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Greek Heroes and Heroines

Iphigenia | the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who was sacrificed to the goddess Artemis

Jason | as leader of the Argonauts, he completed the quest for the Golden Fleece

Jocasta | mother of Oedipus

Leda | mother of the Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces), Helen, and Clytemnestra

Medea | a vengeful sorceress who married and later was scorned by the hero Jason

Meleager | he is famous for dealing the death blow to the Calydonian Boar

Menelaus | brother of Agamemnon and ruler of Sparta

Nausicaa | she discovered the hero Odysseus in the Odyssey

Neoptolemus | the son of Achilles; he participated in the Trojan War

Nestor | in Homer's Iliad, he is portrayed as a wise old man

Odysseus | hero of the eponymous Odyssey, a great adventurer; king of Ithaca

Oedipus | king of Thebes; his tragic story forms the basis for the Sophoclean trilogy

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Who's Who in Classical Mythology

This book is a great source for information about Greek and Roman mythology! Organized alphabetically, this who's who features information about over 1200 of the most intriguing characters from Classical myth and legend. And there are excellent entries on the Greek heroes and heroines.

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