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Patro

Patro was one of the daughters of Thespius, King of Thespiae, Boeotia. She was one of the forty-nine of his fifty daughters to sleep with Herakles while he was in Thespiae. She would bare him Arkhemakhus.

## Family

### Parents

King Thespius and Queen Megamede or potentially one of Thespius' Mistress (Mother)

## Classical Text

"by Patro he [Herakles] had Arkhemakhus"

- Apollod. Biblioteca 2.7.8
Lêlantos

Lêlantos (Ληλαντος) was one of the younger Titanes. He was probably the god of air, moving unseen and a hunter's skill at stalking prey. His daughter was the huntress Aura, goddess of the breeze.

Lêlantos' name was derived from the Greek words *lêthô*, *lanthanô*, and *lelathon*, meaning "to escape notice," "move unseen" or "go unobserved." Lêlantos may also have been associated with the Lelantian plain of Euboia (Euboea).
Meropê (Pleiad)

Meropê was one of the Pleiades--seven star-nymph daughters of the Titan Atlas. She was the wife the impious king Sisyphos and ancestress of the Korinthian and Lykian royal houses. Merope was so ashamed of her husband's crimes that she hid her face in heaven, causing the seventh star of the Pleiades to gradually fade from sight.

Merope's name was variously interpreted to mean "Face-Turned" from the Greek words meros "to turn away" and ops "face", "Sparkling-Face" from (mar)mairô and ops, and "Bee-Eater" from merops. The first etymology was derived from the fading light of her star, the second from its sparkle, and the third from avian nature of the Pleiades--"the Doves."

## Family

### Children

Glaukos
Ornytion
Almus
Thersander
Sinon
possibly Porphyrion

## Classical Text

"The Pleiades whose stars are these :--‘Lovely Teygata (Taygete), and dark-faced Elektra (Electra), and Alkyone (Alcyone), and bright Asterope, and Kelaino (Celaeno), and Maia, and Merope, whom glorious Atlas begot.’"
Liriopê

Liriopê was a Naiad-nymph of Phokis (in central Greece). She bore the river-god Kephisos (Cephisus) a beautiful son named Narkissos (Narcissus) who was transformed into his namesake flower.

Liriopê's name means "Face of the Narcissus" from the Greek words *leirion* "narcissus" and *ops* "face." Her son was also named for the flower--*narkissos* in Greek. *Leiron* and *narkissos* might be the same plant or could represent two different species of daffodil.
Phlegraios

## Classical Text

"When Peleus at a distance saw him torn and mangled, he exclaimed, `At least receive this sacrifice, O Crantor! most beloved! Dearest of young men!’ And with sturdy arm and all his strength of soul as well, he hurled his ashen lance against Demoleon, which piercing through his shivered ribs, hung there and quivered in the bones. The centaur wrenched the wooden shaft out, with his frenzied hands, but could not move the pointed head, which stuck within his lungs. His very anguish gave him such a desperation, that he rose against his foe and trampled and beat down the hero with his hoofs, Peleus allowed the blows to fall on helm and ringing shield. Protected so, he watched his time and thrust up through the centaur's shoulder. By one stroke he pierced two breasts, where horse and man-form met. Before this, Peleus with the spear had killed both Myles and Phlegraeus and with the sword Iphinous and Clanis. Now he killed Dorylas, who was clad in a wolfskin cap and fought with curving bull's horns dripping blood.

- *Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.366-12.382 (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.)*
Palaimonius

Palaimonius is the son of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) and one of the Argonauts; like his father, he was crippled. He is mentioned only in *Argonautika* by Apollonius Rhodius, book 1, line 202

## Ancient Text

"...With him came Palaemonius, son of Olenian Lernus, of Lernus by repute, but his birth was from Hephaestus, and so he was crippled in his feet, but his bodily frame and his valor no one would dare to scorn."

- Argonautika by Apollonius Rhodius, book 1, line 202
Palaemon (Son of Priam)

## Classical Text

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PRIAM TO THE NUMBER OF LV: Hector, Deiphobus, Cebriones, Polydorus, Helenus, Alexander, Hipposidus, Antinous, Agathon, Dius, Mestor, Lysides, Polymedon, Ascanius, Chirodamas, Evagoras, Dryops, Astynomus, Polymelus, Laodice, Ethionome, Phegea, Henicea, Demnosia, Cassandra, Philomela, Polites, Troilus, Palaemon, Brissonius, Gorgythion, Protodamas, Aretus, Dolon, Chromius, Eresus, Chrysolaus, Demosthea, Doryclus, Hippasus, Hyperochus, Lysianassa, Iliona, Nereis, Evander, Proneos, Archemachus, Ilagus, Axion, Binates, Hippothous, Deiopites, Medusa, Hero, Creusa.
- Hyginus, Fabulae 90
Mônykhos

## Classical Text

On one side Thetis, whom a god had hoped to win, is being borne upon the back of a Tyrrhene fish to the bridal chamber of Peleus; the dolphin is speeding over the sea; she herself is sitting with her veil drawn down over her eyes, and is sorrowing that Achilles shall not be born greater than Jupiter. Panope and her sister Doto and Galatea with bare shoulders, revelling in the waves, escort her toward the caverns; Cyclops from the Sicilian shore calls Galatea back. Opposite to this is a fire and a bed of green leaves, a banquet and wines, and in the midst of the sea-gods the son of Aeacus with his wife; they have drunk, and now Chiron is touching the lyre. On the other side is Pholoe and Rhoetus mad with much wine, and the strife that broke out over the Atracian maid. Bowls and tables are flying, altars of the gods and cups, the marvellous work of ancient craftsmen. Here may one recognise Peleus, lord of the spear, and here Aeson raging with his sword. Monychus is toiling beneath the weight of his conqueror Nestor, mounted on his unwilling back; Clanis is sealing death to Actor with a blazing oak tree; Nessus the black centaur is bleeding, and in the midst of all Hippasus leaning against he coverlets is burying his head in an empty golden goblet.
- *Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.130 - 1.148*
Lysithous

## Classical Text

"By other women Priam had sons, to wit, Melanippus, Gorgythion, Philaemon, Hippothous, Glaucus, Agathon, Chersidamas, Evagoras, Hippodamas, Mestor, Atas, Doryclus, Lycaon, Dryops, Bias, Chromius, Astygonus, Telestas, Evander, Cebriones, Mylius, Archemachus, Laodocus, Echephron, Idomeneus, Hyperion, Ascanius, Democoon, Aretus, Deiopites, Clonius, Echemmon, Hypirochus, Aegeoneus, Lysithous, Polymedon; and daughters, to wit, Medusa, Medesicaste, Lysimache, and Aristodeme."

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
Marpesia

In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse") after the death of Lysippe.

Marpesia was one of the rulers who helped establish the Greek city of Ephesus. She also established a city in the Caucasus Mountains referred to as the Rock of Marpesia or the Marpesian Cliff. Alexander the Great sometime later built gates there which were called the Caspian Gates. This was an area on the Thermodon River in Cappadocia. Marpesia and Lampedo extended the Amazon influence to Europe and greater Asia Minor, becoming an object of terror to that part of the world.

Marpesia was succeeded by her daughters Orithyia and Antiope (some sources add Synope) after she was killed in battle during a sudden invasion by Asian barbarians.
Orthaôn

Orthaon along with the eleven other rustic demi-gods had been appointed guardians for the future Olympian Dionysius while the Nysiades took care of the baby. When Hera learned that the Daimones had been protecting the baby she turned them into ox-horned centaurs. Despite his change Orthaon and the other Daimones change they still stayed loyal and were with him when he made war in India. They were among the first of his followers.
Philyrê

Philyre was the second eldest of the Okeanids. Philyre lived on top of Mount Pelion in Thessalia. Kronos lusted for Philyre. Kronos and Philyre had a rendeavouz. When Kronos' wife Rhea came after the, to avoid detection Kronos took the form of a horse (something his son Poseidon would later do for different reasons). Because Kronos was in the shape of a horse when he and Philyre made love, when Philyre became pregnant and gave birth she bore a half-man half-horse who would become the first Kentaur (Kheirôn).  When Kheirôn was born Philyre was somewhat disgusted and to ease her shame Kronos transformed her into a Linden Tree.
Paktôlos

Paktôlos (Πακτωλος) was a river-god of Lydia in Anatolia (modern Turkey). His streams were flecked with gold from the time King Midas washed away the curse of the golden touch in his waters.

The Paktôlos River was a small tributary of the River Hermos which flowed from the Lydian Mount Tmolos near the town of Sardis.
Menemakhos

Menemakhos was one of the fifty sons of King Aigyptos. Menemakhos' mother was an unnamed phoenikian woman. The same woman that gave birth to Menemakhos bore six other sons to Aigyptos. In the mass wedding of the sons of Aigyptos to the daughters of Danaus, Menemakhos wed Nelo.

## Classical Text

"Agaptolemus got Pirene; Cercetes got Dorium; Eurydamas got Phartis; Aegius got Mnestra; Argius got Evippe; Archelaus got Anaxibia; Menemachus got Nelo. These seven sons were begotten on a Phoenician woman and the maidens on an Ethiopian woman"

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5 (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.)
Nymphai Trôiades

## Classical Text

""[The sack of Troy :] Then, when he saw that burg beloved destroyed, [the Trojan river-god] Xanthos [Skamandros], scarce drawing breath from bloody war, mourned with his Nymphai (Nymphs) for ruin fallen on Troy, mourned for the city of Priamos (Priam) blotted out . . . Xanthos' soul was utterly whelmed in grief for Ilion made a desolation; grief undying was his, immortal though he was. Mourned Simois and long-ridged Ida: all who on Ida dwelt wailed from afar the ruin of Priamos' town."
Meriones

Meriones (Μηριόνης) was a son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe. Molus was a half-brother of Idomeneus. Like other heroes of mythology, Meriones was said to be a descendant of gods. As a grandson of Deucalion (son of Minos), Meriones's ancestors include Zeus, Europa, Helios, and Pasiphae, the sister of Circe. Meriones possessed the helmet of Amyntor, which Autolycus had stolen. He inherited the helmet from his father Molus and later gave it to Odysseus. Meriones killed seven men at Troy.
Meropê (Daughter of Oenopion)

**Meropê** (Μερόπη) was the daughter of King Oenopion and Helike. She was a mortal princess who was loved by the hunter Orion. Oenopion blinded Orion after he took advantage of Merope. Hephaestus took pity on the blinded Orion, and gave him his servant Kedalion as a guide. Orion was cured of his blindness, and returned to Chios to seek revenge against Oenopion. However, Oenopion was hidden away in the earth, so Orion instead went to Crete.
Phartis

Phartis was one of fifty daughters of King Danaus.  She was married off to Eurydamas in the mass marriage of the daughters of Danaus to the sons of King Aigyptos.  The night of their marriage she killed her husband with a dagger given to her by her father just as her sisters and half-sisters with the exception of Hypermnestra did to their respective husbands.
Manto (Daughter of Tiresias)

In Greek mythology, **Manto** (Ancient Greek: Μαντώ) was the daughter of the prophet Teiresias and mother of Mopsus. Tiresias was a Theban oracle who, according to tradition, was changed into a woman after striking a pair of copulating snakes with a rod, and was thereafter a priestess of Hera.

## Mythology

During the War of the Epigoni, a later myth relates, Manto was brought to Delphi as a war prize. Apollo made her his priestess and sent her to Colophon to found an oracle devoted to him. She had a son named Mopsus by Apollo,although by some accounts, the father of Mopsus is Rhacius, whom Manto later married. According to the *Bibliotheca*, she had two children by Alcmaeon, Amphilochus and Tisiphone. In Roman myth, Manto went to Italy and gave birth to Ocnus (father: Tiberinus, the genius of the river Tiber). Ocnus founded Mantua and named it after his mother. It was said that Manto's abilities in prophecy were much greater than her father's.

Manto also appears in the myth of Niobe, the boastful queen of Thebes who degraded Leto. Manto warns her not to anger the gods and suggests she ask for Leto's forgiveness. Niobe refuses and continues to insult Leto, and consequently is punished by Apollo and Artemis.

Lampus, who tried to violate Manto on her couch, was killed by Apollo for this act.

She is one of the fortune-tellers and diviners whom Dante sees in the fourth pit of the eighth circle of the *Inferno*.
Melia (Okeanid)

Melia also know as Argeia and Melia Argeria was the Okeanid-nymph ancestress of the royal houses of Argos, Sikyon and Thebes. She was the wife of the river-god Inakhos and the mother of Phoroneus, first king of Argos, Aigieleus, first king of Sikyon, and the nymph Io. Their descendants, through Io, resettled Greece after the Great Deluge--with Danaus founding the city of Argos in the Peloponnese and Kadmos the city of Thebes in Boiotia.

Melia was perhaps identified with Melia, the nymph of the Ismenian spring of Thebes loved by Apollon, and Ismene, the eponymous nymph of the Ismenian spring.
Phantasos

Phantasos (Φαντασος) whose name is "fantasy" or "apparition", is one of the Oneiroi. He along with Ikelos Morpheus

Phantasos' brothers/fellow Oneiroi are Morpheus (who excels in presenting human images) and Ikelos-Phobetor (who presents images of beasts, birds and serpents).

Phantasos was the God of surreal dreams; he represents the inanimate objects seen in Prophetic dreams – images of earth, rock, water, and wood.
Mopsus (Son of Manto)

In Greek mythology, **Mopsus**, a celebrated seer and diviner, was the son of Manto, daughter of the mythic seer Tiresias, and of Rhacius of Caria or of Apollo himself, the oracular god. Greeks of the Classical age accepted Mopsus as a historical figure, though the anecdotes concerning him bridge legend and myth.

## Mythology

Mopsus (and perhaps a tradition of his heirs, like the Melampodidae, the Iamidae from Olympia or the Eumolpidae at Eleusis) officiated at the altars of Apollo at Klaros, which he founded; at Klaros the tradition was that he had been the son of a daughter of the seer Teiresias named Manto, literally "seeress". His unerring wisdom and discernment gave rise to the ancient Greek proverb, "more certain than Mopsus". He distinguished himself at the siege of Thebes; but he was held in particular veneration at the court of Amphilochus at Colophon on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor, adjacent to Caria.

The 12th century Byzantine mythographer John Tzetzes reports anecdotes of the prowess of Mopsus. Having been consulted, on one occasion, by Amphilochus, who wished to know what success would attend his arms in a war which he was going to undertake, he predicted the greatest calamities; but Kalkhas, who had been the soothsayer of the Greeks during the Trojan War, promised the greatest successes. Amphilochus followed the opinion of Calchas, but the prediction of Mopsus was fully verified. This had such an effect upon Calchas that he died soon after. His death is attributed by sources used by John Tzetzes to another mortification of the same nature: in this case, the two soothsayers, jealous of each other's fame, came to a different trial of their skill in divination. Calchas first asked his antagonist how many figs a neighboring tree bore; ten thousand and one, replied Mopsus. The figs were gathered, and his answer was found to be true. Mopsus now, to try his adversary, asked him how many young ones a certain pregnant sow would bring forth, and at what time. Calchas confessed his inability to answer, whereupon Mopsus declared that she would be delivered on the morrow, and would bring forth ten young ones, of which only one would be a male. The morrow proved the veracity of his prediction, and Calchas died through the grief which his defeat produced. Amphilochus subsequently having occasion to visit Argos, entrusted the sovereign power to Mopsus, to keep it for him during the space of a year. On his return, however, Mopsus refused to restore to him the kingdom, whereupon, having quarreled, they engaged and slew each other. According to another legend reported by Tzetzes, he was slain by Herakles.
Skhedíos (Son of Iphitos)

**Schedius** (Ancient Greek: Σχεδίος *Skhedíos*) was a name attributed to four individuals in Greek mythology.

* Schedius was the son of Iphitus by Hippolyte or Thrasybule and brother of Epistrophus. He was counted among the suitors of Helen. In the *Iliad*, he and his brother lead the Phocians on the side of the Achaeans in the Trojan War, Schedius being commander of ten ships out of forty brought by both brothers. He was killed when Hector threw a spear at Ajax, who dodged it. Both brothers' bones, were carried back and buried at Anticyra. Their tomb existed until the Roman times. Pausanias also cites that Schedius's icon was displayed at Delphi.
Molpadia (Amazon)

In Greek mythology, Molpadia was described as an Amazon who was said to have fought for both Antiope and Orithyia.

Molpadia was a participant in the Attic War, where she witnessed her queen Antiope sustain heavy injuries. Antiope was hurt so seriously that she could not defend herself from Theseus and his retainers. Knowing this, Molpadia killed the queen with an arrow or spear, saving her from violation by the Athenian king. According to other version, Molpadia killed Antiope by accident. She was afterwards killed by Theseus, and her tomb was shown at Athens.
Phalerus

In Greek mythology, **Phalerus** (Φάληρος) was the son of Alcon from Athens. He is counted among the Argonauts. He also attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.

## Mythology

Phalerus was Alcon's only son, his father took pride in sending him forth to join the Argonauts, so that he would shine conspicuous among those bold heroes, “yet no other sons had he to care for his old age and livelihood”.

It is related of Phalerus that he escaped from Athens to Chalcis in Euboea together with his daughter Chalciope; the Chalcidians refused to deliver him up at the demand of his father. He is credited with having founded Gyrton; he and Acamas are also the reputed founders of the temple of Aphrodite and Isis in Soli. In Phalerum, of which he presumably was the eponym, there was an altar to his and Theseus’s children.
Nomios

Nomios along with Agreus and Phorbas were a trio of Panes--goat-legged rustic-gods. were a trio of Panes--goat-legged daimones (spirits) of the mountain wilds.

Nomios ("of the Pastures"), Agreus ("the Hunter") and Phorbas ("of the Grazing" or "the Frightener") were possibly aspects of the god Pan. Nomios, the son of Hermes and Penelope. The first two names were also titles of the rustic god Aristaios in northern Greece.
Pammon

In Greek mythology, Pammon (Πάμμων) In Greek mythology, Pammon (Ancient Greek: Πάμμων) was Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priamos of Troy and Hekabe.

## Classical Text

He spake, and plying his staff went among the men, and they went forth from before the old man in his haste. Then called he aloud to his sons, chiding Helenus and Paris and goodly Agathon and Pammon and Antiphonus and Polites, good at the war-cry, and Deiphobus and Hippothous and lordly Dius. To these nine the old man called aloud, and gave command: "Haste ye, base children that are my shame; would that ye all together in Hector's stead had been slain at the swift ships! Woe is me, that am all unblest, seeing that I begat sons the best in the broad land of Troy, yet of them I avow that not one is left, not godlike Nestor, not Troilus the warrior charioteer, not Hector that was a god among men, neither seemed he as the son of a mortal man, but of a god: all them hath Ares slain, yet these things of shame are all left me, false of tongue, nimble of foot, peerless at beating the floor in the dance, robbers of lambs and kids from your own folk. Will ye not make me ready a waggon, and that with speed, and lay all these things therein, that we may get forward on our way?"
- Homer, Iliad 24.247-24.264
Melankhaitês

## Classical Text

"Of the Centaurs which were killed the most renowned were Daphnis, Argeius, Amphion, also Hippotion, Oreius, Isoples, Malanchaetes, and Thereus, Doupon, and Phrixus. As for those who escaped the peril by flight, every one of them later received a fitting punishment: Homadus, for instance, was killed in Arcadia when he was attempting to violate Alcyonê, the sister of Eurystheus. And for this feat it came to pass that Heracles was marveled at exceedingly; for though he had private grounds for hating his enemy, yet because he pitied her who was being outraged, he determined to be superior to others in humanity."

*- Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.12.7*
Patroklos

Patrokolos was a close friend of Akhilles and while he was not successful in convincing Akhilles to come join the battle, Akhilles did allow Patrokolos to use his armor. Patrokolos engaged Hektor in battle and was slain. When Akhilles learned of Patroklos' death, he put aside his disagreement with Agamemnon and joined the battle first slaying Hektor in revenge.
Peukeus

## Classical Text

And there was the strife of the Lapith spearmen gathered round the prince Caeneus and Dryas and Peirithous, with Hopleus, Exadius, Phalereus, and Prolochus, Mopsus the son of Ampyce of Titaresia, a scion of Ares, and Theseus, the son of Aegeus, like unto the deathless gods. These were of silver, and had armour of gold upon their bodies. And the Centaurs were gathered against them on the other side with Petraeus and Asbolus the diviner, Arctus, and Ureus, and black-haired Mimas, and the two sons of silver, and they had pinetrees of gold in their hands, and they were rushing together as though they were alive and striking at one another hand to hand with spears and with pines.
- *Hesiod, Shield of Herakles 178-190*
Phaethôn

PHAETHON was a youthful son of Helios who begged his father let him drive the chariot of the sun. The god reluctantly conceded to the boy's wishes and handed him the reigns. But his inexperience proved fatal, for Phaethon quickly lost control of the immortal steeds and the sun-chariot veered out of control setting the earth ablaze. The plains of Africa were scorched to desert and men charred black. Zeus, appalled by the destruction, smote the boy with a thunderbolt, hurling his flaming body into the waters of the River Eridanos. Phaethon's sisters, the Heliades, gathered on the banks and in their mourning were transformed into amber-teared poplar trees.

After his death Phaethon was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Auriga ("the Charioteer"), or else transformed into the god of the star which the Greeks named Phaethon--the planet Jupiter or Saturn.

The name Phaethon means "the shining" or "radiant one" from the Greek verb *phaethô* "to shine."
Lykas

## Classical Text

"I saw Petraeus when he strove to tear up from the earth, an acorn-bearing oak. And, while he struggled with it, back and forth, and was just ready to wrench up the trunk, Pirithous hurled a well aimed spear at him, transfixed his ribs, and pinned his body tight, writhing, to that hard oak: and Lycus fell and Chromis fell, before Pirithous. They gave less glory to the conqueror than Helops or than Dictys. Helops was killed by a javelin, which pierced his temples from the right side, clear through to his left ear. And Dictys, running in a desperate haste, hoping in vain, to escape Ixion's son, slipped on the steep edge of a precipice; and, as he fell down headlong crashed into the top of a huge ash-tree, which impaled his dying body on its broken spikes.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.327-12.340 (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.)
Passalos

Passalos and his brother Akmôn were a pair of monkey-like thieves which plagued the land of Lydia in western Anatolia. They were once captured by Herakles who was so amused with their jokes that he set them free unharmed. The pair later ran afoul of the god Zeus who transformed them into monkeys, or else turned them to stone, as punishment for their crimes.

The Kerkopes were sons of the Titan Okeanos (Oceanus) by Theia, a daughter of the Aithiopian (Ethiopian) king Memnon.
Limnoreia

Limnoreia (Λιμνώρεια) is the Nereid of the "salt-marsh." Limnoreia is mentioned in Homer's Illiad.

Parents

Nereus & Doris

## Classical Text

So spake he, and a black cloud of grief enwrapped Achilles, and with both his hands he took the dark dust and strewed it over his head and defiled his fair face, and on his fragrant tunic the black ashes fell. And himself in the dust lay outstretched, mighty in his mightiness, and with his own hands he tore and marred his hair. And the handmaidens, that Achilles and Patroclus had got them as booty, shrieked aloud in anguish of heart, and ran forth around wise-hearted Achilles, and all beat their breasts with their hands, and the knees of each one were loosed be-neath her. And over against them Antilochus wailed and shed tears, holding the hands of Achilles, that in his noble heart was moaning mightily; for he feared lest he should cut his throat asunder with the knife. Then terribly did Achilles groan aloud, and his queenly mother heard him as she sat in the depths of the sea beside the old man her father. Thereat she uttered a shrill cry, and the goddesses thronged about her, even all the daughters of Nereus that were in the deep of the sea. There were Glauce and Thaleia and Cymodoce, Nesaea and Speio and Thoë and ox-eyed Halië, and Cymothoë and Actaeä and Limnoreia, and Melite and Iaera and Amphithoe and Agave, Doto and Proto and Pherousa and Dynamene, and Dexamene and Amphinone and Callianeira, Doris and Pynope and glorious Galatea, Nemertes and Apseudes and Callianassa, and there were Clymene and Ianeira and Ianassa, Maera and Orithyia and fair-tressed Amatheia, and other Nereids that were in the deep of the sea. With these the bright cave was filled, and they all alike beat their breasts, and Thetis was leader in their lamenting: “Listen, sister Nereids, that one and all ye may hear and know all the sorrows that are in my heart. Ah, woe is me unhappy, woe is me that bare to my sorrow the best of men, for after I had borne a son peerless and stalwart, pre-eminent among warriors, and he shot up like a sapling; then when I had reared him as a tree in a rich orchard plot, I sent him forth in the beaked ships to Ilios to war with the Trojans; but never again shall I welcome him back to his home, to the house of Peleus. And while yet he liveth, and beholdeth the light of the sun, he hath sorrow, neither can I anywise help him, though I go to him. Howbeit go I will, that I may behold my dear child, and hear what grief has come upon him while yet he abideth aloof from the war.”

*Homer, Illiad*  *18.22-18.64*
Lyre

While the Lyre was the sacred symbol of Apollôn and the Muse Khalliope the first was made by Hermês

## Mythology

### Contest Between Apollo & Marsyas

The Satyr Marsyas was a famous flutist from Phrygia, in today's Central Turkey, who boasted that he could play the double flute better than Apollo. When Apollo, the god of Music found out, he challenged the Satyr to a musical contest. The victor of the contest would do whatever he wished with the loser and the judges of the contest would be the Muses, the Greek goddesses of Art and Science.

First played Marsyas on his flute and the melody was wonderful. Then it was Apollo's turn. Apollo played notes full of harmony with his lyre and his voice was heavenly spellbinding everything around him.

Then Apollo played with his lyre upside down and told Marsyas to do the same, but Marsyas was unable to. So Apollo was declared as the winner of the contest... and the punishment he chose for Marsyas was harsh: Apollo hang Marsyas over a pine tree and flayed him.

### Herakles

Herakles tutor was unsuccessful at teaching him the Lyre and hit Herakles with it. Angry Herakles took the Lyre and did the same only with Herakles strength, the blow was fatal.
Persêis

Persêis was an Okeanid-nymph loved by the sun-god Helios. She bore him four children--the witches Kirkê and Pasiphaê and magician-kings Aiêtēs and Persês.

Aiêtēs was the king of Kolkhis, at the eastern end of the Black Sea, and Perses the ruler of the nearby kingdom of Persia. Perses was succeeded on the throne by his niece, the witch Medea, for whom the country was renamed Media. She was regarded as the ancestress of the Median royal family and probably as the founder of the order of the Magoi--the royal magicians.

Perseis' name was derived from the Greek word *persô* meaning "to destroy," "to slay," or "to sack with fire." Perseis was also the patronymic epithet of the goddess-witch Hekate, daughter of Perses, who was no doubt identified with the Okeanid-mother of witches. The name was later associated with the Greek words for Persia and the Persians.
Perses (Perseid)

Perses (Πέρσης) was the son of Andromeda and Perseus, and taken for Achaemenes (of the Pasargadae)[citation needed] as the ancestor of the Persians according to Plato. Apparently the Persians knew the story as Xerxes tried to use it to bribe the Argives during his invasion of Greece, but ultimately failed to do so. Perses was left in Cossaei and with the Okeanid Perse became the father of the Perseides or in other words, Achaemenid Persians.
Paris

Paris is one of the Priam's sons, he was asked to judge whether Hera, Aphrodite or Athena was the fairest of the goddesses.

During the Trojan War, Paris was known for very action only twice. The first noteworthy action was a duel with Menelaus which Paris agreed to (after pressure from Hektor) it was an attempt to solve the conflict by a single combat to be fought. Paris fought with Menelaus and got almost killed. But when Menelaus, during the fight, seized him by the horsehair crest of the helmet and began to drag him, Aphrodite came and broke the strap of the helmet, so that it came away empty in Menelaus' hand, and then, to escape Menelaus' renewed attack, the goddess hid Paris in a mist and took him to his own bedroom in the city, where he soon met Helen. The second noteworthy action of Paris was killing the great warrior Akhilles with an arrow which may have been poisoned. Ironically Paris himself was killed by a poisoned arrow when Philoktetes shot Paris with one of Herakles' arrows which years earlier had been dipped in the blood of the Hydra.
Pallas (Daughter of Tritôn)

Pallas was a nymph of Lake Tritonis in Libya (North Africa). She was raised with the goddess Athena but during one of their childhood war-games was accidentally killed. The goddess crafted a wooden statue of her friend as a memorial--the so-called Palladium, an artifact which was later ensconsed in the city of Troy.

In the mythology of the Libyan Machyles tribe "Pallas" and the "Libyan Athena" were probably twin daughters of "Triton", a Libyan sea-god identified with Poseidon, and "Tritonis", a goddess of the salt-water lake identified with Amphitrite. The story of Athena slaying Pallas was reenacted in an annual festival by the tribes living on the shores of the Tritonis.

Pallas was probably connected with the Timeosoi Libyes, the goat-skin wearing guardian-nymphs of Libya mentioned by Apollonios of Rhodes. Pallas' sister, the "Libyan Athena", was perhaps identified with Triteia, a warrior-nymph daughter of Triton worshipped in Akhaia, and Rhode, the so-called "Rhodian Athena", a daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
Peirous

In Greek mythology, Peirous or Peiroos (Ancient Greek: Πείροος) was a Thracian war leader from the city of Aenus and an ally of King Priam during the Trojan War. Peirous was the son of Imbrasus and father of Rhygmus (who fought at Troy alongside his father). Peirous was killed by Thoas, leader of the Aetolians.

## Classical Text

"Then was Amarynceus' son, Diores, caught in the snare of fate; for with a jagged stone was he smitten on the right leg by the ankle, and it was the leader of the Thracians that made the cast, even Peiros, son of Imbrasus, that had come from Aenus. The sinews twain and the bones did the ruthless stone utterly crush; and he fell backward in the dust and stretched out both his hands to his dear comrades, gasping out his life; and there ran up he that smote him, Peiros, and dealt him a wound with a thrust of his spear beside the navel; and forth upon the ground gushed all his bowels, and darkness enfolded his eyes."
- Homer, Iliad 4.517-4.526

"Then smote he Agenor's son Echeclus full upon the head with his hilted sword, and all the blade grew warm with his blood, and down over his eyes came dark death and mighty fate. Thereafter Deucalion, at the point where the sinews of the elbow join, even there pierced he him through the arm with spear-point of bronze; and he abode his oncoming with arm weighed down, beholding death before him; but Achilles, smiting him with the sword upon his neck, hurled afar his head and therewithal his helmet; and the marrow spurted forth from the spine, and the corpse lay stretched upon the ground. Then went he on after the peerless son of Peires, even Rhigmus, that had come from deep-soiled Thrace. Him he smote in the middle with a cast of his spear, and the bronze was fixed in his belly; and he fell forth from out his car. And Areithous, his squire, as he was turning round the horses, did Achilles pierce in the back with his sharp spear, and thrust him from the car; and the horses ran wild."
- Homer, Iliad 20.474-20.489
Persês

Persês was the Titan god of destruction. He was the father of Hekatê, goddess of witchcraft, by the Titaness Asteria ("Starry One"). Perses' name means "the Destroyer" or "the Ravager" from the Greek words *persô* and *perthô*. Hesiod inexplicably describes him as "preeminent among all men in wisdom."
Spartoi

Spartoi were a tribe of warlike, earth-born men who sprung fully grown and armed for battle from the sown teeth of the teeth of a Drakon.

The first group of Spartoi were created when the hero Kadmus killed the Ismenios Drakon who guarded the Ismenian Spring in Thebes. On advice of Athena, Kadmus sowed the earth with the Drakon's teeth. From the teeth the Spartoi sprouted. Kadmos cast a stone amongst them and the Spartoi began fighting with one another. When the dust cleared, five of the Spartoi (Ekhion, Oudaios, Khthonios, Hyperenor and Peloros) survived. The five survivors afterwards assisted Kadmos in founding the city of Thebes.

The second group of Spartoi were created when Iason sowed the fields of Kolkhis on the Black Sea with teeth from the Kolkhikos Drakon. This was a task demanded of him by King Aeetes during his quest for the Golden Fleece. Like Kadmos, Iason threw a stone amongst the sprouting warriors. On this occasion, all of the Spartoi slew one another with none surviving.
Metôpê (Daughter of Ladon)

Metôpê was the Naiad-nymph of the springs and stream of Metope near the town of Stymphalos in Arkadia (southern Greece). Her waters were probably regarded as the source of the Sikyonian Asopos, the stream of her river-god husband.

## Family

### Children

1. Aiginê
2. Antiopê
3. Euboia
4. Harpina
5. Ismênê
6. Kleônê
7. Korkyra
8. Nemea
9. Peirênê
10. Plataia
11. Salamis
12. Sinôpê
13. Tanagra
14. Thêbê
15. Thespia
Satyrides Satyros

THE SATYROS SATYRIDES was a breed of red-haired, satyr-like monkey or wild-man native to a remote group of African islands. Once when a ship made landfall there, the creatures seized one of the womenfolk and violated her in atrocious ways.

The Satyrs of the Satyrides were similar to the Libyan Satyrs of the Atlas mountains--both were probably derived from traveller's tales of monkeys and apes.
Medea

Medea was a witch and one of the last Argonauts to join the crew of the Argo. She would assist Iason in putting the Drakon guarding the Golden Fleece to sleep. Medea would later wed Iason and bare him three children. Iason eventually left to wed another woman. Medea killed her own children and poisoned Iason's new wife.
Mentor

Mentor is the son of Herakles and Asopis who is one of the daughters of King Thespius. During his stay in the court of King Thespius, Herakles impregnated 49 out of the 50 daughters of Thespius including Asopis who he lay with one night. The result of that particular encounter was Mentor.

## Classical Text

"by Asopis he [Herakles] had Mentor"
 - *Apollodorus. Biblioteca 2.7.8*
Panopeus

In Greek mythology, Panopeus (Πανοπεύς) was a son of Phokus by Asteria or Asterodia, and twin brother of Krisus. The two brothers were so inimical towards each other that they began fighting while still in their mother's womb, just like Proetus and Akrisius did. Panopeus was so renowned as a skilled hunter and took part in the Kalydonian Hunt.

Panopeus participated in Amphitryon's campaign against the Taphians and the Teleboans, and swore by the names of Athena and Ares not to lay his hand on any part of the money. He, however, broke his oath; as punishment, his son Epeius became unwarlike, but still a good boxer and a skilled mechanic. Panopeus also had a daughter Aegle, who is mentioned as one of the consorts of Theseus: some say it was out of love for her that Theseus abandoned Ariadne on Naxos.

Parents

Phokus by Asteria or Asterodia
Nastes

In Greek mythology, Nastes was the son of Nomion.

## Mythology

Nastes and his brother Amphimakhus were captains of the Carian contingent on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan war. Either he or his brother were killed by Achilles; according to the commentary to the Iliad by Thomas D. Seymour, his brother Nastes was the one killed and of whom the armour and golden ornaments were subsequently stripped off.

## Classical Text

*"And Nastes again led the Carians, uncouth of speech, who held Miletus and the mountain of Phthires, dense with its leafage, and the streams of Maeander, and the steep crests of Mycale. These were led by captains twain, Amphimachus and Nastes—Nastes and Amphimachus, the glorious children of Nomion. And he came to the war all decked with gold, like a girl, fool that he was; but his gold in no wise availed to ward off woeful destruction; nay, he was slain in the river beneath the hands of the son of Aeacus, swift of foot; and Achilles, wise of heart, bare off the gold."*
- Homer, *Iliad* 2.866
Phoitos

Hera battled the Gigante Phoitos and Harpolykos in the Gigantomakhia (War of the Giants). An Attic Red Figure Kylix depicts the goddess Hêrê aiming her spear at the sword and shield armed giant. Phoitos was one of the Gigantes to fight against the Olympians in their bid to take over mount Olympus. While he was merely strong, Phoitos did not have verifiable abilities such as Alkyoneus being immortal in his homeland, Phoitos is of note. The reason he is distinguishable is that the deity who helped kill Phoitos was Hêrê.

## Trivia

Fighting against the Gigantes Phoitos and Harpolykos in the  Gigantomachia was the first time Hera ever directly involved herself in the attempts to destroy enemies (sending a Crab to distract Herakles during his second labor.
Lykomedes of Thebes

Lykomedes (Λυκομήδης) was the son of Theban regent, Creon of Thebes and possibly his wife and thus, the brother of Menoeceus, Haemon, Megara, Pyrrha and Henoiche. In Greek mythology, Lykomedes was a Theban armed sentry with Thrasymedes, son of Nestor during the Trojan War.

## Mythology

Lykomedes fought on the side of the Argives in the Trojan War. No real significant background is given about him in the *Iliad*. He was listed among the younger leaders and was not a king but of second rank. In the tenth year of the struggle when the Trojans have surrounded the Greeks in their ship's camp, Lykomedes stood as one of the seven guard commanders at nighttime in Book IX at the Greek wall. Other six captains of the sentinels were Thrasymedes, Askalaphus, Ialmenus, Meriones, Aphareus and Deïpyrus.

When Ajax and Teûkros had to leave their position on Hektor's assault on the wall to deal with Sarpedon's division, Aias ordered Lykomedes to help Ajax the lesser to help deal with Hektor's press. He also continued in action when Hector and the Trojan forces broke through the Greek wall. A day later, when Patroklos threw himself back into battle, the Greeks knew how to break through the encirclement and the comrade-in-law of Lykomedes, Liokritus was killed. With great sadness, Lykomedes who saw what had happen, rushed off on his dead friend. Once there, he cast of his bright spear to smote Trojan leader Apisaon in the liver below the midriff and straightway loosed his knees.

Later on, Lykomedes was one of the Greeks who takes gifts for Akhilles from the tent of King Agamemnon as these two decisions to settle their dispute. During later fights, Lykomedes was wounded on his wrist or head and ankle by the Trojan Agenor.
Nomia

NOMIA was Epimelid-nymph of Mount Nomia in Arkadia, southern Greece.

The ancient Greek painter Polygnotos depicted Kallisto with her feet resting on Nomia's knees. This perhaps suggests that Nomia was the wife of King Lykaon and the mother of the girl, or else her nurse or companion. It is also worth noting that Lykaon's city of Lykosoura lay in the valley between Mounts Nomia and Lykaios. In one account, the king's wife was Nonakris, nymph of "the Nine Springs."
Lykopês

## Classical Text

"Aphareus, eager to avenge him tried to lift a rock from that steep mountain side; but as he heaved, the son of Aegeus struck him squarely with an oaken club; and smashed, and broke the huge bones of that centaur's arm. He has no time, and does not want to give that useless foe to death. He leaps upon the back of tall Bienor, never trained to carry riders, and he fixed his knees firm in the centaur's ribs, and holding tight to the long hair, seized by his left hand, struck and shattered the hard features and fierce face and bony temples with his club of gnarled strong oak. And with it, he struck to the ground Nedymnus and Lycopes, dart expert, and Hippasus, whose beard hid all his breast. And Rhipheus taller than the highest trees and Thereus, who would carry home alive the raging bears, caught in Thessalian hills. Demoleon could no longer stand and look on Theseus and his unrestrained success. He struggled with vast effort to tear up an old pine, trunk and all, with its long roots, and, failing shortly in that first attempt, he broke it off and hurled it at his foe. But Theseus saw the pine tree in its flight and, warned by Pallas, got beyond its range—his boast was, Pallas had directed him! And yet, the missle was not launched in vain. It sheared the left shoulder and the breast from tall Crantor. He, Achilles, was your father's armor bearer and was given by King Amyntor, when he sued for peace.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.341-12.365 (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.)
Mopsus

**Mopsus**, son of Ampyx and a nymph (sometimes named as Khloris), born at Titaressa in Thessaly, was also a seer and augur. In Thessaly the place named Mopsion recalled his own. The earliest evidence of him is inscribed on the strap of a soldier's shield, found at Olympia and dated 600-575 B.C. According to Diodorus Siculus (III.55), Mopsus was a Thrakian commander who had lived long before the Trojan War, and along with Sipylus the Skythian, had been driven into exile from Thrace by its king Lykurgus of Thrake. Sometime later, he and Sipylus defeated the Libyan Amazons in a pitched battle, in which their queen Myrine was slain, and the Thrakians pursued the surviving Amazons all the way to Libya.

Mopsus was one of two seers among the Argonauts (the other being Idmon) his method of divining the future was based on the fact that it was said he could understand the Augury language of birds, having learned augury from Apollo.  He had competed at the funeral-games for Jason's father and was among the Lapiths who fought the Kentaurs. While fleeing across the Libyan desert from angry sisters of the slain, Mopsus died from the bite of a viper that had grown from a drop of Medusa's blood. Medea was unable to save him, even by magical means. The Argonauts buried him with a monument by the sea, and a temple was later erected on the site.

*Ovid* places him also at the hunt of the Kalydonian Boar, although the hunt occurred after the Argonauts' return and Mopsus' supposed death.
Minthê (Naiad)

Minthê was a Naiad-nymph of Mount Mintha in Elis (southern Greece) loved by the god Haidês. When she claimed to be superior to his wife Persephonê, the angry goddess transformed her into a mint plant.

The mint was probably used in ancient funerary rites to mask the smell of the dead and so came to be regarded as a sacred plant of Hades.
Nessos (Kentauroi Thessalioi)

While the best known story for Thessalioi Kentauroi is the attempted kidnap of the bride

Nessos is best known for his attempt to abduct Deianeira. Herakles and Deianeira had come to a river which was treacherous. Nessos came and offered to take Deianeira across on his back. Once he had done so he attempted to run away taking her. Herakles however drew one of his Hydra blood tipped arrows and shot it. With the aim of an expert marksman the arrow hit Nessos and its poison mixed with his blood. In an act of vengeance, Nessos told Deianeira to that if she ever felt Herakles was straying from her to take some of the blood (which had been tainted with poisonous Hydra blood) and place it on some of Herakles' clothing.
Melanippe

**Melanippe** was an immortal nymph who fell in love with the mortal king, Hippotes. The two had one child, Aeolus. Because Aeolus was also immortal, he was given the task of Keeper of the Winds.

Melanippe was born with the gift of prophecy. But one day she revealed the secrets of the gods and she had to be punished. Zeus transformed her into a horse and put her in the sky as the constellation Pegasus. Her father, Kheiron was either Saggitarius or Centaurus.
Nymphaios

Nymphaios (Nymphaeus) was a river-god of Bithynia and Paphlagonia in Anatolia.

The river Nymphaios flowed into the Black Sea near the Greek colony of Herakleia (Heraclea) on the border of Bithynia and Paphlagonia. It was probably the River Billaeus (historical name). The major neighboring rivers were the Parthenios to the east and Saggarios to the west.
Makareus

In Greek mythology, Macareus (Ancient Greek: Μακαρεύς, Makareus means "happy") was one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos. Macareus and his brothers, Triopas, Actis and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science, so they killed him and had to escape from Rhodes upon discovery of their crime. (The two Heliadae Ochimus and Cercaphus stayed aside and remained on the island of Rhodes).

Mythology

Macareus fled to Lesbos, where he became king, and took over many of the neighboring islands. Lesbos, son of Lapithes and grandson of Aeolus, after whom the island came to be named, married Macareus' daughter, Methymna (eponym of Methymna, a city at Lesbos); alternately, Methymna married Lepetymnus, eponym of a mountain on Lesbos, and had by him two sons, Hicetaon and Hypsipylus, who were slain by Achilles during the sack of the city of Methymna. Among Macareus' other daughters were Mytilene, Agamede, Antissa, and Arisbe, all eponyms of cities at Lesbos. His sons were entrusted by him the leadership of the colonies he founded on the neighbouring islands: Cydrolaus was sent to Samos, Neandrus to Cos, Leucippus to Rhodes (where the colonists mixed with the local population), and an unnamed son to Chios. Yet another son of Macareus, Eresus, gave his name to a town on Lesbos (modern Eresos).