The Greeks Zeus, the King of the Gods Poseidon, the God of the Sea Hades, the King of the Dead Hera, the Queen of the Gods Apollo, the God of Light Artemis, the Huntress-Goddess Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom Hephaestus, the Smith-God Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty Hermes, the Messenger of the Gods Ares, the God of War Demeter, the Earth-Goddess Hestia, the Goddess of the Hearth Dionysus, the God of Wine-Making Pan, the God of Shepherds Helios, the Sun-God The Elder Gods Prometheus, the Fire-Giver Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea Eros, the Love-God The Labors of Heracles Theseus and the Minotaur Perseus and the Medusa Jason and the Quest of the Golden Fleece Achilles and the War about Troy The Wanderings of Odysseus What Lycurgus Did for Sparta What Solon Did for Athens How the Athenians Fought the Persians How King Xerxes Marched against the Greeks How the Spartans Fought at Thermopylae How Themistocles Saved Greece Aristides the Just How Pericles Made Athens Beautiful Alcibiades, and the War between Athens and Sparta Socrates, the Philosopher How Epaminondas Made Thebes Free King Philip and Demosthenes Alexander the Great