Greek Heroes

All the Greek heroes worked hard and generally they played equally hard. They were beloved of the gods and sometimes equally hated. They didn't get a reputation as heroes because they rescued people from burning buildings, but because they showed divine assistance and incredible, seemingly superhuman abilities. Many were too big for their hometowns and so set off on what we now think of typically heroic quests. Others fought in the Trojan War. Just as the gods were popular ancestors for the ancient Greeks, so were the heroes. Likewise, the stories of neither gods nor heroes are entirely consistent and there is overlap.

This picture gallery is divided into three groups. The first is the early heroes, the founders Perseus and Cadmus, and Bellerophon, who sometimes overlaps with Perseus. The next group, roughly 3-4 generations later, all counted as Argonauts in one story or another. The final group is from the Trojan War, roughly a generation later.

Ancient Greek Picture Gallery

Greek Mythology in Pictures