Heros and Warriors
- Achilles
- Greek hero. Son of King Peleus and the sea nympht Thetis. Dipped into
the Styx by his mother so his only vulnerable part was his ankle
(where she held him). Pupil of Chiron. Owned armour made by
Hephaistos. Killed in the Trojan war by an arrow shot by Paris and
guided by Apollo to hit his ankle.
- Aeneas
- A Trojan Hero. Son of Anchises and Venus. Married to Creusa, daughter of
Priam and father of Ascanius. Lover of Dido of Carthage. Married
Lavinia, duaghter of King Latinus.
- Agamemnon
- Son of Atreus and brother of King Menelaus of Sparta. Assisted his
brother in the Trojan war. Married to Clytemnestra and sacrificied
their daughter Iphigenia to Artemis. Murdered by Clytemnestra
and her lover Aegisthus.
- Ajax
- Greek warrior. Son of Telamon and Salamis. Plotted to kill
Odysseus after he had been given Achilles armour. Tricked into
slaughtering a flock of sheep instead by Athena. Killed himself
due to fear of his own evil intentions.
- The Amazons
- A group of warrior women descended from Ares and the Naiad Harmonia.
Voluntarily removed their right breasts to be able to shoot arrows
better.
- Antigone
- Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. Guided her blinded father untill
he died. Walled into a cave on the orders of Creon for attempting
to bury the corpse of her brother which had been condemmed to rot.
Hung herself in the cave she was walled into.
- Bellerophon
- A greek hero. Son of Glaucus. Taimed Pegasus with the help of
a magic bridle given to him by Athena. Exiled from Conrith for
murdering Bellerus. Given refuge in Argus by King Proteus until
Queen Stheneboea accused him of rape. Sent to Asia Minor.
- Cadmus
- Son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, and Telephassa. Sent after his
sister Europa when she was abducted by Zeus.
Told to follow a cow and found a city where it rested.Killed a serpant
sent by Ares and placed it's teeth in the ground. Fully armed
soldiers sprouted from the ground where the teeth had been placed.
Married Harmonia, daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.
- The Dioscuri
- Twin sons of Leda; Polydeuces was the son of Zeus and Castor the
son of King Tyndareos. Shared their divinity between them. Accompanied
Jason on his search for the golden fleece. Also know as Castor and
Pollux.
- Hector
- Son of Priam and a Trojan hero. Killed by Achilles for mistakenly
killing his friend Patrocles.
- Hercules
- Son of Zeus and Alceme. A great Greek hero famous for completing
twelve labours.
- Hippolyta
- An Amazon Queen.
- Jason
- Greek hero and voyager. Son of Aeson and Philyra and a pupil of Chiron
. Leader of the Argonauts. Killed his trecharous Uncle, Pelias.
- Menelaus
- King of Sparta. Son of Atreus and husband of Helen. Was reunited
with Helen after the Trojan war.
- Odysseus
- Greek leader during the Trojan war and creator of the wooden horse.
Son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of Penelope. Spent ten
years trying to return from the Trojan war.
- Perseus
- Son of Zeus and Danae. Killed the Gorgon Medusa and then saved and
married Andromeda. Accidently killed his grandfather, Acrisius, with
a discus.
- Priam
- Son of Laomedan and the nymph Strymo, daughter of the river Scamander.
King of Troy and husband of Hecuba.
- Theseus
- Son of Aethra and Aegeus. A great hero and strongman.