Heroes
Categories
- Heracles (5)
Links
The Greek Heroes
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=kingsley&book=heroes&story=_contents
By Charles Kingsley (1894), e-text from the Baldwin Project.
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles
Retelling of the classic myth by Padraic Colum, illustrated by Willy Pogny; e-text at Bartleby.com.
Trojan War Net
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/randomstuff/
Learn about the Trojan War and the people who took part in it, why Menelaus was fat, and get homework help.
Heroic Behavior [About.com]
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa092899a.htm
The rules governing heroic behavior that guided ancient heroes like Achilles.
Story of the Trojan War - The Sequence of Events [About.com]
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa011503a.htm
The sequence of major events in the Trojan War and The Iliad of Homer beginning with the theft, by Paris, of Helen of Troy.
Jason's Angels
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa092199.htm
A look at Jason and the Argonauts as not so much heroes as a biker gang.
Achilles
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_achilles.htm
Basic information on Achilles and his role in the Trojan War.