Mythology

Daedalus and Icarus

Daedalus Dædalus [Δαίδαλος], a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician. He was the first…

Danae was the mother of the renown hero Perseus. Her father was Acrisius, king of Argos. Perseus, one…

Dionysus, also called Bacchus (from bacca, berry), was the god of wine, and the personification of the blessings…

Eros, the god of love, could stir desire into the hearts of anyone he pleased with a simple…

The mortal consorts of Zeus In addition to the seven immortal wives of Zeus, he was also allied…

Eurynome was mother to the Charities (the Three Graces) with Zeus. She was daughter of the titan Oceanus. …

The three Furies—Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto—were deities of vengeance. The Iliad depicts them as residing below Earth in the underworld…

This handsome youth was the prince of Troy, son of Tros (or Laomedon). Because of his unusual beauty,…

Earth goddess or Mother Goddess Deity worshiped mainly in Mainland Greece during prehistoric times (aprox. 14th – 11th…

The Division of the World Zeus and his brothers, who, having gained a complete victory over their enemies,…

Several deities in Greek mythology possessed the name Glaucus. He was a minor god of the sea endowed…

The Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, were the three daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, and were the personification…