Legends & Epics

119 people, in date order

• Utnapishtim Born c. 2900 BCE, flood hero
• Enkidu Born c. 2700 BCE, epic hero
• Gilgamesh Born c. 2700 BCE, legendary king
• Perseus Born c. 1300 BCE, Greek hero
• Heracles Born c. 1270 BCE, Greek hero
• Laertes Born c. 1270 BCE, father of Odysseus
• Nestor Born c. 1270 BCE, king of Pylos
• Ravana Born c. 1270 BCE, epic villain
• Anchises Born c. 1260 BCE, Trojan noble
• Antenor Born c. 1260 BCE, Trojan elder
• Eurycleia Born c. 1260 BCE, nurse
• Phoenix Born c. 1260 BCE, tutor of Achilles
• Hecuba Born c. 1255 BCE, queen of Troy
• Calchas Born c. 1250 BCE, Greek seer
• Hanuman Born c. 1250 BCE, epic figure
• Jason Born c. 1250 BCE, Greek hero
• Oedipus Born c. 1250 BCE, Theban king
• Rama Born c. 1250 BCE, epic hero
• Theseus Born c. 1250 BCE, Greek hero
• Chryses Born c. 1240 BCE, priest of Apollo
• Idomeneus Born c. 1240 BCE, king of Crete
• Mentor Born c. 1240 BCE, friend of Odysseus
• Sita Born c. 1240 BCE, epic heroine
• Alcinous Born c. 1230 BCE, king of the Phaeacians
• Demodocus Born c. 1230 BCE, blind bard
• Menelaus Born c. 1230 BCE, Greek king
• Menestheus Born c. 1230 BCE, leader of Athens
• Tiresias Died c. 1200 BCE, blind seer
• Arete Born c. 1225 BCE, queen of the Phaeacians
• Eumaeus Born c. 1225 BCE, swineherd
• Philoetius Born c. 1225 BCE, cowherd
• Protesilaus Died c. 1194 BCE, Greek warrior
• Aeneas Born c. 1220 BCE, Trojan hero
• Anticlea Died c. 1190 BCE, mother of Odysseus
• Diomedes Born c. 1220 BCE, Greek hero
• Helen of Troy Born c. 1220 BCE, epic heroine
• Machaon Born c. 1220 BCE, army healer
• Penelope Born c. 1220 BCE, epic heroine
• Phemius Born c. 1220 BCE, bard of Ithaca
• Philoctetes Born c. 1220 BCE, Greek archer
• Podalirius Born c. 1220 BCE, army healer
• Teucer Born c. 1220 BCE, Greek archer
• Thersites Born c. 1220 BCE, Greek soldier
• Troilus Died c. 1190 BCE, Trojan prince
• Andromache Born c. 1215 BCE, Trojan princess
• Antilochus Died c. 1185 BCE, Greek warrior
• Dolon Died c. 1185 BCE, Trojan spy
• Glaucus Born c. 1215 BCE, Lycian leader
• Helenus Born c. 1215 BCE, Trojan seer
• Meriones Born c. 1215 BCE, Greek warrior
• Pandarus Died c. 1185 BCE, Trojan archer
• Patroclus Died c. 1185 BCE, Greek hero
• Polydamas Born c. 1215 BCE, Trojan adviser
• Rhesus Died c. 1185 BCE, Thracian king
• Sarpedon Died c. 1185 BCE, Lycian king
• Achilles Died c. 1184 BCE, Greek hero
• Ajax the Great Died c. 1184 BCE, Greek hero
• Ajax the Lesser Died c. 1184 BCE, Greek hero
• Deiphobus Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan prince
• Hector Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan hero
• Paris Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan prince
• Priam Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan king
• Agamemnon Died c. 1180 BCE, Greek king
• Cassandra Died c. 1180 BCE, Trojan princess
• Elpenor Died c. 1180 BCE, companion of Odysseus
• Eurylochus Died c. 1178 BCE, companion of Odysseus
• Briseis Born c. 1205 BCE, Trojan captive
• Chryseis Born c. 1205 BCE, Trojan captive
• Amphinomus Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
• Antinous Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
• Eurymachus Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
• Leodes Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
• Melanthius Died c. 1174 BCE, goatherd
• Aegisthus Died c. 1172 BCE, lover of Clytemnestra
• Clytemnestra Died c. 1172 BCE, queen of Mycenae
• Hermione Born c. 1200 BCE, daughter of Helen
• Neoptolemus Born c. 1200 BCE, Greek warrior
• Orestes Born c. 1195 BCE, son of Agamemnon
• Telemachus Born c. 1194 BCE, Greek hero
• Nausicaa Born c. 1190 BCE, Phaeacian princess
• Peisistratus Born c. 1190 BCE, son of Nestor
• Astyanax Born c. 1186 BCE, Trojan child
• Dido Born c. 1180 BCE, queen of Carthage
• Odysseus Died c. 1150 BCE, Greek hero
• Arjuna Born c. 1000 BCE, epic hero
• Krishna Born c. 1000 BCE, epic figure
• Rostam Born c. 800 BCE, epic hero
• Romulus 771–716 BCE, legendary founder
• Sohrab Died c. 700 BCE, epic hero
• Lucretia Died c. 509 BCE, Roman heroine
• Oğuz Khagan Born c. 200 BCE, legendary khan
• Cú Chulainn Born c. 50 BCE, Irish hero
• Yamato Takeru c. 72–c. 114, Japanese hero
• Finn McCool Born c. 200, Irish hero
• Mulan Born c. 400, Chinese heroine
• Merlin c. 450–c. 540, legendary wizard
• Sigurd Born c. 450, Norse hero
• King Arthur c. 470–c. 537, legendary king
• Guinevere Born c. 480, legendary queen
• Lancelot Born c. 480, legendary knight
• Beowulf c. 495–c. 583, epic hero
• Sun Wukong Born c. 600, legendary monkey king
• Roland c. 736–778, French hero
• Aladdin Born c. 800, folk hero
• Dede Korkut Born c. 800, legendary bard
• Scheherazade Born c. 800, storyteller
• Sinbad the Sailor Born c. 800, legendary sailor
• Ragnar Lothbrok Died c. 865, Viking hero
• Manas Born c. 840, epic hero
• Quetzalcoatl c. 947–c. 999, Aztec figure
• Väinämöinen Born c. 1000, Finnish hero
• El Cid c. 1043–1099, Spanish hero
• Robin Hood Born c. 1190, English outlaw
• Nasreddin Hodja c. 1208–c. 1284, folk sage
• Sundiata Keita c. 1217–c. 1255, epic hero
• William Tell Born c. 1280, Swiss hero
• Momotarō Born c. 1400, folk hero
• Faust c. 1480–c. 1540, legendary scholar
• Köroğlu Born c. 1550, folk hero