector), and Clymtenestra (she stabs Agamemnon).
* HeadTurningBeauty: On seeing her after returning to Troy, her own cousin gushes that her beauty "grows with each new moon", and Priam jokes that her choosing to become a priestess to Apollo disappointed many of the city's men. The ''Iliad'' describes her as a great beauty too.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: She's a cousin of Paris and Hector in this film, when she wasn't related to them in mythology.
* RoyalBrat: Achilles can tell she's royalty from the way she snaps at him, noting that she's used to giving men orders.
* SilkHidingSteel: While seeming like TheIngenue, she actually snaps at both Agamemnon and Achilles, both of whom are her enemy captors, and tells them to stop fighting over her. She also stabs Agamemnon when he tries to rape her.
* SlapSlapKissKiss: She and Achilles start (consensually!) making out while she's physically holding a knife to his throat. Subverted however when Achilles choking her in a rage after Patroclus's death signals the end of their romance.
* StarCrossedLovers: Her and Achilles are on opposite sides of the Trojan War and, although they do fall in love, Achilles ends up killing her cousin for revenge. Knowing he's not good for her, he gives her back to Priam so she can return to Troy. He only goes into Troy during the fall to make sure she's protected, and dies because he's comforting her (Paris mistakenly thinks he's attacking her).
* TokenReligiousTeammate: She's a priestess to Apollo, chews Achilles out for mocking the gods, and actually goes to a statue of Apollo to pray as Troy falls.
* UnkemptBeauty: She spends a good chunk of the film having to live in the Greek camp, with minimal bathing facilities, but still looks beautiful. Achilles even says that "you'll never be lovelier than you are now".
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Despite being captured from Apollo's temple, she still seems to have different outfits while Achilles's prisoner.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: She's wearing white when the Greeks capture her. She noticeably stops wearing white after she's lost her virginity to Achilles.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: She sasses Achilles from the beginning. This is justified however, since she's a prisoner, and Achilles made it clear he wouldn't harm her.
[[folder:King Priam of Troy]]
!!King Priam
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/PeterOToole
The wise and benevolent king of Troy, famed as a great warrior in his time, but now places his faith more in the gods than perhaps more practical solutions.
* CompositeCharacter: In the ''Iliad'', he finds Achilles's tent because Hermes guides him. Here he says he knows his own country better than the Greeks.
* FatalFlaw: Despite being wise, his flaw is putting too much faith in the gods.
* GeneralFailure: Even though he is respected by Achilles for his nobility and goodness, Priam is painfully this kind of leader. He takes the opinion of his crazy old priest more seriously than that of his son Hector, who is a respected warrior and general in his own right, perhaps because he believes the gods are on Troy's side. This ends disastrously and Priam's choice (encouraged by said priest, no less) to let the Trojan Horse inside his city is what dooms it. Had he burned it as more sensible voices warned him, the Greeks would have likely given up and returned home.
* TheGoodKing: He's a benevolent, grandfatherly man, who even earns Achilles's respect. Achilles tells him he's "a much better king than the one leading this army".
* GoodIsDumb: Following on from the above, the fact that he doesn't listen to his sons' advice and focus on priests' divinings is what results in the fall of Troy. The extended cut makes this a little better, where he explains that Hector came down with a near fatal fever as a child and he prayed to Apollo to spare him, and when Hector made a miraculous recovery, he swore to always put faith in the Gods.
* PapaWolf: He admits that he would fight thousands of battles for Paris.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He sneaks into Achilles's tent to confront him about Hector's death, and later grabs a sword to try and defend Troy when it falls.
* WatchingTroyBurn: Literally. Priam walks out onto the balcony to see the city in flames, and is heartbroken.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Princess Andromache]]
!!Princess Andromache
!!!Portrayed by: Saffron Burrows
Hector's devoted wife and mother to their son Astyanax. She fears losing her husband to battle, and desires for him to retire so they can raise their son in peace.
* ActionSurvivor: She doesn't fight in battle herself, but she does lead the people to safety when Troy starts falling.
* BreakTheCutie: A sweet, kind woman who loved Hector, and she has to watch her husband die and flee her home. At least the movie doesn't adapt what happens to her after Troy falls.
* DemotedToExtra: She appears mainly as Hector's wife, although she does get to be responsible for leading the people out of Troy during the fall. She gets a little more in the extended cut.
* FallenPrincess: By the end, her husband has died and she has to flee the city into the wild.
* TheLostLenore: Hector becomes hers halfway through the story.
* MyGirlBackHome: She was this for Hector, and he carved a wooden horse to give as a present to their son.
* MythologyGag: When showing her the escape route, Hector alludes to the Greeks throwing the babies from the city walls and taking the women as slaves, "and that for you would be worse than dying", which is actually what happens to Andromache in the myths.
* ProperLady: She's a poised, refined princess of Troy.
* RegalRinglets: Her hair is curled, reflecting her status as a princess of Troy.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: While Briseis and Helen get more characterisation compared to their respective men, Andromache is more defined by her marriage to Hector.
* SilkHidingSteel: Despite being very feminine, she's extremely strong willed, and leads the people to safety while Troy is falling apart.
* StepfordSmiler: While she seems positive at first, in the extended cut, she reveals that she lost seven brothers and Hector is her LivingEmotionalCrutch.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She's often clad in blue, as befitting a feminine Trojan princess.
[[/folder]]
!!The Greeks:
[[folder: Achilles]]
!!Achilles
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/BradPitt
One of the greatest warriors to have ever lived, may possibly be a demigod, descended from the sea goddess Thetis. He fights for no one but himself, and only takes part in the Trojan War to earn his place in history.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Well, depending on which version you go by. Him and Patroclus are lovers in post-Homeric literature, but they were kinsmen beforehand. They're said to be cousins here.
* AnimalMotifs: His motif is the lion.
* AntiHero: He's very anti-authority and a bit of a jerkass, killing Hector for petty reasons.
* ConfusionFu: Of all the natural gifts of combat Achilles has, his greatest strength seems to be just how unorthodox his style of combat is, moving and attacking in unusual ways that allow him to claim openings others could not. His fight with Hector helps underscore this, comparing Hector's experienced, orthodox fighting style with Achilles' flowing, dynamic style which included things like stabbing with a spear from behind his own head.
* DeadpanSnarker: From his first scene, where he responds to a child saying he's heard he can't be killed with "wouldn't be bothering with the shield then would I?"
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite seeming like a {{Jerkass}} at first, he treats Briseis decently, refuses to kill Hector on the first day of the war, and wants to protect Patroclus from conflict.
* FamedInStory: Achilles is the most prominent example, as his name is feared across the Aegean. Funnily, King Triopas in the beginning of the story doesn't fear Achilles much.
* AFatherToHisMen: He treats his soldiers decently, and they have great respect for him.
* GlorySeeker: His main motivation for fighting alongside Agamemnon's forces is the glory that comes with being part of such a conflict.
* HiddenDepths: He surprises Briseis with his when he speaks eloquently about how the Gods envy them because they are mortal.
* HotBlooded: Especially when Patroclus is killed. He attacks both Eudoras and Briseis, two characters he cared for.
* LadykillerInLove: Downplayed. He's introduced having had a threesome with two unnamed women, and he genuinely falls in love with Briseis.
* MrFanservice: His sculpted physique is often shown in many scenes, and even in clothes, his biceps or legs are still on display.
* OneManArmy: Quoth Agamemnon "he's going to take the beach of Troy with fifty men?"
* ShellShockedVeteran: In one scene, he tells Patroclus that he has dreams of all the men he's killed waiting for him in the Underworld.
* TookALevelInKindness: After Hector's death, he has a HeelRealization and shows respect to Priam, not only returning Hector's body to him but declaring that no Greek will attack Troy for twelve days in respect for the funeral customs, also giving Briseis back to him and telling him "you're a better king than the one leading this army". He also enters Troy to not sack it but make sure Briseis isn't hurt in the carnage.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: King Agamemnon of Mycenae]]
!!King Agamemnon
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/BrianCox
An evil and power hungry tyrant who has been trying to conquer all of Greece, and now commands most of it. He uses Helen's elopement with Paris as an excuse to declare war on Troy and claim it for himself.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Agamemnon wasn't exactly a NiceGuy in the poems, but he only sacked Troy to avenge his brother's humiliation, and had no interest in power. Here, he's a tyrant who even exploits Menelaus's death as a chance to continue the war.
* AdaptationalWimp: His mythological counterpart was a OneManArmy whose abilities even Achilles had a grudging respect for. Here, he's an armchair general who doesn't fight his own battles, and gets killed by Briseis of all people.
* BenevolentBoss: Agamemnon to his highest vassal lords. He accepts their homage gracefully and addresses them like treasured friends, promising them glory come the victory. Giving Briseis to his demoralised men is also a rather twisted application of the trope. Achilles seems to be the king's one exception, as the two have incompatible philosophies and openly despise one another.
* DeathByWomanScorned: He's killed by Briseis, whom he had mistreated multiple times in the film, and was implied to be about to rape her before she stabs him.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Rather than getting to sail home, where he's stabbed by his wife, he is killed by Briseis during the fall of Troy.
* DirtyCoward: His only major kill in the movie is stabbing a distracted Priam in the back.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to care a lot about his brother.
* EvilCounterpart: To both Hector and Achilles; the former by being the villainous older brother and leader, and the latter by having a massive ego, desiring Briseis and being sent into a blind rage by the death of a kinsman.
* EvilOverlord: He's only interested in conquering all of Greece, and then wants to rule Troy as well.
* FatalFlaw: Greed and pride, both of which lead to him continuing the war, and bring about his downfall.
* GeneralFailure: He's painfully incompetent at actually leading the army, and wouldn't have even taken the beach if it hadn't been for Achilles and Ajax.
* HateSink: In a story full of GrayAndGrayMorality, he's an utterly loathsome villain with little to no redeeming qualities.
* LargeHam: He's fond of loud speeches and booming his voice as much as possible.
* StrawMisogynist: He treats Briseis as though she were an object, jokes about raping her in front of Achilles, and threatens to do it while Troy is falling.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Queen Helen of Sparta]]
!!Queen Helen, later Princess Helen of Troy
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/DianeKruger
The famed beauty of Sparta, and Menelaus's unhappy wife. She falls in love with Prince Paris and decides to elope with him back to Troy, knowing that war is likely to ensue.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: She was royalty already in mythology, and possibly a daughter of Zeus too, and she had multiple suitors campaigning for her hand. Here, Menelaus was the royalty, and she was sold into marriage with him.
* AdaptationalSympathy: Helen is usually portrayed as anything from a CosmicPlaything to an outright GoldDigger. This is one of the most sympathetic Helens, portraying her as a depressed trophy wife who is fully aware of everything her actions have caused, and she carries the guilt.
* AgeLift: The film says she was 16 when she was married to Menelaus, and in mythology she was 14.
* TheBeautifulElite: The Queen of Sparta, and one of the most beautiful women in the film.
* DeathSeeker: Downplayed. She says she considered suicide while married to Menelaus, and she is ready to give herself over to the Greeks out of guilt for the dead soldiers, knowing that it'll result in her death.
* DecoyProtagonist: While she's the impetus for starting the war, she is not actually the protagonist of the story.
* DiamondsInTheBuff: Paris presents her with a pearl necklace while she's fully nude.
* FallenPrincess: Sort of. She is queen at the start of the movie, and is demoted to merely being a princess in spirit, since she and Paris aren't officially married yet. This however is a significant upgrade for her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's golden-haired and a very kind, sweet woman. Although an adulterer, she wants to give herself up after one day of war because of the guilt.
* HeadTurningBeauty: When Priam meets her, he says that "for once, the gossips were right" about her beauty.
* ItsAllMyFault: She's destroyed by guilt after seeing the funerals for all the dead soldiers.
* MsFanservice: She appears topless in the extended version and is dressed very flatteringly throughout the film.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Well she wasn't single in the sense that she was forced into her marriage with Menelaus, but she insists to Paris that she wants "someone I can grow old with" rather than a fighter.
* SympatheticAdulterer: She was a trophy wife to a man twice her age, and "wanted to walk into the sea and drown" throughout their entire marriage.
* UnexplainedAccent: In a movie where everyone is speaking in British RP, she has traces of Diane Kruger's German accent.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Helen is the same age as Paris, but feels much older than him, because she's been made weary and cynical by her marriage to Menelaus. She is however very practical and wise about relationships.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: King Menelaus of Sparta]]
!!King Menelaus
!!!Portrayed by: Brendan Gleeson
A boorish and bloodthirsty king who had been hoping for peace with Troy before Helen's elopement. Now he wants her back just so he can kill her himself.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Helen was raised to be his trophy wife in the film, and married into the royal family. In mythology, Helen herself was royalty, and Menelaus was in fact one of the few suitors to not actively campaign for her hand; only winning it when everyone agreed to draw straws for her.
* AdaptationalVillainy: He receives a much harsher portrayal, as a BloodKnight who made Helen wish she was dead while married to him. In the myths, he actually held no ill-will to Helen for her affair with Paris, and they were somewhat HappilyMarried.
* AgeLift: He's portrayed as at least late 40s here (Brendan Gleeson was 48). Some sources state him as 30 when the war broke out.
* BoisterousBruiser: He's a LargeHam and a known warrior.
* DeathByAdaptation: He survived the war in mythology and even sailed home to Sparta. Here, he's killed relatively early in the war.
* EvilCounterpart: He's portrayed as this to Paris, as both feud over Helen, both are the younger brother, and both had reputations as womanisers.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: It's said that he has grown tired of war and looks to make peace with Troy. But Helen's elopement extinguishes all of that and spurs him to go to war with Troy.
* SacrificialLion: He's the first major character to fall in battle, killed by Hector, showing that AnyoneCanDie.
* UnexplainedAccent: His brother is played by Brian Cox disguising his Scottish accent under British RP. Brendan Gleeson's natural Irish brogue seeps through more obviously.
* WorfHadTheFlu: His defeat at Hector's hands is explained as him having previously grown tired of war, and therefore not being in as good shape as he previously was, and Hector being younger and fitter, as well as him being distracted trying to get Paris.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: King Odysseus of Ithaca]]
!!King Odysseus
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/SeanBean
The playful and benevolent King of Ithaca, known as the only man Achilles will listen to. Also responsible for building the famed wooden horse that would bring about Troy's destruction.
* DeadpanSnarker: He says two snarky things about Menelaus to his brother hours after his death.
--> "The men believe we came here for Menelaus's wife. Won't be needing her anymore."
* TheGoodKing: He's king of Ithaca and portrayed as a jovial and benevolent sort.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's a supporting character whose main function in the plot is to be a friend to Achilles before coming up with the wooden horse idea.
* KingIncognito: In the director's cut, he's introduced pretending to be a shepherd to Agamemnon's envoys.
* MoralityPet: He's the only one Achilles listens to and treats as an equal.
* NarratorAllAlong: Revealed earlier than most examples, but he narrates the first scene and doesn't appear until nearly half an hour into the film.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the most level-headed character on the Greek side, best exemplified by his callout to Agamemnon's complaints about Achilles's loyalty.
--> "I don't care about his allegiance; I care about his ability to win battles."
* PragmaticVillainy: He takes part in the war because his kingdom can't afford to have Agamemnon as an enemy.
* SavedByCanon: Being the protagonist of the ''Odyssey'' means he's one of the characters not likely to suffer DeathByAdaptation, as well as being the narrator. For added hilarity, he's played by an actor famous for [[ChronicallyKilledActor dying in most of his roles]].
* {{Troll}}: In the extended cut, he trolls Agamemnon's envoys by pretending to be a commoner bad mouthing himself and eventually quips that he hopes Agamemnon has smarter generals.
* UnexplainedAccent: Everyone else speaks in RP, but of course he speaks with Sean Bean's distinctive Yorkshire accent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Thetis]]
!!Thetis
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/JulieChristie
Achilles's mother, hinted to be the very goddess of the sea herself. She offers him advice on which path to take.
* AngelUnaware: The boy who wakes Achilles at the start tells the audience that his mother is rumoured to be an immortal sea goddess. She was indeed a goddess in some traditions, and in others just a sea nymph. The movie doesn't say either way, although Achilles claims to have seen the gods.
* HotGod: The only (possible) god to appear in the movie, she's shown as very beautiful and elegant, as well as being played by 60s and 70s screen beauty Julie Christie.
* MadOracle: Downplayed. If she's not actually a goddess, she seems to think she knows what will happen to Achilles's future.
* SilverFox: She's grey-haired and portrayed as very beautiful. Her actress was a famed fashion icon of TheSixties after all.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She appears in only one scene, but she tells Achilles what will happen if he goes to Troy, and that's what convinces him to fight in the war.
* TragicKeepsake: She gifts Achilles with seashell necklaces, which he then places on Patroclus's funeral pyre and gives Briseis as a parting gift.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears an elegant blue dress as befitting a possible goddess.
* WaterIsWomanly: She gives her motherly advice to Achilles while standing in the sea, and the water helps give her a feminine presence.
[[/folder]]
!!The Trojans:
[[folder: Hector]]
!!Prince Hector
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/EricBana
The noble and kind-hearted prince of Troy, beloved and respected by all. His devotion to his country and protecting his brother however will be his downfall.
* AdaptationalBadass: He actually kills Ajax in the movie, when he didn't in the myths.
* AdaptationalHeroism: He's considerably better in the film than he is in the ''Iliad'', where he desecrated Patroclus's corpse and told Paris he wished he'd never been born.
* AnimalMotifs: He's associated with horses.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very protective of Paris, even killing Menelaus for him.
* CompositeCharacter: He's combined with Polydamas, who gave the advice in the mythology.
* AFatherToHisMen: Hector shows great care for his soldiers and laments that they have to die en masse for such petty reasons as Paris taking away Menelaus' wife.
* {{Foil}} He's the good foil to Achilles, being more rational, tempered and heroic.
* MrFanservice: Not as much as Achilles or Paris, but he gets two shirtless scenes.
* NiceGuy: Eric Bana even chose this role because he felt Hector seemed like "such a nice guy".
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one on the Trojan side who has any idea of what real tactics in such a war would be. Any time his fellow Trojans decide to do something stupid because of 'favorable omens', he seems to be fighting the urge to Facepalm.
* PrinceCharming: Out of him and Paris, he's a good man and loving husband to Andromache, as well as being a doting father.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: He's the technician to Achilles's performer in terms of fighting style - with a more orthodox technique.
* WarriorPrince: He's the heir to the throne and leads the men in battle up until his death.
* WorthyOpponent: He considers Achilles to be one, and intends to pay full respects to his body if he is victorious.
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[[folder: Prince Paris]]
!!Prince Paris
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/OrlandoBloom
Hector's hedonistic younger brother, known for "bedding merchants' wives and temple maids", now recently having fallen in love with Helen of Sparta. He persuades her to return to Troy with him, kicking off the entire war.
* AdaptationalBadass: He lands a hit on Menelaus and kills Achilles in a fairer way than the myths.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The film softens him considerably.
* AdaptationalWealth: In mythology, he was raised as a shepherd and had no idea he was a prince. The film's version appears to be a RoyalBrat.
* AdaptationalWimp: The film has him cowardly running from his duel with Menelaus when the latter starts winning. In mythology, he only survived the encounter because Aphrodite intervened and took him inside the city walls.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Hector initially, but mercifully matures throughout the film.
* ChekhovsSkill: He's shown to be a skilled archer early on, and he kills Achilles by shooting him with several arrows.
* CompositeCharacter: Paris is the one who suggests burning the wooden horse, which was said by Laocoön in the myths.
* LadykillerInLove: He's got a reputation for stealing other men's wives, but he's legitimately in love with Helen.
* MrFanservice: He's the first of the men in the film to get a shirtless scene, and it's not his last.
* PrettyBoy: Played by a young Orlando Bloom at the height of his status as a teen heartthrob. Priam says "women have always loved Paris".
* SparedByTheAdaptation: During the fall of Troy, Paris is traditionally killed in a duel with Philoctetes, but survives the film.
* TookALevelInBadass: Starts out as a naive idiot, who actually runs from his duel to the death with Menelaus, but becomes maturer and more competent as the film goes on.
* WarriorPrince: Not at first, but he becomes a competent fighter by the end, even being the one to kill Achilles.
* WideEyedIdealist: He starts out quite idealistic, believing his love for Helen can conquer anything, and even thinks a duel between him and Menelaus will end the war.
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[[folder:Briseis]]
!!Briseis
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/RoseByrne
The beautiful and pious cousin to Hector and Paris. She has decided to become a priestess to Apollo, but is captured by the Greeks on the first day of the war, and made Achilles's slave.
* ActionSurvivor: While not a full blown ActionGirl, she does come close to killing Achilles in his sleep, and stabs Agamemnon to death. She also punches one of the Greeks who tries to rape her.
* AdaptationDyeJob: The Byzantine poet John Tzetzes describes her as having curly black hair, and Dares the Phrygian said she was blonde. She has light brown hair in this film.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Inverted. She falls for Achilles when he shows that he's more than "a dumb brute".
* BadassPacifist: She stands up to the two men from the enemy side that are holding her prisoner, who are literally fighting over who gets to keep her as a slave, and declares that she doesn't want anyone dying for her.
* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Technically she becomes Achilles's slave when she is given to him, but of course he views her as his lover.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She warms up to Achilles because he started treating her well.
* BreakTheCutie: A happy virgin priestess at the beginning, she's captured by the Greeks and made Achilles's prisoner. She nearly gets gang raped and even if she and Achilles do become lovers, he man handles her at one point, and she then loses her cousin to his hand. And after making it home, her city falls around her, and she's nearly raped by Agamemnon. Finally, Achilles is killed in front of her, killed by her own cousin.
* ChastityDagger: She carries a dagger in her possession after returning to Troy and uses it to stab Agamemnon. No doubt spending time among the soldiers and nearly getting gang raped motivated this.
* CompositeCharacter: She has some elements of Chryseis (the priestess of Apollo), Cassandra (being a younger female relation to Paris and Hector), and Clymtenestra (she stabs Agamemnon).
* HeadTurningBeauty: On seeing her after returning to Troy, her own cousin gushes that her beauty "grows with each new moon", and Priam jokes that her choosing to become a priestess to Apollo disappointed many of the city's men. The ''Iliad'' describes her as a great beauty too.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: She's a cousin of Paris and Hector in this film, when she wasn't related to them in mythology.
* RoyalBrat: Achilles can tell she's royalty from the way she snaps at him, noting that she's used to giving men orders.
* SilkHidingSteel: While seeming like TheIngenue, she actually snaps at both Agamemnon and Achilles, both of whom are her enemy captors, and tells them to stop fighting over her. She also stabs Agamemnon when he tries to rape her.
* SlapSlapKissKiss: She and Achilles start (consensually!) making out while she's physically holding a knife to his throat. Subverted however when Achilles choking her in a rage after Patroclus's death signals the end of their romance.
* StarCrossedLovers: Her and Achilles are on opposite sides of the Trojan War and, although they do fall in love, Achilles ends up killing her cousin for revenge. Knowing he's not good for her, he gives her back to Priam so she can return to Troy. He only goes into Troy during the fall to make sure she's protected, and dies because he's comforting her (Paris mistakenly thinks he's attacking her).
* TokenReligiousTeammate: She's a priestess to Apollo, chews Achilles out for mocking the gods, and actually goes to a statue of Apollo to pray as Troy falls.
* UnkemptBeauty: She spends a good chunk of the film having to live in the Greek camp, with minimal bathing facilities, but still looks beautiful. Achilles even says that "you'll never be lovelier than you are now".
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Despite being captured from Apollo's temple, she still seems to have different outfits while Achilles's prisoner.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: She's wearing white when the Greeks capture her. She noticeably stops wearing white after she's lost her virginity to Achilles.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: She sasses Achilles from the beginning. This is justified however, since she's a prisoner, and Achilles made it clear he wouldn't harm her.
[[folder:King Priam of Troy]]
!!King Priam
!!!Portrayed by: Creator/PeterOToole
The wise and benevolent king of Troy, famed as a great warrior in his time, but now places his faith more in the gods than perhaps more practical solutions.
* CompositeCharacter: In the ''Iliad'', he finds Achilles's tent because Hermes guides him. Here he says he knows his own country better than the Greeks.
* FatalFlaw: Despite being wise, his flaw is putting too much faith in the gods.
* GeneralFailure: Even though he is respected by Achilles for his nobility and goodness, Priam is painfully this kind of leader. He takes the opinion of his crazy old priest more seriously than that of his son Hector, who is a respected warrior and general in his own right, perhaps because he believes the gods are on Troy's side. This ends disastrously and Priam's choice (encouraged by said priest, no less) to let the Trojan Horse inside his city is what dooms it. Had he burned it as more sensible voices warned him, the Greeks would have likely given up and returned home.
* TheGoodKing: He's a benevolent, grandfatherly man, who even earns Achilles's respect. Achilles tells him he's "a much better king than the one leading this army".
* GoodIsDumb: Following on from the above, the fact that he doesn't listen to his sons' advice and focus on priests' divinings is what results in the fall of Troy. The extended cut makes this a little better, where he explains that Hector came down with a near fatal fever as a child and he prayed to Apollo to spare him, and when Hector made a miraculous recovery, he swore to always put faith in the Gods.
* PapaWolf: He admits that he would fight thousands of battles for Paris.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He sneaks into Achilles's tent to confront him about Hector's death, and later grabs a sword to try and defend Troy when it falls.
* WatchingTroyBurn: Literally. Priam walks out onto the balcony to see the city in flames, and is heartbroken.
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[[folder: Princess Andromache]]
!!Princess Andromache
!!!Portrayed by: Saffron Burrows
Hector's devoted wife and mother to their son Astyanax. She fears losing her husband to battle, and desires for him to retire so they can raise their son in peace.
* ActionSurvivor: She doesn't fight in battle herself, but she does lead the people to safety when Troy starts falling.
* BreakTheCutie: A sweet, kind woman who loved Hector, and she has to watch her husband die and flee her home. At least the movie doesn't adapt what happens to her after Troy falls.
* DemotedToExtra: She appears mainly as Hector's wife, although she does get to be responsible for leading the people out of Troy during the fall. She gets a little more in the extended cut.
* FallenPrincess: By the end, her husband has died and she has to flee the city into the wild.
* TheLostLenore: Hector becomes hers halfway through the story.
* MyGirlBackHome: She was this for Hector, and he carved a wooden horse to give as a present to their son.
* MythologyGag: When showing her the escape route, Hector alludes to the Greeks throwing the babies from the city walls and taking the women as slaves, "and that for you would be worse than dying", which is actually what happens to Andromache in the myths.
* ProperLady: She's a poised, refined princess of Troy.
* RegalRinglets: Her hair is curled, reflecting her status as a princess of Troy.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: While Briseis and Helen get more characterisation compared to their respective men, Andromache is more defined by her marriage to Hector.
* SilkHidingSteel: Despite being very feminine, she's extremely strong willed, and leads the people to safety while Troy is falling apart.
* StepfordSmiler: While she seems positive at first, in the extended cut, she reveals that she lost seven brothers and Hector is her LivingEmotionalCrutch.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She's often clad in blue, as befitting a feminine Trojan princess.
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