Legendary Heroes - Hercules, Achilles, Theseus and more
Ancient legendary heroes, some of whom may have been deified, especially those from Ancient Greece, like Achilles, Odysseus, Hercules, Perseus, and Theseus, but not including bona fide historical heroes.
Homer writes about Bellerophon and Proteus in Book VI of the Iliad.
Cecrops was the early king who civilized the people of what became Athens.
Deiphobus was a Trojan leader.
Here are the major heroes of Greek legend. Two of them (Odysseus and Achilles) are from the Trojan War. The others were involved in adventures.
A self-grading trivia quiz testing your knowledge of information on the Greek heroes provided by this site.
Meleager (Meleagros) was a great Greek hero involved in the Calydonian boar hunt in which he yielded the prize to Atalanta, and the voyage of the Argonauts.
The leader of the Trojan War was Agamemnon. His brother and fellow king was Menelaus, the aggrieved husband of Helen of Troy. Learn more about Menelaus, a pivotal figure in the stories about the Trojan War.
Because of his great musical talent, the mythological Orpheus was given the singular privilege of having the opportunity to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from death.
Who Is the Greatest Greek Hero?
When you're reading the literature and history of Ancient Greece, there are a few names that should be as familiar to you as Shakespeare, the Bible, Kennedy, or Hitler. Here they are....
