- Baldwin Children’s Classics stories from Mythology Search the site using Google
- Encyclopedia Mythica’s index of heroes A good dictionary of characters from myth
- Bullfinch’s Mythology Online Find your hero in the headings then click on that chapter
- Mythweb’s Heroes Hercules’ story has a version in Latin
- Roman Heroes Links to Roman hero profiles at the bottom of the page
- Greek Mythology Link Lots of references and some examples from Art
- Theoi Greek Mythology Good examples and images
Primary Sources in translation (as you get deeper into your story)
- The Metamorphoses by Ovid
- Ab Urbe Condita by Livy (Click on Book 1 to find most of the legends)
- The Iliad by Homer
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
- Antigone by Sophocles
- Agamemnon by Aeschylus
- The Aeneid by Vergil
- Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University
- Click here to see a a sample search for Herakles/Hercules
- Beazley Greek Vase Database Click on Heroes and Myth to see many names and topis
- Google Art Project Make sure the art you find is Ancient Greek or Roman!
- American Numismatic Society A few heroes appear on coins!