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Greek Mythology Heroes
On account of their divine origin,
heroes or heroines of Greek mythology are believed to have ruled over
mortals for a comparatively long period. Some of
heroes mentioned in greek mythology would be Hercules, Perseus and Prometheus.
Also known for their heroic deeds are
Argonauts. The Greek mythologies are interspersed with stories of royal crimes as well– they tell tales of heroes who committed heinous crimes under
strong spell of fate or destiny. The end of
Heroic Age is marked by
Trojan Wars.
Information on Greek mythology
The primary source of information being
poetry of
Archaic and Classical eras, like
Homeric Odyssey, Iliad and Hymns. The dramatic works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes,
Hesiodic Theogony and
choral hymns of Pindar and Bacchylides also enrich
sources of Greek mythological information. These literary works were composed primarily for performance at cultic festivals or aristocratic banquets. Apart from
literary works,
works of historians, like Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus, and geographers, like Pausanias and Strabo each made significant contributions to
mythology of Greece.
The work of mythographers,
poetry of
Hellenistic and Roman ages,
Hellenistic poets Apollonius of Rhodes and Callimachus also contain important informations on Greek mythology. Even
Roman poets Hyginus, Ovid, Statius, Valerius Flaccus and Virgil. The Late Antique Greek poets Nonnus and Quintus Smyrnaeus. Plus
novelists like Apuleius, Petronius, Lollianus and Heliodorus are known to have added to
vast store of Greek mythological information.

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