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Chelidon Class. Myth. a sister of Aëdon who was raped and then made a slave by her brother-in-law Polytechnus: Artemis changed her into a swallow.

Atabyrian Class. Myth. Zeus: so called because of his sanctuary on Mount Atabyrium in Rhodes.

Taurica Thea "The Taurian goddess," commonly called Artemis. Her image was believed to have been conveyed to Brauron, Sparta, or Aricia. The worship of this Taurian goddess, who was identified with Artemis and Iphigenia, was carried on with orgiastic rites and human sacrifices, and seems to have been very ancient in Greece. ( Paus. iii. 16 § 6; Herod. iv. 103; comp. ARTEMIS.)

Epeus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Panopeus who was noted for his cowardice. With the help of Athena, he built the Trojan Horse. 2. a son of Endymion who succeeded his father as king in the Peloponnesus.

Tritogeneia Class. Myth. Athena: so called because it was near lake Tritonis that she was born from the head of Zeus.

Hecatonchires Class. Myth. three giants, Briareus, Cottus, and Gyges, who were the sons of Uranus and Gaea and had 50 heads and 100 arms each: they were best known for having helped the gods in their struggle against the Titans. Also, Hecatoncheires.

rhesus 2. ( cap.) Class. Myth. a Thracian ally of Troy whose horses were captured by Odysseus and Diomedes to prevent them from eating Trojan fodder or drinking from the Xanthus, since it was foretold that if the horses did so, Troy would not fall. ─ rhesian, adj.

Cumaean sibyl Class. Myth. a famous prophetess at Cumae who guided Aeneas through the underworld and who was believed in the Middle Ages to have foretold the coming of Christ.

Antipoenus Class. Myth. a Theban descendant of the Sparti who refused to give his life for his city. Cf. Alcis.

Hippolochus ( in the Iliad ) a son of Bellerophon.

Ceyx Class. Myth. a son of Hermes who served as herald of the gods at the Eleusinian mysteries.

Pallas 1. Class. Myth. a. a name given to or used with the name of Athena. b. a daughter of Triton who was killed while playing with the youthful Athena. The goddess adopted her name and made an effigy of her.

Telegonus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Odysseus and Circe who eventually married Penelope. 2. a son of Proteus and the husband of Io who was killed by Hercules in a wrestling match.

Stymphalian birds Class. Myth. a flock of annoying or dangerous birds of Arcadia that were driven away or killed by Hercules as one of his labors. Also called Stymphalides.

Ultor an ancient Roman epithet of Jupiter meaning "avenger."

Gigantes Class. Myth. beings with the heads of men and the bodies of serpents, who were born to Gaea when she was impregnated with  the blood of the mutilated Uranus: the Gigantes attacked the gods but were defeated with the help of Hercules. [<L <Gk (pl.): giants]

Hippothous Class. Myth. a son of Alope and Poseidon who was crowned king of Arcadia.

Aristomachus Class. Myth. one of the Heraclidae, the father of Temenus, Cresphontes, and Aristodemus: he was killed while invading Peloponnesus.

Heliconian 1. Class. Myth. an epithet of Poseidon.

Eurymedon Class. Myth. an epithet of Perseus, meaning "wide-ruling."

Melicertes Class. Myth. a son of Athamas and Ino who was changed into the sea god Palaemon when his father, in a fit of madness, tried to kill him.

Cresphontes Class. Myth. a Heraclid who gained control of Messinia after helping lead the invasion of Peloponnesus by the Heraclidae.

Phoroneus Class. Myth. a son of Inachus and the nymph Melia who was the founder of  Argos and who was considered a national hero for furthering religious, cultural, and civil causes in the Peloponnesus.

Eumelus 1. ( in the Iliad ) the commander of the Thessalian forces. He lost a chariot race to Diomedes. 2. ( in the Aeneid ) a Trojan companion of Aeneas.

Acetes Class. Myth. a Lydian helmsman who, realizing that a youth captured by his crew was actually Dionysus in disguise, protected the god from the crew and eventually became his follower.

Pholus Class. Myth. a centaur who guarded the wine presented to the centaurs by Dionysus.

Nisus Class. Myth. a son of Pandion whose life and fate of his kingdom depended upon a lock of hair on his head. 2. Rom. Legend. the son of Hyrtacus and the nymph Ida: a companion of Aeneas on the flight from Troy. 

Sychaeus Rom. Legend. a priest of Hercules and the husband of Dido: murdered for his wealth by his brother-in-law Pygmalion. Also called Acerbas.

Antiphas Class. Myth. one of the twin sons of Laocoön.

Medon 1. ( in the Odyssey ) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus. 2. ( in the Iliad ) the illegitimate son of Oileus and Rhene, slain in the Trojan War by Æneas.

Itylus Class. Myth. the only child of Aëdon and Zethus, mistakenly killed by his mother.

Cretheus Class. Myth. 1. the founder of Iolcus and a son of Aeolus. 2. ( in the Aeneid ) a companion of Aeneas beloved by the Muses.

Proteus 1. Class. Myth. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy. 2. a king of Egypt and the husband of Psamathe. During the Trojan War, in Euripides' version of the story, Proteus kept Helen in Egypt while a phantom Helen joined Paris.

Archelaus Class. Myth. a son of Temenus and a descendant of Hercules: founder of the royal house of Macedonia.

Ilioneus 1. ( in the Aeneid ) a Trojan warrior who fled from Troy with Aeneas. 2. ( in the Iliad ) a Trojan warrior who was brutally killed by Peneleus.

Phorbas Class. Myth. 1. a son of Lapithes who dispelled a plague of serpents in Rhodes. 2. a leader of the Phrygian allies of Troy, slain by Ajax. 3. a renowned boxer who challenged pilgrims, killed them, and was eventually slain by Apollo.

Antiphates Class. Myth. 1. a son of Melampus. 2. ( in the Odyssey ) a chieftain of the Laestrygonians, the man-eating giants of Italy. 3. ( in the Iliad ) a Trojan warrior, slain by Leonteus.

Machaerus Class. Myth. a Phocian who killed Neoptolemus.

Pythian 2. of or pertaining to Apollo, with reference to his oracle at Delphi.

Athaemenes Class. Myth. a son of Catreus who mistakenly killed his father, thus fulfilling a prophecy that Catreus would die by the hand of one of his children.

Phantasus Class. Myth. an ancient Greek god of dreams who assumed the shapes of inanimate objects.

Mestor Class. Myth. a son of Perseus and Andromeda.

Archelochus ( in the Iliad ) a son of Antenor and Theano who joined Aeneas in skirmishes against the Greeks and was killed by Telamonian Ajax.

Melanippus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Theseus and Periguene. 2. a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was in turn, slain by Amphiaraus. 3. ( in the Iliad ) a son of Hicetaeon, slain by Antilochus. 4. a youth who impiously made love to Comaetho in the temple of Artemis.

Phobetor Class. Myth. an epithet of Icelus, meaning "terrifier."

Adrestus ( in the Iliad ) 1. the son of Merops who was a Trojan ally killed by Diomedes. 2. a Trojan ally captured by Menelaus and killed by Agamemnon.

Pedasus ( in the Iliad ) the twin brother of Aesepus, killed in the Trojan War by Euryalus.

Megamede Class. Myth. the wife of King Thespius and the mother of his 50 daughters.

Altes ( in the Iliad ) a king of the Leleges and the father of Laothoë.

Polyxenus Class. Myth. a grandson of Augeas who was an ally of the Greek forces in the Trojan War.

Actor Class. Myth. 1. a brother of King Augeas, sometimes believed to be the father, by Molione, of Eurytus and Cteatus. Cf. Moliones. 2. a son of Myrmidon and Pasidice who became king of Phthia.

Phlias Class. Myth. a son of Dionysus who joined the Argonauts.

Ask Scand. Myth. the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree. Also, Askr. [< Icel; see ASH² ]

Thule 1. the ancient Greek and Latin name for an island or region variously identified as one of the Shetland Islands, Iceland, Norway, etc.: supposed to be the most northerly region of the world.

Gynaecothoenas Class. Myth. an epithet of Ares, meaning "feasted by the women."

Rhiannon Welsh Legend. the wife of Pwyll and mother of Pryderi. Accused of having eaten her son, she was forced to do penance until his return. After Pwyll's death she married Manwyddan.

Neleus Class. Myth. king of Pylus and father of Nestor by Chloris.

Brynhild Scand. Myth. a Valkyrie and the wife of Gunnar, for whom she was won by Sigurd: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied.

Ronan Irish Legend. a king who his son, Mael, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael.

Antheus Class. Myth. a son of Antenor, accidentally killed by Paris. 

Brut any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country. [<ML, Brutus, descendant of Aeneas ]

Procris Class. Myth. 1. a daughter of the Athenian king Erechtheus who was killed, while spying on her husband Cephalus, when he mistook her for a concealed animal, and threw at her a spear fated never to miss. 2. a daughter of Thespius who bore twin sons to Hercules.

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Alcmaon ( in the Iliad ) the son of Thestor who wounded Glaucus and was slain by Sarpedon.

Pyrene Class. Myth. 1. a princess who, ravished by Hercules, gave birth to a serpent. 2. the mother, by Ares, of the Cycnus who fought with Hercules.

Tyndarides Class. Myth. a patronymic of Castor and Pollux.

Pitys Class. Myth. a nymph who was changed into a pine tree to escape the god Pan.

Hercyna Class. Myth. a fountain nymph who was the playmate of Persephone.

Ogygus Class. Myth. a Boeotian king, the son of either Poseidon or the soil.

Theritas Class. Myth. Ares: so called because his nurse was named Thero.

Cenaean Class. Myth. Zeus: so called because of a temple in his honor on Cenaeum.

Lycon Class. Myth. a Trojan slain by Peneleus.

Hipponous Class. Myth. 1. a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles. 2. the father of Periboea.

Melantho ( in the Odyssey ) a handmaid of Penelope who became the mistress of Eurymachus: she mocked Odysseus on his return and was killed for her faithlessness.

Tenes Class. Myth. a son of Cycnus and Proclea who was banished by his father and set adrift in a chest when Phylonome, his stepmother, falsely accused him of trying to seduce her.

Aganus Class. Myth. a son of Helen and Paris.

Cunina an ancient Roman deity, the guardian of sleeping infants.

Eniopeus ( in the Iliad ) a charioteer of Hector who was slain by Diomedes.

Iamus Class. Myth. a son of Evadne and Apollo who became a prophet.

Pronaus Class. Myth. an epithet of Athena, meaning "of the pronaos."

Demphoön Class. Myth. a son of Celeus and Metanira, nursed by Demeter.

Neleus Class. Myth. king of Pylus and father of Nestor by Chloris.

Herceius Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus, meaning "of the courtyard."

Aegialia ( in  the Iliad ) the wife of Diomedes who took Cometes as her lover when Nauplius falsely convinced her that her husband was deceiving her. Also, Aegiale.

Laphystius Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus. [< Gk laphýstios gluttonous ]

Nelides Class. Myth. an epithet of Nestor.

Aeseyetes ( in the Iliad )  the father of Antenor.

Philammon Class. Myth. the musician son of Chione and Apollo.

Chalcis 1. Class. Myth. a daughter of Asopus and Metope.

Marmax Class. Myth. a suiter of Hippodamia who was murdered by her father, Oenomaus.

Deïpylus Class. Myth. a grandson of Priam.

Idas Class. Myth. the rival of Apollo for Marpessa.

Harmothoë Class. Myth. the wife of Pandareus and the father of Aëdon, Cleothera, and Merope.

Mulius ( in the Iliad ) the husband of Agamede who was killed by Nestor in the Trojan War where he served as a spearman of King Augeas, his father-in-law.

Cerambus Class. Myth. a man who was changed into a beetle so that he could fly above a flood sent by Zeus to punish the wicked.

Epibaterius Class. Myth. an epithet of Apollo, meaning "seafaring."

Jotunheim Scand. Myth. the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard. Also, Jotunnheim, Jötunheim, Jötunnheim. [<Icel, equiv. to jötunn giant + heimr world, HOME ]

Ascus Class. Myth. a giant who helped Lycurgus chain Dionysus.

Lycomedes Class. Myth. a king of Scyrus who pushed Theseus over a cliff.

Genetrix an ancient Roman epithet of Venus, meaning "mother."

Ancius Class. Myth. a centaur.

Menestheus Class. Myth. a regent of Athens and a rejected suitor of Helen who assisted Menelaus by leading 50 ships against Troy in the Trojan War.

Anesidora Class. Myth. an epithet of Demeter, meaning "sender of gifts."

Polymastus Class. Myth. an epithet of Artemis, meaning "many-breasted," in reference to a many-breasted image of her at Ephesus.

Tecton ( in the Iliad ) a carpenter, the father of Phereclus.

Sieglinde ( in the Nibelungenlied ) the wife of Sigmund and mother of Siegfried. Cf. Signy.

Apostrophia Class. Myth. an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning "rejector of sinful passions."

Lycotherses Class. Myth. a king of Illyria who was murdered by his wife, Agave.

Corynetes Class. Myth. an epithet of Periphetes meaning "cudgel bearer." Cf. Periphetes. ( def. 1.).

Telemus Class. Myth. a seer who warned Polyphemus that Odysseus would blind him.

Coroebus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Mygdon, slain by Diomedes in the Trojan War. 2. an Argive hero who in penance for having slain the monster Poena built a temple to Apollo.

Deicoön Class. Myth. a son of Megara and Hercules, killed by his father in a fit of madness.

Crotus Class. Myth. a son of Pan who was skilled in archery and who served as a companion of the Muses.

Eubuleus Class. Myth. a son of Trochilus who helped Demeter find Persephone.

Spelaites Class. Myth. an epithet of Hermes, meaning "of the cave," referring to his advising certain warring generals to hide their women and children in a cave for safety.

Xanthus 2. ( in the Iliad ) a. one of two immortal horses of Achilles that wept when Patroclus was killed by Hector. Cf. Balius. b. a Trojan warrior slain by Diomedes. c. the name given to the river god Scamander by the gods.

Priamid Class. Myth. any of the 50 sons of Priam.

Ctesius Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus, meaning "god of gain."

Arete Class. Myth. 1. the wife of Alcinous, who had much influence over her husband. 2. the personification of courage.

Lycus Class. Myth. 1. a son of King Pandion and Pylia who succeeded Sarpedon as king of Cilicia. 2. a king in Mysia who earned the gratitude and military assistance of Hercules by hospitably entertaining him. 3. the husband of Dirce and the uncle of Antiope who was killed by Antiope's sons. 4. a son of Lycus and Dirce whose murder of Creon was avenged by Hercules.

Melanippe Class. Myth. an Amazon queen who was a daughter of Ares. 2. a foal born to Euippe: Poseidon transformed the foal into a human girl, Arne.

Children of Hercules Heraclidae.

Thyoneus Class. Myth. an epithet of Dionysus, meaning "son of Thyone."

Hagen ( in the Nibelungenlied ) the killer of Siegfried, himself killed by Kriemhild, Siegfried's wife.

Alphesboea Class. Myth. 1. a nymph who rejected the attentions of Dionysus. 2. Arsinoë. 3. the mother, by Phoenix, of Adonis. 4. a daughter of Bias.

Polypemon Class. Myth. Procrustes.

Crotopus Class. Myth. a king of Argos who murdered his daughter Psamathe for bearing a son to Apollo.

Euphorion Class. Myth. a son of Helen and Achilles who fled from the love of Zeus.

Semaleus Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus meaning "sign-giving."

Saitis Class. Myth. Athena: so called because of her identification with the Egyptian goddess Neïth, of Saïs.

Thialfi Scand. Myth. the fastest man and the servant of Thor.

Pelopia Class. Myth. the mother of Aegisthus. Pelopia was raped by her father, Thyestes, and killed herself on learning that he was her attacker. Also, Pelopea.

Hecamede ( in the Iliad ) a daughter of Arsinous who became the servant of Nestor during the Trojan War.

Scamandrius Class. Myth. 1. Astyanax. 2. ( in the Iliad ) the son of Strophius who was skilled in archery but was slain by Menelaus.

Gorgophone Class. Myth. the daughter of Perseus and Andromeda, and the wife of Perieres and later of Oebalus. She is sometimes believed to have been the first widow to remarry.

Cestrinus Class. Myth. a son of Andromache and Helenus.

Astrabacus Class. Myth. a Spartan prince who, with Alopecus, found the wooden image of Artemis that Orestes had hidden in a willow thicket.

Hugin Scand. Myth. one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world: later regarded as personifying thought. Cf. Munin.

Sidero Class. Myth. the second wife of Salmoneus: she was killed by the sons of her stepdaughter, Tyro, in revenge for her poor treatment of their mother.

Saron Class. Myth. a king of Troezen who pursued a doe into the sea and was drowned.

Eurytus Class. Myth. 1. the son of Melaneus of Thessaly who was a famous archer. 2. a son of Augeas. 3. a son of Actor. Cf. Molionidae. 4. one of the giants who was killed by Hercules.

Polyporthis Class. Myth. a son of Penelope and Odysseus, born after the return of Odysseus to Ithaca.

Acamas Class. Myth. 1. a son of Theseus and Phaedra who entered Troy in the Trojan Horse. 2. ( in the Iliad ) a. the companion of Aeneas who killed Promachus to avenge the murder of his brother Archelochus. b. a captain of the Thracian allies of Troy.

Themisto Class. Myth. a wife of Athamas who killed herself when she discovered she had mistakenly brought about the death of her children while jealously plotting against Ino, her husband's former wife.

Hippodamas Class. Myth. the father of Perimele, who drowned her upon learning that she had been raped.

Tropaean Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus, meaning "giver of victory."[<Gk tropaî(os) lit., of a turning or change, hence for defeat ( tropé a turn + -aios adj. suffix ) + -AN; see TROPHY ]

Acacallis Class. Myth. the mother of Amphithemis by Apollo.

Dorus Class. Myth. the youngest son of Hellen and  Orseïs. 2. a son of Apollo and  Phthia, slain by Actolus.

Doritis Class. Myth. an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning "bountiful."

Himerus Class. Myth. a son of Laecedaemon who unknowingly ravished his sister Cleodice.

Adrastea Class. Myth. Nemesis ( def. 1) 2. a daughter of Melisseus entrusted by Rhea with the rearing of the infant Zeus.

Coccygius Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus meaning "cuckoo," alluding to the story that he took the shape of a cuckoo to win the affection of Hera.

Abia Class. Myth. a nurse who founded a temple of Hercules in Messinia.

Eumedes 1. ( in the Iliad ) a wealthy Trojan herald. 2. ( in the Aeneid ) the son of Dolon who was a companion of Aeneas.

Corinthus Class. Myth. a son of either Zeus or Marathon, the eponymous founder of Corinth.

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Cotyleus Class. Myth. an epithet of Asclepius, meaning "of the hip joint," in reference to a hip wound suffered by Hercules which Asclepius cured.

Anaxo Class. Myth. a daughter of Alcaeus who was the mother, by Electryon, of Alcmene.

Hipponous Class. Myth. 1. a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles. 2. the father of Periboea.

Skirnir Scand. Myth. the servant of Frey.

Eurygeneia Class. Myth. a woman sometimes believed to be the mother, by Oedipus, of Polynices and Eteocles.

Pelorus Class. Myth. one of the Sparti.

Salamis 3. Class. Myth. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who bore a son, Cychreus, by Poseidon.

Prytanis ( in the Iliad ) a Lycian ally of Sarpedon, slain by Odysseus.

Galeus Class. Myth. a lizard who was the son of Apollo.

Hecaleius Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus.

Metiscus Rom. Legend. the charioteer of Turnus.

Acmon Class. Myth. a companion of Diomedes who was changed into a bird for defying Aphrodite.

Cranaus Class. Myth. a man born of the earth who became a king of Attica.

Prylis Class. Myth. a son of Hermes who is sometimes believed to have suggested, through the inspiration of Athena, the use of the wooden horse in the Trojan War. 

Ialmenus Class. Myth. a son of Ares and Astyoche who joined the Argonauts and was a leader of the Boeotians in the Trojan War.

Phytalus Class. Myth. an Eleusinian who was given a fig tree by Demeter in return for his hospitality.

Wayland ( in N European folklore ) the king of the elves, a smith and artificer: known in Scandinavia as Völund and in Germany as Wieland.

Euneus Class. Myth. a son of Jason and Hypsipyle.

Melus Class. Myth. the son of Cinyras of Cyprus whose grief at the death of Adonis so touched Aphrodite that she changed him into an apple tree.

Talaemenes ( in the Iliad ) the father of Mesthles and Antiphus.

Iache Class. Myth. a nymph who was a companion of Persephone.

Eurysthenes Class. Myth. a son of Aristomachus who shared the Spartan throne with his twin brother, Proclus.

Logi Scand. Myth. a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.

Pytho Class. Myth. Delphi. ( def. 1.).

Thrym Scand. Myth. a giant who, having demanded Freya in return for the stolen hammer of Thor, was killed by Thor, who came disguised as Freya.

Coresus Class. Myth. a priest of Dionysus who loved Callirrhoë, a maiden of Calydon: when she rejected Coresus, Dionysus inflicted a plague on Calydon.

Hippolochus ( in the Iliad ) a son of Bellerophon.

Iphidamas ( in the Iliad ) the son of Antenor and Theano, who was killed by Agamemnon.

Sthenelus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Actor and a companion of Hercules in the war against the Amazons. 2. one of the Epigoni. 3. a son of Perseus and Andromeda who became king of Mycenae: he was the father, by Nicippe of Eurystheus.

Deïpyle Class. Myth. a daughter of Adrastus who became the mother, by Tydeus, of Diomedes.

Narcaeus Class. Myth. a son of Physcoa and Dionysus who initiated the worship of Dionysus in Elis.

Cnidia Class. Myth. an epithet of Aphrodite referring to the city of Cnidus, where there was a statue of the goddess by Praxiteles.

Vulcanalia an ancient Roman festival, in honor of Vulcan.

Oeax Class. Myth. a son of Nauplius and Clymene who, in seeking revenge for the slaying of his brother, Palamedes, provoked Clytemnestra to murder Agamemnon.

Cyprian 6. the Cyprian, Aphrodite: so called because her cult was centered on Cyprus. [<L Cypri(us) of Cyprus (< Gk Kýprios, deriv. of Kýpros CYPRUS ) + -AN ]

Leuce Class. Myth. a nymph changed into a white poplar tree as a protection against the pursuing Pluto.

Bias 2. Class. Myth. a son of Amythaon and Idomene, who, with the help of his brother Melampus, secured the cattle of Phylacus and wed Pero.

Heliadae Class. Myth. the seven sons of Helius and Rhode.

Phlias Class. Myth. a son of Dionysus who joined the Argonauts.

Therapne Class. Myth. a girl who gave her name to the grounds on which the Dioscuri were buried.

Clide Class. Myth. a nymph who lived on the island of Naxos.

Harmonides ( in the Iliad ) Phereclus.

Chamyne Class. Myth. an epithet of Demeter.

Numanus Rom. Legend. the brother-in-law of Turnus, killed in the war between Turnus and Aeneas.

Thespian Maids Class. Myth. the Muses. Cf. Thespiae.

Theoxenius Class. Myth. an epithet of Apollo, meaning "god of strangers."

Periapis Class. Myth. a woman believed to be the mother of Patroclus. Also, Periopis.

Syleus Class. Myth. a king who forced all passing travelers to work in his vineyard: he was killed by Hercules.

Argyrotoxus Class. Myth. an epithet of Apollo, meaning "lord of the silver bow," referring to the bow and arrows made for him by Hephaestus.

Eumolpus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Poseidon and Chione who founded the mysteries at Eleusis. 2. a flute player who supported the false accusations of Phylonome against Tenes.

Merops ( in the Iliad ) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War. 2. Class. Myth. the husband of Clymene and the stepfather of Phaëthon.

Comaetho Class. Myth. 1. daughter of Pterelaus who, out of love for Amphitryon, betrayed her father by cutting off the lock of golden hair which made him immortal. Despite her love, Amphitryon killed her for her treacherous deed. 2. a priestess who was sacrificed with her lover, Melanippus, to appease Artemis, in whose sanctuary they had impiously made love.

Arsinous ( in the Iliad ) the father of Aecamede.

Gygaea ( in the Iliad ) a lake nymph. Also, Gyge.

Pylas Class. Myth. a king of Megara who gave his throne to Pandion the Younger.

Areïthoüs ( in the Iliad ) the father of Menesthius, who used an iron mace in battle. He was killed by Lycurgus.

Itonia Class. Myth. an epithet of Athena.

Clitus Class. Myth. a son of Mantius who was beloved and abducted by Eos.

Hyrie Class. Myth. the mother of a child by Apollo: she was changed into a swan to relieve her grief over the death of her son.

Thamus Class. Myth. an Egyptian sailor who was bound for Italy when he heard a voice announce the death of Pan.

Zosteria Class. Myth. an epithet of Athena, meaning "one who girds with armor."

Sesostris ( in Greek legend ) a king of ancient Egypt believed to have conquered areas in Asia and Africa.

Galinthias Class. Myth. a handmaid of Alcmene.

Cytissorus Class. Myth. a son of Phrixus and Chalciope.

Nauplius Class. Myth. 1. a son of Poseidon and a Danaid, credited with discovering a way of navigating by the Great Bear constellation. 2. a king of Nauplia who was one of the Argonauts.

Learchus Class. Myth. a son of Athamas and Ino who was killed by his father in a fit of madness.

Cleone Class. Myth. a daughter of Asopus.

Adamas ( in the Iliad ) a Trojan ally who was killed when his attempt to slay Antilochus was thwarted by Poseidon.

Eurypylus Class. Myth. 1. a son of Poseidon, slain by Hercules. 2. a nephew of Priam, slain by Neoptolemus in the Trojan War. 3. a brave Greek warrior who was driven insane by an image of Dionysus that he received as part of the Trojan spoils.

Hyacinthides Class. Myth. the daughters of Hyacinthus who were sacrificed to save Athens from the attacking King Minos.

Pandareus Class. Myth. a son of Merops who was turned to stone for stealing the golden dog created by Hephaestus to guard the temple of Zeus.

Anchiale Class. Myth. a nymph.

Opheltes Class. Myth. the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held. Also called Archemorus.

Calyce Class. Myth. a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete and the mother of Endymion.

Archegetes Class. Myth. an epithet of Apollo, meaning "founder," referring to an altar established in his honor by the first Greek colonists of Sicily.

Megarus Class. Myth. a son of Zeus who fled to the safety of Mount Gerania during the flood that Zeus sent to punish mankind.

Hylaeus Class. Myth. a cloud-born Arcadian centaur.

Podalirius Class. Myth. a son of Asclepius who was physician to the Greeks in the Trojan War.

Protogonia Class. Myth. a daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, who, when her sister Otionia was sacrificed, fulfilled a vow by taking her own life.

Deïon Class. Myth. a son of Aeolus and Enarete who became king of Phocis.

Leucippides Class. Myth. Phoebe and Hilaira, the daughters of Leucippus.

Deïope Class. Myth. a woman believed to be the daughter of Triptolemus.

Aesepus Class. Myth. a son of Abarbarea who, with his twin brother Pedasus, fought in the Trojan War and was slain by Euryalus.

Ptoüs Class. Myth. a son of Athamas and Themisto for whom Mount Ptoüs in Boeotia was named.

Baton Class. Myth. the charioteer of Amphiaraus.

Canens Rom. Legend. a daughter of Janus who cried herself to death over the disappearance of her husband, Picus.

Simois ( in the Iliad ) a river god.

Migonitis Class. Myth. an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning "uniter."

Cychreus Class. Myth. a son of Poseidon who became king of Salamis.

Ida 3. Class. Myth. a. one of the nymphs who kept watch over the infant Zeus to protect him from being devoured by his father, Cronus. b. a nymph who was the mother, by Zeus, of the Dactyls.

Agacles ( in the Iliad ) a king of the Myrmidons.