Homer actually wrote about many famous Greek heroes. Some are among the following:
There are of course more, but these listed above are some of the more well known.
Heracles(known to the Romans as Hercules)
Achilles is a Greek hero from Homer's Iliad. He is the ruler/war lord for the Myrmidons. He's famous for this all-consuming rage.
Zeus was not a Greek Hero, but was the King of the Greek Gods. He father was the Titan, Cronus.
Hercules is a Greek hero. -- The Greek hero was called Heracles. Hercules is simply his Latin (Roman) name.
Homer wrote an epic poem about him and his journeys from 400bc - 800bc
Very generally, it was about the Trojan war, and Achilles, a Greek hero.
The hero that made his home on the Greek island of Ithaca is Odysseus
Heracles(known to the Romans as Hercules)
The ancient Greek name Aella means whirlwind. She was famous for being an amazon warrior that was killed by Herakles
She was a daughter of the Titan Atlas, and was famous for the imprisonment of Odysseus, the famed greek hero.
he did famous works even he was deaf
Pegasus carried the hero Hercules
Archimedes, Thales, Hero of Alexandria etc etc
Hercules did it for for Hera
Hercules
Achilles , the Greek hero from the Trojan War .
Just one? Well, probably the most "Famous" was Heracles, or Hercules as he is known by most.