| HECTOR | Trojan hero killed by Achilles (6) |
| HELENE | Amazon warrior killed by Achilles |
| MEMNON | King of Ethiopia in Greek mythology slain by Achilles in the Trojan War (6) |
| AENEAS | Trojan hero, subject of an epic work by Virgil (6) |
| AENEID | Epic poem by Virgil about a Trojan hero (6) |
| YARROW | Herb used by Achilles to heal his men's battle wounds according to legend, hence its Latin name Achillea millefolium (6) |
| BRUTUS | Trojan hero, and supposed ancestor of the British people (6) |
| ACHILLES | Greek hero killed by Paris near the end of the Trojan War (8) |
| ORION | Greek hero killed by a giant scorpion |
| TROILUS | Depicted in a play by Shakespeare, a young Trojan prince who woos Cressida before being killed by Achilles (7) |
| PENTHESILEA | In Greek mythology, the queen of the Amazons, killed by Achilles (11) |
| TENES | He was killed by Achilles, sparking Apollo to strike his heel. |
| WILDBILLHICKOK | American folk hero killed during a card game by Jack McCall |
| DECATUR | Naval hero killed in a duel |
| HORATIO | British naval hero killed in the Battle of Trafalgar, ... Nelson |
| DAVYCROCKETT | American folk hero killed at the Alamo in 1836 (4,8) |
| MYRMIDON | In Greek mythology, one of the ant people led by Achilles in the Trojan War (8) |
| CHI | Vital life force possessed by Achilles |
| EASEL | Supporter of the art concealed by Achilles, Aeneid going all the way back (5) |
| MILFOIL | "Thousand-leaf" yarrow legendarily used by Achilles to treat wounds (7) |
