In ancient Greece, people idolized their heroes for their abilities to overcome obstacles and accomplish great deeds. Achieving greatness required exceptional strength in certain intelligences. In all of the heroes discussed, kinesthetic intelligence was prominent. Hercules, Theseus, Jason, Atlanta, and Perseus all exhibited strong kinesthetic intelligence. Each of these heroes combined kinesthetic intelligence with other intelligences to accomplish their great deeds.

One of the first ancient Greek heroes was Jason. He demonstrated exceptionally high amounts of interpersonal, spatial, and kinesthetic intelligence. Jason was determined to win back Iolcus from his cousin Pelias, so he offered to let Pelias keep the wealth of the kingdom in return for the throne. Jason convinced Pelias to give up the kingdom if Jason retrieved the Golden Fleece. This required interpersonal intelligence. In addition, Jason had strong spatial intelligence, which he demonstrated when he had to get through the Symplegades. The Symplegades were...