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Greek Mythology - Names of Heroes and Heroines A - C
Achilles |
Greek hero of the Trojan war; Achilles was son of the sea nymph Thetis and King Peleus
Agamemnon |
King of Mycenae and key participant in the Trojan war
Ajax |
Greek warrior, second only to Achilles during the Trojan war
Alcestis |
the legendary devoted wife of Admetus who gave up her life for her husband
Alcmene |
the lovely mother of the hero Herakles
Anchises |
this mortal man was the father of the legendary hero Aeneas
Andromache |
the wife of the Trojan hero Hector
Andromeda |
the beautiful daughter of Queen Cassiopeia; she was rescued by the hero Perseus
Antigone |
daughter of Oedipus who sacrificed herself in the name of justice and honor
Ariadne |
daughter of King Minos; she helped Theseus to escape from the island of Crete
Atalanta |
a huntress who in many respects recalls the goddess Artemis
Atreus |
father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
Autolycus |
this son of Hermes took after his father - he was a legendary thief
Bellerophon |
hero who tamed the winged horse Pegasus
Briseis |
she was a captive of the hero Achilles during the Trojan War
Cadmus |
he founded the city of Thebes by sowing the teeth of a dragon
Cassandra |
she had the gift of prophecy, but her curse was that no one believed her visions of the future
Cassiopeia |
the boastful and vain mother of Andromeda
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