Mythology

Hestia (Vesta)

Hestia Ἑστία (Hestia) was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. She was the goddess of Fire in its…

Closely allied to the Graces were the Horæ, or Seasons, who were also represented as three beautiful maidens,…

Hymen or Hymenæus, the son of Apollo and the muse Urania, was the god who presided over marriage…

Priestess of Hera Table of Contents Io, daughter of Inachus, king of Argos, was a priestess of Hera.…

Ion was the son of Crëusa (the beauteous daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens) and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo,…

Iris was the fleet footed message of gods, and the personification of the rainbow. Iris, the daughter of…

In addition to the Moiræ, who presided over the life of mortals, there was another divinity, called Ker,…

Leda, whose affections Zeus won under the form of a swan, was the daughter of Thestius, king of…

LETO (Latona) was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. She was gifted with wonderful beauty, and was tenderly…

Leucothea was originally a mortal named Ino, daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes. She married Athamas, king of…

METIS, Zeus’ first wife, was one of the Oceanides or sea-nymphs. She was the personification of prudence and…

MNEMOSYNE, one of Zeus’ wives, was the daughter of Uranus and Gæa, was the goddess of Memory and…