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Legendary Heroes - Their Women and Female Heroes

The women in the lives of the Greek and Roman legendary heroes, be they mothers, sisters, wives, lovers, or enemies.

Atalanta - Famous Woman Runner Atalanta

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The Women and Children of Hercules

A list of the women Hercules was involved with and the children they bore him.

Greek Mothers From Epic and Drama

Had it not been for the beauty of Helen, Hermione's mother, there would have been no Trojan War. Had it not been for their mothers, Jocasta and Clytemnestra, the heroes Oedipus and Orestes would have remained obscure. Mortal mothers of other legendary heroes had important (if lesser) roles in the ancient Greek epics of Homer and drama of the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

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