The great heroes of Greek myth.

  • Achilles

    Achilles

    The greatest Greek warrior. A later Roman story says his mother Thetis dipped him in the…

  • Hector

    Hector

    Eldest son of King Priam and Troy’s greatest warrior. Achilles killed him to avenge Patroclus and…

  • Heracles

    Heracles

    The greatest of Greek heroes, famed for his strength and his twelve labours. After a painful…

  • Odysseus

    Odysseus

    King of Ithaca and the cleverest of the Greeks. The Wooden Horse was his idea. His…

  • Aeneas

    Aeneas

    Son of Aphrodite. He escaped burning Troy carrying his old father on his back. The Romans…

  • Jason

    Jason

    Leader of the Argonauts, sent to fetch the Golden Fleece from Colchis. He won it with…

  • Orpheus

    Orpheus

    Musician whose song charmed animals, trees and stones. He sailed with the Argonauts and went down…

  • Paris

    Paris

    A Trojan prince. Asked to judge which goddess was the fairest, he chose Aphrodite, who promised…

  • Perseus

    Perseus

    Son of Zeus and Danae. With winged sandals and a mirrored shield, he beheaded Medusa, then…

  • Theseus

    Theseus

    Hero and king of Athens. He killed the Minotaur in the Labyrinth and escaped using Ariadne’s…

  • Ajax

    Ajax

    Ajax the Great, from the island of Salamis. Huge and strong, he carried a giant tower…

  • Orion

    Orion

    Giant hunter, killed by Artemis or by a scorpion in different stories, and placed among the…

  • Patroclus

    Patroclus

    Achilles’ closest companion. He went into battle wearing Achilles’ armour and was killed by Hector, which…

  • Bellerophon

    Bellerophon

    Hero who tamed the winged horse Pegasus and killed the Chimera. Grandfather of Sarpedon and Glaucus.

  • Diomedes

    Diomedes

    King of Argos. In the Iliad, with Athena’s help, he wounded two gods in a single…

  • Orestes

    Orestes

    Son of Agamemnon who avenged his father’s murder. Hunted by the Furies, he was finally put…

  • Telemachus

    Telemachus

    Son of Odysseus, a baby when his father left. In the Odyssey he sets out to…

  • Castor

    Castor

    Famous horseman, twin of Polydeuces and brother of Helen. One of the Argonauts. The twins became…

  • Neoptolemus

    Neoptolemus

    Son of Achilles, also called Pyrrhus, brought to Troy after his father’s death. He killed Priam…

  • Polydeuces

    Polydeuces

    Champion boxer, son of Zeus and twin of Castor. He shared his immortality with his brother…

  • Sarpedon

    Sarpedon

    King of Lycia and a son of Zeus, fighting for Troy. When Patroclus killed him, Zeus…

  • Ajax the Lesser

    Ajax the Lesser

    Son of Oileus, a fast runner, not to be confused with the great Ajax. He dragged…

  • Ascanius

    Ascanius

    Son of Aeneas, also called Iulus, carried out of Troy as a boy. Julius Caesar’s family…

  • Glaucus

    Glaucus

    A Lycian commander. In the Iliad he meets Diomedes in battle, they discover their grandfathers were…