Mythology:
 

Heroes/Heroines

Helpful Hero Definitions

Primary Source Resources
For ALL HERO(IN)ES, you can go to THEOI. COM and search your hero(in)e's name.  The primary sources will be the art in the "Gallery," and the Classical E-Texts.  Cite them by the author and work, with the reference to Theoi in your works cited section.  For individual resources, see below.  Some have a lot more than others. FOR HEROES not given a specific link below, you can also go to the Greek Mythology Link (see Internet Resources) and look for your character in the encyclopedia.  I will add some more material Tuesday.

Achilles

• Carlos Parada's Greek Mythology Link has a narrative interspersed with quotes from primary sources, along with references you can follow up if you want to.

• The best source is the Iliad, focusing on books 1 and 9, but elsewhere as well.

Aeneas

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources for further reading.

• The best source is the Aeneid; a summary could get you to significant elements you might want to consider.

Agamemnon

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources.  This one is spottier than some although there is a good section on his death.  You may need to follow up the primary sources.

• Best literary sources: Iliad book 1 or use an index for incidents in battle etc. where he appears, and Aeschylus' Agamemnon.

Ajax

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Major primary sources: The Iliad (showing him as a warrior), Sophocles' Ajax (about his madness and suicide)

Clytemnestra

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources.

• Major primary sources: Aeschylus' Agamemnon and Libation Bearers; also various plays by Euripides such as Iphigeneia at Aulis and Electra (where she is very different from the standard portrayal)

Hector

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Major primary source: The Iliad.

Helen

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Main Primary sources: Iliad, Odyssey (where she appears happily back home with Menelaus), Euripides' Helen (in which she never went to Troy -- only an image of her did)

Memnon

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Main primary sources: Art (vase paintings), Quintus of Smyrna

Menelaus

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Main Primary Sources: Iliad, Euripides' Helen

Odysseus

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 
  Main Primary Sources: Iliad, Odyssey, Quintus of Smyrna (Trojan Horse), Aeneid (also Trojan Horse), Art

Paris

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Main Primary Sources: Iliad

Patroclus

Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Main Primary Sources: Iliad

Penelope

• Greek Mythology Link with a narrative and interspersed quoteations from primary sources.  At the very bottom is a list of sources. 

• Main Primary Source: Odyssey

Penthesileia: 

• Theoi excerpts and illustrations

• Main Primary Sources: Quintus of Smyrna, Art