ABSTRACTIONS
Abstract Personifications, such as Ananke (Necessity) or Geras (Old Age).
ACHAEAN LEADERS
Those who led the expedition against Troy, the peoples they commanded and the amount of ships they provided.
ACHAEANS
Those who are reported to have fought against Troy.
ACTAEON'S DOGS
The dogs which devoured their master Actaeon.
AENEAS IN HADES
Those whom Aeneas met in the Underworld.
AIANTES
Ajax 1 & Ajax 2
ALOADS
The giants Ephialtes 2 and Otus 1 who attacked heaven (see Zeus and GIANTS).
AMAZONS
Nation of women dwelling about the river Thermodon.
ANTS
Ants transformed into men by Zeus (see Aeacus).
ARGONAUTS
Those who sailed to Colchis in order to bring the Golden Fleece.
ASSES 1
The two asses who carried Dionysus 2, when he wanted to reach the temple of Zeus in order to recover his sanity.
ASSES 2
The asses who rode the SILENS and the SATYRS when they came to assist Zeus in his war against the GIANTS.
ASSES 3
The asses who devoured Lycius 2, the man who wished to sacrifice asses against Apollo's will.
ATLANTIANS
Those who lived in Atlantis.
ATLANTIDES
See HESPERIDES.
AUTOCHTHONOUS
Children of the soil.
BACCHANTS. (See MAENADS.)
BESTIARY
List of Animals, Monsters, Demons and other creatures with unusual attributes.
BIRDS
I.e., all birds, offspring of Chaos & Eros.
BIRDS STYMPHALIAN
See Heracles 1.
CABIROI
See CORYBANTES.
CALYDONIAN HUNTERS
Those who hunted the boar that ravaged Calydon.
CENTAURS
Creatures living in the mountains of Thessaly having the upper part of a human being and the lower part of a horse.
CENTAURS CYPRIAN
Horned generation of CENTAURS which grew out of the earth.
CENTAURS HORNED
Horned generation of CENTAURS, children of the NYMPHS LAMUSIDES (see NYMPHS).
CERASTAE
People of Cyprus changed into bullocks by Aphrodite.
CERCOPES
Malefactors punished by Heracles 1 and turned into apes by Zeus.
CHARITES. (GRACES)
Of all deities the nearest related to Aphrodite.
CHIRON'S DISCIPLES
Those reared by the civilized Centaur Chiron.
CONSTELLATIONS
Who are related to which stars?
CORONAE
Two youths who sprang from the ashes of Orion's daughters.
CORYBANTES
Inspired people subject to Bacchic frenzy.
CURETES
See CORYBANTES.
CYCLOPES
Creatures who had only one eye in their forehead.
DACTYLS
DANAIDS
The 50 daughters of Danaus 1 who married the sons of Aegyptus 1 and, with one exception, killed their husbands during their wedding night.
DIONYSUS 2'S NURSES
Those who reared Dionysus 2.
DIOSCURI
The twin brothers Polydeuces (Pollux) and Castor 1.
DRAGONS 1
The dragons yoked to the car of Triptolemus.
DRAGONS 2
The winged dragons yoked to the chariot of Medea.
DRYADS
See NYMPHS.
EMATHIDES. (See PIERIDES.)
EPIGONI
The sons of the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.
EPIMELIADS
See NYMPHS.
ERINYES. (EUMENIDES.)
Detectors and avengers of crime and wickedness.
ETHIOPIAN CHIEFS
Those who were involved in the battle that followed the quarrel between Perseus 1 and Phineus 1, at the court of Cepheus 1.
EUMENIDES. (See ERINYES.)
GIANTS
GORGONS
Medusa 1 and her sisters Stheno and Euryale 1.
GRAEAE. (PHORCIDES.)
Dino, Enyo 1 and Pephredo. Sisters of the GORGONS and old women from birth. The three had but one eye and one tooth, and these they passed to each other in turn (see Perseus 1).
HAMADRYADS
See NYMPHS.
HARPIES
See BESTIARY and Phineus 2.
HECATONCHEIRES
The three HECATONCHEIRES (Briareus, Cottus and Gyes) were enormous both in size and might, and each of them had one hundred hands and fifty heads.
HELEADS
See NYMPHS.
HELIADES 1
See Helius.
HELIADES 2
See Helius.
HERACLES 1'S LABOURS
HERACLIDES
The descendants of Heracles 1.
HERALDS
Those reported to have been heralds.
HESPERIDES. (ATLANTIDES.)
Those who guarded the Golden Apples that Heracles 1 had to fetch.
HORAE
The Wardens of the sky and of Olympus.
HYADES 1
HYADES 2. (See NYMPHS LAMUSIDES.)
See NYMPHS.
HYDRIADS
See NYMPHS.
JUDGES OF THE DEAD
Those who judge the dead: Aeacus, Minos 2 and Rhadamanthys (see Underworld).
LAPITHS
People from Thessaly who became famous mainly because of their battle against the CENTAURS.
LARES
See Other Deities.
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LITAE
See Abstractions.
MAENADS. (BACCHANTS.)
MAIDENS
"Maidens" are called the three daughters of Scamander 2 and Acidusa, who are honoured in Boeotia up to this day
Scamander 2 was king in Boeotia. He named the Inachus river after himself, and the stream near by he called Glaucia from his mother. The spring Acidusa he named after his wife. Scamander 2 was son of Deimachus 4, a companion of Heracles 1 who took part in the latter's expedition against Troy and fell fighting there. Deimachus 4 was son of Eleon, a Boeotian who brought up his grandson Scamander 2.
Scamander 2's mother Glaucia was a Trojan. She fell in love with Deimachus 4 when he was fighting against the Trojans. When he died Glaucia fled for refuge and told Heracles 1 of her love affair with Deimachus 4. Later, when she gave birth to Scamander 2, Heracles 1 delivered both the child and the mother to Eleon in Boeotia. Glaucia was a daughter of the river god Scamander 1 and Idaea 1.
MARES MAGNESIAN
These are the mares which gave birth to the CENTAURS after consorting with Centaurus.
MARES OF DIOMEDES 1
See HERACLES 1'S LABOURS.
MARES OF LAOMEDON 1
See Ganymedes.
MELEAGRIDS
Eurymede 2 and Melanippe 5, sisters of Meleager who grieved the death of their brother and were turned into birds by Artemis.
MELIADS
See NYMPHS.
METAMORPHOSES
Who transformed into what?
MINYADS
The daughters of Minyas, having gone mad, conceived a craving for human flesh, and drew lots for their children. The lot fell upon Leucippe 4 to contribute her son Hippasus 11 to be torn to pieces. See Minyas and the Minyans
MOERAE. (FATES)
The three sisters who decide on human fate.
MOLIONES. (See MOLIONIDES.)
MOLIONIDES. (MOLIONES.)
These were twin-brothers with their bodies joined to one another (see Elis).
MOUNTAINS
Offspring of Gaia (Earth).
MUSES
NAIADS
See NYMPHS.
NATURAL PERSONIFICATIONS
Sidereal and Natural Personifications.
NEREIDS
The daughters of Nereus.
NIOBIDS
The children of Amphion 1 & Niobe 2 that were killed by Apollo and Artemis.
NYMPHS
Female spirits of nature.
NYMPHS DODONIDES.
See NYMPHS.
NYMPHS CABIROIDES
See NYMPHS.
NYMPHS CORYCIAN
See NYMPHS.
NYMPHS LAMUSIDES. (HYADES 2.)
See NYMPHS.
OCEANIDS
The daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
ODYSSEUS IN HADES
Those whom Odysseus met when he descended to the Underworld.
OLYMPIANS
The deathless gods who live in the house of Olympus.
OREADS
See NYMPHS.
PANS
Horned rockdwellers, children of Pan.
PENATES
See Other Deities.
PHORCIDES. (See GRAEAE.)
PIERIDES. (EMATHIDES.)
Nine sisters who defied the MUSES in a contest of song and were defeated. The MUSES themselves are sometimes called by this name.
PLEIADES
The daughters of Atlas & Pleione.
PROPOETIDES
These women denied the divinity of Aphrodite and, through the goddess' wrath, they became the first to prostitute their bodies.
RIVER GODS
Collectively said to be the offspring of Oceanus & Tethys.
SAILORS
These are the Tyrrhenian sailors who attempted to delude Dionysus 2. They are also said to have leapt ashore and captured Dionysus 2 whom they stripped of his possessions and tied with ropes running behind his back. However, the god saved himself by turning them into dolphins. The SAILORS were Acoetes 2, Aethalides 2, Alcimedon 2, Dictys 3, Epopeus 3, Libys, Lycabas 2, Medon 6, Melas 7, Opheltes 3, and Simon (according to Hyginus); or else they were Acoetes 2, Aethalion, Alcimedon 2, Dictys 3, Epopeus 3, Libys, Lycabas 2, Medon 6, Melanthus 2, Opheltes 3, and Proreus 2 (according to Ovid) (Hyg.Fab.134; Nonn.45.120ff., 45.167, 47.630; Ov.Fast.3.723; Ov.Met.3.581-691).
SATYRS
Horned attendants of Dionysus 2.
SEERS
Those whose business is to judge the signs of what is yet to come.
SERVANTS
Those who are reported to have been servants, maids, slaves and attendants.
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
The seven leaders who followed Adrastus 1 in his war against Thebes.
SILENS
The oldest among the SATYRS; they are a mortal race.
SIRENS
Seducers of passing sailors.
SOIL'S OFFSPRING. (See AUTOCHTHONOUS.)
SPARTI
Men born from the teeth of a dragon.
SUITORS OF HELEN
Those who wished to win the hand of Helen.
SUITORS OF HIPPODAMIA 3
Those who were obliged to win her hand through a chariot race with her father, who would kill them if they were overtaken in the race (see Oenomaus 1).
SUITORS OF PENELOPE
Those who wished to marry Penelope and living in the palace of Odysseus consumed his herds at their feasts during his absence.
TELCHINES
See CORYBANTES.
THRIAE
Three sisters, virgin and winged, who were teachers in divination and were inspired through eating honey.
TITANS
Lords of the universe before the OLYMPIANS.
TRITONS
See Divinities of Waters & Landscapes.
TROJAN LEADERS
Those who led the forces of Troy and its allies against the ACHAEANS, and the peoples they commanded.
TROJANS
Those who are reported to have fought against the ACHAEANS at Troy.
VULTURES
See BESTIARY.
WINDS
The winds: Argestes, Boreas 1, Eurus, Notus and Zephyrus 1.
WINEGROWERS
Elais, Oeno and Spermo. Sisters who had the power of producing oil, corn and wine from the earth.
WOODEN HORSE
The "Trojan Horse". Those who hid themselves inside the invention of Odysseus that Epeius 2 constructed, so that the ACHAEANS could come into Troy.
ZEUS' NURSES
Those said to have nursed Zeus.
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