Heracles
Born c. 1270 BCE
Greek hero known for his strength and twelve labors.
Heracles is a Greek hero from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Greek hero
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Born
- c. 1270 BCE, Thebes
From the same age of legend
- 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
Portrait: Glycon of Athens (copy), Lysippos (original type), CC BY 2.5.
