Greek Mythological Figures

This is a list of some of the more prominent mortals that appear in Greek Myths.


Achilles - Hero of the Trojan War
Aeneas - A Hero of the Trojan War and progenitor of the Romans
Agamemnon - King of Mycenae who fought in the Trojan War
Ajax - King of Salamis and hero of the Trojan War
Andromeda - Daughter of King Cepheus and Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus
Antigone - Daughter of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta
Arachne - A weaver who was transformed into a spider after she challenged Athena to a contest
Ariadne - Princess of Crete who became wife of Dionysus
Briseis - A Princess taken by Achilles as a war prize
Cadmus - Founder and King of Thebes
Cassandra - Princess of Troy, she was cursed to see the future, and have no one believe her
Cassiopeia - Queen and mother of Andromeda who angered the gods
Daedalus - Inventor and the father of Icarus
Electra - Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Hector - Prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba
Heracles - Son of Zeus and Alcmene, the greatest Greek hero
Helen - Daughter of Zeus and Leda, she caused the Trojan War
Hermione - Daughter of Menelaus and Helen
Icarus - Son of Daedalus, who flew too close to the sun, and fell to his death
Jason - Leader of the Argonauts
Leda - Daughter of King Thestius and wife of King Tyndareus, she was the mother of Helen by Zeus
Medea - Wife of Jason who killed her own children
Midas - King of Phrygia. Everything he touched turned to gold.
Minos - King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa
Niobe - Daughter of Tantalus, whose children were killed by Apollo and Artemis
Odysseus - King of Ithaca who got lost returning home from the Trojan War
Oedipus - King of Thebes who was fated to kill his father and marry his mother.
Orpheus - Musician and poet who attempted to retrieve his dead wife from the Underworld
Pandora - The first woman she released all the evils of humanity into the world, saving only hope.
Paris - Son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, he eloped with Helen and caused the Trojan War
Penelope - Wife of Odysseus
Perseus - Son of Zeus who killed Medusa and used her head to save Andromeda
Pythia - The oracle at Delphi
Theseus - Son of Poseidon who slayed the minotaur and became King of Athens


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