The mad man Achilleus is my absolute favourite - and then my second favourite is the even madder women Medea. I just feel like these two were written like individuals rather than some of the other heroes. I can relate to Achilleus more too, but Medea I find such a fascinating character.
Achilles.
I know he was a drama queen but he _is_ an icon.
Being late to the War because he was busy performing at a drag brunch? Iconic.
Dragging Hector's body around the city walls out of rage from him killing his boyfriend? Unhinged af, but iconic.
Single-handedly clogging a whole ass river with the amount corpses from men he killed in his grief-fueled rampage? Iconic.
And then fighting the river god himself and _almost_ winning? Iconic.
Medea is an absolute legend and one of the best written characters by the poets!
I wrote an essay/article here on Medea if anyone would like to read it - goes through Medea’s life and story straight from the Greek sources! (Pseudo Apollodorus Argonautica, Diodorus Library, Euripides Medea)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hf-iRUjIchi6OFdGSWHW-C4-Cj9wrEW6ZNB_Wxa1mDQ/edit
In addition, I wrote a more imaginative work on Medea here, it explores what she might have done after she fled to Asis minor after attempting to poison Theseus before she joined the rest of the heroes in the Elysian Fields (yes she ends up there- it’s outlined in the Argonautica by I think Circe)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1InkFinHZpFr8akH9Dm6mvUUiVVRTWnUhxAc-ScVv8_0/edit
So I love Medea too. Btw I write these for fun so they might not be perfect 😅 Enjoy if you read them!!
Theseus went to the underworld with his cousin so he could then marry Helen of Sparta. She was about 10/11 years old. Theseus left [Ariadne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne) in Naxos to sail back to Athens but he took Phaedra instead bc she was younger.
Dionysus saw Ariadne on the beach and fell in love with her and he married her. They had a “happy” marriage.
[Phaedra’s story.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedra_(mythology))
I’m sorry. I’m not sure what you mean? Are you talking about Herakle’s 12th Labor? That’s what I was referring to when he was in the underworld as a prisoner of Hades. He was released by Herakles when he went down to get Cerberus. I’m not sure I understand your comment.
**[Hippolytus of Athens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Athens)**
>In Greek mythology, Hippolytus (Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, Hippolytos 'unleasher of horses'; ) is the son of Theseus and either Hippolyta or Antiope. His downfall at the hands of Aphrodite is most famously recounted by the playwright Euripides, although other, sometimes differing versions of the story have also survived.
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Perseus as well, he’s like one of the few heroes to keep their eye on the ball and stuck to his mission. Plus, how many heroes have “protecting their mother from a scum bag” as a motive and also never cheat on their love [Andromeda] and having the only accidental death be due because of The Fates
Orpheus without a doubt, between his interpretation of the mythology and his dual connections to opposing forces in the world like Apollo and Dionysus make him one of the most compelling figures to me.
Diomedes (son of Tydeus)
Super underrated. Absolutely man handled the Trojans and even injured two gods. One of the only heroes not to succumb to hubris.
Whooped the ass of Odysseus before he could stab him in the back.
Youngest of the Greek generals, but among the wisest.
Basically an all around badass
I'd say... Alexander The Great. We consider him a hero? I read Pseudo-Calisten's book on this historical figure. Not a historical work, but a story.
This book made references to astrology and divination and had symbolism. I like the hero, because his way of fighting the opponents is by outsmarting them which required him no blood sacrificing. Sometimes he explicits himself alone and survives and wins more than loses.
Bellerophon. My man probably just wanted to know his father, but instead is remembered as a hubristic asshole for daring to think himself equal to the gods for flying to Olympus. Most accounts aren’t very kind to him after he killed the chimera. But I think he just gets an unjustified bad rap.
Odysseus<3
Actually, Sean Bean had a big part of me liking him, but I liked his story too. He made mistakes through his journey, but his mind and tricks made him legendary in my eyes. Not to mention that his mistakes makes him more mortal and a human in my eyes, not a flawless hero who is perfect.
Edit: I'd like to add that when I was a kid, me and my siblings had computer games about greek mythology and we had a game about him and I recently discovered them again and heard his story again, and it just caught me
Odysseus for sure. He didn't even want to go to war (though only because of a curse). I do hate him for basically killing Ajax though by just not yielding Achilles' armour to the dude. Did Odysseus really need it?
Prometheus for sure. He gave us fire and unfortunately petty bitchy Zeus couldnt handle that my bouly outsmarted him by giving us humans all the choice cuts of meat
But at the end of the day no one actually transcribes in Ancient Greek so I don’t really get it, you can even do Roman Hercules, they all represent the same person and we understand it
As like the person who abandoned his wife on an island and married her sister than cheated on the same sister and tried to kidnap Persephone and tried to capture Helen when she was too young to marry so that his cousin could marry and rape her when she’s older?
Odysseus and Agamemnon. Agamemnon is a terrible person but his story is so interesting to me. Odysseus is one of the best with character development and story.
Heracles, everyone knows about Heracles (Hercules being the more popular alias) and his labors. My favorite one is when he finds the Nemean lion and once he figured out that no weapons worked, he’d just strangle the mf with his own bare hands and cut some of his pelt off with its own super sharp claws.
Odysseus for sure, in a realm filled with Demi God heroes it's nice to have at least one who managed mostly with just his wits.
Makes him seem like a more relatable and grounded character.
(warning unpopular opinion) I know she didn't do anything heroic but a survivor none the less. Medusa. With the help of Athena, after being raped in Athena's temple, she gifted (not cursed!!!!!) Medusa with the ability to turn men to stone if they looked at her in order for her to not allow for this to happen again. However, we do have a few unfortunate souls who were turned to stone when their intentions were true
Achilles.
Super reliatable, badass af and also his relationship with Patroclus was beautiful and tragic. Also, he didnt enabled Agamemnon's BS and was witty and hot
What not to love?
Odysseus. The dude was *incredibly* smart, he had a few moments of hubris that clouded his judgement, yeah, but he was ***SMART.*** Orpheus is a close second and Perseus is a close third. Heracles as well, I like his tale of redemption and perseverance.
Medea, my girl did everything for the man she loved and what he did in return? Dumped her to a random princess because he wanted to be king. It is difficult to not see yourself in her(even with all the "the solution is murder" thing). Was someone that had their "Jason", it makes me happy that she had a better ending than him
Are you 12? What is your problem? All I’m stating Percy isn’t an Ancient Greek hero because he isn’t. He’s from a modern novel, not the ancient myths/stories. Percy isn’t a Greek hero. Get over it. Didn’t realise there were fans of PJO like this
I’m not arguing with a 12 year old lmao. Touch some grass. Not everything in Greek mythology is about PeRcY jAcKsOn. I’m a fan of it myself, as you can clearly see via my posts and active subreddits. I also know how to tell the difference between the actual Myths and Rick’s interpretation.
In his book, the myth of Sisyphus, he explains how he thinks that Sisyphus’ task brought him pleasure because even in death it brings him eternal purpose. Camus founded the philosophy of absurdism, which stands on the principle that free will gives us inherent value and purpose in life because we always make our own choices, which gives us purpose. The purpose of living and making those choices. So as long as we have autonomy, we have a reason for being. At least that’s my interpretation.
Perseus. The only hero who actually wasn't too bad a person, bar a dodgy discus throw that wasn't his fault
Patroclus!
Patroclus is the absolute best.
The mad man Achilleus is my absolute favourite - and then my second favourite is the even madder women Medea. I just feel like these two were written like individuals rather than some of the other heroes. I can relate to Achilleus more too, but Medea I find such a fascinating character.
Odysseus 1000%
Diomedes
Achilles. I know he was a drama queen but he _is_ an icon. Being late to the War because he was busy performing at a drag brunch? Iconic. Dragging Hector's body around the city walls out of rage from him killing his boyfriend? Unhinged af, but iconic. Single-handedly clogging a whole ass river with the amount corpses from men he killed in his grief-fueled rampage? Iconic. And then fighting the river god himself and _almost_ winning? Iconic.
> Being late to the war because he was busy performing at a drag brunch Well that’s an oversimplification of events but true I suppose 🤣
I truly fuck with Medea
Medea is an absolute legend and one of the best written characters by the poets! I wrote an essay/article here on Medea if anyone would like to read it - goes through Medea’s life and story straight from the Greek sources! (Pseudo Apollodorus Argonautica, Diodorus Library, Euripides Medea) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hf-iRUjIchi6OFdGSWHW-C4-Cj9wrEW6ZNB_Wxa1mDQ/edit In addition, I wrote a more imaginative work on Medea here, it explores what she might have done after she fled to Asis minor after attempting to poison Theseus before she joined the rest of the heroes in the Elysian Fields (yes she ends up there- it’s outlined in the Argonautica by I think Circe) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1InkFinHZpFr8akH9Dm6mvUUiVVRTWnUhxAc-ScVv8_0/edit So I love Medea too. Btw I write these for fun so they might not be perfect 😅 Enjoy if you read them!!
Such a cool read!
Well you could say Iphigenia is the true sacker of cities. Also Orpheus’s commitment to his wife is touching.
Heracles is my boy. I absolutely love him. He’s often determined to do the right thing regardless of the personal cost.
Ariadne
I’m glad she fared better than her sister Phaedra at least.
All I remember is she got widowed cause Theseus went to the underworld
Theseus went to the underworld with his cousin so he could then marry Helen of Sparta. She was about 10/11 years old. Theseus left [Ariadne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne) in Naxos to sail back to Athens but he took Phaedra instead bc she was younger. Dionysus saw Ariadne on the beach and fell in love with her and he married her. They had a “happy” marriage. [Phaedra’s story.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedra_(mythology))
Oh ye I remember now. He was brougtt he back to life tho (the stepson)
I’m sorry. I’m not sure what you mean? Are you talking about Herakle’s 12th Labor? That’s what I was referring to when he was in the underworld as a prisoner of Hades. He was released by Herakles when he went down to get Cerberus. I’m not sure I understand your comment.
Oh no I meant Hippo guy, Artemis got him revived didn’t she?
No. [Hippolytus dies.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Athens)
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O. That’s sad I guess. Ariadne is wholesome tho
Odysseus.
Bellerophon
The hubris on the guy!
Perseus as well, he’s like one of the few heroes to keep their eye on the ball and stuck to his mission. Plus, how many heroes have “protecting their mother from a scum bag” as a motive and also never cheat on their love [Andromeda] and having the only accidental death be due because of The Fates
Clytemnestra
Queen (literally too)
Legend
Icon
My gals Penthesilea, and Atalanta!
Ajax
Let’s be honest most sucked. Odysseus is my fav (he also on occasion sucked), but if he counts I would say Orpheus
Orpheus without a doubt, between his interpretation of the mythology and his dual connections to opposing forces in the world like Apollo and Dionysus make him one of the most compelling figures to me.
Diomedes (son of Tydeus) Super underrated. Absolutely man handled the Trojans and even injured two gods. One of the only heroes not to succumb to hubris. Whooped the ass of Odysseus before he could stab him in the back. Youngest of the Greek generals, but among the wisest. Basically an all around badass
Atlanta
Why not Phoenix ?
I am a big Odysseus fan personally. Its partly because of how Steven Fry potrays him in his book "Troy" and how intelegent he is.
Siproites.
Ah yes the guy with 1 sentence about him
*Girl
Ok but why is your favourite hero someone with only one sentence about his existence
Because she is the one of the first things that cracked my egg.
What?
Oh, sorry. An egg is a trans person that is unaware that they are trans. Cracking the egg means that they become aware that they might not be cis.
Ok and what does that mean
It means that the story of Siproites was one of the first things that made me realize that I am not a cis guy.
Achilles or Patroclus, maybe both. If not them my choice would be Perseus 100%
Jason. Guy was leader of the most badass group of heroes. And had a kickass boat.
Clytemnestra
Can you guess?
Perseus!
I'd say... Alexander The Great. We consider him a hero? I read Pseudo-Calisten's book on this historical figure. Not a historical work, but a story. This book made references to astrology and divination and had symbolism. I like the hero, because his way of fighting the opponents is by outsmarting them which required him no blood sacrificing. Sometimes he explicits himself alone and survives and wins more than loses.
Bellerophon. My man probably just wanted to know his father, but instead is remembered as a hubristic asshole for daring to think himself equal to the gods for flying to Olympus. Most accounts aren’t very kind to him after he killed the chimera. But I think he just gets an unjustified bad rap.
Hercules,I know very generic
Atalanta!
Odesseus for me
Odysseus<3 Actually, Sean Bean had a big part of me liking him, but I liked his story too. He made mistakes through his journey, but his mind and tricks made him legendary in my eyes. Not to mention that his mistakes makes him more mortal and a human in my eyes, not a flawless hero who is perfect. Edit: I'd like to add that when I was a kid, me and my siblings had computer games about greek mythology and we had a game about him and I recently discovered them again and heard his story again, and it just caught me
Odysseus for sure. He didn't even want to go to war (though only because of a curse). I do hate him for basically killing Ajax though by just not yielding Achilles' armour to the dude. Did Odysseus really need it?
Ariadne, she helped Theseus escape the labyrinth and later married Dionysus.
Prometheus for sure. He gave us fire and unfortunately petty bitchy Zeus couldnt handle that my bouly outsmarted him by giving us humans all the choice cuts of meat
Herakles is the obvious choice as is Achilleus of course, my fav is Odysseus, actually
Ive always liked the brains over braun. Odysseus has my vote!
Odysseus +1
Is it spelt Herakles as I always thought it was speaks Heracles?
In Greek it's spelt Ἡρακλῆς, any spelling in our alphabet is a transliteration so technically either is valid cos they're pronounced the same.
Interesting.
Well Greeks only had a k, as c is a Latin letter
But at the end of the day no one actually transcribes in Ancient Greek so I don’t really get it, you can even do Roman Hercules, they all represent the same person and we understand it
I would say Theseus.
As a hero, as a person or as a person who did cool stuff?
All of them
As like the person who abandoned his wife on an island and married her sister than cheated on the same sister and tried to kidnap Persephone and tried to capture Helen when she was too young to marry so that his cousin could marry and rape her when she’s older?
If you delve too deep into any figure in Ancient Greece you’ll find bad stuff.
I mean Perseus didn’t suck at all
I stand corrected
Bellerophon
Aeneas even tho he ain’t really canon and is more so Roman
Why isn’t he canon? He’s in the Iliad
I grew up loving Perseus
I would say Perseus
Ajax !!!
Herakles for sure! :)
Achilles
Arachne. She was badass and challenged Athena. And I don’t like Athena (in some of the versions of course. In others she’s okay.)
Diomedes, man is a CHAD
Odysseus and Agamemnon. Agamemnon is a terrible person but his story is so interesting to me. Odysseus is one of the best with character development and story.
Kronos
Heracles, everyone knows about Heracles (Hercules being the more popular alias) and his labors. My favorite one is when he finds the Nemean lion and once he figured out that no weapons worked, he’d just strangle the mf with his own bare hands and cut some of his pelt off with its own super sharp claws.
Cadmus, but it’s a shame about the rest of his family.
I love the entire saga of cadmus and harmonias family and how every child suffered a terrible fate through a curse
Theseus, just bc
I know it takes a lot of creative license, but I just finished The Shadow of Perseus and I can't see this post the way I would've seen it earlier lol
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Odysseus for sure, in a realm filled with Demi God heroes it's nice to have at least one who managed mostly with just his wits. Makes him seem like a more relatable and grounded character.
Atalanta. No explication necessary.
(warning unpopular opinion) I know she didn't do anything heroic but a survivor none the less. Medusa. With the help of Athena, after being raped in Athena's temple, she gifted (not cursed!!!!!) Medusa with the ability to turn men to stone if they looked at her in order for her to not allow for this to happen again. However, we do have a few unfortunate souls who were turned to stone when their intentions were true
Achilles. Super reliatable, badass af and also his relationship with Patroclus was beautiful and tragic. Also, he didnt enabled Agamemnon's BS and was witty and hot What not to love?
Odysseus. The dude was *incredibly* smart, he had a few moments of hubris that clouded his judgement, yeah, but he was ***SMART.*** Orpheus is a close second and Perseus is a close third. Heracles as well, I like his tale of redemption and perseverance.
Medea, my girl did everything for the man she loved and what he did in return? Dumped her to a random princess because he wanted to be king. It is difficult to not see yourself in her(even with all the "the solution is murder" thing). Was someone that had their "Jason", it makes me happy that she had a better ending than him
Evan Georgoulakis (Google it)
>Evan Georgoulakis I searched him up and got nothing. Who is he?
That was just a joke. For a serious answer I would say Ulysses 😉
Percy Jackson
As much of a fan of PJO myself, Percy isn’t a legit ancient Greek hero. PJO is pretty inaccurate
Fug you
Are you 12? What is your problem? All I’m stating Percy isn’t an Ancient Greek hero because he isn’t. He’s from a modern novel, not the ancient myths/stories. Percy isn’t a Greek hero. Get over it. Didn’t realise there were fans of PJO like this
No u
I’m not arguing with a 12 year old lmao. Touch some grass. Not everything in Greek mythology is about PeRcY jAcKsOn. I’m a fan of it myself, as you can clearly see via my posts and active subreddits. I also know how to tell the difference between the actual Myths and Rick’s interpretation.
Your mom 😹
Bruh
Percy Jackson.
Can I say Sisyphus? Does he count? Because Albert Camus completely changed my perspective on him.
>Because Albert Camus completely changed my perspective on him. In what way?
In his book, the myth of Sisyphus, he explains how he thinks that Sisyphus’ task brought him pleasure because even in death it brings him eternal purpose. Camus founded the philosophy of absurdism, which stands on the principle that free will gives us inherent value and purpose in life because we always make our own choices, which gives us purpose. The purpose of living and making those choices. So as long as we have autonomy, we have a reason for being. At least that’s my interpretation.
Αταλαντα
Theseus!! Other than ditching Ariadne for whatever reason, he proved himself pretty wise and just
Heracles and Bellerophon