Index

Heroes

The figures the myths follow by name. Those with more than one stop can be traced across the map from beginning to end.

Heracles 9 myths · 9 places A son of Zeus by a mortal woman, sentenced to twelve labours in penance for a madness the gods themselves had sent him. Strength was never…
Odysseus 8 myths · 8 places King of Ithaca, and the one Greek at Troy who won by thinking rather than fighting. Getting home afterwards took him ten years and cost him…
Achilles 3 myths · 2 places The best fighter at Troy and the shortest-lived, proof against wounds everywhere except the heel his mother had held him by. He was offered a long…
Jason 2 myths · 2 places Sent after the Golden Fleece by an uncle who fully expected the voyage to kill him. He assembled the best crew in Greece, sailed to the…
Perseus 2 myths · 2 places Given an errand meant to be fatal, the head of a Gorgon whose gaze turned people to stone, and armed by the gods well enough to…
Theseus 2 myths · 2 places The founding hero of Athens, who put himself on the ship carrying the tribute of children to Crete and walked back out of the labyrinth alive.
Oedipus 1 myth · 1 place He answered the riddle that had killed everyone else who attempted it, and was given a kingdom that turned out to be the exact prophecy he…
Orpheus 1 myth · 1 place A musician whose playing stopped rivers to listen. He was allowed to lead his wife back out of the underworld on a single condition, and broke…
Prometheus 1 myth · 1 place The Titan who took humanity's side against Olympus, stole fire back for them, and was chained to a rock in the Caucasus for as long as…