Personography
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- Abantidas A tyrant of Sicyon, succeeded by his father Paseas.
- Abas The son of Melampus.
- Abas The son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra.
- Abas Father of Idomene.
- Abas A Trojan soldier killed by Diomedes.
- Abarbarea A Naiad nymph and mother of the twins Aesepos and Pedasos.
- Abairis A Hyperborean architect
- Abia The nurse of Glenus, son of Heracles.
- Ablerus (aka: Ableros) Killed by Antilochus.
- Abderus (aka: Abderos) Is charged with guarding Diomedes’ mares by Hercules, but is eaten by them.
- Acalle (aka: Akalle) Daughter of Minos.
- Acamas (aka: Akamas) The son of Theseus and Phaedra.
- Acamas (aka: Akamas) Leads the Dardanians at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Acamas (aka: Akamas) Leads the Thracians at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Acamas (aka: Akamas) A suitor of Penelope.
- Acarnan (aka: Akarnan) The son of Alcmaeon, who is transformed from a child to an adult by Zeus.
- Acarnan (aka: Akarnan) A suitor of Penelope.
- Acastus (aka: Akastos) An Argonaut.
- Acestium Daughter of Xenocles.
- Achaeus (aka: Akhaios) Eponymous founder of the Achaeans.
- Achilles (aka: Ligyron, Akhilles, Akhilleus) Leader of the Myrmidons at Troy.
- Achelous (aka: Acheloos, Akheloos, Akhelous) A river-god personification of the river Achelous who is capable of shapeshifting.
- Achelous (aka: Acheloos, Akheloos, Akhelous) The father of Hippodamas and Orestes.
- Acheron (aka: Akheron) Father of Ascalaphus
- Acontes (aka: Akontes) A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Acratus A daemon attendant of Apollo.
- Acrisius (aka: Akrisios) Son of Abas and Aglaia.
- Actaea (aka: Aktaia) A Nereid.
- Actaea (aka: Aktaia) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Married Periphas.
- Actaeon (aka: Aktaion) A hunter who is killed by his own dogs.
- Actaeus (aka: Aktaios) Fathers Telamon by Glauce.
- Actaeus (aka: Aktaios) First King of Attica.
- Actor (aka: Aktor) The son of Deion and Diomede.
- Actor (aka: Aktor) The son of Pisidice by Myrmidon.
- Actor (aka: Aktor) An Argonaut.
- Actor (aka: Aktor) Father of Eurytus and Cteatus.
- Actor (aka: Aktor) The father of Echekles.
- Acraea Nurse to Hera.
- Acrotatus I Spartan king.
- Acusilaus (aka: Akousilaos) Logographer and mythographer.
- Adamas A Trojan soldier, killed by Meriones.
- Adiante One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Daiphron.
- Adite One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Menalces.
- Admete Daughter of Eurystheus, wants the belt of Hippolyte, the Amazon.
- Admetus (aka: Admetos) A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut.
- Adonis A beautiful young man shared by Persephone and Aphrodite. Artemis causes him to be killed by a boar.
- Adrastia (aka: Adrasteia) A nymph who cares for Zeus as a young child.
- Adrastus (aka: Adrastos) King of Argos. One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Adrastus (aka: Adrastos) Father of Eurydice.
- Adrastus (aka: Adrastos) Comes to the aid of Troy against the Achaeans.
- Adrastus (aka: Adrastos) Comes to the aid of the Achaeans in the Trojan War.
- Adrastus (aka: Adrastos) a warrior Trojan, killed by Agamemnon.
- Adrastus (aka: Adrastos) A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Adrastus Son of Polynices.
- Aeacides King of Epirus
- Aeacus (aka: Aiakos) King of Aegina.
- Aegyptus King of Egypt.
- Aeetes (aka: Aietes) The king of Colchis who encounters the Argonauts.
- Aegaeon (aka: Aigaion) A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Aegeoneus (aka: Aigeoneus) Son of Priam.
- Aegeus (aka: Aigeos) Expels the sons of Metion from Athens. King of Athens.
- Aegialeus (aka: Aigialeus) Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes.
- Aegialeus (aka: Aigialeus) The son of Melia and Inachus and the founder of Aegialia.
- Aegialeus (aka: Aigialeus) Father of Aigialia.
- Aegialia (aka: Aegialeia, Aigialeia) Married to Diomedes.
- Aegimius (aka: Aigimios) The king of the Dorians
- Aegimius (aka: Aigimios) Father of Dymas and Pamphylus.
- Aegina (aka: Aigina) Secretly carried off by Zeus.
- Aegipan (aka: Aigipan) Helps Hermes retrieve Zeus’ tendons from Typhon.
- Aegisthus (aka: Aigisthos) Kills Atreus and restores the throne of his father, Thyestes.
- Aegius (aka: Aigios) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Mnestra.
- Aegle (aka: Aigle) One of the Hesperides.
- Aegleis (aka: Aigleis) Daughter of Hyacinth who is sacrificed to save Athens from famine.
- Aegyrus Father of Thurimachus
- Aello One of the Harpies.
- Aeneas (aka: Aineias) Flees from Troy with his father, founds Rome.
- Aenetus (aka: Ainetos) Son of Deion and Diomede.
- Aeolia (aka: Aiolia) Married to Calydon.
- Aeolus (aka: Aiolos) King of Aeolia, which was later called Thessaly. Eponymous founder of the Aeolians.
- Aepytus (aka: Aipytos) Son of Merope and Polyphontes, who kills his father.
- Aerope Daughter of Catreus.
- Aerope Daughter of Cepheus.
- Aesacus (aka: Aisakos) Turns into a bird when his wife, Asterope dies.
- Aeropus Father of Echemus.
- Aeschreis (aka: Aiskhreis) Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Aeschetades Athenian general elected to Salamis.
- Aesepos (aka: Aesepus) Twin brother to Pedasos.
- Aeschylus Greek tragedian.
- Aesculapius (aka: Asclepius, Asklepios) God of medicine and healing.
- Aesimides Archon of Athens.
- Aesymnus Respected Megarian.
- Aeson (aka: Aison) The father of Jason.
- Aethlius (aka: Aethlios) Son of Protogenia and Zeus.
- Aethra (aka: Aithra) Mother of Theseus.
- Aethusa (aka: Aithousa) Daughter of Poseidon and Alcyone.
- Aethylla (aka: Aithulla) A daughter of Laomedon.
- Aetius The son of Anthas.
- Aetolus (aka: Aitolos) Eponymous founder of Aetolia
- Agakles King of Killed by his son Epeigeus.
- Agamede Knows the properties of every herb. Daughter of King Augeas and wife of Moulios.
- Agamemnon King of Mycenae. Leads the Greek forces in the Trojan War.
- Agamedidas Cleonaean King and father of Thersander.
- Agapenor Is given Arsinoe as a slave.
- Agapenor A suitor of Helen.
- Agaptolemus (aka: Agaptolemos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Pirene.
- Agasthenes Father of Polyxenus.
- Agastrophos (aka: Agastraphus) A Trojan warrior killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.
- Agasicles Son of Nicagora.
- Agathon Son of Priam.
- Agathocles Victim of a murder plot by Arsinoe.
- Agave (aka: Agaua) A Nereid.
- Agave One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Lycus.
- Agave The daughter of Cadmus.
- Agelaus (aka: Agelaos) The son of Hercules and Omphale.
- Agelaus (aka: Agelaos) Disinherited heir of his father Temenus who gave his kingdom to his daughter Hyrnetho and her husband.
- Agelaus (aka: Agelaos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Agelaus (aka: Agelaos) Raises Paris.
- Agelaus (aka: Agelaos) Trojan warrior killed by Diomedes. Son of Phradmon.
- Agelaus An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Agelochus A Spartan general.
- Agesipolis (aka: Agesipolis I) A Spartan king who is not a striking figure in history.
- Agesipolis (aka: Agesipolis II) A Spartan king and eldest son of Cleombrotus.
- Agesilaus Son of Doryssus.
- Agesicles Grandfather of Demaratus.
- Agenor The son of Pleuron and Xanthippe.
- Agrolas Credited with building part of the wall which surrounds the Athenian acropolis with is brother Hyperbius.
- Agenor The son of Ecbasus.
- Agenor King of Phoenicia.
- Agenor One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Cleopatra.
- Agenor The son of Amphion by Niobe. Killed by Apollo.
- Agenor One of the Sons of Phegeus. Killed by the sons of Alcmaeon.
- Agenor A suitor of Penelope.
- Agenor A suitor of Penelope.
- Agenor The father of Phineus.
- Agenor Son of Antenor, a Trojan soldier.
- Agenor Member of the royal house of Argos.
- Agerochus (aka: Agerokhos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Aglaia (aka: Aglaea) One of the Charites and wife to Hephaestus.
- Agias A Spartan general.
- Agis I King of Sparta.
- Agis II King of Sparta.
- Agis III King of Sparta.
- Agis IV King of Sparta who succeeded his father.
- Aglaia (aka: Aglaea) Marries Abas.
- Aglaia (aka: Aglaea) The daughter of Thespius.
- Aglaope The Siren.
- Aglaus (aka: Aglaos) Slaughtered by Atreus.
- Agraulus (aka: Agraulos) Marries Cecrops.
- Agraulus (aka: Agraulos, Aglaurus) The daughter of Cecrops by Agraulus.
- Agrius (aka: Agrios) The Giant who is killed by the Moirae.
- Agrius (aka: Agrios) The son of Porthaon and Euryte. Is made ruler of Calydon by his sons, who stole it from Oeneus.
- Agrius (aka: Agrios) A Centaur.
- Agrius (aka: Agrios) A suitor of Penelope.
- Aisyetes (aka: Aesyetes) Hero buried near Troy
- Aisymnos An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Aidos Goddess of shame, modesty and humility.
- Aigalus (aka: Argalus) Legendary leader of Lacedaemonians.
- Ajax (aka: Aias, The Lesser Ajax, The Locrian Ajax) A Suitor of Helen. Lead the Locrians in the Trojan War.
- Ajax (aka: Aias, Ajax the Great, The Greater Ajax, The Telamonian Ajax) The greater Ajax. A Suitor of Helen. Leads the Salaminians in the Trojan War.
- Akessamenos Father of Periboia.
- Alastor Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Alastor A Pylian combatant in the Trojan war.
- Alastor A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Alastor Squire of Teucer.
- Alexanor Built a temple to Asclepius in Titane.
- Alcetas King of Epirus, father of Neoptolemus.
- Alcaeus (aka: Alkaios) Son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- Alcaeus (aka: Alkaios) Joins Hercules’s crew on his expedition to retrieve the belt of Hippolyte
- Alcandrus A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Alcamenes A Greek sculptor.
- Alcamenes Son of Teleclus.
- Alcander Struck out the eye of Lycurgus.
- Alcarops (aka: Alkarops) A suitor of Penelope.
- Alcathous (aka: Alkathoos) Son of Porthaon and Euryte.
- Alcathous (aka: Alkathoos) A Trojan warrior, killed by Idomeneus, during the Trojan War.
- Alcathus (aka: Alkathos) Son of Pelops.
- Alces (aka: Alkes) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Glauce.
- Alcestis (aka: Alkestis) Daughter of Pelias and Anaxibia.
- Alcenor Father of Perilaus.
- Alcetas Son of Arybbas and the elder brother of Aeacides.
- Alcidice (aka: Alkidike) Mother of Tyro.
- Alcimenes (aka: Alkimenes) Killed by his brother, Bellerophon.
- Alcinous (aka: Alkinoos) King of the Phaeacians.
- Alcinus (aka: Alkinous) Son of Hippocoon.
- Alcippe (aka: Alkippe) Almost raped by Halirrhothius.
- Alcibiades A charismatic Athenian general with a reputation for being a playboy.
- Alcippe (aka: Alkippe) Mother of Daedalus.
- Alcidamea Mother of Bunus.
- Alcmaeon (aka: Alkmaion) Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes.
- Alcman Greek poet.
- Alcmaon (aka: Alkmaon) Son of Thestor. Killed by Sarpedon.
- Alcmena (aka: Alkmene, Alcmene) Daughter of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Alcmenor (aka: Alkmenor) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Hippomedusa.
- Alcmaon Son of Sillus.
- Alcon (aka: Alkon) Son of Hippocoon.
- Alcyone (aka: Alkuone) Daughter of Sthenelus and Nicippe.
- Alcyone (aka: Alkuone) One of the Pleiades.
- Alcyone (aka: Alkuone) Marries Ceyx. Is turned into a kingfisher by Zeus.
- Alcyone (aka: Alkuone) Mother of Elephenor.
- Alcyoneus (aka: Alkuoneus) A Giant, immortal as long as he touches the ground.
- Alecto The Fury.
- Alector (aka: Alektor) Father of Leitus.
- Alector (aka: Alektor) Father of Iphis.
- Alektryon Father of Leitos.
- Alegenor Father of Promachus.
- Aletes Son of Icarius and the NaiadPeriboea.
- Aletes The leader of the Dorians at Corinth.
- Aleus (aka: Aleos) Son of Aphidas.
- Alexander (aka: Alexandros) The son of Eurystheus. He is killed by Hercules’ sons and the Athenians.
- Alexander (aka: Alexander the Great) Son of Phillip II of Macedon.
- Alexander (aka: Alexander IV) Son of Alexander the Great.
- Alexander (aka: Alexander V of Macedon) Murdered by Demetrius.
- Alexiares Son of Hercules and Hebe.
- Alexander Molossus Son of Neoptolemus I.
- Alexander Son of Cleopatra I of Syria, who he eventually put to death.
- Alexander Son of Lysimachus.
- Alexander Alexander of Pleuron.
- Alexander Son of Pyrrhus.
- Alexander (aka: Alexander of Pherae, Alexander the tyrant. ) Tyrant of Pherae. Imprisoned Pelopidas.
- Alke (aka: Strength) Goddess of battle strength, prowess and courage.
- Alkimedon Son of Laerceus. Leader of the fifth Myrmidon company under Achilles.
- Alkimos Helps harness Achilles’ horses.
- Almus The son of Sisyphus and father of Chrysogeneia and Chryse.
- Aloeus The son of Poseidon and Canace.
- Alope Daughter of Cercyon. Mother of Hippothoon.
- Alopius (aka: Alopios) Son of Hercules and Antiope.
- Alopecus Went insane when he saw a wooden image of Artemis with his brother.
- Alphesiboea (aka: Alphesiboia) Mother of Adonis.
- Alpheus A river and river-god.
- Altes Ruler of the Leleges from Pedasos. Father of Laothoe.
- Althaea (aka: Althaia) Daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis.
- Althaemenes (aka: Althaimenes) Son of Catreus. Sails to Rhodes to avoid the prophecy he would kill his father.
- Althepus Son of Poseidon and Leis. Inherited the kingdom of Troezen after Orus and named it Althepia.
- Amadocus A dead Hyperboreans soldier.
- Amalthea (aka: Amaltheia) Breastfeeds the infant Zeus in Dicte. Possibly a goat.
- Amalthea (aka: Amaltheia) The owner of a horn that provides abundant food and drink to its bearer.
- Amarynceus (aka: Amarynkeus, Amarunkeus, Amarynkes) Father of Hippostratus
- Amatheia A Nereid.
- Amestrius (aka: Amestrios) Son of Hercules and Eone.
- Amenhotep (aka: Phamenoph) Egyptian pharaoh.
- Amisodarus (aka: Amisodaros, Amisodoros) Bred the Chimera.
- Amopaon Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Amphialus (aka: Amphialos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Amphianax King of Lycia.
- Amphiaraus (aka: Amphiaraos) A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, an Argonaut and one of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Amphissa Namesake of Amphissa. Daughter of Macar and lover of Apollo.
- Amphylitus Father of Eumelus. Member of the Bacchiadae.
- Amphictyon (aka: Amphiktuon) King of Attica after Cranaus.
- Amphidamas Son of Busiris.
- Amphidamas Son of Lycurgus.
- Amphidamas Father of Clitonymus.
- Amphidamas Gives Molos the helm Autolycusstole from Amyntor.
- Amphidicus (aka: Amphidikos) Kills Parthenopaeus.
- Amphiklos Killed by Phyleus.
- Amphilochus (aka: Amphilokhos) Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes. A Suitor of Helen.
- Amphilochus (aka: Amphilokhos) Is fathered by Alcmaeon while in his madness and brought up by Creon.
- Amphimachus (aka: Amphimakhos) Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Amphimachus (aka: Encaladus Achus) A Suitor of Helen and participant in the the Trojan War.
- Amphimachus (aka: Amphimakhos) Leads the Carians at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Amphimachus (aka: Amphimakhos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Amphimedon A suitor of Penelope.
- Amphinome A Nereid.
- Amphinomus (aka: Amphinomos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Amphion Kills Lycus for imprisoning his mother, Antiope.
- Amphion An Elean combatant during the Trojan War.
- Amphithea Daughter of Pronax.
- Amphithoe A Nereid.
- Amphitrite The sea-goddess and spouse of Poseidon, variously an Oceanid and a Nereid.
- Amphitryon (aka: Amphitruon) Foster father of Hercules.
- Amphius (aka: Amphios) Leads the forces from Adrastia at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Amphius (aka: Amphios) Trojan soldier killed by Ajax.
- Amphoteros Killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Amphoterus (aka: Amphoteros) The son of Alcmaeon, is transformed from a child into an adult by Zeus.
- Amphiptolemus Father of Asius.
- Amphithemis An influential Theban.
- Amphisthenes Father of Irbus.
- Amphicles Father of Amphisthenes.
- Amyclas (aka: Amuklas) A son of Niobe who is attacked by Apollo.
- Amyclas (aka: Amuklas) Ancient king of Sparta.
- Amycus (aka: Amukos) King of the Bebryces.
- Amymone (aka: Amumone) Has sex with Poseidon after he rescues her from a satyr.
- Amyntas (aka: Amyntas III of Macedon) King of Macedon.
- Amyntor (aka: Amuntor) King of Ormenium and son of Ormenus. Blinds his son, Phoenix.
- Amyntor (aka: Amuntor) Father of Astydamia.
- Amythaon (aka: Amuthaon) Son of Cretheus and Tyro.
- Anacreon A Greek lyric poet devoted to love songs.
- Anacharsis Scythian philosopher.
- Anactor Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Anaphlystus A son of Troezen.
- Anaxibia Marries Nestor.
- Anaxibia Marries Pelias.
- Anaxibia One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Archelaus.
- Anaxidamus Father of Archidamus.
- Anaxo Marries Electryon.
- Anaxagoras King of Argos.
- Anaxibia Sister of Agamemnon.
- Anax A giant.
- Anaxander A Spartan king, son of Eurycrates.
- Anaxandrides A Spartan king, son of Leon. The first Spartan to have two wives and two households.
- Ancaeus (aka: Ankaios) A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut.
- Ancaeus (aka: Ankaios) Loses a wrestling competition against Nestor.
- Anchialos A hero in the Trojan war. Killed by Hector.
- Anchinoe (aka: Ankhinoe) Daughter of Nile. Marries Belus.
- Anchises (aka: Ankhises) Son of Capys and Themiste.
- Anchius (aka: Ankhios) A Centaur.
- Ancyor (aka: Ankuor) A son of Lycaon, is killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Andreas A sculptor from Argos.
- Andraemon (aka: Andraimon) Ruler of the Aetolians. Gains control of Calydon after Oeneus.
- Andraemon (aka: Andraimon) Father of Oxylus.
- Andraemon (aka: Andraimon) A suitor of Penelope.
- Androgeus (aka: Androgeos) Son of Minos, killed by the Minotaur.
- Andromache (aka: Andromakhe) Wife of Hector.
- Andromeda Was saved by and married Perseus.
- Andromedes A suitor of Penelope.
- Androdamas Son of Phlias.
- Andropompus A descendant of Nestor.
- Androcleides A Theban.
- Anicetus (aka: Aniketos) Son of Hercules and Hebe.
- Anius (aka: Anios) Father of the Wine Growers.
- Anogon Son of Castor and Hilaira.
- Antaeus (aka: Antaios) Ruler of Libya.
- Antagoras (aka: Antagoras of Rhodes) Greek poet.
- Antasus Father of Melas
- Antagoras Father of Hegetorides.
- Antenor Respected Trojan. Councillor of Priam. Regarded as an eloquent speaker.
- Antenor A suitor of Penelope.
- Anteros God of requited love.
- Antenor An Athenian sculptor .
- Anthea Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Anthemocritus Athenian herald.
- Antheis Daughter of Hyacinth who is sacrificed to save Athens from famine.
- Anthelia (aka: Antheleia) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Cisseus.
- Anthemion Father of Simoeisios.
- Anthippe Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Antiades Son of Hercules and Aglaia.
- Anticlia (aka: Antikleia) Mother of Odysseus.
- Anticlia (aka: Antikleia) Mother of Periphetes.
- Anticlus (aka: Antiklos) A combatant in the Trojan War.
- Antigone Daughter of Oedipus, buries the body of her brother Polynices against the wishes of King Creon.
- Antigone Daughter of Berenice, married to Pyrrhus by her stepfather Ptolemy.
- Antigone Marries Peleus.
- Antinoe An Oracle. Daughter of Cepheus
- Antimachus A descendant of Hercules.
- Antigonus (aka: Antigonos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Antigonus Son of Demetrius. Ruler of Macedonia.
- Antigonus A general who served Philip II and Alexander the Great. Founder of the Antigonid dynasty.
- Antigonus (aka: Antigonas III Doson) Ruler of Macedonia. Half-cousin to Demetrius II.
- Antileon Son of Hercules and Procris.
- Antilochus (aka: Antilokhos) A Suitor of Helen and a combatant in the Trojan War.
- Antimache (aka: Antimakhe) Marries Eurystheus.
- Antimachus (aka: Antimakhos) Son of Hercules and Nicippe.
- Antimachus (aka: Antimakhos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Antimachus (aka: Antimakhos) He was the father of Peisandros, Hippolochus, and Hippomachus, who fought in the Trojan War. He prevented Helen’s return to Menelaus as he was bribed by Paris.
- Antinous (aka: Antinoos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Antiochus (aka: Antiokhos) Son of Hercules.
- Antiochus (aka: Antiokhos) Son of Melas who plots against Oeneus.
- Antiochus (aka: Antiokhos) Son of Pterelaus.
- Antiochus Father of Seleucus
- Antiochus (aka: Antiochus I ’Soter’) Son of Seleucus I ’Nicator’.
- Antoninus A Roman senator.
- Antiope Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Antiope Imprisoned by her uncle, Lycus.
- Antiope Queen of the Amazons. She is the source of many conflicting tales.
- Antipater One of Alexander the Great’s four successors.
- Antiphates King of the Laetsrygones, a tribe of man-eating giants.
- Antiphates A Trojan solider killed by Leonteus.
- Antiphonos (aka: Antiphonus) Son of Priam.
- Antiphus (aka: Antiphos) Son of Pisidice and Myrmidon.
- Antiphus (aka: Antiphos) Son of Hercules and Laothoe.
- Antiphus (aka: Antiphos) Son of Priam and Hecuba.
- Antiphus (aka: Antiphos) Leads the Coans to Troy.
- Antiphus (aka: Antiphos) Leads the Maeonians at Troy.
- Antisthenes A suitor of Penelope.
- Apame Wife of Magas.
- Apemosyne (aka: Apemosune) Daughter of Catreus.
- Aphareus Father of Idas, Lynceus and Pisus.
- Aphareus A warrior in the Trojan War. Killed by Aeneas.
- Aphaea (aka: Britomartis, Dictynna) A girl turned into a goddess of nets by Artemis. She is worshipped on Aegina and Crete.
- Aphidas (aka: Apheidas) Son of Arcas.
- Aphrodite (aka: Argimpasa) The Olympian goddess of love. The Scythians call her Argimpasa.
- Apis (aka: Sarapis, Serapis) Names the Peloponnese, Apia, after himself.
- Apisaon A Trojan warrior killed by Eurypylos during the Trojan War.
- Apisaon Son of Hippasus killed by Lycomedes during the Trojan War.
- Apollo (aka: Apollon, Delphinius, Far-Darter, Phoebus, Musegetes, Goetosyrus, Lyceus) The Olympian god of divination and art.
- Apollodorus Athenian leader of mercenaries.
- Apseudes A Nereid.
- Apsyrtus (aka: Apsurtos) Accompanies his sister Medea when she leaves Colchis with the Argonauts.
- Araethyrea An autochton, fond of hunting.
- Aoris An autochton, fond of hunting.
- Aras Founder of Phliasia.
- Aratus Greek didactic poet.
- Aratus Heroic statesman who liberated Sicyon from tyranny.
- Aratus Son of Asclepius.
- Arbelus (aka: Arbelos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Oeme.
- Arcas (aka: Arkas) Son of Zeus and Callisto.
- Archebates (aka: Arkhebates) A son of Lycaon, is killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Archedicus (aka: Arkhedikos) Son of Hercules and Eurypyle.
- Archelaus (aka: Arkhelaos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Anaxibia.
- Archelaus (aka: Arkhelaos) Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Archelaus King of Macedonia
- Archelaus General serving under Mithridates, then later Sulla.
- Archelaus Son of Agesilaus.
- Archelochus (aka: Arkhelokhos, Archilokhos) Leads the Dardanians as an ally of Troy.
- Archemachus (aka: Arkhemakhos) Son of Hercules and Patro.
- Archemachus (aka: Arkhemakhos) Son of Priam.
- Archemolus (aka: Arkhemolos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Archestratus (aka: Arkhestratos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Architeles (aka: Arkhiteles) Father of Eunomos.
- Archander Went to war against Lamedon with his brotherArchiteles.
- Archias of Thurii Officer of Antipater.
- Arcisius (aka: Arkeisios) Father of Laertes the Argonaut
- Archidamus The Eurypontid Spartan king and father of Zeuxidamus.
- Archidamus II The Eurypontid Spartan king who invaded Attica.
- Archidamus III Spartan king during the Corinthian War and the son of
- Ardalus A son of Hephaestus.
- Argyra A sea-nymph.
- Arkesilaos (aka: Arcesilaus) A leader of the Boeotians at Troy.
- Arkesilaos (aka: Arcesilaus) A painter. Father of Lichus, Spartan.
- Areilykos (aka: Areilycus) Father of Prothoenor.
- Areithous (aka: Areithoos) Father of Menesthius.
- Areius Despot of Teuthrania.
- Areithous (aka: Areithoos) Squire of Rhigmos. Killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
- Arene Daughter of Oebalus.
- Ares The Olympian god of war.
- Arestor Father of Argus the all seeing.
- Aresthanas The herdsman who found abandoned Asclepius.
- Areus I A Spartan king who fought for his throne against Cleonymus.
- Aretaon Father of Ascanius and Phorcys.
- Arete Queen of the Phaeacians.
- Arethusa (aka: Arethousa) One of the Hesperides.
- Aretus (aka: Aretos) Son of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Aretus (aka: Aretos) Son of Priam. Killed by Automedon
- Argaeus Brother of Ptolemy II
- Argeas Father of Polymelos.
- Argele Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Arges A Cyclops.
- Argeus King of Argos.
- Argia (aka: Argeia) Daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea.
- Argia (aka: Argeia) Daughter of Autesion.
- Argiope A nymph.
- Argius (aka: Argios) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Evippe.
- Argius (aka: Argios) Dies during Hercules’s attack on Oechalia.
- Argius (aka: Argios) A suitor of Penelope.
- Argus (aka: Argos) The Argonaut who builds the Argo.
- Argus (aka: Argos) Rules the Peloponnese and names it Argos after himself.
- Argus (aka: Argos, Panoptes) The hundred-eyed giant tasked by Hera with guarding Io.
- Argyphia (aka: Arguphia) Bears children to Egyptus.
- Aria (aka: Areia) Daughter of Cleochus.
- Ariadne Assists Theseus in escaping from the labyrinth.
- Aridaeus (aka: Arrhidaeus, Aridaeus, Philip III) Brother of Alexander the Great. King of Macedon.
- Arieus Killed Telestes with the help from Perantas.
- Arion (aka: Areion) A divine horse that saves its rider, Adrastus, in the attack of the Seven Against Thebes
- Ariphron Father of Hippocrates.
- Arisbas Father of Leiokritos.
- Aristocritus Father of Lysander.
- Arisbe Marries Priam of Troy.
- Aristaeus (aka: Aristaios) Marries Autonoe.
- Aristias A writer of saytr plays.
- Aristodeme Daughter of Priam.
- Aristodemus (aka: Aristodemos) Descendant of Hercules.
- Aristomachus Tyrant of Argos.
- Aristogiton One of the Athenian Tyrannicides.
- Ariston Married the ugliest maiden in Sparta and fathered Demaratus.
- Aristomachus (aka: Aristomakhos) Son of Talaus and Lysimache.
- Aristomenes Father of Gorgus
- Aristomachus Son of Cleodaeus
- Aristomachus (aka: Aristomakhos) Killed during Hyllus’ attack on the Peloponnesians
- Aristratus (aka: Aristratos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Aristogeiton One of the Athenian Tyrannicides.
- Aristeas A Greek poet.
- Aristodama Consort of Asclepius.
- Aristonymous Son of Myron.
- Aristomelidas Envoy of Athens
- Arkheptolemos Replacement charioteer of Hector after the death of Eniopeus.
- Arpoxaïs The founder of the Katiari and Traspians, Scythian Tribes.
- Arneus (aka: Arneos) Father of Megamede.
- Arsinoe Marries Alcmaeon.
- Arsinoe Mother of Aesculapius.
- Arsinoe Plotted the murder of her stepson, Agathocles, who was also her brother in law.
- Arsinoe Daughter of Lysimachus.
- Aristion Athenian tyrant who worked with Mithridates
- Arsites Persian satrap of Phrygia.
- Arsinous (aka: Arsinoos) Father of Chromius and Ennomus.
- Arsinous (aka: Arsinoos) Wise father of Hecamede.
- Artaxerxes (aka: Artaxerxes II) King of Persia.
- Artaphernes Persian general at the battle of Marathon.
- Artemis The Olympian goddess of the hunt.
- Artemisia Queen of Halicarnassus and joined the expedition against Greece.
- Artesilaus A Spartan king.
- Arybbas A king of Epirus.
- Asaios An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Ascalaphus (aka: Ascalaphos) Witnesses Persephone eating the pomegranate seed given to her by Hades.
- Ascalaphus (aka: Askalaphos) An Argonaut and a Suitor of Helen.
- Ascanius (aka: Askanios) Son of Priam.
- Ascanius (aka: Askanios) Leads the Phrygians as allies of the Trojans at Troy.
- Asia An Oceanid.
- Asius (aka: Asios) Father of Phaenops. Comes to the aid of Troy from Arisbe.
- Asius (aka: Asios) Father of Adamas.
- Asius (aka: Asios of Samos) Greek poet from the island of Samos.
- Asopis Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Asopus (aka: Asopos) The river.
- Assaracus (aka: Assarakos) Son of Tros and Callirhoe.
- Astacus (aka: Astakos) A Theban whose sons fought against the Seven Against Thebes.
- Asteria Resists Zeus’ advances by jumping into the ocean.
- Asteria One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Chaetus.
- Asterius (aka: Asterios) The son of Neleus and Chloris, is killed by Hercules.
- Asterius (aka: Asterios) An Argonaut.
- Asterius (aka: Asterios, Asterion) The ruler of Crete.
- Asterodia Daughter of Deion and Diomede.
- Asteropaeus (aka: Asteropaios) Son of Pelegon and leader of the Paeonians. Killed by Achilles at the Scamander.
- Asterope Marries Aesacus.
- Asterius (aka: Asterios) A giant buried near Lade and the son of Anax.
- Astraeus (aka: Astraios) Son of Crius and Eurybia.
- Astrabacus Went insane upon finding the wooden image of Artemis.
- Astyalos (aka: Astyalus) Killed by Polypoetes.
- Astyanax (aka: Astuanax) Son of Hercules and Epilais.
- Astyanax (aka: Astuanax, Skamandrios) Son of Hector and Andromache. Thrown from the walls of Troy by the Greeks.
- Astybies (aka: Astubies) Son of Hercules and Calametis.
- Astycratia (aka: Astukrateia) Daughter of Amphion and Niobe who is killed by Artemis.
- Astycratea Daughter of Polyidus.
- Astydamia (aka: Astudameia) Daughter of Pelops.
- Astydamia (aka: Astudameia) Mother of Ctesippus.
- Astydamia (aka: Astudameia) Married to Acastus.
- Astygonus (aka: Astugonos) Son of Priam.
- Astylochus (aka: Astulokhos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Astynous Son of Protiaon.
- Astynous (aka: Astunoos, Astynoos) Son of Phaeton.
- Astynous (aka: Astunoos, Astynoos) A Trojan soldier, killed by Diomedes.
- Astyoche (aka: Astyochea, Astuokhe, Astuokheia) Mother of Tlepolemus.
- Astyoche (aka: Astuokhe) Daughter of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Artemis.
- Astyoche (aka: Astuokhe) Marries Erichthonius.
- Astyoche (aka: Astuokhe) Daughter of Laomedon.
- Astyoche (aka: Astuokhe, Astuocheia) Has sex with Ares
- Astypalaea (aka: Astupalaia) Mother of Eurypylus.
- Asopichus Father of Phormio.
- Astypylos Paeonian combatant during the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles.
- Atalanta A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut
- Atas Son of Priam.
- Ate (aka: Derangement) Goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin and folly. Thrown by Zeus with the Palladium in to the Ilian country.
- Athamas Son of Aeolus and Enarete. Ruler of Boeotia. Driven mad by Hera.
- Athena (aka: Athene) The Olympian goddess of wisdom and war.
- Atheras Afforded hospitality to Demeter.
- Atlantia (aka: Atlanteia) A Hamadryad Nymph. Has children with Danaus.
- Atlas Holds the sky on his shoulders
- Atreus King of Midea, twin of Thyestes.
- Atromus (aka: Atromos) Son of Hercules and Stratonice.
- Atropus (aka: Atropos) One of the Moirae.
- Attalus King of Pergamus and a patriarch of the Attalid dynasty.
- Attalus Father of King Attalus.
- Attalus An Athenian sculptor.
- Atthis After her death Cranaus names Attica after her.
- Attis Consort of Cybele.
- Atymnios (aka: Atumnios) Son of Amisodarus.
- Atymnius (aka: Atumnios) Son of Zeus and Cassiepea. Father of Mydon.
- Auge Daughter of Aleus who is raped by Hercules.
- Augeas The An Argonaut. King of Elis. Hercules cleans the dung out of his stable.
- Augustus Emperor of the Romans after Caesar, the founder of the modern Corinth
- Aulon Son of Tlesimenes.
- Autesion Father of Argia.
- Autolycus (aka: Autolukos, Autolykos) An Argonaut.
- Autolycus (aka: Autolukos, Autolykos) Grandfather of Odysseus and Jason. Teaches Hercules how to wrestle.
- Automate One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Busiris.
- Automedon Son of Diores, and charioteer of Achilles.
- Automedusa (aka: Automedousa) Daughter of Alcathus.
- Autonoe A Nereid.
- Autonoe One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Eurylochus.
- Autonoe Daughter of Pireus and is the mother of Hercules’ child Palaemon
- Autonoe Daughter of Cadmus.
- Autonoos An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Autonoos A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Autophonus (aka: Autophonos) Father of Polyphontes.
- Axylos Killed by Diomedes.
- Azeus Father of Actor.
- Axius (aka: Axios) The river Axius
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- Bacchis A Dorian after whom the Bacchiadae were named. He was active five generations before Aletes
- Balius (aka: Balios) An immortal horse belonging to Achilles. Offspring of Podarge and Zephyrus.
- Bathykles A Greek combatant in the Trojan War. Killed by Glaukos.
- Barthas A suitor of Penelope.
- Batia (aka: Bateia) A Naiad nymph.
- Batia (aka: Bateia) Married to Dardanus.
- Baton (aka: Elato) Charioteer for Amphiaraus.
- Bellerophon (aka: Bellerophontes) The hero who kills the Chimera.
- Bel Akkadian for ’lord’ or ’master’ for various Gods.
- Belus (aka: Belos) King of Egypt after his father,Epaphus.
- Benthesicyme (aka: Benthesikume) Foster mother of Eumolpus.
- Berenice Second wife of Ptolemy.
- Berenice Daughter of Ptolemy.
- Bia (aka: Violence) Daughter of Pallas and Styx.
- Bias Brother of Melampus, who helps him to acquire Pero as a bride.
- Bias Son of Priam.
- Bias Killed by his nephew, Pylas.
- Bias A suitor of Penelope.
- Bias Father of Anaxibia.
- Bias An Athenian combatant during the Trojan War.
- Bienor A Trojan warrior, killed by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
- Biton Brother of Cleobis.
- Bilsates Father of Pylaemenes.
- Boreas God of the North wind. Blinds Phineus while with the Argonauts in retaliation for the blinding of his sons.
- Borysthenis Daughter of the Borysthenes River.
- Boges Persian commander who tried in vain to defend Eion against an Athenian invasion.
- Borus (aka: Boros) Son of Perieres.
- Borus (aka: Boras) A Maeonian, father of Phaestus.
- Borus A descendent of Nestor.
- Bouculus (aka: Boukolos) Father of Sphelus.
- Braesia (aka: Braisia) Forced into cohabitation with non-Greeks by Aphrodite.
- Branchus (aka: Brankhos) Father of Cercyon.
- Briareus (aka: Briareos, Aigaion, Aegaeon) A Hundred-Handed One.
- Briseis The woman over whom Achilles and Agamemnon fight at Troy.
- Briseus The father of Briseis
- Bromius (aka: Bromios) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Erato.
- Brontes A Cyclops.
- Broteas A hunter who dies of self-immolation when Artemis punishes him with madness
- Bryce (aka: Bruke) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Chthonius.
- Bura Daughter of Ion.
- Cthonophyle Daughter of Sicyon.
- Chthonia Founder of the sanctuary to Demeter at Hermion according to the Argives.
- Bucolion (aka: Boukolion) A son of Lycaon, is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Bucolion (aka: Boukolion) Son of Laomedon and Calybe.
- Bucolus (aka: Boukolos) Son of Hercules and Marse.
- Bucolus (aka: Boukolos) One of the sons of Hippocoon.
- Buleus (aka: Bouleus) Son of Hercules and Elachia.
- Bunus Son of Hermes.
- Busiris (aka: Bousiris) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Automate.
- Busiris (aka: Bousiris) Ruler of Egypt who murders strangers and is killed by Hercules.
- Butes (aka: Boutes) The Argonaut who swims away to the Sirens.
- Butes (aka: Boutes) Inherits the priesthoods of Athena and Poseidon.
- Bryaxis A Greek sculptor. He created the images of Asclepius and Health at Megara.
- Bryas An Argive.
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- Cadmus (aka: Kadmos) Searches for his sister, Europa. The founder of Thebes and later King of the Illyrians.
- Caeneus (aka: Kaineus) The Argonaut. Formerly a woman but transformed into a man after having intercourse with Poseidon.
- Caeneus (aka: Kaineus) Brother of Ischys.
- Julius Caesar A Roman statesman, general, and author of latin prose.
- Cadmean Vixen (aka: Teumessian Fox) A giant fox destined never to be caught. Caught by Amphitryon with a mystical dog.
- Calais (aka: Kalais) Winged son of Boreas and Orithyia. An Argonaut.
- Calades It is presumed that Pausanius is referring to Καλλιύδης in this passage, who was an archon.
- Calametis (aka: Kalametis) Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Calamis A sculptor.
- Calchas (aka: Kalkhas) A seer associated with the Greek forces at Troy.
- Calchinia Mated with Poseidon and had Peratus.
- Caletor (aka: Kaletor) Father of Aphareus.
- Caletor (aka: Kaletor) Son of Clytius. Killed by Ajax.
- Caliadne (aka: Kaliadne) Has children with Egyptus.
- Callias (aka: Kallias) His father Temenus passes him over as successor in favour of his sister Hyrnetho and her husband.
- Callidice (aka: Kallidike) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Pandion.
- Callidice (aka: Kallidike) The queen of the Thesprotians, marries Odysseus.
- Callileon (aka: Kallileon) Killed by Atreus.
- Calliope (aka: Kalliope) A Muse.
- Callippus (aka: Kallippus) An Athenian general at the Battle of Thermopylae.
- Callirrhoe (aka: Kallirrhoe) Mother of Geryon.
- Callirrhoe (aka: Kallirrhoe) Married to Alcmaeon.
- Callirrhoe (aka: Kallirrhoe) Married to Tros.
- Callisto (aka: Kallisto) Daughter of Lycaon who is killed by Artemis at Hera’s behest.
- Callilmachus Polemah during the battle of Marathon.
- Callilmachus (aka: Refiner of Art) Architect and sculptor.
- Callipolis Son of Alcathous
- Callinicus Father of the flute-player Pythocritus.
- Calybe (aka: Kalube) A nymph, consort of Laomedon.
- Calyce (aka: Kaluke) Daughter of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Calydon (aka: Kaludon) Son of Aetolus and Pronoe. Names a city in Aetolia after himself.
- Calydoneus (aka: Kaludoneus) A suitor of Penelope.
- Calydonian Boar A huge boar that terrorized the country around Calydon. The quarry of the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Calypso (aka: Kalupso) A Nereid.
- Calypso (aka: Kalupso) Odysseus lives with her on her island while on his journey home
- Cambyses Persian monarch.
- Campe (aka: Kampe) Guards the Cyclopes in Tartarus.
- Canace (aka: Kanake) Daughter of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Canethus (aka: Kanethos) A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Canachus A Sicyonian sculptor.
- Capaneus (aka: Kapaneus) One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Capylus (aka: Kapulos) Son of Hercules and Hippo.
- Capys (aka: Kapus) Son of Assaracus and Hieromnene.
- Car King of Megara.
- Carnus Acarnanian born and seer of Apollo
- Carmanor Purified Apollo after he killed Pytho.
- Carme Granddaughter of Carmanor who purified Apollo after he killed Pytho.
- Carteron (aka: Karteron) A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Cassander One of Alexander the Great’s four successors.
- Cassandra (aka: Kassandra) A Trojan princess who is made a prophet by Apollo but condemned to be disbelieved.
- Cassiepea (aka: Kassiepeia) Marries Cepheus.
- Cassiepea (aka: Kassiepeia) Mother of Atymnius.
- Castianeira (aka: Kastianeira)
- Castor (aka: Kastor) A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, also an Argonaut. Teaches Hercules to fence. One of the Dioscuri.
- Catreus (aka: Katreus) Sells his children into slavery to prevent one of them from overthrowing him.
- Caucon (aka: Kaukon) A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Cebren (aka: Kebren) The river.
- Cebriones (aka: Kebriones) Son of Priam killed by Patroklus in the Trojan War.
- Cecrops (aka: Kekrops) King of Attica whose body is part human and part serpent.
- Cecrops (aka: Kekrops) King of Athens after Erechtheus.
- Celaeneus (aka: Kelaineus) Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Celaeno (aka: Kelaino) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Hyperbius.
- Celaeno (aka: Kelaino) One of the Pleiades.
- Celeus (aka: Keleos) King of the Eleusinians.
- Celeustanor (aka: Keleustanor) Son of Hercules and Iphis.
- Celeutor (aka: Keleutor) Son of Agrius who steals Oeneus’ kingdom and gives it to his father.
- Celusa A consort of Poseidon.
- Celtus (aka: Keltos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Cenchrias Son of Peirene.
- Centaurus (aka: Centaur, Kentauros) Son of Ixion and a cloud in the shape of Hera.
- Ceos Father of Troizenos
- Cephalus (aka: Kephalos) Son of Deion and Diomede.
- Cephalus An influential Athenian.
- Cephalus (aka: Kephalos) Founds a city and names it after himself
- Cephalus (aka: Kephalos) Carried off by Eos.
- Cepheus (aka: Kepheus) A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Cepheus (aka: Kepheus) The Argonaut.
- Cepheus (aka: Kepheus) King of Ethiopia. Father of Andromeda.
- Cepheus (aka: Kepheus) Refuses to join Hercules in his attack on Lacedaemon.
- Cephisus (aka: Kephisos) Father of Diogenia.
- Cephisodorus Athenian statesmen.
- Ceraus (aka: Keraos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Ceramus A hero, said to have given his name to Cerameicus.
- Cerberus (aka: Kerberos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Cerberus (aka: Kerberos, Hound of Hell) The three-headed hound that guards the gates to Hades.
- Cercetes (aka: Kerketes) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Dorium.
- Cercyon (aka: Kerkuon) Killed by Theseus in Eleusis.
- Cerdo Wife of Phoroneus.
- Certhe (aka: Kerthe) Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Cerynitian Hind A sacred animal of Artemis with golden horns captured by Hercules.
- Ceryx Son of Eumolpus who founded priestly families at Eleusis.
- Cestrinus Son of Helenus and Andromache.
- Ceteus (aka: Keteus) Father of Callisto.
- Ceto (aka: Keto) Mother of the Gorgons.
- Ceto (aka: Keto) A Nereid.
- Ceuthonymus (aka: Keuthonumos) Father of Menoetes.
- Ceyx (aka: Keux) Killed for referring to himself and his wife as Zeus and Hera.
- Ceyx (aka: Keux) Hosts Hercules at Trachis.
- Chromis (aka: Khromis) Leader of the Mysians, allies of the Trojans
- Chaetus (aka: Khaitos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Asteria.
- Chalciope (aka: Khalkiope) Marries Phrixus.
- Chalciope (aka: Khalkiope) Daughter of Eurypylus.
- Chalciope (aka: Khalkiope) Second wife of Aegeus.
- Chalcodon (aka: Khalkodon) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Rhodia.
- Chalcodon (aka: Khalkodon) Father of Elephenor.
- Chalcodon (aka: Khalkodon) Wounds Hercules while he was sailing fromTroy.
- Chalcinus Decendent of Cephalus.
- Chariclo (aka: Khariklo) A nymph, mother of Tiresias.
- Charops A Trojan warrior killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Charopus (aka: Kharopos) Father of Nireus.
- Charybdis (aka: Kharubdis) Daughter of Poseidon and Gaia. A whirlpool in the straits of Messina.
- Charmus An Athenian who was the first to dedicate an altar to Eros.
- Charillus (aka: Charilaus) Ancestor of Nicander.
- Charmidas A Spartan sent to Crete to quell civil strife.
- Chersidamas (aka: Khersidamas) Son of Pterelaus.
- Chelone Nymph that is a turned into a tortoise
- Chersidamas (aka: Khersidamas) Son of Priam.
- Chionis Spartan olympian athlete who won many victories in foot races.
- Chione (aka: Khione) Daughter of Orithyia and Boreas.
- Chirimachus (aka: Kheirimakhos) Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Chiron (aka: Kheiron) The Centaur and teacher of Achilles.
- Chloris (aka: Khloris) Married to Neleus.
- Chromius (aka: Khromios) Son of Pterelaus.
- Chromius (aka: Chromios, Khromios) Son of Priam. Killed by Diomedes.
- Chromius (aka: Khromios, Chromios) Leads the Mysians at Troy on the side of the Trojans.
- Chromius A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Chromius (aka: Chromios) Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Chromia Daughter of Itonus.
- Chrysaor (aka: Khrusaor) A giant born from the neck of Medusa when she is beheaded.
- Chryseis (aka: Khruseis) Daughter of Thespius and Megamede. Bears Hercules’ child, Onesippus.
- Chryseis (aka: Khruseis, Astynome) Daughter of Chryses. Enslaved by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
- Chryses (aka: Khruses) The son of Minos and a nymph Paria who is killed by Hercules.
- Chryses (aka: Khruses) The priest of Apollo who appeals to the Greek army at Troy for the return of his captured daughter.
- Chrysippe (aka: Khrusippe) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Chrysippus.
- Chrysippus (aka: Khrusippos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Chrysippe.
- Chrysippus (aka: Khrussipos) Taught to ride and drive a chariot by Laius.
- Chrysopelia (aka: Khrusopeleia) Consort of Arcas.
- Chrysothemis (aka: Khrusothemis) Daughter of Clytaemnestra and Agamemnon.
- Chrysothemis (aka: Khrusothemis) Son of Carmanor and the first winner of the Pythian games.
- Chrysis An Argive commander.
- Chrysippus A stoic philosopher.
- Chrysorthe Had Coronus with Apollo.
- Chthonia (aka: Khthonia) Daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea.
- Chrysanthis Female figure associated with Demeter.
- Chthonius (aka: Khthonios) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Bryce.
- Chthonius (aka: Khthonios) One of the Sparti.
- Choerilus Athenian tragic poet
- Chorea A maenad.
- Cilix (aka: Kilix) Searches for his sister Europa.
- Cilla (aka: Killa) Daughter of Laomedon.
- Cinaethon Early Spartan poet.
- Cinyras (aka: Kinuras) Ruler of Cyprus. Deceives Agamemnon by sending only one ship as aid rather than the promised fifty.
- Cinyras (aka: Kinuras) Founds Paphos.
- Circe (aka: Kirke) Captures Odysseus’ crew and changes them into wild animals.
- Cisus (aka: Ceisus) The eldest son of Temenus.
- Cisseus (aka: Kisseos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Anthelia.
- Cisseus (aka: Kisseos, Kisseus) Father of Hecuba.
- Cisseus (aka: Kisseos, Kisseus) Father of Theano.
- Cimon An Athenian statesman. The son of Miltiades.
- Cimon ’Coalemos’ An Athenian olympic chariot-racer.The father of Miltiades.
- Cithaeronian Lion (aka: Kithaironeian Lion) The lion whose skin Hercules wears.
- Clearchus Sculptor who crafted Statue of Zeus in Sparta.
- Cleinias Father of statesman Aratus.
- Cleidicus Son of Aesimides.
- Cleitus (aka: Kleitos) Son of Pisenor. Killed by Teucer.
- Cleisthenes Athenian who reformed the constitution of Athens.
- Cleo Priestess of Thetis and wife of Anaxander.
- Cleoboea (aka: Kleoboia) Mother of Eurythemis.
- Cleocharia (aka: Kleokhareia) Mother of Eurotas.
- Cleochus (aka: Kleokhos) Father of Aria.
- Cleodaeus (aka: Kleodaios) Descendant of Hercules.
- Cleodore (aka: Kleodore) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Lixus.
- Cleodoxa (aka: Kleodoxa) Daughter of Amphion and Niobe who is killed by Artemis.
- Cleolaus (aka: Kleolaos) Son of Hercules and Argele.
- Cleomenes (aka: Cleomenes of Naucratis.) Appointed governor of Egypt by Alexander the Great.
- Cleomenes (aka: Cleomenes of Sparta.) Last King of Sparta and son of Leonidas.
- Cleonymus (aka: Cleonymus of Sparta) Member of the Spartan royal family who fought for his throne against Areus.
- Cleon Athenian statesmen and general.
- Cleon A tyrant of Sicyon in the 3rd century B.C.E
- Cleanice A Byzantine maiden who which Pausanias fell in love with and subsequently killed for fear of betraying Greece.
- Cleobis Brother of Biton.
- Cleones Son of Pelops.
- Cleone Daughter of Asopus.
- Cleombrotus A Spartan king, son of Pausanias. He was killed at Leuctra while fighting against Epaminondas and the Thebans
- Cleomenes I A Spartan king, son of Anaxandrides, who kills himself in a fit of rage.
- Cleombrotus A member of the Spartan royal family through Anaxandrides.
- Cleomenes II A Spartan king.
- Cleopatra (aka: Kleopatra, Halcyone) Wife of Meleager.
- Cleopatra (aka: Kleopatra) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Agenor.
- Cleopatra (aka: Kleopatra) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Hermus.
- Cleopatra (aka: Kleopatra) Daughter of Tros and Callirrhoe.
- Cleopatra (aka: Kleopatra) Daughter of Orithyia and Boreas.
- Cleopatra (aka: Kleopatra) Selected by the Locrians to be a suppliant in the temple of Athena at Troy.
- Cleopatra I of Syria Queen ofEgypt. Mother of Ptolemy.
- Cleopatra of Macedon (aka: Kleopatra) Queen of Epirus.
- Cleopatra III of Egypt Queen of Egypt.
- Cleoetas Greek sculptor and architect.
- Cleophyle (aka: Kleophule) The mother of four children by Lycurgus.
- Cleson Ancient king of Megara.
- Cleso Daughter of Cleson.
- Clio (aka: Kleio) A Muse.
- Clisithyra (aka: Kleisithura) Daughter of Idomeneus and Meda.
- Clite (aka: Kleite) One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Clitus.
- Clitonymus (aka: Kleitonumos) Killed by Patroclus.
- Clitor (aka: Kleitor) A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Clitus (aka: Kleitos) One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Clite.
- Clonia (aka: Klonia) A nymph, consort of Hyrieus.
- Clonius (aka: Klonios) Son of Priam.
- Clonius (aka: Klonios) A leader of the Boeotians at Troy.
- Clotho (aka: Klotho) One of the Moirae.
- Clymene (aka: Klumene) Marries Nauplius.
- Clymene (aka: Klumene) A daughter of Minyas and mother of Atalanta.
- Clymene (aka: Klymene) Handmaid of Helen
- Clymene (aka: Klymene) Queen in Athens.
- Clymenus (aka: Klumenos) Son of Oeneus and Althaea.
- Clymenus (aka: Klumenos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Clymenus (aka: Klumenos) A suitor of Penelope.
- Clymenus Founded a sanctuary to Demeter in Hermion with his sister Chthonia, according to the Hermionians.
- Clytaemnestra (aka: Clytemnestra, Klutaimnestra, Klytaimestra) Wife of Agamemnon.
- Clytippe (aka: Klutippe) Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Clytius (aka: Klutios) The Giant, killed by Hecate and her torches.
- Clytius (aka: Klytios, Klutios) Son of Laomedon.
- Clytius (aka: Klutios) A suitor of Penelope.
- Clytius (aka: Klutios) A suitor of Penelope.
- Clytius (aka: Klutios) A suitor of Penelope.
- Clytius (aka: Klytios) Father of Dolops.
- Clytomedes (aka: Klytomedes) Loses a boxing match to Nestor.
- Clytius Father of Pheno.
- Coan Lady Unwilling concubine of Pausanias and Pharandates.
- Colontas Father of Chthonia according to the Argives.
- Corcyra Daughter of Asopus.
- Cnageus Accompanied the Dioscuri in their expedition against Aphidna.
- Cnosia Bears Xenodamus to Menelaus
- Cocalus King of Sicily.
- Codrus King of Athens.
- Coeranus Father of Polyidus.
- Coeranus A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Coeranus A soldier killed by Hektor during the Trojan War.
- Coeus A Titan.
- Colaenus Ancient king before Cecrops.
- Colaxaïs King of the Paralatae, a Scythian Tribe.
- Comaetho Daughter of Pterelaus who plucks the golden hair from his head, killing him.
- Cometes Commits adultery with Aegialia at the urging of Nauplius.
- Conon An Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War.
- Coon (aka: Koön) Eldest son of Antenor.
- Copreus Flees to Mycenae after killing Iphitus. Sent by Eurystheus to give Hercules his orders.
- Corax Son of Coronus.
- Coretho A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Corinthus Son of Zeus. Eponymous founder of Corinth.
- Corinthus Father of Sylea.
- Coronis Mother of Aesculapius.
- Coronus Father of Caeneus.
- Coroebus The slayer of Vengeance who is buried in Megara.
- Crotopus King of Argos.
- Coronus Commander of the Lapiths.
- Coronus Father of Leonteus.
- Coronus Son of Apollo and Chrysorthe.
- Corythus (aka: Korythos) The king whose herders raise Telephus.
- Cottus A Hundred-Handed One.
- Cranae Daughter of Cranaus and Pedias.
- Cranaus King of Athens.
- Cranto A Nereid.
- Crataeis Mother of Scylla.
- Cratieus Father of Anaxibia.
- Cratus (aka: Dominion, Kratos) Son of Pallas and Styx
- Creon King of Corinth.
- Creon Purifies Amphitryon. King of Thebes who offers the city and Jocasta to whoever solves the Sphinx’s riddle.
- Creon Son of Hercules and Lyse.
- Creontes (aka: Kreontes) Father of Lycomedes.
- Creontiades Son of Hercules and Megara.
- Cresphontes Wins Messene after drawing lots with Procles and Eurysthenes.
- Cretan Bull (aka: Marathonian Bull) The bull sent up by Poseidon but not sacrificed by Minos.
- Crete Daughter of Asterius.
- Crete Daughter of Deucalion.
- Cretheus Son of Aeolus and Enarete. Founds Iolcus.
- Crethon A soldier of the Danaans.
- Creusa Consort of Xuthus.
- Creusa Daughter of Priam and Hecuba.
- Creugas A boxer.
- Criasus Son of Argus and Evadne.
- Critolaus A Greek philosopher and general.
- Crino Has children with Danaus.
- Crisus The father of Strophius.
- Crius A Titan.
- Croco (aka: Crocon) Father of Meganira.
- Croesmus Killed by Meges.
- Croesus The Lydian king.
- Cronus (aka: Kronos) The leader of the Titans. Leads the revolt against Ouranus. Overthrown by his son Zeus.
- Cromus The son of Poseidon.
- Cteatus Named general of the Eleans by Augeas, whose body is joined to his brotherEurytus’ body.
- Cteatus (aka: Kteatos) Father of Amphimachus.
- Ctesippus Son of Hercules and Deianira.
- Ctesippus Son of Hercules and Astydamia.
- Ctesippus A suitor of Penelope.
- Ctesippus A suitor of Penelope.
- Ctesius A suitor of Penelope.
- Cyathus Cup-bearer of Oeneus.
- Cyanippus Son of Adrastus and Amphithea.
- Cyamites Attic god and patron of beans.
- Cylarabes King of Argos.
- Cybele (aka: Mother of the gods) A Phrygian goddess who had a cult following. At times she has been identified as Rhea according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
- Cychreus Father of Glauce.
- Cychreus King of Salamis.
- Cycnus Challenges Hercules to a fight variously at Itonus or near the river Echedorus.
- Cycnus A suitor of Penelope.
- Cycnus King of Tenedos. Ally of the Trojans in the Trojan War.
- Cyllene A Nymph, mother of Lycaon.
- Cylon Athenian noble who attempted a coup.
- Cylon A Argonian who received money from Timocrates to stir up war with Sparta.
- Cymo A Nereid.
- Cymothoe (aka: Kymothoe) A Nereid.
- Cynaethus A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Cynnus A suitor of Penelope.
- Cynurus Founder of a city named from him.
- Cynortes (aka: Cynortas) Son of Amyclas and Diomede.
- Cynisca Daughter of Archidamus. She bred horses and was the first female to win an Olympic victory.
- Cyrene Mother of Diomedes.
- Cyrus Son of Dareius and brother of Artaxerces.
- Cypselus First tyrant of Corinth.
- Cytisorus Son of Phrixus and Chalciope.
- Cyzicus The king of the Doliones who hosts the Argonauts
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- Daedalus Designs the Minotaur’s labyrinth.
- Daeira A nymph native to Eleusis.
- Daemon A suitor of Penelope.
- Daesenor A suitor of Penelope.
- Daetus A decendent of Cephalus.
- Daiphron One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Scaea.
- Daiphron One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Adiante.
- Daitor Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Damasichthon Son of Amphion and Niobe who is killed by Apollo.
- Damasippus Son of Icarius and the NaiadPeriboea.
- Damasistratus King of Plataea.
- Damastes (aka: Polypemon, Procrustes) Killed by Theseus, He offers his bed to passersby and then mutilates their bodies to fit the bed.
- Damastor A suitor of Penelope.
- Damasus (aka: Damasos) A Trojan soldier killed by Polypoetes.
- Damophon Son of Thoas, became ruler of Corinth.
- Damon of Thurii An Olympic victor
- Danae Daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice.
- Danaus King of Libya, and later Argos. Marries his fifty daughters to Egyptus’s fifty sons.
- Daphne A nymph who caught the affections of Apollo.
- Dardanus (aka: Dardanos) The son of Zeus and Electra.
- Dardanus (aka: Dardanos) Son of Bias.
- Dares Priest of Hephaestus, father of Idaios and Phegeus.
- Dareius Father of Artaxerxes II.
- Dascylus Father of Lycus.
- Darius I Darius I is the ruler dealt with in Herodotus. He invaded Europe.
- Darius III Last King of the Persian Empire
- Deianira (aka: Deianeira) Wife of Hercules who unknowingly sends him a poisoned cloak.
- Deicoon Son of Hercules and Megara.
- Deicoon (aka: Deikoon) A Trojan hero, slain by Agamemnon.
- Deidamia Daughter of Lycomedes.
- Deimachus Father of Enarete.
- Deimachus Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Deiochus Killed by Paris.
- Deion Son of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Deioneus Father of Cephalus.
- Deiopites Son of Priam.
- Deiope Daughter of Triptolemus.
- Deiphobus Purifies Hercules at Amyclae.
- Deiphobus (aka: Deiphobos) Son of Priam, marries Helen after Paris dies.
- Deiphontes Married to Hyrnetho.
- Deipyle Married to Tydeus.
- Deipylus (aka: Deipylos, Deipyros) An Achaean soldier and comrade of Sthelenus.
- Deisenor A Trojan Ally.
- Deinomenes Father of Hieron.
- Deinicha Wife of Archidamus
- Deinomenes Made two female statues on the Acropolis, Io and Callisto.
- Deliades Killed by his brother, Bellerphon.
- Delphyne The she-dragon that guarded Zeus while he was incapacitated by Typhon.
- Demaratus A Spartan king from the Eurypontid royal line; he challenges Cleomenes’ rule.
- Demeter The Olympian goddess of fertility.
- Demetrius First member of the Antigonid Dynasty to rule Macedon. Son of Antigonus.
- Demetrius II ’Aetolicus’ Macedonian King and member of the Antigonid Dynasty.
- Demetrius of Phalerum An Athenian orator who became became tyrant of Athens.
- Demetrius Son of Phillip V of Macedon.
- Democoon (aka: Demokoön) the bastard Son of Priam.
- Demodocus A poet figure in the Odyssey.
- Demoleon Son of Antenor. Killed by Achilles.
- Demonice Bears Evenus, Molus, Pylys, and Thestius to Ares.
- Demophon Put in fire as a baby by Demeter in an effort to make him immortal
- Demophon Son of Theseus.
- Demoptolemus A suitor of Penelope.
- Demosthenes A Greek statesman and orator of Athens.
- Demosthenes An Athenian general.
- Demonassa Daughter of Amphiaraus.
- Demoukhos Son of Philetor, killed by Achilles.
- Dercynus Tries to rob Hercules of the cattle of Geryon.
- Dero A Nereid.
- Deucalion Spouse of Pyrrha who survives the great flood.
- Deucalion (aka: Deukalion) Son of Minos.
- Deucalion (aka: Deukalion) Combattant in the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles.
- Dexamene A Nereid.
- Dexamenus Forced to give his daughter to the centaur Eurytion.
- Dexithea Consort of Minos.
- Dexius (aka: Dexios) Father of Iphinous.
- Dictys Colonizes Seriphus with his brother Polydectes.
- Dike (aka: Justice) One of the Horae.
- Diitrephes Athenian general who leads Thracian mercenaries.
- Dino A Phorcid,who shares a single eye and tooth with her sisters.
- Diocorystes One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Hippodamia.
- Diocles King of Pherae.
- Diocles One of the first priests of Eleusis.
- Dipoenus A sculptor from Crete.
- Diogenes (aka: Dog) A philosopher from Sinope.
- Diogenia Daughter of Cephisus.
- Diomede Marries Deion.
- Diomede Daughter of Lapithus.
- Diomede Daughter of Phorbas.
- Diomedes Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes. A Suitor of Helen. Leads the Argives in the Trojan War.
- Diomedes Owner of the man-eating mares that Hercules brought to Mycenae.
- Dione A Titan and the mother of Aphrodite.
- Dione A Nereid.
- Dionysius (aka: Dionysius I of Syracuse) Tyrant of Syracuse.
- Dionysus (aka: Iacchus, Melpomenus) God of wine.
- Diopithes A suitor of Penelope.
- Diopeithes Father of Menander.
- Diores One of the Epean leaders who sends 40 ships to Troy.
- Dios (aka: Dius) Son of Priam.
- Dioxippe One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. MarriesEgyptus.
- Dirce Wife of Lycus. Killed by her nephews.
- Docimus Macedonian officer.
- Dolon Killed by Odysseus and Diomedes at Troy.
- Dolopion A Trojan priest and father of Hypsenor.
- Dolops An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Dolops Son of Lampus. Killed by Menelaus during the Trojan War.
- Doris An Oceanid.
- Doris A Nereid.
- Dorium One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Cercetes.
- Doridas Son of Propodas.
- Dorieus Son of Anaxandrides, left Sparta to colonize Sicily.
- Dorus Rules the land opposite the Peloponnese, eponymous founder of the Dorian nation.
- Dorus Killed by Aetolus, along with his brothers.
- Dorycleus Son of Hippocoon.
- Doryclus (aka: Doryklos, Dorycles) Son of Priam. He was killed by Ajax during the Trojan War.
- Doryssus Son of Labotas.
- Dotis Mother of Phlegyas.
- Doto A Nereid.
- Drakios An Elean combatant during the Trojan War.
- Dromichaetes (aka: Dromicliaetes) A king of the Getae.
- Dryas A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Dryas One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Eurydice.
- Dryas Father of Lycurgus.
- Dryas Killed by his father Lycurgus when Lycurgus was driven insane by Dionysus.
- Dresus Killed by Euryalus.
- Dryops Son of Priam, killed by Achilles.
- Dulicheus A suitor of Penelope.
- Dymas Son of Aegimius.
- Dymas Father of Hecuba.
- Dynamene A Nereid.
- Dynastes Son of Hercules and Erato.
- Dream (aka: Oneiros, Lying Dream, Onoire) A lying dream sent by Zeus to Agamemnon assuring him of his victory over the Trojans.
- Dysaules Hero associated with Eleusis.
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- Eagle Eats Prometheus’ liver.
- The Black Eagle Sent by Zeus as answer to Priam’s prayer.
- Ecbasus Son of Argus and Evadne.
- Echekles Married Polymele after birth of her son Eudoros.
- Echeklos A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Echelas Son of Penthilus.
- Echeklos Son of Agenor killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
- Echemmon Son of Priam.
- Echetlus (aka: Echetlaeus) Athenian mythical hero.
- Echemus Marries Timandra.
- Echephron Son of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Echephron Son of Priam.
- Echepolos Son of Anchises. Gives the mare, Aithe, to Agamemnon.
- Echestratus King of Sparta.
- Echidna Daughter of Tartarus and Gaia, killed by Argus.
- Echion One of the Sparti.
- Echion A suitor of Penelope.
- Echion Father of Pentheus.
- Echion A combatant in the Trojan War.
- Echetimus Husband of Nicagora.
- Echios Father of Mecisteus. Killed by Polites in the Trojan War.
- Echios Son of Damastor. Killed by Patroklos in the Trojan War
- Eeriboia Stepmother to the Aloads
- Eetion Father of Andromache.
- Eetion Ruler of Imbros who frees Lycaon from Jason.
- Egyptus King of Egypt and Arabia. Marries his fifty sons to Danaus’ fifty daughters.
- Egyptus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Dioxippe.
- Eione A Nereid.
- Eioneus Killed by Hector.
- Eioneus Father of Rhesus.
- Eirene (aka: Peace) One of the Horae.
- Ekhepolos Trojan soldier killed by Antilochus.
- Elachia Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Elais A Wine Grower.
- Elare Hidden underground by Zeus to protect her from Hera’s wrath.
- Elasus A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Elatus Father of Polyphemus.
- Elatus Ruler of Arcadia.
- Elatus A suitor of Penelope.
- Elatus A Centaur.
- Elatus Killed by Agamemnon.
- Polyxo An Oceanid.
- Electra One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Peristhenes.
- Electra One of the Pleiades.
- Electra (aka: Laodice) Daughter of Clytaemnestra and Agamemnon.
- Electryon Son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- Elephantis Has children with Danaus.
- Elephenor A Suitor of Helen, combatant in Trojan War.
- Eleos Personification of pity, mercy, clemency, and compassion.
- Eleusis Hero of the town of Eleusis.
- Eleuther Son of Apollo and Aethusa.
- Elpenor Dies of a fall on Circe’s island.
- Emathion Son of Tithonus, killed by Hercules in Arabia.
- Enarete Married to Aeolus.
- Enarophorus Son of Hippocoon.
- Enceladus A Giant, upon whomSicily is thrown by Athena.
- Enceladus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Amymone.
- Endeis Marries Aeacus.
- Endoeus An Athenian sculptor.
- Endymion Leads the Aeolians out of Thessaly and founds Elis.
- Eniopeus Charioteer and squire of Hector. Son of Tebaios.
- Enipeus The river.
- Ennomus (aka: Ennomos) Comes to the aid of Troy from Mysia.
- Ennomus (aka: Ennomos) A Trojan warrior killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Enops Father of Satnios and Thestor.
- Enops Father of Clytomedes.
- Entelides Son of Hercules and Menippis.
- Enyalius A minor god and the son of Ares.
- Enyeus The king of Skyros.
- Enyo A Phorcid who shares a single eye and tooth with her sisters.
- Eone Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Eos (aka: Dawn) Daughter of Hyperion and Thia.
- Epaminondas Theban general.
- Epaltes Killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Epaphus (aka: Epphus) Son of Zeus and Io, stolen by Hera. Becomes King of Egypt.
- Epeigeus Son of Agakles. A leader of the Myrmidons killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Epieus (aka: Epeios, Epeus) A combatant in the Trojan War who builds the wooden horse.
- Ephialtes A Giant who is shot in the eyes by Apollo and Hercules.
- Ephialtes An Aload.
- Ephialtes An Athenian politician and orator.
- Ephialtes (aka: Ephialtes of Trachis) Gives Xerxes the path to Thermopylae.
- Ephyra Daughter of Oceanus.
- Epicaste Daughter of Calydon and Aeolia.
- Epicaste Daughter of Augeas.
- Epicharinus An armed runner.
- Epicleides (aka: Epicleidas) A Spartan King.
- Epicydes A Spartan man.
- Epicrates An influential Athenian.
- Epidaurus Son of Argus and Evadne.
- Epikles (aka: Epicles) Killed by Ajax.
- Epilais Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Epilaus Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Epimetheus Son of Iapetus and Asia.
- Epimenides A Greek seer and philosopher-poet.
- Epione A goddess of health and the wife of Asclepius.
- Epistrophus (aka: Epistrophos) A Suitor of Helen. Leads the Phocians against Troy.
- Epistrophus (aka: Epistrophos) Leads the Alizones at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Epistrophus (aka: Epistrophos) Trojan ally, and son of King Euenor
- Epistor A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Epochus Son of Lycurgus.
- Epochus Brother of Oenoe.
- Epopeus The son of Poseidon and Canace.
- Epopeus King of Sicyon. Marries Antiope.
- Epytos Father of Periphas.
- Erasippus Son of Hercules and Lysippe.
- Eris (aka: Strife, Discord) Goddess of strife and discord.
- Erato A Nereid.
- Erato A Muse.
- Erato One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Bromius.
- Erato The daughter of Thespius. Gives birth to Dynastes by Hercules.
- Eratus King of the Argives who attacked Asine.
- Erechtheus King of Athens.
- Erginus An Argonaut.
- Erginus Paid tribute by the Thebans in recompense for the death of his father.
- Erichthonius King of Dardania.
- Erichthonius Expels Amphictyon and becomes king of Athens.
- Erigone Daughter of Icarius.
- Erigone Brings Orestes to trial for the murder of his mother Clytaemnestra.
- Eriopis Wife of Oileus.
- Eros A Greek god of Love.
- Eriopis Said to be daughter of Jason and Medea by Cinaethon.
- Eriphyle Daughter of Talaus and Lysimache.
- Erylaos Killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Erymanthian Boar A gigantic boar captured by Hercules.
- Erymas Killed by Idomeneus during the Trojan War.
- Erymas Killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Erysichthon Son of Cecrops and Agraulus.
- Erythia One of the Hesperides.
- Erythius A son of Athamas.
- Erythras Son of Hercules and Exole.
- Erythrius Son of Athamas and Themisto.
- Eryx King of the Elymi.
- Eteocles (aka: Eteokles) Son of Oedipus, refuses to give up the throne of Thebes to his brother, Polynices.
- Eteoclus One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Eteoneus A suitor of Penelope.
- Ethodaia (aka: Neaera) Daughter of Amphion and Niobe who is killed by Artemis.
- Euaechme Daughter of Megarus.
- Euamerion God of recovery.
- Euboea Mother of Olympus through Hercules.
- Euenor (aka: Euenos, Euenus) King of Thebes
- Eubote Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Eubulides A Philosopher
- Eubuleus A man associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries because he helped Demeter.
- Eubuleus Athenian statesman.
- Euchenor One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Iphimedusa.
- Euchenor An Achaean warrior, killed by Paris, during the Trojan War.
- Eucrante A Nereid.
- Eucrates Father of Procles
- Eudamidas II A Spartan King .
- Eudamidas I A Spartan King, younger brother of Agis III.
- Eudore A Nereid.
- Eudoros Son of Hermes and Polymele. One of the five leaders under Achilles.
- Eueres (aka: Everes) Son of Pterelaus.
- Eulimene A Nereid.
- Eumaeus Servant to Odysseus.
- Eumedes Son of Melas who plotted against Oeneus.
- Eumedes Son of Hercules and Lyse.
- Eumelus Legendary early Greek poet from Corinth.
- Eumelus (aka: Eumelos) A Suitor of Helen. Lead the Pheraeans in the Trojan War.
- Eumelus (aka: Eumedes) Father of Dolon.
- Eumelus A suitor of Penelope.
- Eumenes A Greek general and scholar, brother of Philetaerus.
- Eumetes A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Eumenes Son of Hippocoon.
- Eumolpe A Nereid.
- Eumolpus Purifies Hercules at Eleusis
- Eumolpus Flung into the sea by his mother but recovered by Poseidon and brought up in Ethiopia. King of Thrace after Tegyrius.
- Eumolpus A flute player at Tenedos
- Eumon A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as punishment for his impiety.
- Euneus Son of Jason and Hypsipyle.
- Eunice A Nereid.
- Eunomia (aka: Order) One of the Horae.
- Eunomos (aka: Eunomus) Punched to death by Hercules.
- Eunomus Ancestor of Nicander
- Eupalamus Father of Metiadusa.
- Eupalamus Father of Daedalus and Perdix.
- Euphemus An Argonaut.
- Euphemus (aka: Euphemos) Leads the Cicones at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Euphetes King of Ephyra.
- Euphorbus (aka: Euphorbos) A Dardanian who first wounds Patroclus and is killed by Menelaos.
- Euphranor Greek sculptor and painter.
- Euphorion A poet from Chalcis.
- Euphrosyne One of the Charites.
- Eupinytus Son of Amphion and Niobe who is killed by Apollo.
- Eupolis Athenian comedic poet, who flourished during the Peleponnesian War.
- Eupolemus An Argive architect.
- Ereuthalion An Arcadian slain by Nestor.
- Europs Father of Telchis.
- Europa Kidnapped by Zeus while he is in the shape of a bull. According to Apollodorus, she was the daughter of Agenor, but in Homer’s The Iliad she is the daughter of Phoenix.
- Europs Father of Hermion.
- Euippos Killed by Patroklos.
- Euippus Killed by Cithaeronian lion .
- Euripides Greek tragedian.
- Eurotas Son of Myles.
- Eury Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Euryale A Gorgon.
- Euryalus One of the sons of Melas who conspire against Oeneus.
- Euryalus (aka: Euryalos) An Argonaut. Journeys to Troy. Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes.
- Euryalus A suitor of Penelope from Dulichium.
- Euryalus A suitor of Penelope from Zacynthos.
- Eurybates A squire of Odysseus.
- Eurybia Daughter of Pontus and Gaia.
- Eurybia Daughter of Thespius. Bears Hercules’ child Polylaus
- Eurybius The son of Neleus and Chloris. Killed by Hercules.
- Eurybius The son of Eurystheus. Killed by Hercules’ sons and the Athenians.
- Eurycapys Son of Hercules and Clytippe.
- Eurycleides Greek orator
- Eurydamas One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Phartis.
- Eurydamas A Trojan seer who loses his sons Abas and Polyidus in the Trojan War.
- Eurydice Wife of Orpheus whom he unsuccessfully tries to bring back from the underworld.
- Eurydice One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Dryas.
- Eurydice Married to Acrisius.
- Eurydice Married to Ilus.
- Eurydice Married to Lycurgus.
- Eurydice Daughter of Antipater.
- Eurydice Daughter of Lysimachus.
- Eurydamidas A member of a Spartan royal family.
- Eurygania Daughter of Hyperphas.
- Eurylochus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Autonoe.
- Eurycles (aka: Eurycles of Sparta, Gaius Julius Eurycles) A Spartan hegemon, benefactor and contemporary of Augustus.
- Eurylochus A suitor of Penelope.
- Eurymede Mother of Bellerophon.
- Eurymedon Son of Minos and a nymph Paria, killed by Hercules.
- Eurymedon Charioteer of Agamemnon
- Eurymedon Squire of Nestor.
- Eurymenes Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Eurynome An Oceanid and mother of the Charites.
- Eurynome The mother of four children by Lycurgus.
- Eurynomus A suitor of Penelope.
- Euryopes Son of Hercules and Terpiscrate.
- Eurypyle Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Eurypylus One of the sons of Thestius, a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Eurypylus (aka: Eurypylos) King of Cos.
- Eurypylus Son of Hercules and Eubote.
- Eurypylus Passed over as a successor to the throne by his father Temenus in favour of his sister Hyrnetho and her husband.
- Eurypylus (aka: Eurypylos) A Suitor of Helen. Lead the Ormenians in at Troy. Wounded by Paris.
- Eurypylus Leads the Mysians at Troy as allies of theTrojans.
- Eurypylus A suitor of Penelope.
- Eurypylus Father of Chalciope.
- Eurysthenes Son of Aristodemus and Argia.
- Eurystheus Ruler of Mycenae. Sets Hercules his twelve tasks.
- Eurystratus A suitor of Penelope.
- Eurysaces Ajax’s son.
- Euryte Wife of Porthaon.
- Eurytele Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Eurythemis Married to Thestius.
- Eurytion A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, killed unintentionally by Peleus.
- Eurytion A Centaur.
- Eurytion Herdsman of the cattle of Geryon
- Eurytus A Giant, killed by Dionysus with his thyrsus.
- Eurytus An Argonaut. Teaches Hercules to use a bow.
- Eurytus (aka: Eurytos) Prince of Oechalia.
- Eurytus Named general of the Eleans by Augeas along with his conjoined twin Cteatus.
- Eurytus Son of Hippocoon.
- Eurybotus An Athenian athlete who won a foot-race at the Olympics
- Eurypon Ancestor of Nicander.
- Eurycrates A Spartan king, son of Polydorus.
- Eurycrates A Spartan king, son of Anaxander and grandson of Eurycrates.
- Eusorus Father of Acamas.
- Euterpe A Muse.
- Eutiches Son of Hippocoon.
- Euthydemus A tyrant of Sicyon.
- Euthys Father of Charmidas.
- Euxanthius Son of Minos and Dexithea.
- Evadne Married to Argus.
- Evadne Married to Capaneus.
- Evaemon A son of Lycaon who is killed by Zeus as a punishment for impiety.
- Evaemon (aka: Euaemon, Euaimon) Father of Eurypylus.
- Evagoras Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Evagoras Son of Priam.
- Evagoras Son of Timotheus. King of Salamis.
- Evagore A Nereid.
- Evander Son of Priam.
- Evenorides A suitor of Penelope.
- Evenorides A suitor of Penelope.
- Evenus A river god. Son of Ares and Demonice.
- Evenor Greek painter.
- Everes Father of the soothsayer Tiresias.
- Evippe One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Argius.
- Evippe One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Imbrus.
- Evippus One of the sons of Thestius, a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Exadios One of the Lapithai heroes who did battle with the Centaur.
- Exole Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
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- Gaia (aka: Earth, Gaea) Wife of Ouranus and mother to many gods.
- Galatea A Nereid.
- Ganymede Cupbearer to the gods.
- Gelanor King of Argos.
- Genetor A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Geraestus A Cyclops.
- Geryon Has three upper bodies and one set of legs, Hercules is sent to retrieve his cattle.
- Gitiadas A Spartan builder and poet.
- Glauce Marries Jason ending his relationship with Medea
- Glauce One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Alces.
- Glauce Mother of Telamon.
- Glauce A Nereid.
- Glaucippe One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Potamon.
- Glauconome A Nereid.
- Glaucus Father of Bellerophon.
- Glaucus Son of Minos. Dies by falling into a jar of honey while chasing a mouse but is raised from the dead by Polyidus.
- Glaucus Son of Priam
- Glaucus (aka: Glaukos) Leads the Lycians at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Glaucus Rescued from Troy by Odysseus and Menelaus.
- Glaucus A suitor of Penelope.
- Glaucus A Spartan who consults the oracle.
- Glenus Son of Hercules.
- Gobryas Father of Mardonius.
- Gonnipus A young lad, who, with his mate, Panormus, ruined the festival of Castor and Pollux.
- Gorgus Son of Aristomenes.
- Gras Founder of Aeolis.
- Gordius Father of Midas.
- Gorge Married to Andraemon.
- Gorge One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Hippothous.
- Gorgo Has children with Egyptus.
- Gorgophone Married to Perieres.
- Gorgophone One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Proteus.
- Gorgophonus Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Gorgyra Mother of Ascalaphus
- Gorgythion Son of Priam.
- Granianus Olympic victor from Sicyon.
- Gration A Giant, killed by Artemis.
- Grylus (aka: Gryllus) An Athenian General in the Peloponnesian War. Son of Xenophon.
- Guneus Leads the Aeanians against Troy.
- Guneus Father of Laonome.
- Gyes A Hundred-Handed One.
- Gyrtios Father of Hyrtios.
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- Hades (aka: Pluto, Orcus) The Olympian god of the underworld.
- Hadrian Emperor of Rome during Pausanias’ life.
- Haemo (aka: Haemon) A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Haemon (aka: Haimon) Son of Creon who is devoured by the Sphinx.
- Haemon Son of Thoas. Father of Oxylus, the three-eyed man.
- Haemonius Father of Amalthea.
- Hagius A suitor of Penelope.
- Hagnias Father of Tiphys.
- Haimon A Greek soldier at Troy.
- Haimon Father of Laerkes.
- Halie A Nereid.
- Halimede A Nereid.
- Halipherus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Halirrhothius Killed by Ares because he tried to rape Alcippe.
- Halius A suitor of Penelope.
- Halius A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Halocrates Son of Hercules and Olympusa.
- Harmonia Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. Married Cadmus.
- Harmonides (aka: Harmon) Father of Tecton.
- Harmodius One of theAthenian Tyrannicides.
- Harpaleus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Harpalion A Trojan warrior, killed by Meriones, during the Trojan War.
- Harpalycus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Harpalus Macedonian aristocrat and friend of Alexander.
- Hebe Goddess of youth. Married to Hercules.
- Hecamede (aka: Hekamede) Daughter of Arsinous. Taken captive by the Achaeans from Tenedos and awarded to Nestor.
- Hecate Daughter of Perses and Asteria.
- Hector (aka: Hektor) Eminent Trojan fighter and leader in theTrojan War.
- Hecuba Wife of Priam.
- Hegetorides A man of distinction among the Coans.
- Hegeleos A son of Tyrsenus.
- Hegias Neoplatonist Philosopher.
- Helen Elopes with Paris despite being married to Menelaus, causing the Trojan War.
- Helenus (aka: Helenos) Brother of Cassandra, who taught him the gift of third sight. A prophet.
- Helenus A suitor of Penelope.
- Helenus The son of Oinops. Killed by Ares and Hector during the Trojan War.
- Heleus Son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- Heliconis Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Helicaon (aka: Helikaon) Husband of Laodice.
- Helios (aka: Sun) Son of Hyperion and Thia.
- Heliodorus Halis Man buried on the Sacred Way.
- Helix A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Hellanicus A suitor of Penelope.
- Helle Daughter of Athamas and Nephele.
- Hellen Son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- Hellanicus (aka: Hellanicos) An influential historian from Lesbos.
- Hemithea Daughter of Cycnus.
- Hephaestine Has children with Egyptus.
- Hephaestus (aka: Hephaistos) The Olympian god of the forge.
- Hetoemocles Son of Hipposthenes and an Olympian wrestler.
- Hera (aka: Juno) The Olympian goddess of motherhood. Married to Zeus.
- Heraeeus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Hercules (aka: Heracles, Herakles, Alcides) An Argonaut. Is compelled to complete twelve tasks named by Eurystheus.
- Hermes (aka: Agriphontes) Messenger of the gods.
- Hermione Daughter of Helen and Menelaus.
- Hermus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Cleopatra.
- Hermogenes An Cytherian sculptor.
- Hermion Son of Europs, grandson of Phoroneus.
- Hermon A Sculptor from Troezen.
- Herodotus A historian.
- Herodes Atticus A rich Athenian and Roman senator.
- Herse The daughter of Cecrops by Agraulus.
- Herophanes A man from Troezen.
- Herse Has children with Danaus.
- Hesiod Greek poet and historian.
- Hesione Is offered as a sacrifice by her father to a sea monster.
- Hesione Wife of Nauplius.
- Hesperia One of the Hesperides.
- Hestia (aka: Vesta, Tabiti) The Olympian goddess of the hearth. Tabiti is the Scythian name for Hestia, according to Herodotus.
- Hesychia Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Hermolycus Athenian pancratiast and general.
- Hicetaon (aka: Hiketaon) Son of Laomedon.
- Hierax Reveals that Hermes stole Io from Argus.
- Hieromneme Married to Assaracus.
- Hieronymus of Cardia General and Historian during the Hellenistic Age
- Hieronymus of Andros An Olympian athlete.
- Hilaira Carried off by the Dioscuri.
- Hippalmus (aka: Hippalcimus) The father of Peneleos.
- Hippasus Son of Ceyx.
- Hippasus Father of Charops and Socus.
- Hippasus Opposed the Dorians. Ancestor of Pythagoras.
- Hippasus Father of Hypsenor.
- Hippasus Father of Apisaon.
- Hippeus Son of Hercules and Procris.
- Hippias Tyrant of Athens.
- Hipparchus Tyrant of Athens.
- Hippo Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Hippocoon (aka: Hippokoön) Counselor of the Thracians.
- Hippocoon Ruler of Lacedaemon.
- Hippocorystes One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Hyperippe.
- Hippocorystes Son of Hippocoon.
- Hippocrate Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Hippodamas Son of Perimede and Achelous.
- Hippodamas Son of Priam, killed by Achilles.
- Hippodamia One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Istrus.
- Hippodamia One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Diocorystes.
- Hippodamia Daughter of Oenomaus, king of Pisa.
- Hippodamia (aka: Hippodameia) Wife of Pirithous and mother of Polypoetes.
- Hippodamia (aka: Hippodameia) Daughter of Anchises and wife of Alcathous.
- Hippodamos A Trojan warrior killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Hippodice One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Idas.
- Hippodochus A suitor of Penelope.
- Hippodromus Son of Hercules and Anthippe.
- Hippolochus (aka: Hippolokhos) Father of Glaucus.
- Hippolochus (aka: Hippolokhos) A Trojan warrior killed by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
- Hippolyte (aka: Melanippe, Glauce) Queen of the Amazons.
- Hippolytus The Giant, killed by Hermes.
- Hippolytus King of Sicyon.
- Hippocrates An Athenian general.
- Hippolytus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Rhode.
- Hippolytus Falsely accused of assault by his step-mother, Phaedra.
- Hipposthenes Olympian wrestler with 12 wins.
- Hippomachus A suitor of Penelope.
- Hippomachus (aka: Hippomakhos) A Trojan soldier killed by Leonteus.
- Hippomedon One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Hippomedusa One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Alcmenor.
- Hippomenes Married to Atalanta
- Hippomenes Father of Megareus.
- Hipponoe A Nereid.
- Hipponome Daughter of Menoeceus.
- Hipponous Father of Periboea.
- Hipponous Son of Priam and Hecuba.
- Hipponous Father of Capaneus.
- Hipponous (aka: Hipponoos) An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Hippostratus Seduces Periboea.
- Hippotes Son of Phylas, kills an oracle who foretold the doom of his army.
- Hippothoe A Nereid.
- Hippothoe Daughter of Pelias.
- Hippothoe Daughter of Mestor and Lysidice. She is carried off by Poseidon to the Echinadian Islands and raped.
- Hippothoon Son of Poseidon and Alope.
- Hippothous One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Gorge.
- Hippothous Son of Hippocoon.
- Hippothous Son of Priam.
- Hippothous (aka: Hippothoos) Comes to the aid of Troy from Larissa. Killed by Ajax.
- Hippotion Father of Morys, Killed by Meriones.
- Hippozygus Son of Hercules and Hippocrate.
- Horme Greek Goddess of eagerness, activity, and motion.
- Homer Greek name given for the author(s) associated with the Iliad and Odyssey
- Homolippus Son of Hercules and Xanthis.
- Hoples Father of Meta.
- Hopleus The son of Poseidon and Canace.
- Hopleus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Horus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Hyanthidas Son of Propodas.
- Hyacinth (aka: Hyacinthus) Beloved of Apollo who kills him with a misthrown discus.
- Hyacinth His daughters are sacrificed by the Athenians to save them from famine.
- Hybris Mother of Pan
- Hyettus A man who hailed from Argos, reputed to be the first man who reaped vengeance upon another man for committing adultery with his wife.
- Hyettus Hyettus the Argive, whom Pausanius claims founded the village of Hyettus, located in Boetia.
- Hygieia (aka: Health) Goddess of health.
- Hylaeus A centaur who tries to rape Atalanta.
- Hylas An Argonaut.
- Hyleus A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, killed by the boar.
- Hyllus Son of Hercules and Deianira.
- Hymenaeus God of marriage ceremonies, feasts, and song. Raised from the dead by Aesculapius.
- Hypeirochos A Trojan warrior killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Hypeirochos Father of Itymoneus.
- Hypeiron Shepherd of his people, a Trojan soldier killed by Diomedes
- Hyperbius One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Celaeno.
- Hyperbius Hyperbius and his brother Agrolas are credited with building part of the wall which surrounds the Athenianacropolis.
- Hyperenor One of the Sparti.
- Hyperenor (aka: Hyperes) Son of Poseidon and Alcyone.
- Hyperenor A suitor of Penelope.
- Hyperenor A Trojan soldier and son of Panthoos. Killed by Menelaus.
- Hyperion A Titan.
- Hyperion The son of Priam.
- Hyperion King of Megara.
- Hyperippe One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Hippocorystes.
- Hyperlaus One of the sons of Melas who conspire against Oeneus.
- Hypermnestra Daughter of Thesius and Eurythemis.
- Hypermnestra The only Danaid who did not kill her husband.
- Hyperochus A dead Hyperboreans soldier.
- Hyperphas Father of Eurygania.
- Hypirochus Son of Priam.
- Hypsenor Son of Dolopion, killed by Eurypylus in the Trojan war.
- Hypsenor An Achaean warrior, killed by Deiphobus, during the Trojan War.
- Hypseus Father of Themisto.
- Hypsipyle Queen of Lemnos.
- Hypnos (aka: Sleep) The god of sleep.
- Hyrieus (aka: Anthas) Son of Poseidon and Alcyone.
- Hyrnetho Favoured by her father Temenus as his successor along with her husband Deiphontes.
- Hyrtacus Is given Arisbe by Priam.
- Hytaspes Father of Darius.
- Hyrtios Leader of the Mysians during the Trojan War. Wounded by Ajax.
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- Immortal Dragon A dragon.
- Iaira A Nereid.
- Ianassa A Nereid.
- Ialebion Tries to rob Hercules of the cattle of Geryon.
- Iamenus (aka: Iamenos) A Trojan hero. Killed by Leonteus.
- Ialmenus (aka: Ialmenos) An Argonaut. A Suitor of Helen.
- Iambe The crone at Eleusis who makes Demeter laugh.
- Ianira (aka: Ianeira) A Nereid.
- Ianiscus A descendant of Clytius.
- Iapetus A Titan.
- Iardanes Father of Omphale.
- Iasion Falls in love with Demeter and is struck by lightning.
- Iasus Father of Io.
- Iasus Father of Atalanta.
- Iasos (aka: Iasus) A comrade of Menestheus. Killed by Aeneas.
- Iaso Goddess of recuperation from illness.
- Ibycus Greek poet active in the 6th Century B.C.E.
- Icarius Son of Perieres and Gorgophone.
- Icarius Son of Oebalus and Batia.
- Icarius Receives a branch of vine from Dionysus and learns to make wine.
- Icarus Son of Daedalus. Icaria is named after him by Hercules.
- Ida A nymph who rears Zeus.
- Idaea Marries Phineus.
- Idaios (aka: Idaeus) A herald of the Trojans.
- Idas Carries off Marpessa in a winged chariot. A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut.
- Idas One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Hippodice.
- Idmon An Argonaut. Dies in the land of the Mariandynians from a wound inflicted by a boar.
- Idmon One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Married Pylarge.
- Idomene Married to Amythaon.
- Idomeneus Son of Deucalion. Leads the Cretans to Troy.
- Idomeneus Son of Priam.
- Idyia Daughter of Oceanus.
- Ilioneus A Trojan soldier, killed by Peneleos.
- Ilithyia (aka: Eileithyia, Eileithuia, Eilethuia, Eileithyiae, Eilethyia) The goddess of childbirth.
- Illyrius Son of Cadmus.
- Ilus (aka: Ilos) Son of Dardanus and Batia.
- Ilus (aka: Ilos) Founds Ilium.
- Imbrius (aka: Imbrios) Trojan warrior killed by Teucer during the Trojan War.
- Imbrus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Evippe.
- Imbrasus (aka: Imbrasos) Father of Peirous.
- Imeusimus Son of Icarius and the NaiadPeriboea.
- Inachus Son of Oceanus and Tethys.
- Indius A suitor of Penelope.
- Indius A suitor of Penelope.
- Ino (aka: Leucothea) Daughter of Cadmus, marries Athamas. Driven mad by Hera.
- Io Seduced by Zeus and turned into a white cow to hide her from Hera.
- Iobates King of Lycia.
- Iobes Son of Hercules and Certhe.
- Ioke (aka: Rout) The spirit of Rout and Onslaught
- Iolaus Helps Hercules kill the Lernaean Hydra.
- Iole Offered to Hercules if he could defeat her father, Eurytus and brothers in archery.
- Iophon A guide of Pausanias.
- Iops A hero from the time of Lelex, has a shrine in Sparta.
- Ion Eponymous founder of the Ionian people.
- Ione A Nereid.
- Ipheus Killed by Patroklos.
- Iphianassa Daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea, is driven mad because she disparages a statue of Hera, cured by Melampus.
- Iphicles A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Iphiclus One of the sons of Thestius, a participant at the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Iphiclus (aka: Iphiklos) Son of Phylacus.
- Iphidamas A Thracian warrior and ally of the Trojans. Killed by Agamemnon
- Iphidamas A suitor of Penelope.
- Iphigenia (aka: Iphianassa) Sacrificed by Agamemnon for a favourable wind to Troy.
- Iphimedia Married to Aloeus.
- Iphimedon The son of Eurystheus. Killed by Hercules’ sons and the Athenians.
- Iphimedusa One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Euchenor.
- Iphinoe Daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea, driven mad because she disparages a statue of Hera, cured by Melampus.
- Iphinoe (aka: Iphiaoe) A Megarian princess who died a maid. Before their weddings, girls gather around her tomb to offer libations and a lock of their hair.
- Iphinous (aka: Iphinoos) Killed by Glaucus.
- Iphis Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Iphis A seer who tells Polynices how to get Amphiaraus to go to war against Thebes.
- Iphis A mistress of Patroclus.
- Iphition Son of Otrynteus and a naiad nymph. Killed by Achilles in battle.
- Iphitus (aka: Iphitos) The Argonaut.
- Iphitus Gives Odysseus the bow which Penelope uses as test for her suitors.
- Iphitos Father of Arkheptolemos.
- Iphicrates Athenian general who reformed the cities armies.
- Irbus Father of Astrabacus and Alopecus.
- Iris Goddess of the rainbow and messenger goddess.
- Irus A beggar who wrestles with Odysseus.
- Isandros (aka: Isander) Son of Bellerophon and Philonoe.
- Ischys Married to Coronis.
- Ischepolis A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Isagoras An Athenian tyrant aided by Cleomenes.
- Ismarus Kills Hippomedon.
- Ismarus (aka: Immaradus) Son of Eumolpus. Killed by Erechtheus.
- Ismene Consort of Argus.
- Ismenias An influential Theban.
- Ismene Daughter of Oedipus.
- Ismenus Son of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Apollo.
- Ismenus Son of Asopus and Metope.
- Isos (aka: Isus) A bastard son of Priam who was killed by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
- Istrus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Hippodamia.
- Isocrates A Greek rhetorician.
- Itanus A suitor of Penelope.
- Ithacus A suitor of Penelope.
- Ithaimenes The father of Sthenelaos.
- Itymoneus Killed by Nestor during a war with the men of Elis over cattle raiding.
- Itys Son of Tereus and Procne.
- Ixion Tries to rape Hera, has sex with a cloud in her likeness, and is punished on a wheel in the sky.
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- Kalesios (aka: Calesius) Charioteer of Axylos, killed by Diomedes.
- Kallienassa A Nereid.
- Kallieneira A Nereid.
- Ker (aka: Fate) A Death Goddess.
- Khalkon Father of Bathykles.
- Kleoboulos Killed by Ajax, the Lesser during the Trojan War.
- Klymene A Nereid.
- Kritios (aka: Critius) Athenian sculptor.
- Kudoimos Personification of Riot.
- Kymodoke A Nereid.
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- Labdacus Killed by the Bacchae.
- Labotas King of Sparta.
- Lacedaemon The eponymous founder of Sparta.
- Lacestades Son of Hippolytus.
- Lacedas Descendant of Medon.
- Lachesis One of the Moirae.
- Ladon The river.
- Laerceus (aka: Laerkes) Father of Alkimedon.
- Laertes An Argonaut. Father of Odysseus.
- Lachares An Athenian tyrant.
- Lacius Attic hero.
- Ladas The swiftest runner of his time.
- Lagus Father of Ptolemy I.
- Laius Son of Labdacus. King of Thebes.
- Lais A hetaira from Hycara.
- Lamas A suitor of Penelope.
- Lamedon Son of Coronus.
- Lampus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Ocypete.
- Lampus (aka: Lampos) Son of Laomedon.
- Lampon An Aeginetan advisor to Pausanias at the battle of Plataea.
- Laocoon A Trojan seer.
- Laodamas King of Thebes after Eteocles.
- Laodamas A son of Antenor.
- Laodamia (aka: Laodameia) Daughter of Bellerophon.
- Laodamia Wife of Protesilaus.
- Laodice Daughter of Cinyras.
- Laodice (aka: Laodike) Daughter of Priam and Hecuba.
- Laodicus A suitor of Penelope.
- Laodocus Killed by Aetolus along with his brothers.
- Laodocus (aka: Laodokos) Son of Antenor who wins the Javelin-throwing contest at the Neamean games.
- Laodocus Son of Priam.
- Laogonos Son of Onetor, killed by Meriones during the Trojan War.
- Laogonos Son of Bias, killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
- Laogoras King of the Dryopes.
- Laogore Forced to cohabit with non-Greeks by Aphrodite.
- Laomedes A suitor of Penelope.
- Laomedon King of Troy. Forced to expose his daughter for trying to cheat Poseidon and Apollo.
- Laomedon Son of Hercules and Meline.
- Laomedon A suitor of Penelope.
- Laomenes Son of Hercules and Oria.
- Laonome Daughter of Guneus.
- Laophonte Daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe.
- Laothoe Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Laothoe Daughter of Altes. Mother of Lycaon and Polydorus.
- Lapithus Father of Diomede.
- Laphaes A Phliasian Greek sculptor.
- Larisa The daughter of Pelasgus.
- Latinus Son of Odysseus and Calypso.
- Leaina (aka: Leaena) A Greek hetaera, mistress of Aristogeiton.
- Leades Kills Eteocles.
- Leanira Marries Arcas.
- Learchus Son of Athamas and Ino, killed by his father while his father is suffering a fit of madness.
- Leagrus Athenian general.
- Leches Son of Peirene.
- Leda Has sex with Zeus while he is in the shape of a swan, and later gives birth to the Dioscuri, Helen, and Clytaemnestra.
- Leiokritos An Achaean combatant and follower of Lykomedes, killed by Aeneas during the Trojan War.
- Leis The daughter of Orus.
- Leitos Son of Alektryon. A combattant in the Trojan War wounded by Hector.
- Leitus (aka: Leitos) An Argonaut, a Suitor of Helen, and a leader of the Boeotians.
- Lelex Born of Gaia.
- Lelex King of Megara.
- Leo A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Leobotes A ward of Lycurgus.
- Leochares An Athenian sculptor.
- Leocritus Athenian soldier.
- Leonteus A Suitor of Helen, and a combatant in Trojan War.
- Leontophonus Son of Odysseus.
- Leonidas A Spartan King.
- Leon Father of Sophocles.
- Leon A Spartan king, son of Eurycrates.
- Leonidas Succeeds Cleomenes I.
- Leos Gives up his daughters because the Oracle said to.
- Leosthenes Athenian General in the Lamian War.
- Leotychides Took the Spartan throne from Demaratus and ruled concurrently with Cleomenes then Leonidas.
- Leotychides Son of Agis, though there is some contention that he may be the illegitimate son of Alcibiades.
- Lethus Father of Trojan allies Hippothoos and Pylaios
- Lernaean Hydra A beast with nine heads, one of which is immortal. Killed by Hercules.
- Lestorides A suitor of Penelope.
- Leto (aka: Latona) The mother of Apollo and Artemis.
- Leucippe Marries Laomedon.
- Leucippus Son of Thurimachus, raised his demi-god grandson Peratus.
- Leucippus Son of Perieres and Gorgophone.
- Leucippus Son of Hercules and Eurytele.
- Leucon Son of Athamas and Themisto.
- Leucones Son of Hercules and Aeschreis.
- Leucopeus Son of Euryte and Porthaon.
- Leucus Commits adultery with Meda at the urging of Nauplius.
- Leucus (aka: Leukos) Companion of Odysseus, slain by Antiphus.
- Libya Daughter of Epaphus and Memphis, after whom Libya is named.
- Lichas The herald sent by Hercules to Deianira to fetch clothes, carries the poisoned cloak.
- Lichas A Spartan who famously won the Chariot races at Olympics when Spartans were banned.
- Licymnius (aka: Likymnios) Illegitimate son of Electryon and a Phrygian woman, named Midea. Slain by one of Hercules’ sons, Tlepolemus.
- Lipoxaïs The founder of the Auchatae, a Scythian Tribe.
- Limnoria (aka: Limnorea) A Nereid.
- Linus Teaches Hercules to play the lyre but was killed by Hercules in a rage.
- Linus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Linus A son of Apollo and Psamathe.
- Linus A poet.
- Liocritus A suitor of Penelope.
- Liodes A suitor of Penelope.
- Lixus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Cleodore.
- Locrus A Parian sculptor.
- Lucifer (aka: Phosphorus) Father of Ceyx.
- Lyammus A suitor of Penelope.
- Lycaethus Son of Hippocoon.
- Lycaethus A suitor of Penelope.
- Lycaon Son of Pelasgus. Has fifty sons.
- Lycaon (aka: Lykaon) Son of Priam killed by Achilles.
- Lycaon (aka: Lykaon) Father of Pandarus.
- Lyceas Poet from Argos.
- Lycius A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Lycius Sculptor from Athens.
- Lyciscus of Messenia Fled to Sparta with his daughter to avoid her role in the oracle’s advice to sacrifice her for favour in the first messenian war.
- Lycomedes Entrusted with Achilles to prevent him from going to war. Possibly King of Scyros.
- Lycomedes Kills Theseus by throwing him off of a cliff.
- Lycomedes (aka: Lykomedes) Achaean warrior during the Trojan War.
- Lycomedes According to Pausanius, this particular Lycomedes is the son of Parthenope and Apollo.
- Lycopeus Son of Agrius, steals Oeneus’ kingdom and gives it to his father.
- Lycophron (aka: Lykophron) A follower of Ajax. Killed by Hector.
- Lycophron Hellenistic Greek tragedian.
- Lycurgus Son of Pronax.
- Lycophron Father of Lycurgus.
- Lycurgus King of Nemea.
- Lycurgus Son of Hercules and Toxicrate.
- Lycurgus King of the Edonians.
- Lycurgus The son of Aleus by Neaera. Has many children with Eurynome.
- Lycurgus An Athenian orator.
- Lycurgus A Spartan king and lawgiver.
- Lycus The king of the Mariandynians who receives the Argonauts kindly.
- Lycus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Agave.
- Lycus Ruler of Mysia.
- Lycus Usurps the government of Thebes.
- Lycus Made to live in the Islands of the Blest by Poseidon.
- Lycus Son of Hyrieus and Clonia.
- Lycus Expels the sons of Metion from Athens.
- Lycus Thracian killed by Cycnus.
- Lycus An Athenian man.
- Lycus A Messenian athlete.
- Lygdamis Mother of Artemisia.
- Lykon Trojan warrior during the Trojan War killed by Peneleos.
- Lykophontes Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Lyncaeus Son of Hercules and Tiphyse.
- Lynceus A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut.
- Lynceus The only son of Egyptus not to be killed by his Danaid wife.
- Lyrus Son of Anchises.
- Lysandros (aka: Lysander) A Trojan warrior wounded by Ajax during the Trojan War.
- Lysander A Spartan commander at Aegospotami.
- Lyrcus A bastard son of Abas.
- Lysandra Married her first cousin, Agathocles.
- Lyse Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Lysianassa A Nereid.
- Lysianassa Daughter of Epaphus, bears Busiris to Poseidon.
- Lysidice Daughter of Pelops.
- Lysidice Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Lysimache (aka: Lysianassa) Marries Talaus.
- Lysimache Daughter of Priam.
- Lysimachus An officer who served Alexander and succeeded him after his death.
- Lysinomus Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Lysippe Daughter of Proetus.
- Lysippe The daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Lysippus Greek sculptor.
- Lysithous Son of Priam.
- Lysistratus One of the most notable men of Argos, killed by the Asinaeans.
- Lysistratus Spartan general under king Agis II.
- Lyson A Sculptor.
- Lytaea Daughter of Hyacinth slaughtered to save Athens from famine.
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- Macareus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Macartatus Athenian horseman.
- Macaria Sacrificed herself to save Athens.
- Macareus (aka: Macar) Disputed son of Aeolus. Had a child with his sister and then killed himself.
- Macednus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Machaereus Kills Orestes at Delphi.
- Machaon A physician and a Suitor of Helen. A combatant in Trojan War.
- Maenalus A son of Lycaon. Killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Maeon (aka: Maion) The only one of fifty Thebans not killed by Tydeus.
- Maera The daughter of Proetus.
- Magas Aided Ptolemy with the capture of Cyrene.
- Magnes Father of Pierus.
- Magnes Son of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Magnes A suitor of Penelope.
- Maia One of the Pleiades. Mother of Hermes.
- Maimalos Father of Peisandros.
- Maira A Nereid.
- Myrrhine Amazon woman who fought for Troy and then was buried nearby in a mound known as the Batieia
- Makar First ruler of Lesbos.
- Mantineus Father of Aglaia.
- Mantineus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Manto A Theban woman sent to Delphi as tribute to Apollo for the victorious second expedition against Thebes.
- Marathon Father of Sicyon
- Marion A wrestler and Pankration contender.
- Maro Father of Corinthus.
- Mardonius A Persian General.
- Maris Son of Amisodarus.
- Maro The only Cicone left alive by Odysseus when he sacked Ismarus.
- Marpessa Daughter of Evenus, carried off in a winged chariot by Idas son of Aphareus.
- Marpsius A suitor of Penelope.
- Marse Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Marsyas Flayed by Apollo after losing a flute contest.
- Mastor Father of Lycophron.
- Masistius Persian calvary commander.
- Mecisteus (aka: Mekisteus) Son of Talaus and Lysimache. One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Mecisteus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Mecisteus A suitor of Penelope.
- Mecisteus Father of Epistrophus and Odius.
- Mecisteus (aka: Mekisteus) Squire of Teucer.
- Meda Wife of Idomeneus.
- Medea A princess from Colchis who enables Jason to get the Golden Fleece.
- Medesicaste Illegitimate daughter of Priam and wife of Imbrius.
- Medesicaste Daughter of Laomedon.
- Medeus Said to be son of Jason and Medea by Cinaethon.
- Medon A suitor of Penelope.
- Medon Brother of Ajax the Lesser, fought in the Trojan War.
- Medon Son of Pylades and Electra.
- Medon Son of Ceisus.
- Medus (aka: Polyxenus) The son of Medea, and either Aegeus or Jason, who she fled to Aria with.
- Medusa A Gorgon killed by Perseus.
- Medusa Daughter of Sthenelus and Nicippe.
- Medusa Daughter of Priam.
- Megaera A Fury.
- Megamede Daughter of Arneus.
- Meganira Daughter of Croco.
- Megapenthes Trades kingdoms with Perseus
- Megapenthes Son of Menelaus.
- Megara Marries Hercules.
- Megareus Killed by Minos when Minos attacks Athens.
- Megarus King of Onchestus.
- Megarus Escapes a great flood.
- Megas Father of Perimos.
- Megassares King of Hyria.
- Megasthenes A suitor of Penelope.
- Meges A Suitor of Helen. Lead the Dulichians in the Trojan War.
- Melaeneus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Melampus The brother of Bias. He can understand birds and becomes a soothsayer.
- Melanion Married to Atalanta.
- Melanippos A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Melanippos Helped Odysseus carry the gifts of Agamemnon to Achilles’ tent.
- Melanippus Son of Agrius, steals Oeneus’ kingdom and gives it to his father.
- Melanippus Son of Astacus. Mortally wounds Tydeus.
- Melanippus Son of Priam. Killed by Teucer during the Trojan War.
- Melanippus Son of Hicetaon.
- Melanthius The goatherd who fails to show Odysseus proper hospitality on his return to Ithaca.
- Melanthius (aka: Melanthios, Melanthos) Killed by Eurypylus.
- Melanthus King of Messenia.
- Melas His sons plot against Oeneus.
- Melas Dies during Hercules’s attack on Oechalia.
- Melas Son of Phrixus and Chalciope.
- Melas Son of Antasus, joined the Dorian invasion of Corinth.
- Melanopus Athenian horseman.
- Melesander Athenian admiral.
- Meleager The invulnerable son of Oeneus, a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut.
- Meles An Athenian citizen.
- Melia Marries Inachus.
- Meliboea Daughter of Amphion and Niobe. Survives Artemis’ attack.
- Meliboea Daughter of Oceanus.
- Melicertes (aka: Palaemon) Son of Athamas and Ino, flung into the sea with his mother.
- Meline Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Melisseus Father of Adrastia and Ida.
- Melite A Nereid.
- Melissa The daughter of Procles and wife of Periander.
- Melpomene A Muse.
- Meltas Descendant of Medon.
- Memnon Leads the Ethiopians in the Trojan War as allies of the Trojans.
- Memphis Daughter of Nile, after whom the city of Memphis is named. Marries Epaphus.
- Membliarus Descendent of Cadmus.
- Memphis Has children with Danaus.
- Menaechme Daughter of Cranaus and Pedias.
- Menalces One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Adite.
- Menander Greek dramatist.
- Menelaus (aka: Menelaos) The suitor who marries Helen and begins the Trojan War in order to retrieve her from Paris.
- Menemachus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Nelo.
- Meneptolemus A suitor of Penelope.
- Menestheus (aka: Menesthes) A Suitor of Helen and a combatant in the Trojan War.
- Menesthius (aka: Menesthios) Son of Sperchius and Polydora
- Menesthius (aka: Menesthios) Son of Areithous and Philomedusa.
- Menippis Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Menoeceus The master of the charioteer who kills Clymenus.
- Menoeceus Father of Hipponome.
- Menoeceus Son of Creon.
- Menoetes Herdsman for the cattle of Hades, challenges Hercules to a wrestling match.
- Menoetius Struck with lightning bolt by Zeus and thrown into Tartarus.
- Menoetius (aka: Menoitios) An Argonaut.
- Menon A Trojan soldier.
- Mentes King of the Kikones.
- Mentor Son of Hercules and Asopis.
- Mentor The son of Eurystheus. Killed by Hercules’ sons and the Athenians.
- Mentor Father of Imbrius.
- Mermerus A son of Jason and Medea. He was murdered, either by Medea or the Corinthians.
- Mermerus A Trojan soldier. Killed by Antilochus.
- Mermesianax A Greek elegiac poet.
- Meriones One of the leaders of the Cretan contingent at Troy, along with Idomeneus.
- Merope Is the prize in a fight between Orion and her father.
- Merope One of the Pleiades. Marries Sisyphus.
- Merope Forced to marry Polyphontes after he kills her first husband Cresphontes.
- Merops Father of Adrastus, Amphius and Arisbe.
- Mesthles Leads the Maeonians to Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Mestor Son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- Mestor Son of Pterelaus.
- Mestor Son of Priam.
- Meta Marries Aegeus.
- Metanira Wife of Celeus.
- Metharme Marries Cinyras.
- Metiadusa Marries Cecrops.
- Metion Son of Erechtheus.
- Metion Father of Eupalamus.
- Metis An Oceanid. Gives Cronus a drug to make him vomit up his children.
- Metope Marries Asopus.
- Metope Mother of Hecuba.
- Micon Greek painter and sculptor.
- Midas Founder of Ancyra.
- Midea Mother of Licymnius.
- Miletus Founder of Miletus. Beloved of Sarpedon and Minos.
- Milo (aka: Milo of Croton) A six time Olympic victor in the category of wrestling.
- Miltiades One of the strategoi during the battle of Marathon.
- Mithridates King of Pontus who fought the Romans in a series of war.
- Mimas A Giant, killed by Hephaestus.
- Minis A suitor of Penelope.
- Minos King of Crete.
- Minotaur (aka: Asterius, Bull of Minos) A creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. Hidden in the Labyrinth.
- Minyas Founder of Orchomenus
- Mnemosyne (aka: Memory) A Titan. Mother of the Muses.
- Mnaseas Father of Zeno.
- Mnesileus Son of Pollux and Phoebe.
- Mnesimache Almost forced to marry Eurytion.
- Mnesos Paeonian combatant during the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles.
- Mnestra One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Aegius.
- Mnesitheus Athenian physician.
- Mnesarchus Father of Pythagoras.
- Moira Fate Personified.
- Molebus A suitor of Penelope.
- Molion A Trojan warrior and squire of Thymbraios killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Molione Mother of Eurytus and Cteatus.
- Molorchus A labourer with whom Hercules stayed while hunting for the Nemean Lion.
- Molossus Son of Neoptolemus and Andromache.
- Molottus Athenian general.
- Molpadia Amazon Warrior.
- Molus (aka: Molos) Son of Ares and Demonice.
- Molus (aka: Molos) Illegitimate son of Deucalion.
- Mopsus A diviner from Colophon.
- Morys A Trojan warrior, killed by Meriones, during the Trojan War.
- Mothon Father of Naucydes.
- Mother of Cleobis and Biton Mother of Cleobis and Biton.
- Moulios Son-in-law to King Augeas and killed by Nestor.
- Moulios A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Moulios A Trojan warrior killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
- Musaeus of Athens A polymath, philosopher, historian and poet.
- Mydon A squire of Pylaemenes.
- Lucius Mummius Achaicus A Roman statesman and general.
- Mycene Name sake for Mycenae.
- Myceneus Alternate name sake for Mycenae.
- Mydon Paeonian combatant during the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles.
- Mygdalion His son commanded a ship to Troy at the request of Agamemnon.
- Mygdon King of the Bebryces.
- Mylius Son of Priam.
- Myles Ancient king of Laconia.
- Mynes Father of Pedias.
- Myrmidon Consort of Pisidice.
- Myron Athenian sculptor, father of Lycius.
- Myron Father of Aristonymus.
- Myron (aka: Myron of Priene) 2nd century historian.
- Myrtilus (aka: Myirtilus) Charioteer to Oenomaus.
- Mysius Founds a sanctuary to Demeter.
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- Nastes Leads the Carians at Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Naubolus (aka: Naubolos) Father of Iphitus.
- Naucydes Bronze sculptor.
- Naucrate Mother of Icarus.
- Nauplius Son of Poseidon and Amymone. Sails the seas and lures sailors to their deaths.
- Nausicaa Daughter of the king of the Phaeacians.
- Nausimedon Son of Nauplius and Clymene.
- Nausithoe A Nereid.
- Neaera Daughter of Pereus.
- Neaera Mother of Evadne.
- Neocles Father of Themistocles.
- Nebrophonus Son of Jason and Hypsipyle.
- Neleus Founds Pylos.
- Nelo One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Menemachus.
- Nemean Lion A monstrous lion, killed by Hercules.
- Nemertes A Nereid.
- Nemesis Mother of Helen.
- Nemea Daughter of Asopus.
- Neomeris A Nereid.
- Neoptolemus (aka: Pyrrhus) Son of Achilles and Deidamia. Combatant at Troy.
- Neoptolemus King of Epirus.
- Nephalion Son of Minos and a nymph Paria, killed by Hercules.
- Nephele Wife of Athamas.
- Nephus Son of Hercules and Praxithea.
- Nereus (aka: Old One of the Sea) Sea god and father of the Nereids.
- Nero A Lernaean who tried to discover how deep the Alcyonian Lake is.
- Nesaea A Nereid.
- Nessus A Centaur.
- Nestor Fights in the Trojan War as an old man. Serves as an advisor to the Greek forces.
- Nestor A son of Priam who fights in the Trojan War.
- Nicagora The mother of Agasicles and the wife of Echetimus.
- Nicander A Spartan King who invaded Argolis.
- Nicippe Daughter of Pelops.
- Nicippe Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Nicias An Athenian painter, son of Nicomedes.
- Nicias An Athenian general.
- Nicodromus Son of Hercules and Nice.
- Nicomachus A suitor of Penelope.
- Nicostratus Son of Menelaus and either Helen or a slave woman.
- Nicothoe (aka: Aellopus) One of the Harpies.
- Nicomedes Father of Nicias.
- Nicocles of Tarentum An Athenian harpist.
- Nicocles Killed Paseas and succeeded him as tyrant of Sicyon.
- Nike (aka: Victory, Nice) Daughter of Pallas and Styx. Often conflated as an attribute or epithet of Athena.
- Nike (aka: Nice) Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Nile (aka: Nilus) The eponymous god of the Nile river, a son of Oceanus and Tethys.
- Niobe Has a son, Argus, with Zeus. The first mortal woman with whom Zeus has sex.
- Niobe Her children are killed by Apollo and Artemis after she boasts that she surpasses Leto with respect to her children.
- Nireus Son of Poseidon and Canace.
- Nireus Leads the Symaeans to Troy.
- Nisas A suitor of Penelope.
- Nissaeus A suitor of Penelope.
- Nisus Expels the sons of Metion from Athens. Later, he becomes King of Megara.
- Noemon A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Noemon A comrade of Antilochus.
- Norax A mythological hero of the Nuragic civilization.
- Nomion Father of Amphimachus and Nastes.
- Nycteis Daughter of Nycteus, marries Polydorus.
- Nycteus Son of Chthonius.
- Nycteus Father of Callisto.
- Nyctimus A son of Lycaon Almost killed by Zeus for impiety but saved by Gaia.
- Mother of Megarus A Sithnid nymph, mother of Megarus.
- Nyx (aka: Night) Goddess of night.
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- Oceanus (aka: Okeanos, Ocean) A Titan.
- Ochesius An Aetolian. Father of Periphas.
- Ocypete (aka: Ocythoe, Ocypode) One of the Harpies.
- Ocypete One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Lampus.
- Ocytus Father of Guneus.
- Octavia Sister of Augustus
- Oinops Father of Helenus.
- Odius (aka: Odios) Leads the Alizones to Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Odius (aka: Odios) A herald of the Achaeans during the Trojan War.
- Odysseus (aka: Ulysses) King of Ithaca. A Suitor of Helen and a combatant in the Trojan War.
- Oeagrus Father of Orpheus.
- Oeax Son of Nauplius and Clymene.
- Oebalus Son of Perieres.
- Oedipus Kills his father, Laius, and marries his mother, Jocasta, and becomes king of Thebes.
- Oeolycus Father of Aegeus, they have hero-shrines in Sparta.
- Oeme One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Arbelus.
- Oeneus First to receive the vine-plant from Dionysus. Calls together the heroes of Greece to hunt the Calydonian boar.
- Oeneus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Podarce.
- Oeneus Paeonian combatant during the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles.
- Oeno A Wine Grower.
- Oenomaus The king of Pisa and father of Hippodamia. He challenges his daughter’s suitors to chariot races in which the losers are killed.
- Oenomaus Marries Sterope.
- Oenone Marries Paris.
- Oenobius Served under Thucydides in Athens.
- Oenopion Son of Dionysus and Ariadne.
- Oenoe Sister of Epochus.
- Oeonus Cousin of Heracles.
- Oestrobles Son of Hercules and Hesychia.
- Ogygia Daughter of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Artemis.
- Ogyges (aka: Ogygus) Ancient king in Greece.
- Oicles Left to guard the ships while Hercules sacks Troy. Killed by Laomedon.
- Oinomaos Killed by Ares and Hector during the Trojan War.
- Oinomaos A Trojan militant killed by Idomeneus during the Trojan War.
- Oileus (aka: Oeleus) The father of the lesser Ajax.
- Oileus A Trojan warrior and charioteer of Bienor. He was killed by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
- Olenias Brother of Tydeus.
- Olen Mythical poet.
- Olbiades An unknown painter.
- Oloetrochus A suitor of Penelope.
- Olorus An Athenian.
- Olympus Son of Hercules and Euboea.
- Olympias Mother of Alexander the Great.
- Olympiodorus Athenian general who liberated Athens from the Macedonians.
- Olympusa Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Ophioneus A blind seer who remarkably regained his sight
- Omphale Queen of Lydia, buys Hercules as a slave.
- Onchestus Son of Agrius, steals Oeneus’ kingdom and gives it to his father.
- Onesippus Son of Hercules and Chryseis.
- Onomacritus Greek compiler of oracles.
- Onetor Priest of Zeus and father of Laogonos.
- Onites Son of Hercules and Deianira.
- Ophelestes Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Ophelestes Paeonian warrior killed by Achilles.
- Opheltes (aka: Archemorus) Son of Lycurgus and Eurydice.
- Opheltios Killed by Euryalus.
- Opheltios An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Opis A young woman from Hyperborea raped by Orion.
- Opites An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Orchomenus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Orchomenus Killed by Atreus.
- Orchomenus Father of Elare
- Oreithuia A Nereid.
- Oresbios Killed by Ares and Hector during the Trojan War.
- Orestes Son of Perimede and Achelous.
- Orestes Kills his mother Clytaemnestra because she killed his father Agamemnon.
- Orestes A renowned charioteer killed by Ares and Hector during the Trojan War.
- Orestes A Trojan soldier killed by Leonteus.
- Orestes A Spartan King.
- Oria Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Orion The archer killed by Artemis because he lost a discus contest or because he raped Opis.
- Orsippus Greek runner.
- Orithyia (aka: Oreithyia) Carried off by Boreas.
- Orneus Son of Erechtheus.
- Ornytion Son of Sisyphus.
- Ormenius A suitor of Penelope.
- Ormenus A suitor of Penelope.
- Ormenus (aka: Ormenos) Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Ormenus Father of Amyntor.
- Ormenus Killed by Polypoetes.
- Orpheus An Argonaut. Goes to the underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice.
- Orsedice To cohabit with non-Greeks by Aphrodite.
- Orseis The consort of Hellen
- Orsilochus (aka: Orsilokhos) A soldier of the Danaans, grandson of Orsilochus.
- Orsilochus (aka: Orsilokhos) Father of Diocles.
- Orsilochus (aka: Orsilokhos) Trojan warrior killed by Teucer.
- Orthaea Daughter of Hyacinth who is sacrificed to save Athens from famine.
- Orthaios A Trojan combatant during the Trojan War.
- Orthus A two-headed dog who guarded the cattle of Geryon.
- Orthopolis Son of Demeter and Plemnaeus.
- Orus An Achaean warrior killed by Hector during the Trojan War.
- Orus The first king of Troezen who named it Oraea.
- Ossa (aka: Pheme, Fama, Rumor) The goddess of rumour, report, and gossip.
- Othryoneus A Trojan warrior from Cabesus, killed by Idomeneus, during the Trojan War. Suitor of Priam’s daughter, Cassandra.
- Othryadas A Spartan who is killed by Perilaus.
- Otrere Mother of Penthesilia.
- Otreus Father of Placia.
- Otrynteus Father of Iphition.
- Otus An Aload, or giant, who grows one cubit broader and one fathom higher each year.
- Otus (aka: Otos) A comrade of Meges. Killed by Polydamas.
- Ouranus (aka: Ouranos, Uranus, Sky) First ruler of the universe.
- Oxylus son of Protogenia and Ares.
- Oxylus The Three-Eyed-One for whom Temenus searches. Son of Haemon.
- Oxyporus Son of Cinyras and Metharme.
- Oxyartes Father of Roxana.
- Oxyntes Mythical king of Athens.
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- Paeon Father of Agastrophos.
- Paeon A descendent of Nestor.
- Paieon (aka: Paeeon, Paean) Physician to the Olympian Gods
- Palaemon An Argonaut.
- Palaemon Son of Hercules and Autonoe.
- Palamedes Demonstrates that Odysseus is only feigning insanity to avoid participating in the Trojan War.
- Pallas Father of Nike, Cratus, Zelos, and Violence.
- Pallas A Giant, flayed by Athena.
- Pallas A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Pallas Trains in warfare with Athena and is killed by her.
- Pallas Expels the sons of Metion from Athens.
- Palmys A Trojan combatant during the Trojan War.
- Palymnus The sheperd who shows Dionysus the way to Hades.
- Pammerope Daughter of Celeus.
- Pammon Son of Priam and Hecuba.
- Pamphylus Son of Aegimius.
- Pamphos Early Greek poet.
- Pan Teaches Apollo the art of divination.
- Panacea Goddess of Universal Health.
- Pandarus (aka: Pandaros) Leads the troops from Zelia to the aid of Troy.
- Pandion One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Callidice.
- Pandion King of Athens after Erichthonius.
- Pandion Son of Phineus and Cleopatra, blinded by his father.
- Pandion King of Athens after Cecrops. Later king of Megara
- Pandion Achaean warrior during the Trojan War.
- Pandion This is not 6th Pandion character. This is for the eponymous hero who is either Pandion and Pandion. Which Pandion cannot be determined at this time.
- Pandokos A Trojan warrior wounded by Ajax during the Trojan War.
- Pandora The first woman created by Zeus as a punishment for mankind.
- Pandorus Son of Erechtheus and Praxithea.
- Pandrosus Daughter of Cecrops and Agraulus.
- Panope A Nereid.
- Panope Daughter of Thespius. Bears Hercules’ child Threpsippas.
- Panopeus An ally of Amphitryon from Phocis.
- Panormus A young lad, who, with his mate, Gonippus, ruined the festival of Castor and Pollux.
- Panthoos One of the elders of Troy.
- Paralus A suitor of Penelope.
- Parthaon According to Pausanius, this particular Parthaon was the grandson of Nyctimus.
- Paria Consort of Minos.
- Paris (aka: Alexander, Alexandros) Prince of Troy who takes Helen from her husband Menelaus.
- Parthenopaeus One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Parthenope Daughter of Stymphalus.
- Parthenope According to Pausanius, Parthenope had a son, Lycomedes, with Apollo.
- Parrhasius Painter, son of Evenor.
- Paseas Succeeded his son Anbantidas as tyrant of Sicyon.
- Pasithea Goddess of relaxation, meditation and hallucination. One of the Graces.
- Pasiphae The wife of Minos. Falls in love with the Cretan Bull and bears the Minotaur.
- Patro Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Patroclus The son of Hercules and Pyrippe.
- Patroclus (aka: Patroklos) The friend of Achilles. A Suitor of Helen.
- Patroclus (aka: Patroklos) A Macedonian admiral under Ptolemy II.
- Pausanias A royal Spartan general, named guardian of Pleistarchus.
- Pausanias of Sparta A Spartan regent and general who fled to Tegea to escape arrest.
- Pausias A Greek painter.
- Pausanius A Macedonian who possibly assassinated Harpalus.
- Pedasos (aka: Pedasus) Twin brother to Aesepos.
- Pedias Marries Cranaus.
- Pedaeus (aka: Pedaios) Bastard son of Antenor taken in by his wife Theano.
- Pegasus Winged horse ridden by Bellerophon.
- Pergasus (aka: Pergasus) A priest of Dionysus and father of Deicoon.
- Pergamus Son of Neoptolemus and Andromache.
- Peiraeus (aka: Peiraios) A son of Clytius.
- Peires Father of Rhigmos.
- Peisias (aka: Pisias) An Athenian sculptor .
- Peisander A poet from Camirus.
- Peisander A Spartan general placed in command of the fleet by kind Agisilaus.
- Pelagon Son of Asopus and Metope.
- Pelagon A Pylian who fights in the Trojan War.
- Pelasgus Son of Niobe and Zeus.
- Pelasgus Father of Hippothous.
- Pelopidas Thrown into prison by Alexander the tyrant.
- Pelops Twin son of Cassandra.
- Peirous (aka: Peiros, Pirous, Pieroos) Trojan Commander from Thrace
- Peirene The Naiad Nymph of the fresh water spring in Corinth.
- Peisandros (aka: Peisander) A Trojan warrior killed by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
- Peisandros A Trojan warrior killed by Menelaus during the Trojan War.
- Peisandros Finest Myrmidon spearman next to Patroclus.
- Peisistratos (aka: Peisistratus) Ruler of the Athenians.
- Peisistratos (aka: Peisistratus) Son of Nestor.
- Peisistratos (aka: Peisistratus) Son of Peisistratus.
- Pelegon Son of river Axios and Periboea. Father of Asteropaeus.
- Peitho Greek goddess who personifies persuasion and seduction.
- Peleus An Argonaut and a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Pelias King of Iolcus after Cretheus, sends Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
- Pellas A suitor of Penelope.
- Pelopia The daughter of Pelias.
- Pelopia Daughter of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Artemis.
- Pelopia Mother of Cycnus.
- Pelops Boiled at a banquet for the gods and returned to life.
- Pelorus One of the Sparti.
- Peneleos (aka: Peneleus) An Argonaut and a Suitor of Helen.
- Penelope Married to Odysseus, she waits twenty years for him to return from Troy.
- Penthesilia An Amazon who fights in the Trojan War.
- Penthilus Son of Orestes.
- Penthilus A king of Messenia.
- Penthilus Father of Borus, son of Periclymenus.
- Pentheus King of Thebes after Cadmus. Bans the rites of Dionysus, and is killed by the Bacchae.
- Peparethus Son of Dionysus and Ariadne.
- Pephredo A Phorcid shares a single eye and tooth with her sisters.
- Perantas Killed Telestes with the help from Arieus.
- Peratus Son of Poseidon and Calchania.
- Perdiccas One of the generals of Alexander the Great.
- Perdix Sister of Daedalus.
- Pereus Son of Elatus.
- Periallus A suitor of Penelope.
- Periboea Second wife of Oeneus.
- Periboea Marries Polybus.
- Periboea Marries Telamon.
- Periboea Selected by the Locrians to be a suppliant at the temple of Athena at Troy.
- Periboea The Naiad.
- Periboea (aka: Periboia) Daughter of Akessamenos. Mother of Pelegon by the river Axios.
- Periclymenus Granted the power of changing his shape by Poseidon. Killed by Hercules. An Argonaut.
- Periclymenus A suitor of Penelope.
- Periclymenus Kills Parthenopaeus.
- Periclymenus Father of Penthilus.
- Perieres Alternately the son of Aeolus or Cynortes.
- Perieres Father of Borus.
- Perieres Father of Polydora.
- Perieres Kills King Clymenus.
- Perileos Son of Icarius and the NaiadPeriboea.
- Perimede Daughter of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Perimede Marries Licymnius.
- Perimedes The son of Eurystheus. Killed by Hercules’ sons and the Athenians.
- Perimedes A suitor of Penelope.
- Perimedes Father of Schedius.
- Perimos Son of Megas, killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Periopis Daughter of Pheres.
- Periphas One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Actaea.
- Perieres Father of Aphareus.
- Periphas Son of Ochesius. Killed by Ares during the Trojan War.
- Periphas Son of Epytos and squire of Aeneas.
- Periphetes Killed by Theseus on the road to Athens.
- Periphetes Killed by Teucer.
- Periphetes Son of Copreus. Killed by Hector.
- Periphetes Son of Nyctimus and father of Parthaon.
- Periphron A suitor of Penelope.
- Periphus A suitor of Penelope.
- Periander Tyrant of Corinth.
- Peristhenes One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Electra.
- Pericles Famous Athenian general and statesmen.
- Perithous (aka: Peirithoos, Pirithous) A friend of Theseus whom he leaves behind on the Chair of Forgetfulness in Hades. Father of Polypoetes.
- Perilaus An Argive who won a prize for wrestling in the Nemean games and killed Othryadas.
- Pero Wooed by Bias and others in a contest set up by her father.
- Pero Mother of the River Asopus.
- Perse Mother of Circe.
- Perseis Consort of Helios.
- Persephone (aka: Maid, Kore) Abducted and married by Hades.
- Perses The son of the TitanCrius and father of Hecate.
- Perses The brother of Aeetes. Overthrows his brother as king of Colchis, but is then killed by Medea.
- Perses The son of Perseus and Andromeda. The kings of Persia are descended from him.
- Perseus Son of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Persaeus Macedonian garrison commander.
- Persaeus of Macedon Last Antigonid king.
- Perseus A hero who goes on a quest to kill Medusa, rescues and marries Andromeda.
- Peteos Father of Menestheus.
- Peucetius A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Pidytes Killed by Odysseus.
- Phaea A sow born of Typhon and Echidna and killed by Theseus.
- Phaedimus Son of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Apollo.
- Phaedra Married to Theseus but falls in love with his son, Hippolytus.
- Phaestus Slain by Idomeneus in the Trojan War.
- Phaeton Son of Tithonus.
- Phaethon Son of Helius.
- Phaeton Son of Cephalus.
- Phaenops (aka: Phainops) Father of Thoon and Xanthus.
- Phaestus Son of Hercules and king of Sicyon.
- Phainops Father of Phorcys.
- Phainops Son of Asios.
- Phalces A Trojan warrior, killed by Antilochus, during the Trojan War.
- Phalces Founds a temple to Apollo.
- Phalerus An Argonaut and friend of Theseus.
- Phalias Son of Hercules and Heliconis.
- Phantes One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Theano.
- Phanes A Theban under the command of the Pythian Priestess.
- Phanus An Argonaut.
- Phanostratus Man from Phalerum.
- Pharnace Daughter of Megassares.
- Phartis One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Eurydamas.
- Pharandates A Persian who took the Coan lady.
- Phassus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Phausios Father of Apisaon.
- Phegeus Purifies Alcmaeon of the murder of his mother Eriphyle.
- Phegeus A son of Dares. Killed by Diomedes.
- Pheidippides (aka: Philippides) Runs from Marathon to Athens.
- Pheidas An Athenian combatant in the Trojan War.
- Pheneus A son of Melas, who plots against Oeneus.
- Pheno Wife of Lamedon
- Phereclus (aka: Phereklos) Builds the ships that go to Sparta to take Helen.
- Pheres Son of Cretheus and Tyro. Founds Pherae in Thessaly.
- Pheres A son of Jason and Medea. He was murdered, either by Medea or the Corinthians.
- Pheres Father of Periopis.
- Pheroetes A suitor of Penelope.
- Pherusa (aka: Pherousa) A Nereid.
- Pherecydes of Syros Attacked by the same disease as Sulla.
- Pheidias (aka: Phidias) A Greek sculptor. Best known for his works on the Acropolis.
- Phidippus (aka: Pheidippos, Pheidippus) Leads the Coans to Troy.
- Philaemon Son of Priam.
- Philammon Father of Thamyris.
- Philetaerus Founder of the Attalid dynasty.
- Philetor Father of Demoukhos. Not to be confused with the Greek word “philetor”, meaning the elder man in paiderastic relationship (παιδεραστία).
- Philip (aka: Phillip II) King of Macedonia. Father of Alexander the Great.
- Philip A Macedonian commoner. First husband of Berenice.
- Philip Brother of Cassander.
- Philip V King of Macedonia.
- Philoctetes Marooned on Lemnos by the Greek fleet on the way Trojan War.
- Philodemus A suitor of Penelope.
- Philoetius Helps Odysseus kill the Suitors of Penelope.
- Philolaus Son of Minos and a nymph Paria, killed by Hercules.
- Philomedusa (aka: Phylomedusa) Mother of Menesthius.
- Philomela Marries Tereus.
- Philonoe Daughter of Iobates, marries Bellerophon.
- Philonome Marries Cycnus.
- Philoxenus Greek dithyrambic poet.
- Philyra The mother of Chiron by Cronus.
- Philyra Married to Nauplius.
- Philaeus Grandson of Ajax.
- Phlias Son of Dionysus.
- Philoxenus A Macedonian soldier.
- Phineus The blind seer who meets with the Argonauts in Salmydessus while under constant attack by the Harpies.
- Phineus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Philistus A Greek historian from Siciliy.
- Phineus Turned to stone by Perseus.
- Phlegyas Killed by Lycus and Nycteus.
- Phlegyas Father of Coronis.
- Phobus (aka: Phobos, Panic) The spirit of Panic.
- Phocus Son of Aeacus and Psamathe.
- Phocus Son of Ornytion.
- Phoebe A Titan.
- Phoebe Carried off by the Dioscuri.
- Phoebe A Hamadryad Nymph. Has children with Danaus.
- Phoenix Searches for his sister Europa. According to Apollodorus, Phoenix and Europa were siblings, but in Homer’s Iliad Phoenix is her father.
- Phoenix King of the Dolopians. Follows Achilles to Troy.
- Phoenix Father of Adonis.
- Phoenix Iambic poet of Greece.
- Pholus A Centaur.
- Phorbas Father of Augeas.
- Phorbas Father of Diomede.
- Phorbas Father of Ilioneus.
- Phorbus Father of Pronoe.
- Phorcus Son of Pontus and Gaia.
- Phorcys (aka: Phorkys) Leads the Phrygians to Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Phoroneus Son of Inachus and Melia.
- Phormio An Athenian general.
- Phormion A Spartan who came into possesion of an old house in the eastern edge of the ancient city of Sparta.
- Phorbas King of Argos.
- Phradmon Father of Agelaus.
- Phrasimus Father of Praxithea.
- Phrasius Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Phrasius A seer from Cyprus.
- Phrenius A suitor of Penelope.
- Phrenius A suitor of Penelope.
- Phrixus Son of Athamas and Nephele.
- Phryne Phryne once tricked Praxiteles into handing over his most beautiful sculpture .
- Phrontis Son of Phrixus and Chalciope.
- Phrontis Mother of Euphorbus and Hyperenor.
- Phthia Mother of three sons by Apollo.
- Phrixa A nymph from Arcadia.
- Phthia Daughter of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Artemis.
- Phthia The concubine of Amyntor
- Phthius A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Phylacus (aka: Phylakos) Son of Deion and Diomede.
- Phylas King of Ephyra.
- Phylas Son of Antiochus.
- Phylas Father of Polymele. Raises his grandson Eudoros.
- Phyleis Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Phyleus Watches Hercules clean out his father Augeas’ stables.
- Phyllis Marries Demophon.
- Phylomache Daughter of Amphion.
- Phylonoe Made immortal by Artemis.
- Phylonomus Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Physius A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Phytalus Hero and king of Attica.
- Pielus Brother ofMolossus.
- Pieria Has children with Danaus.
- Pieris An Aetolian slave who bears Megapenthes to Menelaus.
- Pierus Son of Magnes.
- Pindar A Theban Lyric Poet.
- Piras (aka: Peirasus) Son of Argus and Evadne.
- Piren Killed by Bellerophon.
- Pirene One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Agaptolemus.
- Pireus Father of Autonoe.
- Pisander A suitor of Penelope.
- Pisdice A daughter of Pelias who was tricked by Medea into killing her father.
- Pisenor A suitor of Penelope.
- Pisenor Father of Cleitus.
- Pisidice Daughter of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Pisidice Daughter of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Pisidice Daughter of Pelias, and Anaxibia or Phylomache.
- Pisinoe The Siren.
- Pisistratus Son of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Pisus Son of Aphareus and Arene.
- Pittheus Son of Pelops.
- Pityreus A descendant of Ion and the last king before the Dorians arrived in the Peloponnesus.
- Placia Daughter of Otreus.
- Plato A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus for impiety.
- Pleione Daughter of Oceanus.
- Pleistoanax A Spartan king, son of Pausanias.
- Pleistarchus A King of Sparta, the only son of Leonidas.
- Pleuron Son of Aetolus and Pronoe, named a city in Aetolia after himself.
- Pleistarchus Brother of Cassander.
- Plemnaeis Founded a sanctuary Demeter.
- Plemnaeus Son of Peratus.
- Plexaure A Nereid.
- Plexippus One of the sons of Thestius, a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Plexippus Son of Phineus and Cleopatra, blinded by his father.
- Plisthenes Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
- Plutus Greek god of wealth.
- Plutarch Tyrant of Eretria.
- Podalirius (aka: Podaleirios) A physician and a Suitor of Helen. Lead the Triccaeans in the Trojan War.
- Podarce One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Oeneus.
- Podarces (aka: Podarkes) Son of Iphiclus, new leader of a Achaean allied contingent following his brother Protesilaos’ death.
- Priam (aka: Podarces, Priamus) King of Troy.
- Podarge The Harpy who gave birth to Achilles’ horses Xanthus and Balios.
- Podes Son of Eetion and comrade of Hector. Killed by Menelaus.
- Poeas An Argonaut.
- Polemocrates A son of Machaon who cured people in Argolis.
- Polemarchus A Spartan who murdered King Polydorus.
- Polichus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Poliporthes Son of Odysseus and Penelope.
- Polites Son of Priam and Hecuba.
- Poliarchus Father of Themistocles.
- Pollux A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, also an Argonaut. One of the Dioscuri.
- Poltys Entertains Hercules at Aenus.
- Polyaimon Father of Amopaon.
- Polyanax King of Melos during the Trojan War.
- Polybotes A Giant, killed by Poseidon.
- Polybus King of Corinth.
- Polybus A suitor of Penelope.
- Polybus (aka: Polybos) Trojan warrior and son of Antenor.
- Polycaste Daughter of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Polycrates (aka: Polykrates) Tyrant of Samos.
- Polyctor One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Stygne.
- Polydamas Son of Panthoos, warrior in the Trojan War.
- Polydectes Colonizes Seriphus with his brother Dictys.
- Polydora Daughter of Peleus. Marries Borus.
- Polydora Marries Peleus.
- Polydorus Son of Cadmus. King of Thebes.
- Polydorus Youngest son of Priam and Laothoe. Killed by Achilles.
- Polydorus A suitor of Penelope.
- Polydorus An Argive and a son of Hippomedon.
- Polygonus Challenges Hercules to a wrestling match.
- Polyidus A Corinthian seer.
- Polyidus A suitor of Penelope.
- Polyidus (aka: Polyidos) A Trojan soldier killed by Diomedes.
- Polyktor A rich man who is father to a Myrmidon, whom Hermes impersonates.
- Polylaus Son of Hercules and Eurybia.
- Polymede Daughter of Autolycus.
- Polymedon Son of Priam.
- Polymele Daughter of Peleus.
- Polymele Daughter of Phylas. Danced in the choir of Artemis. Mother of Eudoros by Hermes.
- Polymelos Son of Argeas killed by Patroklos.
- Polymnastus Early Greek lyric poet.
- Polymnia A Muse.
- Polynices (aka: Polyneikes, Polyneices) One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Polynome A Nereid.
- Polyanthes An influential Athenian.
- Polyphemus The Argonaut who is left behind in Mysia and founds Cius.
- Polyphemus A Cyclops who captures and tries to eat Odysseus and his crew.
- Polyphetes A Trojan combatant during the Trojan War.
- Polyphides Lord of Sicyon.
- Polyphontes Herald of King Laius, killed by Oedipus.
- Polyphontes A Heraclid.
- Polypoetes Killed by Aetolus along with his brothers.
- Polypoetes (aka: Polypoites) A Suitor of Helen, and a combatant in the Trojan war.
- Polypoetes A suitor of Penelope.
- Polypoetes The son of Odysseus and Callidice.
- Polybus The son of Hermes and Cthonophyle.
- Polydectes Ancestor of Nicander.
- Polyxena Daughter of Priam and Hecuba.
- Polyxenus King of the Eleans
- Polyxenus (aka: Polyxenos) A Suitor of Helen.
- Polygnotus Ancient Greek painter.
- Polyxo A Naiad Nymph. Has children with Danaus.
- Polyxo Mother of Antiope.
- Polycaon Ancient king of Messenia.
- Polykleitos (aka: Polycleitus) Greek sculptor.
- Polydorus A well-respected Spartan king who enslaved Messenia.
- Pontomedusa A Nereid.
- Pontus The primordial deity of the sea
- Porphyrion A Giant who is immortal as long as he touches the ground. Killed by Zeus’ thunderbolt and Hercules’ arrow.
- Porthaon (aka: Portheus) Son of Agenor and Epicaste.
- Portheus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Portheus Father of Echion.
- Poseidon (aka: Thagimasadas) The Olympian god of the ocean. The Scythians call him Thagimasadas and worship him.
- Potamon One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Glaucippe.
- Porus King of the Oxydracae during Alexander’s reign.
- Pothos God of Love, Desire and Yearning.
- Pratinas Tragic poet from Athens and playwriter.
- Praxiteles A highly respected sculptor.
- Praxithea The daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Praxithea A Naiad nymph.
- Praxithea Marries Erechtheus.
- Praxithea Watches over baby Demophon.
- Praxilla A poet
- Preugenes Mythical king of Achaea.
- Patreus Founder of the city Patras.
- Procles Son of Aristodemus and Argia. Tyrant of Epidaurus.
- Proclia Mother of Tenes.
- Procne Marries Tereus.
- Procris Marries Cephalus.
- Procris Receives a dog as a gift from King Minos that can catch whatever it chases.
- Procles A Carthaginian and a son of Eucrates.
- Protiaon Father of Astynous.
- Proetus Ruler of Argos and Tiryns.
- Proetus Son of Thersander and father of Maera.
- Promachus Marches with the Epigoni against Thebes.
- Promachus Brother of Jason, killed as an infant by Pelias.
- Promachus A suitor of Penelope.
- Promachus (aka: Promakhos) A Boeotian soldier, killed by Acamas during the Trojan War.
- Prometheus A Titan who creates mankind from water and earth, steals fire for humanity, tricks Zeus so humans would receive the best parts of sacrificial animals.
- Promus A suitor of Penelope.
- Pronax Son of Talaus and Lysimache.
- Pronoe Married to Aetolus.
- Pronomus A suitor of Penelope.
- Pronoos Killed by Patroclus during the Trojan War.
- Pronous One of the Sons of Phegeus. Killed by the sons of Alcmaeon.
- Pronous A suitor of Penelope.
- Propodas Son of Damophon, became ruler of Corinth.
- Protesilaus (aka: Protesilaos) A Suitor of Helen, combatant in the Trojan War.
- Prosymna Nurse of Hera.
- Proteus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Gorgophone. King of Egypt.
- Proteus Son of Poseidon.
- Prothoenor A leader of the Boeotians at Troy.
- Prothoon Killed by Teucer.
- Prothous Son of Agrius, steals Oeneus’ kingdom and gives it to his father.
- Prothous A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Prothous (aka: Prothoos) Leads the Magnesians to Troy.
- Prothous A suitor of Penelope.
- Proto A Nereid.
- Protogenes A Painter from Kaunos working in Rhodes.
- Protarchus Father of Leocritus.
- Protogenia Bears Aethlius to Zeus.
- Protogenia Daughter of Calydon and Aeolia.
- Protophanes Winner of the Olympic Pancration.
- Prumnis Father of Bacchis.
- Prytanis A Lycian soldier killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Psamathe A Nereid.
- Pseras A suitor of Penelope.
- Pteleon Bribes Procris to have sex with him in return for a golden crown.
- Pterelaus Made immortal by Poseidon by planting golden hair in his head.
- Ptolemaeus (aka: Ptolemaios) A suitor of Penelope.
- Ptolemy (aka: Ptolemus Soter) Son of Lagus, putative son of Philip. Founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
- Ptolemy (aka: Ptolemus Philadelphus) Married his sister Arsinoe.
- Ptolemy (aka: Ptolemy ’Keraunos’) Eldest son of Ptolemy, brother of Lysandra.
- Ptolemy (aka: Ptolemy V ’Epiphanes’) Fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Ptolemy (aka: Ptolemy ’Philometor’) King apart of Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Ptolemy (aka: Alexander) Second son of Cleopatra III.
- Ptolemy (aka: Ptolemy IX Lathyros) Son of Cleopatra III. Despised by his mother.
- Ptous Son of Athamas and Themisto.
- Pulytion Owner of a house of mystical rites in Athens.
- Pygmalion King of Cyprus.
- Pylades Helps Orestes take revenge on Clytaemnestra
- Pylaemenes (aka: Pylaimenes) Leads the Paphlagonians to Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Pylaemenes A suitor of Penelope.
- Pylaios Comes to the aid of Troy from Larissa, alongside his brother Hippothoos
- Pylaon Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Pylarge One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Idmon.
- Pylartes A Trojan warrior wounded by Ajax during the Trojan War.
- Pylartes A Trojan warrior killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Pylas King of Megara.
- Pylia Marries Pandion.
- Pylius Adoptive father of Hercules.
- Pylus Son of Ares and Demonice.
- Pyraechmes (aka: Pyraikhmes) Leads the Paeonians to Troy as allies of the Trojans.
- Pyrene Mother of Cycnus.
- Pyrgo A Megarian woman.
- Pyrippe Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Pyris Killed by Patroklos.
- Pyrasus A Trojan warrior wounded by Ajax during the Trojan War.
- Pyrrha The wife of Deucalion.
- Pyrrhus (aka: Pyrrhus of Epirus) A Greek General.
- Pylon A Trojan solider killed by Polypoetes.
- Pythagoras Philosopher and mathematician.
- Python (aka: Pytho) A snake that guards the oracle at Delphi.
- Pythonice Athenian courtesan.
- Pythocles A student of Epicurus
- Pythaeus A son of Apollo, from Delphi, who visited the Argives.
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- Rarus Son of Cercyon.
- Rhadamanthys Makes laws for the Cretans then flees to Boeotia.
- Rhea A Titan. Sometimes identified as Cybele.
- Rhegnidas A Dorian.
- Rhesus King of Thrace. Killed by Odysseus and Diomedes at Troy.
- Rhene Consort of Oileus, the father of their bastard son Medon
- Rhianus Cretan poet who wrote an epic in six books.
- Rhexenor Father of Chalciope.
- Rhigmos Son of Peires. Killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
- Rhode Spouse of Helios.
- Rhode One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Hippolytus.
- Rhodia One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Chalcodon.
- Rhoecus A centaur who tries to rape Atalanta.
- Rhoepus Son of Phaestus.
- Roxana Spouse of Alexander the Great and mother of Alexander IV.
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- Sacadas The first to play at Delphi the Pythian flute-tune.
- Saesara Wife of Croco.
- Salamis Daughter of Asopus.
- Salmoneus Son of Aeolus and Enarete.
- Sandocus Son of Astynous.
- Sandion Kills the last king of Megara.
- Sangarius The river.
- Sao A Nereid.
- Sappho A female lyrical Poet.
- Saron A king of Troezen who drowned and washed up at a grove of Artemis.
- Sarpedon Killed by Hercules.
- Sarpedon Commander of the Lycians, allies of Troy in the Trojan War.
- Satnios The son of Enops. Wounded by Ajax during the Trojan War.
- Scaea One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Daiphron.
- Scaeus Son of Hippocoon.
- Scamander (aka: Skamandros, Xanthos) A river and a god.
- Scamandrius (aka: Skamandrios) A mighty hunter, killed by Menelaus in the Trojan War.
- Schedius (aka: Schedios) A Suitor of Helen. Leads the Phocians against Troy.
- Schedius A suitor of Penelope.
- Schedius (aka: Schedios) Son of Perimedes. Killed by Hektor.
- Schoeneus Son of Athamas and Themisto.
- Sciron Father of Endeis.
- Sciron Kills people on the road to Athens by throwing them into the sea. Killed by Theseus.
- Sciron A minister of war for Megara.
- Scirus A seer.
- Scylla Kills her father by cutting off his purple hair, the source of his immortality.
- Scyllis A Greek sculptor
- Scopas Greek sculptor and architect
- Scyllis A sculptor from Crete.
- Scylla A sea monster faced by Odysseus.
- Scyrius Possible father of Aegeus.
- Selagus A wealthy land-owner from Paesus. Father of Amphius.
- Selene (aka: Moon) Daughter of Hyperion and Thia.
- Selepus (aka: Selepios, Selepius) Father of King Euenor
- Seleucus (aka: Seleceus I ’Nicator’) A general who served Alexander the Great.
- Semele (aka: Thyone) Mother of Dionysus. Killed by Zeus when he grants her request and appears to her as a god. Raised from the dead by Dionysus.
- Sesostris Mythical king of Egypt.
- Side Sent to Hades by Hera because she rivaled the goddess’ beauty.
- Sicyon An ally of Lamedon in the war against Attica.
- Sidero Stepmother of Pelias and Neleus.
- Silenus A Satyr and father of Pholus.
- Sillus Descendent of Nestor.
- Simoeis A river god. Father of Astyoche.
- Simoeisios Son of Anthemion, killed by Ajax.
- Simonides Greek lyric poet.
- Sinis Killed by Theseus on the road to Athens.
- Sinon Lights a beacon to signal the Greeks to return to Troy.
- Sipylus Son of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Apollo.
- Sisyphus Son of Aeolus and Enarete. Founds Ephyra. Punished in Hades by having to roll a stone up a hill only to have it tumble back down for eternity.
- Smyrna Is turned into a tree while pregnant with her father’s child, Adonis
- Socleus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Sodamas An influential Argonian contracted to stir war with Sparta.
- Solon Athenian lawmaker.
- Socus (aka: Sokos) A Trojan warrior killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Sparta (aka: Sparte) Daughter of Eurotas.
- Sparton Alternate person in the founding myth of Sparta and Mycenae.
- Sophanes Athenian general and warrior.
- Sous Son of Aristomedus and father of Eurypon.
- Sperchius (aka: Spercheios) A river God.
- Spermo The Wine Grower.
- Sphaerus (aka: Sphairos, Cillus, Killus) The charioteer for Pelops.
- Sphelus Father of Iasos.
- Sphettus A son of Troezen.
- Sphinx A beast with the body of a lioness, the head of a woman, and the wings of an eagle.
- Sphyrus Original founder of the sanctuary of Asclepius of Argos.
- Spio (aka: Speo) A Nereid.
- Spintharus Athenian man.
- Staphylus An Argonaut.
- Stentor A loud-voiced herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War.
- Sternops Son of Melas who plotted against Oeneus.
- Sterope Daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe.
- Sterope The daughter of Porthaon and Euryte. The mother of the Sirens.
- Sterope Given a jar containing a lock of Medusa’s hair by Hercules.
- Sterope One of the Pleiades.
- Sterope Daughter of Acastus.
- Steropes A Cyclops.
- Stesichorus A poet from Himera.
- Stichius (aka: Stichios) One of the Athenian leaders at Troy, killed by Hector, during the Trojan War.
- Stheneboea (aka: Antia, Antaea) Princess of Lycia.
- Sthenelaos Son of Ithaimenes, killed by Patroklos.
- Sthenelaus Son of Melas, who plots against Oeneus.
- Sthenele One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Sthenelus.
- Sthenele Mother of Patroclus.
- Sthenelus One of the fifty sons of Egyptus. Marries Sthenele.
- Sthenelus Son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- Sthenelus Joined Hercules on his quest to acquire Hippolyte’s belt.
- Sthenelus (aka: Sthenelos) Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes. Fights alongside Diomedes in the Trojan War.
- Stheno A Gorgon.
- Sthenelus King of Argos.
- Sthenelaidas An influential Spartan ephor that was chiefly responsible for the Peleponosian War.
- Stratichus Son of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Stratius A suitor of Penelope.
- Stratobates Son of Electryon and Anaxo.
- Stratonice Daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe.
- Stratonice Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Strophius Raises Orestes during his exile from Mycenae
- Straton A Greek sculptor
- Strongylion Greek sculptor.
- Strophius (aka: Strophios) Father of Scamandrius.
- Strophius Son of Pylades and Electra.
- Strymo Married to Laomedon.
- Strymon The river.
- Stygne One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Polyctor.
- Stymphalian Birds Bronze birds with sharp feathers and claws.
- Stymphalus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Stymphalus King of the Arcadians.
- Stymphalus Father of Parthenope.
- Styx The river that flows from a rock in Hades.
- Sylea Daughter of Corinthus.
- Syleus A man who forces passersby to dig in his vineyard, killed by Hercules.
- Sophocles Athenian tragedian.
- Sophocles A torch-bearer and father of Xenocles.
- Sophocles A torch-bearer, son of Xenocles, and brother of Acestium.
- Socrates Athenian philosopher.
- Sophroniscus Father of Socrates.
- Sulla Roman general and statesman.
- Syllis A nymph who begat Zeuxippus with Apollo.
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- Talaemenes (aka: Talaimenes) Father of Mesthles and Antiphus.
- Talaus (aka: Talaos) Son of Bias and Pero.
- Talos A bronze man made by Hephaestus who protects Crete.
- Talos (aka: Calos) His uncle Daedalus throws him off the Acropolis, killing him.
- Talthybius (aka: Talthybios) A squire of Agamemnon.
- Tantalus Killed by Agamemnon for his wife, Clytaemnestra and his kingdom.
- Targitaüs
- Tantalus Son of Amphion and Niobe. Killed by Apollo.
- Tantalus Punished in Hades by having food suspended near him and water below neither of which he can ever reach.
- Taphius Colonizes Taphos.
- Tartarus The prison of the Titans. Also a place.
- Taurus Son of Neleus and Chloris, killed by Hercules.
- Taygete One of the Pleiades.
- Taxilus General serving under Mithridates.
- Tauropolis Megarian princess.
- Teaspis Father of Pharandates.
- Tebrus Son of Hippocoon.
- Tecton (aka: Tekton) Father of Phereclus.
- Tegyrius King of Thrace.
- Telamon A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, an Argonaut.
- Telchis Kills Apis and is then killed by Argus.
- Teleboas A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Telestes Member of the Bachiadae, ruler of Corinth.
- Teledamus Son of Agamemnon.
- Teledice Consort of Phoroneus.
- Telegonus Challenges Hercules to a wrestling match
- Telegonus Son of Odysseus and Circe.
- Telegonus King of Egypt.
- Telemachus (aka: Telemakhos) The son of Odysseus who goes searching for his father when he fails to return from the Trojan War.
- Teleon Father of Butes.
- Telephassa Marries Agenor.
- Telephus The son of Hercules and Auge. King of the Mysians.
- Teles Son of Hercules and Lysidice.
- Telestas Son of Priam.
- Teleutagoras Son of Hercules and Eury.
- Telephanes A flute player.
- Telesilla An Argive lyric poetess.
- Teleclus Son of Archelaus.
- Tellis Spartan Officer and father of the distinguished Brasidas.
- Telmius A suitor of Penelope.
- Temenus Descendant of Hercules.
- Tenes Ruler of Tenedos.
- Tenthredon Father of Prothous.
- Tereis Bears Megapenthes to Menelaus.
- Tereus Rapes and mutilates his wife’s sister, and is served his son as a meal in retaliation.
- Terpsichore A Muse.
- Terpsicrate Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Tethys A Titan.
- Teucer A Suitor of Helen and a combatant at the Trojan War.
- Teucer King of the Teucrians.
- Teutamides King of Larissa.
- Teuthranos Father of Axylos.
- Teuthras Prince of Teuthrania and Mysia.
- Teuthras Killed by Ares and Hector during the Trojan War.
- Thales A Greek philospher and mathematician.
- Thadytius A suitor of Penelope.
- Thalia One of the Charites.
- Thalia A Muse and mother of the Corybantes.
- Thalia (aka: Thaleia) A Nereid.
- Thalpius (aka: Thalpios) A Suitor of Helen.
- Thalysios Father of Ekhepolos.
- Thamyris Challenges the Muses to a music contest, loses the contest has his eyes gouged out and loses his ability to sing.
- Thanatos God of death. Twin brother of Hypnos.
- Thasus Son of Cilix.
- Tharypus (aka: Tharrhypas) King of Epirus, father of Alcetas.
- Thrasybulus An Athenian general, the son of Lycus.
- Thaumacus Father of Poeas.
- Thaumas Son of Pontus and Gaia.
- The Chimera (aka: Chimaera) A monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat and the tail of a serpent.
- Theano One of the fifty daughters of Danaus. Marries Phantes.
- Theano Wife of Antenor and priestess of Athena.
- Theanus Leads the Dardanians to Troy as allies of the Trojans
- Theagenes Tyrant of Megara.
- Theaenetus Seer to Tolmides.
- Thebaios Father of Eniopeus.
- Thebe Marries Zethus. Thebes is named after her.
- Thelxiepia A Siren.
- Thelxion Kills Apis, and is killed by Argus.
- Themis A Titan. Mother of the Horae.
- Themiste Marries Capys.
- Themisto Married to Athamas.
- Theras Regent of Sparta.
- Themistocles An archon of the Athenians.
- Themistocles Grandson of the Themistocles who fought against the Persians. His grave is on the Sacred Way.
- Themistocles A torch-bearer and husband of Acestium.
- Theophrastus A torch-bearer and son of Acestium.
- Theophron A suitor of Penelope.
- Theodorus A renowned tragic actor.
- Theodorus of Samos A tyrant of Samos, renowned for developing infrastructure.
- Theodectes Greek rhetorician and poet. Pupil of Isocrates.
- Theocosmus Greek sculptor.
- Theopompus Son of Nicander.
- Theopompus Son of Damasistratus.
- Theocles Father of Crius.
- Therimachus Son of Hercules and Megara.
- Thersander Part of the Epigoni’s expedition against Thebes.
- Thersander Son of Agamedidas.
- Thersander Son of Sisyphus.
- Thersilochus A suitor of Penelope.
- Thersilokhos Ally of the Trojans and combatant in the Trojan War.
- Thersites Steals Oeneus’ kingdom and gives it to his father. Also a combatant in the Trojan War, and object of ridicule among the Greeks.
- Theseus An Argonaut. Kills the Minotaur. Also a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Thespius King of Thespiae.
- Thesprotus A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as punishment for impiety.
- Thessalus (aka: Thessalos) Father of Antiphus and Phidippus.
- Thestalus Son of Hercules and Epicaste.
- Thestius Son of Ares and Demonice.
- Thestor The father of Calchas
- Thestor Father of Alcmaon.
- Thestor Son of Enops killed by Patroclus during the Trojan War.
- Thetis A Nereid. Mother of the hero Achilles.
- Thettalus Son of Hercules and Chalciope.
- Thia A Titan.
- Thias King of Assyria.
- Thiodamas A minion of Hercules and father of Hylas.
- Thiodamas Has one of his bulls stolen and eaten by Hercules.
- Tlesimenes Son of Parthnopius
- Thoas The Giant, killed by the Moirae with their bronze cudgels.
- Thoas The son of Icarius and Periboea.
- Thoas The son of Ariadne and Dionysus. King of Lemnos.
- Thoas Leads the Aetolians against Troy.
- Thoas King of the Taurians.
- Thoas A suitor of Penelope.
- Thoas Killed by Menelaus in the Trojan War
- Thoas Son of Ornytion, became ruler of Corinth.
- Thoe A Nereid.
- Thoon A Trojan soldier killed by Diomedes.
- Thoon A Trojan warrior killed by Odysseus during the Trojan War.
- Thoon A Trojan warrior killed by Antilochus during the Trojan War.
- Thoosa Mother of Polyphemus.
- Thoötes A herald of the Achaeans.
- Thrasios Paeonian combatant during the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles.
- Thrasydemos Squire of Sarpedon, killed by Patroklos.
- Thrasymedes Son of Nestor and Anaxibia.
- Thrasymedes A suitor of Penelope.
- Thrasydaeus Champion of the people of Elis who overthrew Xenias and deterred the invasion of Agis.
- Thrasyanor Father of Antimachus. A descendant of Hercules.
- Threpsippas Son of Hercules and Panope.
- Thriasus A suitor of Penelope.
- Thucydides Renowned Athenian historian and general.
- Thurimachus Father of Leucippus
- Triopas King of Argos.
- Trochilus A priest of Demeter.
- Thyestes King of Midea, twin of Atreus.
- Thymbraios A Trojan warrior killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.
- Thymoetes (aka: Thymnoetes, Thymoitos) One of the elders of Troy
- Thyreus Son of Oeneus and Althaea.
- Thymoetes The last Athenian king descended from Theseus.
- Thymilus A sculptor.
- Tigasis Son of Hercules and Phyleis.
- Timandra Married to Echemus.
- Timagoras Metic living in Athens.
- Timeas Son of Polyneices. Involved with the Seven Against Thebes.
- Timotheus Son of Conon.
- Timocleidas A tyrant of Sicyon in the 3rd century B.C.E.
- Timon Athenian misanthrope.
- Timocrates A Persian Satrap sent to Athenian city states to stir up conflict with Sparta
- Timolaus An influential Athenian.
- Tiphys An Argonaut, steers the Argo.
- Tiphyse Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Tiresias A Theban diviner.
- Tisamenus King of the Peloponnese.
- Tisiphone The Fury.
- Tisiphone The son of Alcmaeon and Manto.
- Tissaphernes Satrap of Ionia.
- Titanas A son of Lycaon, killed by Zeus as a punishment for impiety.
- Tithonus A young man carried off by Eos as a lover. He is granted immortality, but not eternal youth, by Zeus.
- Tithonus Son of Cephalus and Eos.
- Tithraustes Ionian with a grudge against Lacedaemonia.
- Tityus Fell in love with Leto and was killed by her children.
- Tlepolemos Killed by Patroklos during the Trojan War.
- Tlepolemus (aka: Tleptolemus, Tlepolemos) Son of Hercules and Astyoche. Killed by Sarpedon during the Trojan War.
- Timalcus Killed by Theseus.
- Timaenetus A painter.
- Tmolus Married to Omphale.
- Tolmides An Athenian general.
- Toxeus Killed by his father Oeneus for jumping over a ditch.
- Toxicrate Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Tiasa Daughter of Eurotas
- Tragasus Father of Philonome.
- Trechus An Aetolian soldier killed by Ares and Hector during the Trojan War.
- Troizenos (aka: Troezenus) Father of Trojan soldier Euphemos
- Trienus Father of Scylla.
- Triops The son of Poseidon by Canace.
- Triptolemus Given a chariot pulled by dragons by Demeter and also given wheat to sow across the world.
- Triton A sea god, brought up by Athena.
- Troezen A son of Pelops.
- Trophonius Greek god from Lebadea.
- Troilus Son of Apollo and Hecuba.
- Tros Names Troy after himself.
- Tros Son of Alastor, killed by Achilles.
- Tychius (aka: Tychios) A skilled leatherworker from Hyle.
- Tyche God of Fortune.
- Tydeus One of the Seven Against Thebes.
- Tyndareus Son of Perieres and Gorgophone.
- Tyndareus Restored to kingship over Lacedaemon by Hercules.
- Typhon (aka: Typhoeus) A monster Zeus kills by throwing Mount Etna on him.
- Tyrannus Son of Pterelaus.
- Tyria Has children with Egyptus.
- Tyro Falls in love with the river Enipeus.
- Tyrsenus Son of Heracles and a Lydian woman.
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- Wife of the King of Byblus Nursed Epaphus, son of Zeus and Io, after he was stolen away by Hera.
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- Xanthippe Married to Pleuron.
- Xanthippus Son of Melas, who conspires against Oeneus.
- Xanthippus Athenian politician and general during the Persian Wars
- Xanthis Daughter of Thespius and Megamede.
- Xanthus (aka: Xanthos) A Trojan soldier killed by Diomedes.
- Xanthus (aka: Xanthos) An immortal horse belonging to Achilles. Offspring of Podarge and Zephyrus.
- Xenias Represented Spartan interests in Elis.
- Xenodamus Son of Menelaus and a nymph.
- Xenodice Daughter of Minos.
- Xenodoce Daughter of Syleus, killed by Hercules.
- Xenophilus A Greek sculptor
- Xenocles Attic tragic poet.
- Xenocles A torch-bearer, father of Acestium and Sophocles.
- Xerxes Persian king who invaded Athens
- Xenophon Greek historian and soldier.
- Xuthus King of the Peloponnese.
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- Zarex Hero who learned the music of Apollo.
- Zelos (aka: Emulation, Jealousy) Son of Pallas and Styx.
- Zephyrus (aka: Zephyros, The West Wind) The god of the west wind.
- Zetes A winged son of Boreas and an Argonaut.
- Zeno of Tarsus A stoic philospher.
- Zethus Son of Zeus and Antiope. Kills Lycus for imprisoning his mother.
- Zeus (aka: Papaeus, Belus, Son of Kronos) Leader of the Olympians and the god of the sky. According to Herodotus “Papaeus” is the Scythian name for Zeus.
- Zeuxippe Married to Pandion.
- Zeuxippus King of Crete.
- Zeuxidamus Father of Anaxidamus.
- Zeuxippe Married to Sicyon.
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