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| Greeks | Abas | m | [lizard] | Son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, husband of Algaia, or Ocalea, reported as the twelfth king of Argos in Greece... More on Abas | |||
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| Greeks | Abderus | m | [son of battle] | Reports vary, he may have been the son of Poseidon, by a river Naiad called Thronia, or a son of Hermes and one of Herakles lovers... More on Abderus | |||
| Greeks | Absyrtus | m | See under Apsyrtus, or Aegialeus. | A son of the king of Colchis, Aeetes who was the keeper of the Golden Fleece, he was butchered by his sister medea... More on Absyrtus | |||
| Greeks | Acacallis | f | [without boundaries, or walls] | She was recorded as the daughter of the king of Crete, Minos, and Pasiphae [all light, she who shines for all, {she was a moon goddess] ... More on Acacallis | |||
| Greeks | Acamas | m | [unwearing] | He was a son of Theseus,... More on Acamas | |||
| Greeks | Acarnan | m | [thistle] | Was the elder son of the river nymph Callirrhoe, by Alcmaeon, when Alcmaeon was murdered by the sons of king Phegeus, for deceiving him and his daughter Arsinoe [male minded] who Alcmaeon had been married to, Callirrhoe prayed to Zeus that her sons might grow instantly, so they could take revenge on their father's killers... More on Acarnan | |||
| Greeks | Acastus | m | [unstable] | Pelias | The son of King Pelias of Thessaly and Anaxibia, he had five sisters, Pelopia... More on Acastus | ||
| Greeks | Acco | f | [she who fashions] moon goddess, same as Acca. | ... More on Acco | |||
| Greeks | Acesidas | m | [averter? Avatar?] one of the Dactyls | Some sources say the Dactyls were the offspring of the nymph Anchiale, born in the Dictean cave near Oaxus oo... More on Acesidas | |||
| Greeks | Achelous | m | [he who drives away grief] | A Potamoi river god, one of Oceanus and Tethys sons... More on Achelous | |||
| Greeks | Acheron | m | A River | River of sorrow and woes, Acheron was considered the main river of hades [hell- underworld], and the one that Charon the ferryman ferried the newly arrived dead across... More on Acheron | |||
| Greeks | Achilles | m | [lipless] | oo... More on Achilles | |||
| Greeks | Achos | f | [grief] | She was one of three sisters under the triad of Algea 'The Pains' her sisters were Ania=sorrow, and Lupe=pain... More on Achos | |||
| Greeks | Acrisius | m | [evil judgement] | Son of Abas and Ocalea, and twin brother of Proteus, they had a sister called, Idomene... More on Acrisius | |||
| Greeks | Actor | m | [Leader] | He was the son of Deioneus king of Phocis and Diomede, his brothers were named as Cephalus, Anetus, and Phylacus, and his sister was called Asterodia [stars]... More on Actor | |||
| Greeks | Admete | m | Admeta [untamed, un-maned] | She was one of the daughters of Eurystheus and Atimache, it was said that the task of fetching the Golden Girdle of the Amazon Queen, set by her father for Heracles, was to be a gift for her... More on Admete | |||
| Greeks | Admetus | m | Admetos [untamed, unbroken] | Apollo, and Heracles the birth and other myths | Was one of the sons of Pheres and Periclymene, and brother of Lycurgus (mythical king of Nemea), he had two sisters, Idomene- Eidomene (wife of Amythaon or Bias... More on Admetus | ||
| Greeks | Adrastus | m | ... More on Adrastus | ||||
| Greeks | Adrestia | f | Adrasteia [inescapable] | Ash tree, | 'she who cannot be escaped'... More on Adrestia | ||
| Greeks | Aeacus | m | [earth born, bewailing] | Was a mythical king of island of Aegina oo... More on Aeacus | |||
| Greeks | Aedon | f | [nightingale] | She was the daughter of Pandareus and Harmothoe, and her sisters were, Cleothera or Cleodora, Merope, Cheldonis, Cameiro, and Clytia... More on Aedon | |||
| Greeks | Aeetes | m | [eagle, or mighty] | Was recorded as one of children of Helios and Perse, or Perseis an Oceanid, his sisters were Circe [falcon] and Pasiphae, [bright, all shining] his consorts were Idyia, and perhaps, an Oceanid named Asterodia [goddess of the sun] or the Nereid, Neaera [the younger]... More on Aeetes | |||
| Greeks | Aegeia | f | [bright-shinning] | ... More on Aegeia | |||
| Greeks | Aegialeus | m | [of, or the seashore] | He was the son of the king Aeetes, the apparent keeper of the Golden Fleece, after Jason the Argonaut had retrieved the Golden Fleece it was said that Aegialeus' sister Medea [cunning] who was in love with Jason went with him, and took her brother with them, and when her father came after them, she butchered her brother and threw the pieces overboard, which halted Aeetes chase, as he stopped to retrieve the pieces for burial... More on Aegialeus | |||
| Greeks | Aeolus | m | [earth destroyer] | ... More on Aeolus | |||
| Greeks | Aeon | 0 | In astronomy, and geology, it generally represents a billion years... More on Aeon | ||||
| Greeks | Aether | m | Aither [bright sky] | Bright air, weightless air... More on Aether | |||
| Greeks | Aetolus | m | [cause of destruction] | One of the sons of Endymion and Chromia, (or Asterodia, or Hyperippe,) his brothers were Epeius and Paeon, and he had sister called Eurycyda... More on Aetolus | |||
| Greeks | Agelaus | m | [herdsman] | Was a son of Oeneus and Althaea,... More on Agelaus | |||
| Greeks | Aglaea | f | [bright-shining] | Youngest of the Graces, [splendour] oo... More on Aglaea | |||
| Greeks | Aglaia | f | Aglaea | A name in some sources substituted for Ocalea, wife of Abas, see under Ocalea... More on Aglaia | |||
| Greeks | Aglauros | f | [dew full] | Praxithea | She was the daughter of Cecrops and Aglauros, she had to sisters, Herse and Pandrosos, she died after jumping off the Acropolis... More on Aglauros | ||
| Greeks | Agrius | m | Was a son of Porthaon and Euryte... More on Agrius | ||||
| Greeks | Ajax | m | [little] | ... More on Ajax | |||
| Greeks | Alastor | m | [avenger] a son of Neleus | He was the son of Neleus (a Greek name of the river Nile) and Chloris, he was betrothed to Harpalyce the daughter of Clymenus, who had a longterm affair with his daughter, and had a boy child by her... More on Alastor | |||
| Greeks | Alcaeus | m | [mighty, or strong one] | ... More on Alcaeus | |||
| Greeks | Alcathous | m | [impetuous strength] slain by Caedicus. | He was one of the companions of the Trojan Aeneas, in the war and siege against the Trojans of Troy, Aeneas leads an attack against Idomeneus to recover the body of Alcathous who is his brother-in-law, apparently, he was egged on by Deiphobus, who was the rated only after Hector and Paris as one of Priams sons... More on Alcathous | |||
| Greeks | Alcestis | f | Alceste [strength of home] | Apollo, and Heracles the birth and other myths | One of the daughters of Pelias and Anaxibia, wife of Admetus and mother of Eumelus... More on Alcestis | ||
| Greeks | Alcimide | f | [mightily crafty, or cunning] | Praxithea | She was the daughter of Phylacus and Clemene... More on Alcimide | ||
| Greeks | Alcmaeon | m | [mighty endeavour] | Amphiaraus, and Alcmaeon | Was one of the sons of Amphiaraus and Europhile, his brother was named Amphilochids... More on Alcmaeon | ||
| Greeks | Alcmene | f | Alcmena [strength of the moon, or powerful in anger] | ... More on Alcmene | |||
| Greeks | Alcyone | f | [queen who wards off, or mother who defends (storms)] | She was the daughter of Sthenelus and Nicippe, and sister of Eurystheus and Medusa... More on Alcyone | |||
| Greeks | Algea | f | [The Pains] | She was a personification of all the various kinds of pain and sorrows that befall mankind, 'The Pains' are also personified as three sisters, Lupe=pain, Ania=sorrow, Achos=grief, no doubt along with a great many others they escaped from Pandor's jar, (commonly known as a box... More on Algea | |||
| Greeks | Alpheus | m | [whitish] | A Potamoi river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, he is best remembered for his pursuit of Arethusa... More on Alpheus | |||
| Greeks | Althaea | f | [marshmallow] (Althaea officinalis). | She was the daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, and had two sisters, Leda and Hypermnestra, and four brothers Iphiclus, Evippus, Eurypylus, Plexippus... More on Althaea | |||
| Greeks | Amaltheia | f | [Tender] Goat nymph, | Along with Adrasteia and her Io (the moon) and Pan they looked after Zeus in the dictean cave, they feed Zeus on honey, and Amalthea's milk, later for her kindness Zeus placed Amaltheia in Capricorn, and apparently gave one of her horns to the daughters of Melisseus, Io and Adrasteia, which became the sacred horn Cornucopia ... More on Amaltheia | |||
| Greeks | Amp | m-f | A word when placed at the beginning of a name. | Should be obvious to us, as music is more accessible to us than ever before, its basic meaning is to double, thus add to something, originally it applied to things, especially animals and mankind, as those creatures that were able to breath in water and atmosphere, such as frogs... More on Amp | |||
| Greeks | Amphiaraus | m | [doubly or twice cursed] | Amphiaraus | He was the son of Oecles and Hypermnestra, a daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, and had two sisters called, Iphianeira and Polyboea... More on Amphiaraus | ||
| Greeks | Amphictyon | m | Amphiktyon | He was one of the two sons of Deucalion and Pyrrha, his brother was called Hellen, all three fled from Lycorea to Athens, where Amphictyon became the king of Thermopylae married the daughter of the king of Athens named Cranaus, after Deucalion died, Amphictyon usurped Cranaus' throne... More on Amphictyon | |||
| Greeks | Amphidamas | m | [taming all around him] | A son of Lycurgus and Eurynome, he had two children, Melanion and Antimache, the latter married Eurystheus... More on Amphidamas | |||
| Greeks | Amphilochus | m | Son of Manto | ... More on Amphilochus | |||
| Greeks | Amphisbaena | f | [Bringer of many oxen] | Alcmaeon | May have been the daughter of Phegeus, king of Psophis, and son of Alpheus the river god... More on Amphisbaena | ||
| Greeks | Amphithea | f | Wife of Aeolus | ... More on Amphithea | |||
| Greeks | Amphitrite | f | [the third who surrounds] | A Nereid, and Oceanid and also, consort of Poseidon oo... More on Amphitrite | |||
| Greeks | Amythaon | m | [great beyond words] | Amythaon, was the son of Cretheus and Tyro and brother of Pheres and Aeson... More on Amythaon | |||
| Greeks | Ananke | m | Anangke, Anance, Anagke [queen, mother of the unstoppable force of Nature in face of need] | Force, compulsion... More on Ananke | |||
| Greeks | Anaxibia | f | [queenly strength] | The daughter of Bias and Iphianassa... More on Anaxibia | |||
| Greeks | Anchiale | f | [near the sea, or bound by the sea] | She was a mythical Cretan nymph credited with giving birth to the Dactyls [fingers] in the Dictaean cave on Mount Ida in Crete, however, the storys vary, as to which cave, may be the right one... More on Anchiale | |||
| Greeks | Anchinoe | f | Anchiroe [quick witted] | Heracles the birth and other myths | Wife of Belus, daughter of Nilus Ankhmemiphis... More on Anchinoe | ||
| Greeks | Andrastus | m | ... More on Andrastus | ||||
| Greeks | Andromeda | f | [ruler of men] | ... More on Andromeda | |||
| Greeks | Anemoi | m | L. Venti. | The gods of the winds, and the children of Astraeus and Eos (goddess of dawn) they were, Boreas (Septentrio) (Aquilo... More on Anemoi | |||
| Greeks | Anetus | m | Was one of the sons of Deioneus and Diomede, but nothing is recorded of him... More on Anetus | ||||
| Greeks | Angelos | f | ... More on Angelos | ||||
| Greeks | Ania | f | [sorrow] | She was one of three sisters under the triad of Algea 'The Pains' her sisters were Achos=grief, and Lupe=pain... More on Ania | |||
| Greeks | Ankhiale | f | See under Anchiale | ... More on Ankhiale | |||
| Greeks | Antiope | f | [with face confronting] | Antiope | Was the daughter of Nycteus, (night- nocturnal) king of Thebes, or the river god Asopus of Boeotia, or of Lycurgus... More on Antiope | ||
| Greeks | Antiphates | m | One of the Greek who hid in the Trojan Horse... More on Antiphates | ||||
| Greeks | Antonoe | f | See under Eurynome... More on Antonoe | ||||
| Greeks | Aparctias | m | Another name of the north wind, see Boreas,... More on Aparctias | ||||
| Greeks | Apate | f | Deception, one of the Keres, the three Black Fates, the other two were, Eris, and Oneiroi... More on Apate | ||||
| Greeks | Aphareus | m | He was a Messenian king and apparent son of Perieres and Gorgophone, and had a brother called Leucippus... More on Aphareus | ||||
| Greeks | Apollo | m | [destroyer, or apple man] | Apollo | A child of Gemini, see SV... More on Apollo | ||
| Greeks | Arene | f | [man like] | ... More on Arene | |||
| Greeks | Ares | m | [warrior] | ... More on Ares | |||
| Greeks | Argestes | m | [bright | A clearing wind, another name, for Skiron, see Skiron (Caurus... More on Argestes | |||
| Greeks | Argiope | f | [bright, or white face] moon goddess as a sow | White sow, | She was the wife of Agenor, but atleast one source calls her Telepassa, which basically means the same, it is also the name of the white sow moon goddess [far ranging, shining one] ... More on Argiope | ||
| Greeks | Argus | m | [bright hound, dog] son of Arestor | Jason | Was the builder of the ship Argo under the guidance of Athena, he was also recorded as carving on wooden statue of Hera which became a cult object amongst the Tiryns, his parentage is disputed... More on Argus | ||
| Greeks | Argus Panoptes | m | [dog of many eyes] | He was apparently a giant with a hundred eyes... More on Argus Panoptes | |||
| Greeks | Arion | m | Arion [lofty native] was an immortal black stallion, which was sired either by Poseidon (Neptune by some, but they are the same god) and Demeter, or simply sprang from the earth, Gaia, or by Zephyrus (the north wind and a harpy) the horse had wings and possessed the power of speech... More on Arion | ||||
| Greeks | Aristaeus | m | [the best] he was without doubt a personification of gods like OT- Samson, and GK, Herakles, the Roman, Hercules. And the Mayan upside-down god of bees, Ah- Muzen- Cab. | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Aristaeus | |
| Greeks | Arsinoe | f | [male minded] | ... More on Arsinoe | |||
| Greeks | Artemis | f | [high source of water] | oo... More on Artemis | |||
| Greeks | Ascalapus | m | [short eared owl] | A son of the underworld river Acheron, he was said to be the keeper of the orchard of Hades... More on Ascalapus | |||
| Greeks | Asopos | m | L. Asopus A river. [never silent] | There are four rivers by this name... More on Asopos | |||
| Greeks | Asteria | f | [of the stars] | Asteria | Goddess of the falling stars, daughter of Phoebe and Coeus, sister of Leto, and husband of Perses, (the destroyer) with whom she had one daughter, Hecate, hailed by Zeus as the goddess of the wilderness, magic, witchcraft and Childbirth... More on Asteria | ||
| Greeks | Asterodia | f | Praxithea | Was a daughter of Deioneus and Diomede, Asterodia may have married a person called Phocus, but there were three main contenders... More on Asterodia | |||
| Greeks | Asterope | f | [face of the sun] | Asterope | The possible father and mother of Asterope, appear to be many, but this is due in part to confusion amongst the ancient authors as to what she really represents... More on Asterope | ||
| Greeks | Astrea | f | Goddess of innocence, purity, | She was the daughter of Astreaus and Eos, and companion of Dike, both were in fact personifications of Virgo... More on Astrea | |||
| Greeks | Astraeus | m | [starry] | The astrological god of dusk, he is said to have married Eos (dawn) and thus their union gave rise to all that occurred between nightfall and daybreak... More on Astraeus | |||
| Greeks | Astynome | f | [lawgiver of the city] Also known as Chryseis [golden] | She was the daughter of Chryses a Trojan priest of Apollo at Chryse near Troy... More on Astynome | |||
| Greeks | Ate | f | Aite | She was either a daughter of Zeus, through Eris, or simply a daughter or sister of Eris, born without a father... More on Ate | |||
| Greeks | Athamas | m | [reaper on high, rich harvest] | Was the son of Aeolus and Enarete------... More on Athamas | |||
| Greeks | Athena | f | Athina [queen of heaven] | Athena-e | Also called Pallas Athena, Oo... More on Athena | ||
| Greeks | Atlas | m | [he who suffers] | oo... More on Atlas | |||
| Greeks | Atropos | f | L. Morta [she who cannot be turned, or whose mind cannot be changed] | Supposedly the oldest of the three sisters of Fate, Clotho span the thread of life, Lachesis measured it and Atropos cut it... More on Atropos | |||
| Greeks | Autolycus | m | [ the very, the wolf itself] | He was the result of a rape committed by Hermes, Hermes along with Apollo had been down to visit the nymphs or Muses on Mount Parnassus, when as they flew home they spotted Chione [snow queen] the daughter of Daedalion below them, she was so pure and beautiful, the pair were overtaken by the passions of lust, but Hermes had little finess or patience and immediately used his powers of magic to send her into a deep sleep, then he raped her like a ravenous wolf, and Autolycus was the result, and he naturally bore all the bad, wolfish points of his father... More on Autolycus | |||
| Greeks | Auxo | f | Auxesia [increase, growth] | One of goddesses of Summer, her main priority was to help things to continue to grow, and signified increase, and was the protector vegetation, plants and fertility... More on Auxo | |||
| Greeks | Axioche | f | A nymph, sometimes called Danais, she was the mother of Chrysippus, via the king of Pisa... More on Axioche | ||||
| Greeks | Bateia: | 0 | Batea [of the bramble-thorns] | ... More on Bateia: | |||
| Greeks | Baton | m | [blackberry] | Tydeus | Baton [blackberry] was the name of Amphiaraus' charioteer, who disappeared with him when Amphiaraus' chariot was swallowed by the earth, blackberries were associated with death and generally not eaten or cultivated, although the Greeks used them to treat gout and the Romans made a tea from the leaves for certain illnesses... More on Baton | ||
| Greeks | Bellerophon | m | [spear bearing] | ... More on Bellerophon | |||
| Greeks | Benthesikyme | f | Benthesicyme [deep wave] | benthesikyme | She was the wife of Enalos (child of the sea) and daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite... More on Benthesikyme | ||
| Greeks | Bia | f | [force] [raw energy, violence] | Force, violence, especially that violence which is born out of necessity... More on Bia | |||
| Greeks | Biadice | f | [force, justice] | Phrixus and Athamas. | She was the wife of Cretheus, the brother of Athamas and Sisyphus, in the story of Phrixus she falls in love with him, but when he rejects she accuses him publicly of trying to rape her... More on Biadice | ||
| Greeks | Boreas | m | L. Septentrio. L. Aquilo? | God of the North, or North-East Wind... More on Boreas | |||
| Greeks | Butes | m | [Herdsman, shepherd] | Was the supposed son of Pandion and Zeucippe, or Praxithea (see Praxithea file) he married Chthonia, daughter of his brother Erechtheus, he was a priest of Poseidon and Athena, they had no known offspring ... More on Butes | |||
| Greeks | Cadmus | m | [from the east] | ... More on Cadmus | |||
| Greeks | Calais | m | [a change of hue] | Was one of the sons of Boreas, the north wind, and Orithyia, he too was a wind god, the only things I could conclude from the scant record, is that he represented a long and noisy wind, whereas his brother Zetes represented a short but furious burst of wind... More on Calais | |||
| Greeks | Callirhoe | f | Callirrhoe [fair flowing] | Nereid and Oceanid, wife of Chrysaor and mother of Geryon... More on Callirhoe | |||
| Greeks | Capaneus | m | [charioteer] | Tydeus | Was the son of Hipponous and Astynome, or Laodice, and brother of Periboea, who was the mother of Tydeus via Oeneus... More on Capaneus | ||
| Greeks | Car | m | Car-Ker may be the singular of Keres, of the goddess' of death, or more likely, it may be from Artemis Caria, Carya, or Cayatis, associated with nut trees, especially, the Almond, Walnut, and hazel nut trees... More on Car | ||||
| Greeks | Carpo | f | Carpho, Xarpo, Phthinoporon, Hegemone | One of the Horae, goddesses of the seasons, she ruled, or conducted Autumn... More on Carpo | |||
| Greeks | Carya | f | Also known as Metis, the ancient goddess of wisdom. | Walnut tree | Was in myth the daughter of a Laconian king, called Dion and Amphithea, who had treated Apollo well when he visited them, as a reward Apollo conferred the gift of prophecy upon their three daughters, Lyco, Ophe and Carya, on the condition that did not seek out forbidden things or betray the secrets of the gods... More on Carya | ||
| Greeks | Castor | m | [beaver] | One of the Dioscuri twins, the other was Polydeuces... More on Castor | |||
| Greeks | Cassandra | f | Troy | GK 38 | ... More on Cassandra | ||
| Greeks | Cecrops | m | (b) | Some authors separate Cecrops (a)(b) but in my investigation, I found them to be the same character... More on Cecrops | |||
| Greeks | Celeus | m | [caller, sorcerer, burner, or woodpecker] | ... More on Celeus | |||
| Greeks | Cephalus | m | [head of the sun] | Cephalus, represents the rays of the rising sun, that evaporates the morning dew, he was married to Procris (signifies dew, early morning mist) Eos =dawn falls in love with him, but even though she kidnapped him she cannot hold onto him... More on Cephalus | |||
| Greeks | Cercyon | m | He was either a son of Poseidon ... More on Cercyon | ||||
| Greeks | Cerdo | f | [gain- art] a sow goddess, who it was said trod the corn seed into the ground and caused it to sprout | Phoroneus. | She apparently was a wife of Phoroneus, but his name may simply be a title of Cronos... More on Cerdo | ||
| Greeks | Ceryx | m | He was not a person but the personification of the authority of truth, although he was pretended to be the son of Hermes via Herse, he was the Caduceus that belonged to Hermes, the staff on which two snakes were entwined upon with their heads facing inwards... More on Ceryx | ||||
| Greeks | Cetus | m | [sea monster] | The constellation of Cetus, is best known today as being portrayed as a whale, but it was original a huge fish, the river Eridanus passes and fills its genital area, and the fish of Pisces swim in the waters that spring from the back of its neck... More on Cetus | |||
| Greeks | Chalciope | f | [brazen face] | Phrixus and Athamas | She was the daughter of king Aeetes who he gave in marriage to Phrixus, son of Athamas and Nephele, she had several children, including Argus, Prontis, Melas [black] Cytisorus [clover season] and perhaps Presbon [right of inheritance]... More on Chalciope | ||
| Greeks | Chaos | 0 | [yawning] | In modern thinking we might refer to it as the cosmic cloud in which all the elements are randomly distributed, and from which our universe, and our solar system formed from... More on Chaos | |||
| Greeks | Chariclo | f | She was follower or priestess of Athena, who had an affair with a shepherd named Everes, by whom she bore Tiresias (Teiresias), who was blinded by Athena when he came across her while she bathing, for seeing what no man should see... More on Chariclo | ||||
| Greeks | Charites | f | Also, known as the three Graces | Daughters of Eurynome, third wife of Zeus... More on Charites | |||
| Greeks | Chimaera | f | [she goat {with goat's body, a lion's head that could breathe fire, and serpents tail] | Bellerophon | Was a child of Typhon and Echidne, but I reality she was the personification of the three-season year, Spring the goat, Summer the Lion, and serpent of winter... More on Chimaera | ||
| Greeks | Chione | F | Daughter of Daedalion | She was the daughter of Daedalion, the son of Lucifer, or Hesopheros, the father of Ceryx... More on Chione | |||
| Greeks | Chloris | f | L. Flora [greenish] | Chloris | She was a nymph associated with Spring, new growth and flowers, and was abducted, seduced and later married Zephyrus (the west wind... More on Chloris | ||
| Greeks | Chromia | f | [embellisher] | Was one of the daughters of Itonus and the nymph Melanippe, and was said to be one of the consorts of Endymion, by whom it is reported she had four children... More on Chromia | |||
| Greeks | Chronos | m | Chronos is time, but it whether time began, or is eternal, is an abstract concept, for it is neither force or mass... More on Chronos | ||||
| Greeks | Chrysaor | m | Oo... More on Chrysaor | ||||
| Greeks | Chrysippus | m | [golden stallion] | Bastard son of the king of Pisa, and the nymph Axioche, and divine hero of Elis in the Peloponnesus... More on Chrysippus | |||
| Greeks | Chrysothemis | f | Apparently married to Staphylus, by whom she conceived Molpadia, and Rhoeo, she also bore Parthenos, through Apollo... More on Chrysothemis | ||||
| Greeks | Chthonia | f | [from the soil] | Chthonia married Butes, brother of Erecthteus, but they had no children... More on Chthonia | |||
| Greeks | Circe | f | [falcon] | Oo ... More on Circe | |||
| Greeks | Cleopatra | f | [stone lion] Daughter of Boreas | She was one of the daughters of Boreas (the north wind) and Orithyia, her sister was called Chione (snow queen) and she had twin brothers, named Calais and Zetes... More on Cleopatra | |||
| Greeks | Cleophyle | f | Another name of Eurynome... More on Cleophyle | ||||
| Greeks | Cleodora | f | Kleodora [glorious gift] [famed for her gift] | She was one of three sisters called collectively Thriae, her sisters were Corycia or Daphnis, [laurel] and Melaina [black] their father was the river god Cephissus, thus, they were Naiads, nymphs of the sacred springs of the Corycian Cave on mount Parnassus [mountain house of the gods], in Greece, it was also sacred to the Muses, the satyr Pan, Apollo, Dionysus, the Dionysian mystery cult and the Dorians... More on Cleodora | |||
| Greeks | Cleothera | f | [noble beauty] | ... More on Cleothera | |||
| Greeks | Clotho | f | Klotho L. Nono [spinner] | The first of the three white Fates, usually depicted holding a spindle from which she draws out and spins together the strands of life and destiny... More on Clotho | |||
| Greeks | Clymene | f | [famous strength] | The wife of lapetus, and mother of Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus... More on Clymene | |||
| Greeks | Clymenus | m | Supposedly one of the Argonauts. Was an epitaph of Hades. A son of either Teleus or Schoeneus | He was recorded as being the king of Arcadia, who committed incest with his own daughter Harpalyce [ravenous she-wolf], there are two similar versions of his story, in one he is the son of Schoeneus, who was in reality a river god, who falls in love with his own daughter and rapes her, when the child is born she kills and cooks him and serves him to her father, who then kills her... More on Clymenus | |||
| Greeks | Clytia-e | f | [famous] | She was supposedly one of the daughters of Pandareus and Harmothoe, and sister of Cameiro, Aedon, Merope, Chelidonis, Cleothera or Cleodora... More on Clytia-e | |||
| Greeks | Cocytus | 0 | River of underworld, hades. | The river of lamentation, it is a tributary of the river Acheron... More on Cocytus | |||
| Greeks | Corex | m | Corax, Korax; signifies Raven. See Coronus, all headings. | crow | A son of Coronus, king of Sicyon, and brother of Lamedon, he inherited his father's throne, but having no heirs the kingdom was temporarily usurped by Epopeus... More on Corex | ||
| Greeks | Coronus | m | Coronus the father of Asteria, (father of the stars) the constellation of Corona above Virgo, is an integral part of her sign... More on Coronus | ||||
| Greeks | Corybantes | m | [Crested dancers] | They are reported to be the sons of Socus and Combe, and are named as, Acmon [pestle, or anvil], Idaeus [son of MT Ida], Melisseus [honey man], Ocythous, Damnameneus [compeller, or hammer], Mimas [mimicry], Prymneus [son of the dance... More on Corybantes | |||
| Greeks | Cranae | f | [stony] | Was a mythical daughter of Cranaus, king of Athens and Pedias, her sisters were Cranaechme and Atthis, together the three sisters represented the triad of the rugged coastline... More on Cranae | |||
| Greeks | Cranaechme | f | Menaechme [rocky point] | Was the mythical daughter of Cranaus and Pedias, with her two sisters Cranae and Atthis they formed the triad of rugged coastline goddesses... More on Cranaechme | |||
| Greeks | Cranaus | m | [rocky] | Cranaus was the second mythical king of Athens, he was an earth born deity, he married a Spartan woman named Pedias, he had three daughters Cranae, Cranaechme, and Atthis... More on Cranaus | |||
| Greeks | Cratus | m | [strength] | Son of the Titan Pallas, and the underworld river Styx, his brothers and sisters, were, Zelus [zeal], Bia [force] and Nice-nike [victory]... More on Cratus | |||
| Greeks | Creon | m | [ruler-chief] | Tydeus | He was the king of Corinth, his wife is not mentioned by name, but he said to the father of a son, named Hippotes and a daughter called Creusa or Glauce... More on Creon | ||
| Greeks | Cretheus | m | [ruler-chief] | He was the mythical founder and king of Iolcus, a son of Aeolus and Enarete, ... More on Cretheus | |||
| Greeks | Creusa | f | Daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea | Creusa was the mother of Ion by Apollo, she later married Xuthus, and produced Achaeus and Dorus, and maybe Diomede... More on Creusa | |||
| Greeks | Crius | m | Kreios, Krios (the Ram) | Husband of Eurybia, the daughter of Gaia (mother earth) and Pontus (ocean-sea,) Crius was also the recorded as the son of Uranus and Gaia... More on Crius | |||
| Greeks | Cronus | m | Equivalent of H, Kumarbi | Alder trees, the crow, sickle | ... More on Cronus | ||
| Greeks | Cylanthus | m | Said to be a son of Leos, he had three sisters, Praxithea, Teope, and Eubule, who apparently were all sacrificed by the father to save the city from a famine that was ravaging the area... More on Cylanthus | ||||
| Greeks | Cynortas | m | Mythical king of Sparta... More on Cynortas | ||||
| Greeks | Cytisorus | m | [clover season] | Jason | He was a son of Phrixus and Chalciope, daughter of king Aeetes... More on Cytisorus | ||
| Greeks | Dactyl-s | f/m | [finger-s] | They were the offspring of Cybele, Rhea, or Anchiale (ankhaile) depending on the source... More on Dactyl-s | |||
| Greeks | Daedalion | m | He was reportedly the son Hesperos, or Lucifer, and brother of Ceyx [sea-mew], this is an Error, which occurs on several occasions, he was in fact the son of Eos [dawn], called Hesophoros, who was the personification of Vernus as the bright morning star... More on Daedalion | ||||
| Greeks | Daedalus | m | [bright, or cunningly wrought] maybe son of Metion? | Praxithea | May be the son of Metion, the son of Erechtheus and Praxithea... More on Daedalus | ||
| Greeks | Deianeira | f | [destroyer of men] [tier of spoils] | Was listed as the daughter of the king of Calydon, Oeneus and Althea, although others say she was the daughter of Dionysus, it is said she was the mother of Macaria by Heracles... More on Deianeira | |||
| Greeks | Deino | f | Dino, sow goddess [terrible, horror, dread] | Was one of the three Graeae (old ones, or old woman), the grey ones, the other two were Enyo [warlike] and Pemphredo [alarm, wasp], they were often considered as witches, and were related to Medusa and her sisters, collectively known as the Gorgons... More on Deino | |||
| Greeks | Deipyla | f | [hostiles, or hostility at the gates] | ... More on Deipyla | |||
| Greeks | Demeter | f | [barley mother] other names include, 'Demeter the fury' 'demeter Despoena' | Thesmop-horia 11th to 13th October, women only | Poppy, dove, dolphin, horse... More on Demeter | ||
| Greeks | Demonassa | f | [queen of the people]. Wife of Adrastus. | She was the wife of the king of Argos, Adrastus [he who stands his ground] and mother of Aegialeus, although another source reports his mother was called Amphithea, the daughter of Pronax... More on Demonassa | |||
| Greeks | Demonice | f | Aetolian princess | She is recorded as a maiden of Ephesus (which is in modern Turkey), this does simply mean she was a girl of that city, it implies she was a priestess, nevertheless, the king of the Celtic Gaul's called Brennus who was attacking and plundering Greece in general at the time, came to the city, no doubt knowing of its great wealth... More on Demonice | |||
| Greeks | Demophon | m | [voice of the people, or killer of men] | Demeter | Ritual was called the Balletus, held as part of the Eleusinian Games | (some authors render it Demophoon, by mistake, as there is a separate character by that name, Robert Graves does this where he relates the same story in two different places, one under Demophon, the other under Demophoon, even though the stories are exactly the same... More on Demophon | |
| Greeks | Dike | f | [justice] L. Iustitia | A pair of Scales, laurel wreath. | She was one of the daughters of Zeus and Themis, she one of the great multitudes of the various personifications of Virgo... More on Dike | ||
| Greeks | Diomede | f | Was the daughter of Creusa and Xuthus, she married Deioneus, king of Phocis, and was the mother of Cephalus... More on Diomede | ||||
| Greeks | Dione | f | ... More on Dione | ||||
| Greeks | Dionysus | m | ... More on Dionysus | ||||
| Greeks | Doris | f | [bountiful] | Nereid and Oceanid, daughter and wife of Nereus... More on Doris | |||
| Greeks | Dorus | m | He was the son of Xuthus and Creusa, and he had two children, Tectamus, and Aegimius... More on Dorus | ||||
| Greeks | Dysnomia | f | Was one of the detested daughters if Strife- Eris, and was a demon of lawlessness, discord and anarchy... More on Dysnomia | ||||
| Greeks | Echidne | f | [female viper] | She was half woman half serpent or snake ooooo... More on Echidne | |||
| Greeks | Eileithyia | f | Llithyia, Eleuthyia, Elysia, Eleutho [she who aids childbirth] | Was the Greek goddess of childbirth, and Midwifery, connected to the annual birth of divine children, her cult was connected to the Earth shaker, Enesidaon, better known to us as Poseidon and Neptune... More on Eileithyia | |||
| Greeks | Eirene | f | Irene, L. Pax | One of the Horae, she personified Peace, and wealth, she is often depicted carrying a cornucopia (a large cup, come vase usually shaped like a horn, that was filled to overflowing with every kind of nourishing food, that in essence never ran out), sceptre (a symbol of power) and a tourch or Rhyton (a drinking horn or cup... More on Eirene | |||
| Greeks | Electra | f | [bright, shining, amber] | ... More on Electra | |||
| Greeks | Enalus | m | (child of the ocean-sea) | ... More on Enalus | |||
| Greeks | Enarete: | 0 | [virtuous] | ... More on Enarete: | |||
| Greeks | Enyo | f | [warlike, horror, waster of cities] | Enyo was a goddess of war, from her being part of the triad of Athen-e, that brought sudden destruction, horror and waster of cities... More on Enyo | |||
| Greeks | Epeius | m | Epeus | Was a son of Endymion and Chromia, he had a sister called Eurycyda and two brothers Paeon, and Aetolus... More on Epeius | |||
| Greeks | Epimetheus | m | [afterthought] | O... More on Epimetheus | |||
| Greeks | Epopeus | m | [he who sees all] | ... More on Epopeus | |||
| Greeks | Erebus: M. | m | Erebos, L. Caligo. [covered] | Darkness... More on Erebus: M. | |||
| Greeks | Eriphyle | f | [many leaves, concocted to suit the myth to personify tribal strife] | Amphiaraus | She was one of seven children born to Talaus and Lysimache, she betrayed her husband Amphiaraus and was later slain by her sons... More on Eriphyle | ||
| Greeks | Eris | f | Discord, one of the three Black Fates, the Keres, the other two were Oneiroi, and Apate... More on Eris | ||||
| Greeks | Eubule | f | Apparently one of three daughters of Leos sacrificed to end a famine that had occurred in the city of Leos, see also Theope and Praxithea... More on Eubule | ||||
| Greeks | Eumolpos | m | L. Eumolpus [good music] | He was the son of Poseidon and Chione, Eumolpus married one of Benthesikyme and Enalos's daughters, by whom he fathered, Imarus, or immaradaus, and was a legendary Thracian king, who founded the city of Eumolpias, or Eumolpiada (now called Plovdiv in Bulgaria) it was known as Philipopolis for a long time after Philip 2nd of Macedonia conquered it in the 4th century BC... More on Eumolpos | |||
| Greeks | Eunomia | f | [order] | One of the Horae, she was the daughter of Zeus and Themis, a goddess of good pasture, good order, considering the way she is often portrayed along with Aphrodite, I suspect, good order in the respect of doing the right thing... More on Eunomia | |||
| Greeks | Euphrosyne | f | [happiness, good cheer] | Second born of the Graces, or Charities... More on Euphrosyne | |||
| Greeks | Euporie | f | Euporia | Abundance, prosperity, she was one of the Horae... More on Euporie | |||
| Greeks | Euronotus | m | Southeast wind, blowing between Eurus and Notos... More on Euronotus | ||||
| Greeks | Eurus | m | o wind... More on Eurus | ||||
| Greeks | Euryale | f | [wide roamimg] | She was one of three Gorgons, she and her sister Stheno [strong] were said to be immortal, but their sister Medusa was mortal... More on Euryale | |||
| Greeks | Eurybia | f | [wide strength] | oo... More on Eurybia | |||
| Greeks | Eurybius | m | [long life] | One of the sons of Eurystheus and Antimache... More on Eurybius | |||
| Greeks | Eurydice Of Argos | f | [justice] | Daughter of Lacedaemon and Sparta, she married Acrisius, king of Argos, and mother of Danae, she had a brother called Amyclas, a mythical king of Sparta... More on Eurydice Of Argos | |||
| Greeks | Eurymede | f | Was one of the sisters of Meleager and the daughter of Oeneus and Althaea, her others sisters, were, Melanippe, Perimede and maybe Mothone... More on Eurymede | ||||
| Greeks | Eurynome | f | Cleophyle, also, Antinoe | Was the wife of the king of Arcadia, Lycurgus, and mother of Epochus, Ancaeus, Iasus, and Amphidamas... More on Eurynome | |||
| Greeks | Eurypylus | m | [wide cuirass, or gate] | Was one of the sons of Thestius and Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea, his brothers were, Evippus, Plexippus, his sisters were Hypermnestra, Leda, Althaea, he was killed by Meleager when an argument erupted over who should receive the skin of the slaughtered Calydonian Boar... More on Eurypylus | |||
| Greeks | Eurystheus | m | He was the son of Sthenelus one of the brothers of Electryon, and Nicippe, thus, he was grandson of Perseus and Andromeda... More on Eurystheus | ||||
| Greeks | Euryte | f | Was the daughter of Hippodamas, the son of the river god Achelous,... More on Euryte | ||||
| Greeks | Evadne | f | [blooming] daughter of Strymon. | ... More on Evadne | |||
| Greeks | Evenus | m | Was reported to be a river god, thus it makes sense that he would be the son of Poseidon and Tethys, although several others are listed in different sources, they include, Ares and Demonice (a daughter of Agenor) or Sterope (one of the Pleiades), or even Heracles... More on Evenus | ||||
| Greeks | Evippus | m | Euippus | Was one of the children of Thestius and Eurythemis, he was killed by Meleager, after a fight broke out over the pelt of the slaughtered Calydonian boar, along with his brother Eurypylus... More on Evippus | |||
| Greeks | Gaia | f | Gaea, Terra | Mother earth, the multi-breasted mother of all living things, and like the initially male Egyptian god Geb, who brought about atmosphere, when his sweat was hit by light (Shu), so Gaia brought forth Uranus, the sky... More on Gaia | |||
| Greeks | Galanthis | f | Was the servant or hand maiden of Alcmena, and was present during the birth of Heracles and Iphicles... More on Galanthis | ||||
| Greeks | Geryon | m | Geryone | Oo... More on Geryon | |||
| Greeks | Glaucus | m | Son of Sisyphus | There seems to be up to five different figures by this name, this one was one of the sons of Sisphus and Merope (one of the Pleiades sisters) his brothers were, Almas, Thersander, and Oryntion... More on Glaucus | |||
| Greeks | Gorge | f | Was one of the daughters of Oeneus and Althaea ... More on Gorge | ||||
| Greeks | Gorgophone | f | Was a daughter of Perseus, the destroyer, ... More on Gorgophone | ||||
| Greeks | Graces | f | See, Charities, or Algaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia... More on Graces | ||||
| Greeks | Graeae | f | The Graeae were three sisters, of the Gorgons, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, they were seen as so old that they only had one eye and one tooth between them that they passed back and forth to each other as required... More on Graeae | ||||
| Greeks | Hades | m | [wealth] | Cap of invisibility, black horses, a sceptre, key, Cerberus (the three-headed dog) snakes, rooster, plants= narcissus, the cypress tree, the yew, cornucopia, | Titles of Hades include, Hesperos Thoes [death and darkness] Zeus Meilichios, Zeus Eubouleus, Polydegmon (he who receives many)... More on Hades | ||
| Greeks | Haemon | m | Haimon. [bloody, or of the blood] | Tydeus | Was the son of Creon king of Thebes, and Eurydice, he secretly married Antigone, sister of Eteocles and Polyneices, a descendant of Cadmus he carried the birthmark of the serpent, one way or another he committed suicide when his wife died, see Tydeus... More on Haemon | ||
| Greeks | Harpies | f | See Harpy... More on Harpies | ||||
| Greeks | Harpy | f | Plural Harpies | oooo , daughters of Electra and Thaumas... More on Harpy | |||
| Greeks | Hecabe | f | L. Hecuba. | Wife and queen of king Priam of Troy,... More on Hecabe | |||
| Greeks | Hecate | f | [one- hundred] | ... More on Hecate | |||
| Greeks | Hegemone | f | See under Carpho... More on Hegemone | ||||
| Greeks | Hephaestus | m | [He who shines by day] | ... More on Hephaestus | |||
| Greeks | Hera | f | [protectress] titles, Throttler, | ... More on Hera | |||
| Greeks | Heracles | m | Herakles [glory of Hera] | Heracles the birth and other myths | Heraclea, 2nd of Metageitnion (late July, early August?) | Vulture, Lion skin, club, bow and arrows | Eagle, apples, snakes... More on Heracles |
| Greeks | Hermes | m | Equivalent of R- Mercury, CN-Taautus, EG- Thoth? | Rooster, tortoise, winged sandals, winged cap, Caduceus, pouch or satchel, herma,... More on Hermes | |||
| Greeks | Herse | f | She was one of the daughters of Cecrops and Aglauros, Herse via Hermes had two sons, Cephalus, and Ceryx... More on Herse | ||||
| Greeks | Hesperides | f | Are the nymphs of evening and the golden, orange, or red light of sunset, reported to be the daughters Hesperis, and Atlas, or Phorcys and Ceto, or even of Hesperos... More on Hesperides | ||||
| Greeks | Hesperis | f | Daughter of Hesperos and mother of the Hesperides, her name signifies evening, she is probably the female equivalent of Erebus (darkness), not night who was called Nyx... More on Hesperis | ||||
| Greeks | Hesperos | m | L. Hesperus | Was said to be the son of Eos, and Cephalus, and half- brother to Phosphorus, son of Eos and Astreaus, or he may be a true a true brother, as Cephalus is also cited... More on Hesperos | |||
| Greeks | Hestia | f | [hearth] | Was one of the daughters of Cronus and Rhea, and brother of Hades and Zeus, oooo... More on Hestia | |||
| Greeks | Hephaestos | m | Hephaestus, smith, engineer, inventor, architect, equivalent to, CN- Kothar-wa -Khasis, HB- Tubal- Cain, R- Vulcan, EG- Ptah, ET, Sethans, | Hammer, forge, anvil, metal working, inventor, architect, pair of tongs, | ... More on Hephaestos | ||
| Greeks | Hippalcmos | m | [bold stallion] | ... More on Hippalcmos | |||
| Greeks | Hippocoon | m | Was the father Zeuxippe, who married Atiphates... More on Hippocoon | ||||
| Greeks | Hippodameia | f | [horse tamer] | Wife of Pelops daughter of ... More on Hippodameia | |||
| Greeks | Hippomedon | m | [lord of horses] | ... More on Hippomedon | |||
| Greeks | Hippomenes | m | ... More on Hippomenes | ||||
| Greeks | Hippotes | m | Was the son of king Creon of Corinth, he had sister called Creusa, or Glauce... More on Hippotes | ||||
| Greeks | Hippothoe | f | A daughter of king Pelias of Thessaly and Anaxibia, she had four sisters, Medusa, Pelopia, Pisidice, and Alcestis, and a brother called Acastus... More on Hippothoe | ||||
| Greeks | Hylas | m | ... More on Hylas | ||||
| Greeks | Hypermnestra | f | Was the daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea... More on Hypermnestra | ||||
| Greeks | Hypnos | m | L. Somnus | Sleep... More on Hypnos | |||
| Greeks | Hypseus | m | Son of the Potamoi river god Peneus and the water nymph Creusa, he had three sisters, Menippe, Stilbe, and Daphne... More on Hypseus | ||||
| Greeks | Hypsipyle | f | [high gate] a title of the moon, | She was a Lemnian princess, but she was sold into slavery, when all the women of Lemnos had sworn on oath to kill all their men, she saved her father Thoas... More on Hypsipyle | |||
| Greeks | Hyrmine | f | Was the daughter of Epeius and Anaxiroe (or Neleus, or Nycteus), (she may have had a sister or brother called Alector... More on Hyrmine | ||||
| Greeks | Iacchus | m | [excited, exalting chant] | Torch, myrtle. | He seems to be part of the rituals concerned with Dionysus, Bacchus, a statue of Iacchus was carried in the processions of the Eleusinian mysteries... More on Iacchus | ||
| Greeks | Icarius | m | Icarus [dedicated to the moon goddess Car] | Was the son of Daedalus, but no mother is mentioned, he was famous for drowning after getting to close to the sun with his wax wings, his father had made... More on Icarius | |||
| Greeks | Ichnaea | f | The tracker... More on Ichnaea | ||||
| Greeks | Idas | m | A Messenian prince... More on Idas | ||||
| Greeks | Idomene | f | Eidomene | Was the daughter of Ocalea and Abas, she had twin brothers called Proetus and Acrisius... More on Idomene | |||
| Greeks | Idyia | f | Nereid-Oceanid wife of Aeetes and mother of Medea... More on Idyia | ||||
| Greeks | Inachus | m | A Potamoi river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, he had many daughters and some sons... More on Inachus | ||||
| Greeks | Iobates | m | Jobates. Some sources call him Amphianax. | He was king of Lycia, (king of wolves, or king of the wolf country) and father of Stheneboea, or Antea, and Philonoe... More on Iobates | |||
| Greeks | Iphianassa | f | Was the daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea (or Antea... More on Iphianassa | ||||
| Greeks | Iphianassa | f | A Nereid | A supposed daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who had two sisters, Laodice and Chrysothemis, often associated with Iphigeneia... More on Iphianassa | |||
| Greeks | Iphianeira | f | She was a daughter of Hypermnestra, (the daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis,) and Oicles... More on Iphianeira | ||||
| Greeks | Iphigeneia | f | ... More on Iphigeneia | ||||
| Greeks | Iphilclus | m | Was the son of Phylacus and Clemene, Iphilclus married Diomedeia or Astyoche, and took part on the quest for the golden fleece... More on Iphilclus | ||||
| Greeks | Iphimedon | m | One of the sons of Eurystheus and Antimache, was killed by the Athenians, in a war with the Athenians... More on Iphimedon | ||||
| Greeks | Iris | f | Daughter of Electra the Oceanid- Nereid, wife of Thaumas... More on Iris | ||||
| Greeks | Itonus | m | He was the son of Amphictyon king of Thermopylae, and either Atthis the daughter of Cranaus, although some sources say she died young before the marriage could be consummated, or an unnamed mother, or like his father he was earth born, which said of several individuals... More on Itonus | ||||
| Greeks | Juturna | f | She was a goddess of fountains, wells and springs, thus a Naiad, she was also reported as the brother of Turnus the king of the Rutuli and mother of Fontus (god of the sources of water, such as wells, springs, and the Fonts of temples and churches) via Janus (the two faced, Roman god of beginnings, gateways, doorways, transition, thus openings, as the opener of wells, springs etc... More on Juturna | ||||
| Greeks | Keres | f | The Black Fates, Oneiroi, Eris, Apate... More on Keres | ||||
| Greeks | Kleodora | f | Seek under Cleodora. | ... More on Kleodora | |||
| Greeks | Kratos | 0 | Oo... More on Kratos | ||||
| Greeks | Lacedaemon | m | [lake Demon] | ... More on Lacedaemon | |||
| Greeks | Lachesis | f | Lakhesis | One of the White Fates, disposer of lots, or distributor of fate, (see Clotho, for, insight into the issue of parenthood... More on Lachesis | |||
| Greeks | Lacone | f | [lady of the lake] | ... More on Lacone | |||
| Greeks | Ladon | m | Serpent that guarded the orchard that contained the tree of the Golden Apples, Ladon coiled himself around the tree' trunk with his head, or heads, lingering below the apples ready to strike... More on Ladon | ||||
| Greeks | Laelaps | m | Lelaps, Lalaps, Lailaps. | A hound, famous for its hunting ability, that being that it never failed to catch its prey, some say it was a gift from Zeus to Europa, (or from Artemis) however, it passed from Europa, to her son by Zeus called Minos, who became the first king of Crete... More on Laelaps | |||
| Greeks | Laodice | f | Daughter of Priam [justice of the people] | This Laodice (and it seems there were many) was said to be the daughter of Priam by his second wife, Hecabe, (L... More on Laodice | |||
| Greeks | Laophonte | f | Was the daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe, she had two sisters, Sterope, and Stratonice, and a brother called Agenor... More on Laophonte | ||||
| Greeks | Lapyx | m | A northwest or west-north-west, wind, probably another name for Skiron (Caurus... More on Lapyx | ||||
| Greeks | Learchus | m | [leader of men] | Phrixus and Athamas. | Was the son of Ino, a personification of the moon, and the sacred king of the year, Athamas, and he had a brother called Melicertes, he was killed by his own father who in a fit of madness mistook him for a white stag... More on Learchus | ||
| Greeks | Leda | f | Oo... More on Leda | ||||
| Greeks | Lelantos | m | Son of Phoebe and Coeus, brother of Leto (moon) and Asteria (star-s) his name seems to signify unseen, thus by extension invisible one, and that he fathers Aura (breeze) via Periboa (cattle, which usually signify clouds) he is probably air or wind... More on Lelantos | ||||
| Greeks | Lelex | m | Lelax was married to a nymph called Cleocharia, and he had four sons... More on Lelex | ||||
| Greeks | Lethe | 0 | Ameles potamus | The river of forgetfulness that flows from, and around the cave of Hypnos (sleep), it also signifies, concealment, or oblivion... More on Lethe | |||
| Greeks | Leto | f | Daughter of Phoebe and Coeus, and sister to Asteria (star-s) and Lelantos... More on Leto | ||||
| Greeks | Leucippe | f | ... More on Leucippe | ||||
| Greeks | Leucippus | m | ... More on Leucippus | ||||
| Greeks | Limos | f | [starvation] (Roman equivalent, Fames.) | She was the personification of Starvation, and hunger, she distressing to look at, or encounter... More on Limos | |||
| Greeks | Lupe | f | [pain] | She was one of three sisters under the triad of Algea 'The Pains' her sisters were Achos=grief, and Ania=sorrow... More on Lupe | |||
| Greeks | Lycia. | 0 | ... More on Lycia. | ||||
| Greeks | Lycurgus | m | [work of wolves] son of Pheres, | Tydeus | He was the son of Pheres (the son of Cretheus and Tyro) and Periclymene (daughter of Minyas), and brother of Admetus, and had two sisters Eidomene (wife of Amythaon [unmentionable]) and Periopis [great wealth]... More on Lycurgus | ||
| Greeks | Lynceus | m | [sharp eyed as a Lynx] | Heracles the birth and other myths | He was one of the fifty sons of Aegyptus, who were ordered by their father to marry the daughters of his brother Danaus... More on Lynceus | ||
| Greeks | Lyrcus | m | Lyrcos | Illegitimate son of Abas, mother not named... More on Lyrcus | |||
| Greeks | Lysidice | f | Was the daughter of Pelops and Hippodameia, who married Mestor, one of the sons of Perseus and Andromeda... More on Lysidice | ||||
| Greeks | Lysimache | f | She was the wife of Talaus and mother of Pronax and Adrastus, oooooo... More on Lysimache | ||||
| Greeks | Manto | f | Daughter of Polyeidus | ... More on Manto | |||
| Greeks | Marpessa | f | [snatcher, devourer, or gobbler], a sow goddess | She was the daughter of Evenus... More on Marpessa | |||
| Greeks | Mecisteus | m | [greatest] | Was one of the sons of Talaus and Lysimache, his brothers included, Adrastus, Pronax, Aristomachus... More on Mecisteus | |||
| Greeks | Medea | f | Oo... More on Medea | ||||
| Greeks | Medusa | f | Snakes, aegis | She was one of three Gorgons, her sisters Euryale [wide, roaming] and Stheno [strong] were said to be immortal, but their sister Medusa was mortal... More on Medusa | |||
| Greeks | Melampus | m | Melampous | ... More on Melampus | |||
| Greeks | Melanippe | f | [black mare] | ... More on Melanippe | |||
| Greeks | Melanippus | m | [black stallion] | Tydeus | ... More on Melanippus | ||
| Greeks | Melas | m | Son of Poseidon | Was the mythical son of Poseidon and a nymph from the island of Chios, I suspect that his mother was a tree nymph as historically the island was always famous source of mastic gum, from its pine trees, it was originally known by two names, one signifying Snake Island, the other Pine trees... More on Melas | |||
| Greeks | Meleager | m | Was reported on of the sons of Althaea, either by Oeneus or Ares the god of war, he fathered Pathenopeus via Atlanta, but married Cleopatra the daughter of Idas and Marpessa, by whom he had a daughter called Polydora... More on Meleager | ||||
| Greeks | Meliboea | f | Torch, | Was one of the daughters of Niobe... More on Meliboea | |||
| Greeks | Melicertes | m | [sweet power] | Phrixus and Athamas. | He was the brother of Learchus and son of the sacred king of the year, Athamas and Ino, goddess of harvest, he drowned with his mother, both were deified by Zeus, see book... More on Melicertes | ||
| Greeks | Melinoe | f | Moon goddess, of nightmares and madness, she has by name an association with trees, (as Melia, or Meliae, ash trees, or ash nymphs) however more so the fruits of trees, especially the like of quince, which naturally turn from green to yellow as they ripen, but it may be any fruit that overripens on a fruit tree, which was seen as similar to the pale colour that people near to or dead turned... More on Melinoe | ||||
| Greeks | Menippe | f | Daughter of the Potamoi river god Peneus, and the nymph Creusa, she had two sisters, Daphne and Stilbe, and a brother called Hyseus... More on Menippe | ||||
| Greeks | Menoetius | m | [fate defying, or ruined strength] | oo... More on Menoetius | |||
| Greeks | Mentor | m | One of the sons of Antimache and Eurystheus, he along with most of his brothers was killed in battle against the Athenians, when they refused to hand over the Heracleidae (descendants of Heracles) to his father... More on Mentor | ||||
| Greeks | Merope | f | Daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea. | Merope... More on Merope | |||
| Greeks | Metanira | f | ... More on Metanira | ||||
| Greeks | Metidice | f | She was reported to be a daughter of Talaus and Lysimache, otherwise nothing is recorded of her... More on Metidice | ||||
| Greeks | Metion | m | Was one of the sons of Erechtheus and Praxithea, Metion married, Alcippe, or Iphinoe, or Phrasmede... More on Metion | ||||
| Greeks | Metis | f | A Nereid, Oceanid, and first wife of Zeus, with whom she conceived Athena, but fearing the consequences, Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis, too late, Cunning, wisdom, craftiness, oo ... More on Metis | ||||
| Greeks | Mnemosyne | 0 | A river in hades, underworld, hell. | This river was added to the original four of underworld, by certain mystery religions, those who were able to drink from it, were able to attain the capacity to understand and know everything, thus achieve omniscience... More on Mnemosyne | |||
| Greeks | Moros | 0 | Morus | The feeling, or belief in impending doom, fate, immovable destiny... More on Moros | |||
| Greeks | Morpheus | m | oo... More on Morpheus | ||||
| Greeks | Myles | m | A son of Lelex and the nymph Cleocharia, he was king of Laconia, he was the father of Eurotas, but no mother is named... More on Myles | ||||
| Greeks | Narcissus | m | [numbing or narcotic] | Was the son of blue nymph called Leiriope, the river god Cephisus having seen her, surrounded her with many streams and raped her... More on Narcissus | |||
| Greeks | Nephele | f | L. Nubes | Phrixus and Athamas. | A cloud and rain nymph, who along with Callirrhoe and Io, were reported as being consorts of Nilus... More on Nephele | ||
| Greeks | Nereids | f | Nereids were sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus the ancient sea and water god and his own daughter, Doris, who was one of the fifty Nereids... More on Nereids | ||||
| Greeks | Nereus | m | Ancient sea god, who was renamed Poseidon, after the overthrow of Cronos by Zeus, he is referred to as 'the Old Man of the Sea' and was said to be the father of Nereids, female sea nymphs of which there were fifty... More on Nereus | ||||
| Greeks | Nestis | f | Kore, Cora [maiden] | She represented, water, whether as, mist, rain, moisture, water, steam... More on Nestis | |||
| Greeks | Nicippe | f | [victorious mare] | She was married to Sthenelus, one of brothers of Electryon... More on Nicippe | |||
| Greeks | Nike | f | L. Victoria | Daughter of Pallas and Styx... More on Nike | |||
| Greeks | Nireus | m | He was the supposed son of the king of Syme (part of the Dodecanese Islands) (Charopus (charops [ bright eyes] is also a title of Heracles) and Aglaea (Aglaia)... More on Nireus | ||||
| Greeks | Notos | m | L. Auster | oo the South wind, ... More on Notos | |||
| Greeks | Nycteus | m | Father of Antiope okok... More on Nycteus | ||||
| Greeks | Nyx | m | L. Nox | night... More on Nyx | |||
| Greeks | Ocalea | f | Ocaleia | Wife of Abas, and daughter of Mantineus, mother of the twins Acrisius and Proteus, and a daughter called Idomene... More on Ocalea | |||
| Greeks | Oceanids | f | Oceanides | Oceanids were the supposedly sea nymph daughters of the Titan sea gods Oceanus and Tethys, there were reported to be three-thousand, of them... More on Oceanids | |||
| Greeks | Oceanus | 0 | Ophion who with his mistress Eurynome (daughter of Oceanus) ruled the world before they were usurped by Chronus (time) and Rhea (the Earth) and cast into the sea... More on Oceanus | ||||
| Greeks | Oebalus | m | [speckled sheep, or threshold] | ... More on Oebalus | |||
| Greeks | Oecles | m | He was a son of Zeuippe and Antiphates, and brother of Amphalces... More on Oecles | ||||
| Greeks | Oeneus | m | Vintner Oeneus. [vinous] | He was the son of Porthaon and Euryte, and married Althaea daughter of Thestius... More on Oeneus | |||
| Greeks | Oneiroi | f | Dreams, one of the three Black Fates, the other two being, Eris, and Apate... More on Oneiroi | ||||
| Greeks | Opheltes | m | [benefactor, serpent bound] | Tydeus | He was the son of the mythical king of Nemea, Lycurgus [work of wolves] and Eurydice of Nemea, or Amphithea... More on Opheltes | ||
| Greeks | Ophion | m | [native snake] serpent god, became Draco in the zodiac. | Who with his mistress Eurynome (daughter of Oceanus) ruled the world before they were usurped by Chronus (time) and Rhea (the Earth) and cast into the sea... More on Ophion | |||
| Greeks | Opis | f | [awe] | oo... More on Opis | |||
| Greeks | Orithyia | f | Orithyeia [she who rages over the mountains] | She was one of the daughters of Erechtheus and Praxithea, she had six sisters, Procris, Merope, Chthonia, Creusa, Protogeneia, and Pandora, and four brothers, Cecrops, Metion, Orneus and Pandorus... More on Orithyia | |||
| Greeks | Orneus | m | Orneon [bird] | He was one of the sons of Erechtheus and Praxithea, his brothers were, Cecrops, Pandorus, and Metion, his sisters were, Procris, Merope, Creusa, Chthonia, Pandora, Orithyia, and Protogeneia... More on Orneus | |||
| Greeks | Ornytion | m | [moon, bird-man] | He was one of the sons of Sisphus and Merope, his brothers were, Thersander, Almus, Glaucus, and Sinon, and he was the father of Phocus and Thoas... More on Ornytion | |||
| Greeks | Orphism | 0 | ... More on Orphism | ||||
| Greeks | Paeon | m | One of the sons of Endymion, and Chromia, and brother of Epeius, Eurycyda, and Aetolus... More on Paeon | ||||
| Greeks | Pallas | m | [giant or youth] | Pallas was the son of Crius and Eurybia, and brother of Perses and Astraeus, and husband of Styx... More on Pallas | |||
| Greeks | Pandareus | m | [he who flays all] | Pandareus was the son of Merops and an unnamed nymph, he married Harmothoe [sharp nail] and they had several children including Aedon, Cleothera [noble beauty] or Cleodora, Chelidonis, and Merope... More on Pandareus | |||
| Greeks | Pandora | f | Daughter of Erechtheus [all giving] | Pandora, daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, she committed suicide in a pact with her sister Protogeneia after their sister Chthonia was sacrificed by her father... More on Pandora | |||
| Greeks | Pandorus | m | [all giving] | ... More on Pandorus | |||
| Greeks | Pandrosos | f | [dewy] | She was one of the daughters of Cecrops and Aglauros, her sisters were Herse and Aglauros, she was turned to stone, by Hermes... More on Pandrosos | |||
| Greeks | Parthenia | f | ... More on Parthenia | ||||
| Greeks | Parsiphae | f | [all light, who shines for all] a moon goddess. | She was a daughter, sister and lover of Helios the sun god, by the oldest of the Oceanids Perse, and had a sister called Circe, and she married the king of Crete, Minos, and was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Acacallis, Xenodice, Catreus, Phaedra, and Asterion, called by the Greeks Minotaur, because he was the stars of Orion in Taurus, the sign of the Bull... More on Parsiphae | |||
| Greeks | Parthenopeus | m | [son of a pierced maiden] | He was the son of Meleager and Atlanta addoo... More on Parthenopeus | |||
| Greeks | Pasithea | f | [beautiful goddess] | Oo... More on Pasithea | |||
| Greeks | Peirithous | f | ... More on Peirithous | ||||
| Greeks | Peitho | f | [persuasion] | Was a goddess of persuasion, desire, and seduction, and an intimate companion of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love, several possible parents are listed including, Oceanus and Tethys, or Dionysus and Aphrodite, or Aphrodite alone... More on Peitho | |||
| Greeks | Pelasgus | m | [seafarer] | Oo... More on Pelasgus | |||
| Greeks | Peleus | m | [muddy] | oo... More on Peleus | |||
| Greeks | Pelias | 0 | [black & blue] | ... More on Pelias | |||
| Greeks | Pelopia | f | Pelopeia [muddy face] | Pelias | A daughter of king Pelias and Anaxibia... More on Pelopia | ||
| Greeks | Pemphredo | f | Pephredo | Heracles the birth and other myths | Was one of the three Graeae (old ones, or old woman), the grey ones, the other two were Enyo [warlike] and Deino [terrible], they were often considered as witches, and were related to Medusa and her sisters, collectively known as the Gorgons... More on Pemphredo | ||
| Greeks | Peneus | m | A river. [of the thread] | One of the Potamoi, a river god and son of Oceanus and Tethys, brother of the Oceanids... More on Peneus | |||
| Greeks | Pentheus | m | [grief-woe] | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Pentheus | |
| Greeks | Perdix | f | [Partrige] | Was the sister of Daedalus... More on Perdix | |||
| Greeks | Peribeoa | f | [ surrounded, coiled, curled, restricted, a daughter of the serpent] | ... More on Peribeoa | |||
| Greeks | Perieres | m | [surrounded, by trenches] | ... More on Perieres | |||
| Greeks | Perimedes | m | [very cunning] | One of the sons of Antimache and Eurystheus, he along with most of his brothers was killed in battle against the Athenians, when they refused to hand over the Heracleidae (descendants of Heracles) to his father... More on Perimedes | |||
| Greeks | Pero | f | She was a princess of Pylos, and daughter of Neleus and Chloris, and she married Bias her cousin, her sons included Leodocus, Talaus and Areius... More on Pero | ||||
| Greeks | Perseis | f | [destroyer] | o-o Oceanid and Nereid wife of Helios and mother of Circe, and Aeetes... More on Perseis | |||
| Greeks | Perses | m | [destroyer] | Perses (the destroyer, his name signifies to sack, ravage and destroy, and was a male version of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, commissioned by Re to destroy mankind,) was the son of Crius and Eurybia (daughter of mother earth)... More on Perses | |||
| Greeks | Perseus | m | Son of Danae, and Zeus, oo... More on Perseus | ||||
| Greeks | Phaea | f | [shining, bright one] moon goddess as a white sow, | White sow, | ... More on Phaea | ||
| Greeks | Phanes | f | [revealer] | Phanes is depicted as having many of the base qualities of Aion, and is no doubt a much later version of him, endowed with extra mysterious attributes, attributed to him by the mystery cults... More on Phanes | |||
| Greeks | Phantasos | m | Oo... More on Phantasos | ||||
| Greeks | Pheres | m | A son of Cretheus and Tyro, and brother of Amythaon, and Aeolia... More on Pheres | ||||
| Greeks | Pherusa | f | Substance, and farm estates... More on Pherusa | ||||
| Greeks | Philammon | m | R... More on Philammon | ||||
| Greeks | Phlegethon | 0 | River of hades, underworld, hell. | oo... More on Phlegethon | |||
| Greeks | Phobetor | m | God of nightmares, fear, who had the ability to appear in any frightening form, beasts, monsters, evil people, or not at all as in nightmares like falling, when dreaded fear is felt but not seen... More on Phobetor | ||||
| Greeks | Phoebe | f | Said to be the daughter of Uranus (heaven) Gaia (mother Earth) she was Moon goddess... More on Phoebe | ||||
| Greeks | Phorbas | m | Was the son of Laphites and Orsinome, and was a prince of Thessalian Phlegyes, who left the Peloponnes and settled in Elis... More on Phorbas | ||||
| Greeks | Phorcis | f | [sow] | Was like Cerdo and choere, sow goddess' the sows were used to tread in the corn seed, which watered by the moon then sprouted... More on Phorcis | |||
| Greeks | Phorcys | m | [pig, hog, boar] | Devourer of corpses, and punisher, he was said to have married Ceto, and was considered a wise old man of the sea, their children included, Ladon, Echidne, the Gorgons, the Graeae, or perhaps the Hesperides he had a daughter called Scylla, whom Amphitrite wife of Poseidon changed into a monster, because of her husband's infatuation with her... More on Phorcys | |||
| Greeks | Phoroneus | m | [of the Spring] | Phoroneus | Was recorded as the son of the river god Inachus, who was a son of Oceanus and Tethys... More on Phoroneus | ||
| Greeks | Phylacus | m | Was one of the sons of Deioneus and Diomede, Phylacus married Clemene, and was the father of Iphiclus, and Alcimede (mighty cunning) see file on Praxithea for more information... More on Phylacus | ||||
| Greeks | Phylas | m | [guard, guardian] king of Ephyra | ... More on Phylas | |||
| Greeks | Phyllis | f | [leafy] | I have not seen a date, but it more than likely that the act is performed early in the year, prior the nut and fruit trees bursting into leaf or flower. | Almond nut, tree | Was a mythical Thracian princess who fell in love a son of Theseus, named Acamas [unwearying] who left to fight in the war against Troy... More on Phyllis | |
| Greeks | Phrixus | m | He was a son of the Boeotian king, Athamas [high reaper] and Nephele [the goddess of clouds], his second wife Ino, [she who makes sinewy] who it was pretended was at first mortal was later called Ino Leucothea (the white goddess) I suspect she was a personification of the moon, as Virgo... More on Phrixus | ||||
| Greeks | Pisidice | f | The daughter of Pelias, and Anaxibia, she had a brother called Acastus, and four sisters, Pelopia, Medusa, and Alcestis... More on Pisidice | ||||
| Greeks | Pleuron | m | Was one the two sons of Aetolus and Pronoe, his brother was called Calydon, he married Xanthippe, with whom he produced Sterope, Stratonice, Agenor and Laophonte... More on Pleuron | ||||
| Greeks | Poly | m-f | A word | Poly, is a word the Greeks often place in front of another, word such as Polydeuces, it signifies duality, forces united but seemingly in opposition... More on Poly | |||
| Greeks | Polyboea | f | Was one of the daughters of Hypermnestra and Oecles (Oicles), her sister was Iphianeira and she had a brother called Amphiaraus... More on Polyboea | ||||
| Greeks | Polycaon | m | [much burning] | Phoroneus | Polycaon was one of the sons of the Laconian king, Lelex and Cleochareia, he had three brothers, Myles, Pterelaus, and Cleson... More on Polycaon | ||
| Greeks | Polydora | f | Was the only daughter and offspring from the marriage of Meleager, a son of Althaea via either, Oeneus or Ares, and Cleopatra, the daughter of Idas and Marpessa... More on Polydora | ||||
| Greeks | Polydorus | m | [twice gifted] | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Polydorus | |
| Greeks | Polymele | f | [two, or many songs] lover of Hermes | She had been one of the dancers and singers, a follower or priestess of Artemis' choir, who was seduced by Hermes, and bore Eudorus, Eudorus, [generous] who became a commander under Achilles, and was the second of five commanders, and was a very fast and strong fighter... More on Polymele | |||
| Greeks | Polyneices | m | Polynices [great strife] | ... More on Polyneices | |||
| Greeks | Pontus | m | Pontus, was a primal sea-ocean god, he marries his own mother Gaia, and the union brings forth Nereus (old man of the sea,) Thaumas (awe striking, dangerous sea,) Phorcys (sea,) Ceto (wife and sister of Phorcys,) Eurybia (strong,) Thalassa (sea) and the Telchines and all that dwells in the sea... More on Pontus | ||||
| Greeks | Poseidon | m | Ash tree, thunderbolt, replaced by trident, horse,... More on Poseidon | ||||
| Greeks | Potamoi | m | They are the sons of Oceanus and Tethys, and were river and stream gods, their sisters were Oceanids (previously Nereids as daughters of Nereus,) the Potamoi were the fathers of the Naiads... More on Potamoi | ||||
| Greeks | Praxithea | f | Or Phrasithea | She was the daughter of Leos the son of Orpheus... More on Praxithea | |||
| Greeks | Procne | f | She was one of two daughters of Pandion and Zeucippe, she married Tereus king of Thrace and son of Ares, by whom she bore a son named Itys (Itylos) but on hearing the enchanting voice of Procne's younger sister Philomela he fell madly in love with her... More on Procne | ||||
| Greeks | Procris | f | Daughter of Erechtheus, wife of Cephalus, who he accidently killed... More on Procris | ||||
| Greeks | Prometheus | m | Oo... More on Prometheus | ||||
| Greeks | Pronax | m | He was the son of Talaus and Lysmache, and brother of the Adrastus the king of Argos... More on Pronax | ||||
| Greeks | Protesilaus | m | ... More on Protesilaus | ||||
| Greeks | Proteus | m | Son of Abas and Ocalea, twin of Acrisius, who had a sister called Idomene... More on Proteus | ||||
| Greeks | Prothous | m | Reported to be a son of Thestius, although no mother is named directly, he is said to be the brother of Althaea, therefore he might have been the son of Eurythemis, the mother of Althaea, although she was only one of Thestius's suggested consorts, one source makes Leucippe Althaea mother... More on Prothous | ||||
| Greeks | Protogeneia | f | Was the daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, she had six sisters, Procris, Merope, Pandora, Creusa, Orithyia Chthonia, and four brothers, Pandorus, Metion, Cecrops, and Orneus... More on Protogeneia | ||||
| Greeks | Psamathe | f | ... More on Psamathe | ||||
| Greeks | Pterelaus | m | The Second | Was the son of Taphius, and king of the Taphians, who sent his sons to demand a share in Electryon's Mycenae kingdom... More on Pterelaus | |||
| Greeks | Rarus | m | Rar | Was said to be a son of Cranaus... More on Rarus | |||
| Greeks | Rhadamanthys | m | Rhadamanthus | Was a wise king of Crete, his name has two roots, the first part signifies, a staff, wand, rod or as such things were, a sign of power a sceptre... More on Rhadamanthys | |||
| Greeks | Rhea | f | Oak tree, double headed axe, dove, mountain lion,... More on Rhea | ||||
| Greeks | Salmoneus | m | He was the son of Aeolus and Enarete (virtue) or Iphis, both are listed as bearing children called Salmoneus... More on Salmoneus | ||||
| Greeks | Scamander | m | A river god who played a part in the Trojan war... More on Scamander | ||||
| Greeks | Scylla | f | ... More on Scylla | ||||
| Greeks | Sinon | m | [harmful, plunderer] | He was the son of Sisyphus (the wise one) and Merope, he had several brothers, Glaucus, Oryntion, Almus, Thersander... More on Sinon | |||
| Greeks | Sisyphus | m | He was the son of Aeolus and Enarete (virtue), and had five brothers, Athamas, Salmoneus, Cretheus, Perieres, Deioneus, and three sisters, Alcyone, Perimede, and Canace... More on Sisyphus | ||||
| Greeks | Sparta | f | She was the daughter of Eurotas and Clete, and married Lacedaemon, who was also her uncle, they had two children Amyclas (a legendary king of Sparta) and Eurydice of Argos... More on Sparta | ||||
| Greeks | Spartoi | m | Sparti | They were a mythical race, that sprang up from a dragon's teeth that were thrown on the ground, by the mythical founder of Thebes called Cadmus... More on Spartoi | |||
| Greeks | Sterope | f | Daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe, her sisters were Laophonte and Stratonice and she had a brother called Agenor... More on Sterope | ||||
| Greeks | Stheneboea | f | Stheneboia, also, | The name signifies 'powerful cow' she was the daughter of Iobates, king of Lycia... More on Stheneboea | |||
| Greeks | Sthenelus | m | He was the husband of Alcmena, and one of eight sons born to Perseus and Andromeda, king of Mycenae and father of three children Eurystheus, Alcyone (who the Arcadian centaur Homadas tied to rape and was subsequently killed by Heracles,) and Medusa by his wife Nicippe... More on Sthenelus | ||||
| Greeks | Stheno | f | Stheino [strong] | She was one of three Gorgons, she and her sister Euryale [wide, roaming] were said to be immortal, but their sister Medusa was mortal... More on Stheno | |||
| Greeks | Stilbe | f | A Naiad, daughter of the river god Peneus and the nymph Creusa... More on Stilbe | ||||
| Greeks | Stratonice | f | She one of the three daughters of Pleuron and Xanthippe, her sisters were Sterope, Laophonte, and she had a brother named Agenor... More on Stratonice | ||||
| Greeks | Styx | f | River of hades, underworld, hell. | The river Styx was considered to be on the border or boundary between, Earth and hades, and a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus, (Nephthys and Seth in Egyptian myth... More on Styx | |||
| Greeks | Syme | f | Syme | She was either the mythical daughter of Ialysos and Dotis, who was abducted by Claucus, an ancient sea god, who named the apparently uninhabited island of Syme-Symi after her... More on Syme | |||
| Greeks | Talos | m | [sufferer] | ... More on Talos | |||
| Greeks | Tantalus | m | [wretched, most vile, lurching, hobbling] | Was a son of Zeus and Plouto,... More on Tantalus | |||
| Greeks | Tectamus | m | [craftmans] also called, Texaphos, Teutamus {repeats himself] | He was a son of Dorus, no mother's name is given, Tectamus married Cretheus' unnamed daughter, and fathered Asterion... More on Tectamus | |||
| Greeks | Tefnut | f | Tefnut was the sweat exuded by the Earth, called Geb by the ancient Egyptians, who sweated through fear on being informed by his mother and lover Nut, that the Sun God Ra- Re, had opened his great Eye at being awakened by the noise of their passionate and continuous love making, had sent forth his burning rays of light, called Shu, to burn Geb to death... More on Tefnut | ||||
| Greeks | Telchines | 0 | Telkhines | (Fish children), their parents vary depending on the source, Pontus & Gaia, Tartarus & Nemesis, Thalassa & Pontus, and the blood of Uranus & the Furies (Erinyes... More on Telchines | |||
| Greeks | Telephassa | f | [far shining one] moon goddess, as a sow. | White sow, | ... More on Telephassa | ||
| Greeks | Tethys | f | She was a Titan, and daughter of Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth) and she was the sister and wife of her Titan brother Oceanus... More on Tethys | ||||
| Greeks | Teumessian Vixen | f | Also called, the Cadmean Vixen, after Cadmus. | Was a giant fox sent to prey on the children of Thebes to punish them for a national crime... More on Teumessian Vixen | |||
| Greeks | Thalassa | f | Consort of Pontus she was the mother of the gods of storm, and, either all, or certain species of fish, she is depicted as being draped in seaweed, with crab claw horns coming from the hair on her head... More on Thalassa | ||||
| Greeks | Thalia | f | o... More on Thalia | ||||
| Greeks | Thallo | f | Eiar | One of the goddesses of the seasons, she conducted or ruled Spring, and was the bringer of flowers... More on Thallo | |||
| Greeks | Thanatos | m | [death] | oo... More on Thanatos | |||
| Greeks | Thaumas | m | Husband of the Nereid- Oceanid Electra and father of Iris, and the Harpies... More on Thaumas | ||||
| Greeks | Themis | f | ... More on Themis | ||||
| Greeks | Theope | f | One of the three daughters of Leos, sacrificed to save the city from famine, he was reported to be a son of Orpheus, but there no mention of such a son... More on Theope | ||||
| Greeks | Thespius | m | He was the son of Erechtheus and Praxithea, he was a mythical king of Thespiae, in Boeotia... More on Thespius | ||||
| Greeks | Thestius | m | Thestios | Several parents are named in conjunction with Thestius's birth, either, through Ares the god of war and Demonice, or Pisidice, or from Agenor, son of Pleuron and Epicasta- epicaste... More on Thestius | |||
| Greeks | Thetis | f | oo wife of Peleus, mother of Achilles... More on Thetis | ||||
| Greeks | Tiresias | m | Teiresias | A seer often consulted by Amphitryon and Alcmena... More on Tiresias | |||
| Greeks | Tmolus | m | Lelops | Oak tree, | He was recorded as the son of Ares and Theogone [child of the gods], and married Omphale (navel)... More on Tmolus | ||
| Greeks | Toxeus | m | He was one of the many sons of Thestius, or the son of Althaea by Oeneus, king of Calydon, in which case he had three brothers, Meleager, Thyreus, Clymenus, and three sisters, Deianeira, Melanippe, and Gorge... More on Toxeus | ||||
| Greeks | Triopas | m | [all seeing, thrice sighted] | He was a son of Poseidon and Canace the daughter of Aeolus and Enarete... More on Triopas | |||
| Greeks | Triptolemus | m | [thrice warrior, or daring] | ... More on Triptolemus | |||
| Greeks | Tydeus | m | [thumper] | The king of Argos, Adratus, had two beautiful daughters, Deipyla [hostile gates] and Aegeia [bright], for whom there we many suitors, but Adrastus was afraid to make a choice between any of them, as those rebuffed might turn against him, thus, he consulted the Delphic oracle... More on Tydeus | |||
| Greeks | Tylon | m | Tylus [knot or phallus] | He was supposedly bitten in the heel by a poisonous snake and died, his sister Moera [fate] appealed to the giant Damasen [subdue] who killed the snake, another snake then fetched a flower from the woods of Zeus, laid it on the snake's mouth and it revived... More on Tylon | |||
| Greeks | Tyndareus | m | [pounder] | He was a Spartan king, son of Oebalus or Perieres... More on Tyndareus | |||
| Greeks | Typhon | m | [smoke, Hot wind, hurricane] | ... More on Typhon | |||
| Greeks | Tyro | f | Was the daughter of Salmoneus and Alcidice... More on Tyro | ||||
| Greeks | Udaeus | m | [of the earth, or earth born, or sown men] | Was one of the five remining Sparti... More on Udaeus | |||
| Greeks | Urana | f | [Queen of the mountains, winds of summer or the wild oxen] | ... More on Urana | |||
| Greeks | Urania | f | [heavenly] | She was one of Muses, and connected to astronomy, her sisters were Erato [love poetry], Terpsichore [dance] and Polyhymnia [sacred poetry], Melpomene [erotic poetry], Thalia [comedy] ... More on Urania | |||
| Greeks | Uranus | m | Ouranos [king of the mountains] | Egyptian myth of Creation | Sky, heaven, (but, see Gaia... More on Uranus | ||
| Greeks | Urion | M | [native who makes water, or of the mountains] | ... More on Urion | |||
| Greeks | Virbius | m | [holy life] | Seek under Hippolytus... More on Virbius | |||
| Greeks | Xanthippe | f | Was said to be the daughter of Dorus, a son of Helen... More on Xanthippe | ||||
| Greeks | Xanthus | m | [yellow] | Was the name of several horses, Acilles, Hector, Peleus, and Diomedes, all apparently owned horses by this name... More on Xanthus | |||
| Greeks | Xenoclea | F | [famous guest] | Was a pythoness oracle goddess, famous for refusing Heracles an answer to his question, saying that he broken a sacred law that forbade the killing of a guest, whatever he may have done to upset you... More on Xenoclea | |||
| Greeks | Xuthus | m | [swallow] | Was a son of Hellen and Orseis, who fled Athens after being accused of theft by his brothers, he married Creusa, the daughter of Erechtheus (the serpent), by whom he had apparently three children Ion, Dorus and Achaeus, forefathers of the Ionian, Dorian and Achean tribes, who with the Aeolians formed the basis of the Greek Race... More on Xuthus | |||
| Greeks | Zagreus | m | [restored to life] | The story of Zagreus is very confused, it would seem to me that logically he equates to the Egyptian god Seth, being first spoken of in connection with Gaia (Mother Earth) as being the highest of the then gods... More on Zagreus | |||
| Greeks | Zelus | 0 | [zeal] | oo... More on Zelus | |||
| Greeks | Zephyrus | m | L. Favonius | Zephyrus was god of the West wind, known for its gentleness, was said to aid the bearing, setting- fertilisation of fruit flowers, and hold dominion over plants and flowers in general... More on Zephyrus | |||
| Greeks | Zetes | m | [searcher] | Was a son of Boreas and Orithyia, and brother of Calais, he like his brother was a personification of wind, from the little that is recorded, he represents short but very powerful bursts of wind, in opposition to his brother, who represented powerful but much more persistent wind... More on Zetes | |||
| Greeks | Zethus | m | [seeker] | Zethus was the twin brother of Amphion, and son of Zeus by Antiope ... More on Zethus | |||
| Greeks | Zeucippe | f | She was a daughter of Hippocoon and married Antiphates, by whom she had Oicles and Amphalces... More on Zeucippe | ||||
| Greeks | Zeus | m | [bright sky] basic equivalents, Odin-Wotan (Germanic), Thor (Norse), Jupiter (Roman), Perun (Slavic), Indra (hindu) | Eagle, bull, oak tree, thunderbolt, sceptre, | ... More on Zeus | ||
| Greeks | Aceso | f | ... More on Aceso | ||||
| Greeks | Actaeon | m | [shore, beach dweller] | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Actaeon | |
| Greeks | Aegle | f | Aglaea | ... More on Aegle | |||
| Greeks | Agave | f | [High born, illustrious] | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Agave | |
| Greeks | Asclepius | m | Latin, Aesculapius. Equivalent of the ET- Vediovis, EG- Imhotep. | Snake entwinned around staff... More on Asclepius | |||
| Greeks | Autonoe | f | [self-willed] | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Autonoe | |
| Greeks | Cichysus | m | ... More on Cichysus | ||||
| Greeks | Corythus | m | [helmet] | ... More on Corythus | |||
| Greeks | Cyrene | f | [mistress of the bridle, sovereign queen. Equivalent of R- Diana, GK- Artemis, | Bow, spear or javelin,... More on Cyrene | |||
| Greeks | Echion | m | [viper] | ... More on Echion | |||
| Greeks | Enji | m | Illyrian god of fire, thunder and lightning | ... More on Enji | |||
| Greeks | Epione | F | [soothing] | ... More on Epione | |||
| Greeks | Epirus | f | Epeiros | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Epirus | |
| Greeks | Harmonia | f | [concord] equivalent to R- Concordia, | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Harmonia | |
| Greeks | Hygieia | f | ... More on Hygieia | ||||
| Greeks | Iasion | m | Iasus, Eetion | ... More on Iasion | |||
| Greeks | Iaso | f | ... More on Iaso | ||||
| Greeks | Idmon | m | ... More on Idmon | ||||
| Greeks | Illyrius | m | [squint eyed bull] son of Cadmus. | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Illyrius | |
| Greeks | Leucothea | f | [white goddess] Moon, | Harmonia | GK 43 | ... More on Leucothea | |
| Greeks | Pleione | f | [sailing queen] | ... More on Pleione | |||
| Greeks | Ploutos | m | Plutus, [wealth] | Cornucopia... More on Ploutos | |||
| Greeks | Silenus | m | [moon man] | ... More on Silenus |
Introduction | Century & Verses
Prophecies | Biography
Myths | Locations
Four Riders | King Solomon | David & Goliath
Egypt | Leo | Virgo
Libra | Scorpio | Sagittarius