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	GROUPS (collective entries) GROUPS containing one or several lists are written in bold style. For technical reasons some offsprings are included among the GROUPS listed below.			GRUPOS (entradas colectivas) Los GRUPOS que contienen una o varias listas están escritos en negrita. Por razones técnicas, ciertas extensas descendencias están incluidas aquí.
	ABSTRACTIONS Abstract Personifications, such as Ananke (Necessity) or Geras (Old Age).			ESPARTOI Hombres nacidos de los dientes de un dragón.
	ACHAEAN LEADERS Those who led the expedition against Troy, the peoples they commanded and the amount of ships they provided.			OLÍMPICOS Los inmortales dioses que habitan la mansión del Olimpo.
	ACHAEANS Those who are reported to have fought against Troy.
	ACTAEON'S DOGS The dogs which devoured their master Actaeon.
	AEGYPTUS 1'S OFFSPRING The sons of Aegyptus 1 [see DANAIDS].
	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].
	APOLLO'S OFFSPRING Children of Apollo.
	ARES' OFFSPRING Children of Ares.
	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.
	ERIS' OFFSPRING The children of Eris (Discord).
	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.)
	GAIA'S OFFSPRING Children of Gaia (Earth).
	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.
	HEPHAESTUS' OFFSPRING Children of Hephaestus.
	HERACLES 1'S LABOURS
	HERACLES 1'S OFFSPRING See Heracles 1.
	HERACLIDES The descendants of Heracles 1.
	HERALDS Those reported to have been heralds.
	HERMES' OFFSPRING Children of Hermes.
	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.
	LITAE See Abstractions.
	LYCAON 2'S OFFSPRING The children of impious Lycaon 2.
	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 two bodies and 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.
	NYX'S OFFSPRING The children of the Night.
	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.
	POSEIDON'S OFFSPRING Children of Poseidon.
	PRIAMIDES Children of King Priam 1 of Troy
	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.
	THESPIUS' OFFSPRING See Heracles 1.
	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.
	ZEUS' OFFSPRING Children of Zeus.

Dictionaries Characters Silver Version Geographical Longer articles are at Biographies Longer articles are at Places & Peoples   Abarbarea 1 to Aetius Aetnaeus to Althaemenes Althepus to Antilochus Antimache to Arsippe Artaceus to Boetis Boeus to Cephisus Cerambus to Clytodora Clytomedes to Damarmenus Damasen to Dracius Draco to Ereuthus Ergeus to Eurytele Eurythemis to Hecale Hecamede to Hygia Hylactor to Isander Ischepolis to Leucopeus Leucophrye to Meander Mecionice to Mineus Minis to Nyctimene Nyctimus to Orthosie Orthus to Perius Pernis to Phylius Phylleus to Priapus Prias to Sancus Sandocus to Talasius Talaus to Thoos Thoosa to Zorus Numbering of namesakes. The numbers following the names of individuals are for identification purposes only; they do not point out a chronological order, and are consistent throughout all texts. The numbers do not belong originally to the names, and the absence of a number indicates that there is only one mythological character with that particular name.   Characters Gold Version (see examples) The Dictionary Silver Version is on line, and also available via Backups. The Dictionary Gold Version is only available via Backups.     Abae to Byzeres Cabeiraea to Elysium Emathia to Lycastus Lyceum to Phicium Phigalia to Zone Map of Greece & Asia Minor In the geographical reference ancient names are usually kept (for example Libya = Africa). The geographical index is virtually complete regarding the following authors and works: Apollodorus, The Library and Epitome. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. Callimachus, Hymns. Hesiod, Theogony. Homer, The Iliad. Homer, The Odyssey. Hyginus, Fabulae. Nonnus, Dionysiaca Ovid, Metamorphoses. and selective regarding the following: Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Roman Antiquities. Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis. Herodotus, History. Hesiod, Catalogues of Women and Eoiae. Hesiod, The Melampodia. Hyginus, Poetica Astronomica Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses. Ovid, Fasti. Parthenius of Nicaea, Love Romances Pausanias, Description of Greece. Pindar, Pythian Odes. Plutarch, Moralia (Greek Questions). Plutarch, Moralia (Greek and Roman Parallel Stories). Plutarch, Parallel Lives (Romulus). Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Strabo, Geography. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica. Virgil, The Aeneid.

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