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Greek Heroes  In mythology and legend, a man or woman, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his or her bold exploits and favored by the gods While these legendary men sometimes seem larger than life and were idealized in many ways, they were also very real, and like us, very complex. It is clear from reading ancient sources that these heroes held dear many of the same virtues that we value: honor, loyalty, courage, perseverance, ingenuity, and adaptability. The full stories often reveal Hercules, Achilles, Hector, Odysseus (Ulysses), Jason, Perseus, Prometheus, Theseus, Aeneas, Actaeon, Bellerophon, Meleager, Cadmus and others to be imperfect characters ... but their names have lived on for millennia. .....Read Quest of Olympias and refresh on the Greek Heroes....Sivkishen, Author