The Greek Heroic Age is defined as the period between the coming of the Greeks to Thessaly and the Greek return from Troy.[1] It was demarcated as one of the five Ages of Man by Hesiod. The period spans roughly six generations; the heroes denoted by the term are superhuman, though not divine, and are celebrated in the literature of Homer.[1]
The Greek heroes can be grouped into an approximate chronology, based on the great meet-up events of the Argonautic expedition and the Trojan War.
Before the Argonauts[]
- Aeacus
- Agenor and Phoenix
- Cadmus
- Europa
- Cilix
- Labdacus
- Tantalus
- Oenomaeus
- Perseus
- Aegeus, father of Theseus
- Pittheus
The generation of the Argonauts[]
(about three generations before Troy)
The Argonauts:
- Atalanta
- Autolycus
- Calais
- Castor and Pollux
- Echion
- Euphemus
- Euryalus
- Heracles
- Hylas
- Idas
- Idmon
- Jason
- Laertes
- Lynceus
- Meleager
- Nestor
- Oileus
- Orpheus
- Peleus
- Poeas
- Polyphemus
- Poriclymenus
- Telamon
- Theseus
- Tiphys
- Zetes
- Medea
Others:
- Pelops
- Hippodamia
- Laius
- Minos
- Rhadymanthus
- Sarpedon
- Myrtilus
The generation of Oedipus[]
(about two generation before Troy)
- Plisthenes
- Atreus
- Thyestes
- Chrysippus
- Copreus
- Oedipus
- Creon
- Laodamia
The generation of the Seven Against Thebes[]
(about a generation before Troy)
- Adrastus
- Amphiaraus
- Capaneus
- Hippomedon
- Parthenopeus
- Polynices
- Tydeus
- Adrastus
- Creon
- Megareus
- Poriclymenus
- Melanippus
- Polyphontes
- Hyperbius
- Actor
- Lasthenes
- Antigone
- Ismene
The generation of the Trojan War[]
See Trojan War and Epigoni.
The generation after the Trojan War[]
- Orestes
- Electra
- Telemachus
- Neoptolemus
- Ascanius
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thirlwall, Connop (1845). A history of Greece. 1. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. pp. 139. http://books.google.com/books?id=KrooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
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