Son of Theseus who was wrongly accused of raping his stepmother/killed by Posiedon at the request of Theseus
Wife of King Priam of Troy/mother of 19/made a slave of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Fought Hector for a whole day to a draw/helped Odysseus fight the Trojans to retreive the body of Achilles/kills himself when Achilles armor is given to Odysseus
Possessed the bow of Heracles/exiled on isle of Lemnos by the Greeks on their way to Troy for a foot wound/recalled b/c Greeks could not win without the bow
Son of Priam/killed in battle by Achilles/fell for Cressida (in Medieval tales) but lost her when her father defected to Greeks and she ditched him
From Medieval & Renaissance Lit/rejected Troilus when her father defected to the Greeks and hooked up with Diomedes
Wife of Agamemnon/killed him and his concubine upon his return fromTrojan War/was killed by her son in return
Had affair with Clytemnestra during Trojan War/conspired with her to kill her husband
Daughter of Agamemnon whom he sacrificed to appease Artemis
Wife of Hector whose baby Astyanax was thrown from walls of Troy by Greeks
Brother of Jocasta/uncle slash brother-in-law of Oedipus who ruled Thebes as regent after Oedipus abdicated
Step-father of Heracles
Mother of Heracles
Father of Odysseus
Son of Oedipus who reneged on agreement for alternating year rule/'Seven Against Thebes'
Son of Oedipus banished by his brother who fled to Argos to raise an army/'Seven Against Thebes'
Changed into a stag by Artemis after seeing her bathing/then hunted by his own hounds
King of Thebes/had been protected by King Pelops but raped and kidnapped his son Chrysippus/biological father of Oedipus by whom he was slain
King of Corinth who raised Oedipus as an adopted son
Shut up in a bronze tower by her father Acrisius of Argos/impregnated by Zeus in the form of golden rain/mother of Perseus
Father of Priam, son of Ilus/had Apollo & Poseidon build walls around Troy but then refused to reward them/Heracles also put Troy to seige b/c this king didn't reward him
Blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes/famous for clairvoyance & for being transformed into a woman for 7 years/began as advisor to Cadmus
Founder & 1st King of Thebes/Phoenician prince sent by parents to find sister Europa after Zeus abducted her/credited w/introduction of alphabet/turned into serpent with wife
Son of Prometheus/survived flood caused by Zeus w/help from Prometheus by building a chest/survived w/wife Pyrrha/repopulated earth by throwing rocks over their shoulders
Daughter of Cepheus & Cassiopeia who was stripped & chained to rock as sacrifice to Cetus b/c of Poseidon/rescued by Perseus
Princess of Tyre/founder & 1st queen of Carthage/loved Aeneas but he left her/killed herself but proclaimed endless hatred between Carthage & descendants of Troy
Argive seer who could interpret flights of birds/prophesied that Agamemnon needed to sacrifice Iphigenia to appease Artemis/foretold length of Trojan War
Regarded along w/Ajax as best of Achaean warriors after Achilles/founded 10 or more Italian cities/became ruler of Argos after helping overthrow Thebes/vanquished Hector twice
King of Pylos/became king after Heracles killed his father & siblings/Argonaut/was too old to fight in Trojan War but helped/met Telemachus on his search for Odysseus
In youth accidentally killed friend in argument over dice/exiled to King Peleus/raised w/Achilles in wilderness by Chiron/killed by Hector wearing Achilles' armor
Odysseus's dog who recognizes him through his disguise & dies after Odysseus walk by him shedding a tear but ignoring him to maintain disguise
Daughter of Tantalus/7 daughters & 7 sons killed by Artemis & Apollo resptectively b/c claimed superiority over Leto/turned to stone on Mt. Sipylus/mourns for them perpetually
Killed father-in-law over horses/1st kin-slaying in Greek mythology/brought to Olympus by Zeus/lusted for Hera/progenitor of centaurs w/Nephele/fastened to burning, flying wheel
Wise man of Troy who was killed after striking the Trojan Horse with a spear in an effort to warn the Trojans/not in Home/in Aeneid says 'I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts'
Switched places w/King Dionysius of Sicily to enjoy benefits of power/Dionysius hung sword over throne by single hair to show danger of power/popularized by Cicero in Tusculanes
Youth who served as Heracles companion/was trained by him in war/abducted by water nymphs in Mysia
Wife of Cadmus/goddess of harmony and concord/turned into serpent with him/namesake necklace was given to her by gods brought misfortune to all who possessed it
Rogue smith & bandit from Attica/would either stretch victims or cut off their legs to make them fit an iron bed/killed by Thesues who make him fit his own bed
Argonaut who led the hunt of the Calydonian Boar/lover of Atalanta/killed by his mother Althaea when she threw a charmed log into a fire
Naiad who was chased by Apollo after Eros shot him w/golden arrow to incite love/he shot her w/lead arrow to incite hate/called on her mother to rescue her/turned into laurel tree
Hero who after being nursed by Demeter is taught how to farm/he in turn teaches Greeks how/always connected w/Demeter in Eleusinian Mysteries
Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king/lover of Selene sentenced by Zeus to sleep forever/enabled to sleep w/eyes open by Hypnos
Personification of the dawn/daughter of Titans Hyperion & Theia/sister of Helios & Selene/counterpart of Roman Aurora
Could charm all living things w/his music/saved Argonauts from Sirens w/music/went to underworld to bring his wife back from dead-she vanished when he turned around too soon
Wife of Orpheus/was allowed to leave underworld w/him on condition that he walked in front & didn't look back/he looked back before she got out/she disappeared back to underworldd
God of dreams & sleep/had wings but could mimic any human form & appear in dreams/son of Hypnos/brother of Phobeter & Phantasos
Also Hippodameia/blond princess of Lyrnessus/became concubine of Achilles/taken by Agamemnon causing Achilles to leave/gets her back when he comes to revenge Patroclus' death
Concubine of Agamemnon/daughter of priest of Apollo/won't let him ransom so Apollo sends plague/gives her up but takes Briseis from Achilles/became medieval Cressida
Nymph responsible for distracting Hera from Zeus's affairs by talking incessantly/when Hera discovered it, she cursed her to only repeat the words of others
Legendary early ruler of Athens/Hephaestus tried to rape Athena/couldn't catch her/he impregnated earth which gave birth to this person/was raised in box by Athena as foster mothe
Titan born of Oceanus & Tethys/1st great spouse of Zeus/mother of wisdom & cunning/mother of Athena by Zeus/swallowed by Zeus
Goddess of discord/not invited to marriage of Peleus & Thetis/threw golden apple among Aphrodite, Hera, & Athena to start feud
Name given to High Priestess of Apollo at Delphi/most powerful woman of classical world/may have delivered frenzied utterances after breathing vapors rising from chasm in rock
Physician of the gods mentioned by Homer & Hesiod/later became associated with Apollo
Giant who tried to rape Leto at behest of Hera/slain by Artemis & Apollo/Zeus had 2 vultures in Tartarus eat his liver every day/son of Zeus by Elara
Son of Apollo by Coronis/raised by Chiron/killed by Zeus after raising Hippolytus from dead/father of Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, Aglaea, & Panacea/rod of modern medical symbol
Daughter of Peleus/known for love of husband Admetus/took husband's place at death but returned by Heracles
Argonaut who was served by Apollo by Zeus' orders/married Alcetis after yoking a lion & boar to chariot (helped by Apollo)
Son of Zeus by Antiope/twin brother of Zethus/together they built Thebes/husband of Niobe/killed himself after Artemis & Apollo killed his children
Giant huntsman/met Merope in Boeotia & was blinded by her father Oenopion/hunted w/Artemis on Crete & was killed by her arrown or by giant scorpion/made constellation by Zeus
Brother giants Otus & Ephialtes/sons of Poseidon & Iphimedia/never stopped growing/wanted Artemis & Hera for brides/could only be killed by each other/Artemis tricked them to do it
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