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(mythology) A spirit in Basque mythology, a cave-dwelling shapeshifter usually taking the form of a young bull. Arising from his lair at night, more so in stormy weather, Aatxe attacks malevolent people such as criminals and, in addition, safeguards people by keeping them at home when danger is nearby.
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(Greek mythology) A Colchian prince, the son of Aeëtes.
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(Ancient Roman religion) A goddess of abundance and prosperity.
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(Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.
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(Greek mythology) A goddess and personification of the healing process, daughter of Asclepius.
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(archaic, poetic) A trusty comrade.
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(Greek mythology) Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
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(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.
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An ancient Greek goddess of death-mist, misery and sadness.
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A Theban character in Statius’s Thebaid.
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(Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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(archaic, slang) A cuckold.
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Archaic spelling of Acoetes. [An attendant of Bacchus.]
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(Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of gluttony.
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(historical) An annual festival celebrated by women in ancient Greece to mourn the death of Adonis, the consort of Aphrodite.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution
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(Greek mythology) A king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, one of the three judges in Hades.
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(Greek mythology) The mythical island said to be the home of Circe.
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(Greek mythology) A character in the founding myth of Athens.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph of the island that bears her name.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
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(Greek mythology) The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health, one of the daughters of Asclepius.
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A king of Egypt in Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
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(Greek mythology) The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Catreus, king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. Catreus gave her to Nauplius, to be drowned or sold abroad, but Nauplius spared her.
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(Roman mythology) The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of light, brother-husband of Hemera and grandson of Chaos.
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(Greek mythology and Roman mythology) A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.
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(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.
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(Greek mythology) King of Phoenicia, father of Cadmus and Europa, and ancestor of Dido.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Asclepius and goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health.
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(Finnish mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
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Alternative form of Ajax (“hero in Greek mythology”) [(Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.]
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(Greek mythology) The goddess or personification of humility, modesty.
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Alternative form of Até [(Greek mythology) A goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly, the daughter either of Zeus or of Eris.]
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(Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
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Alternative form of Academus (“mythological hero”) [(Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.]
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Alternative form of Achilles [(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.]
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(historical) A member of the Alcmaeonidae (Ἀλκμαιωνίδαι), a powerful noble family of ancient Athens who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon.
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Alternative form of Alcmene [(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.]
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(Greek mythology) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of the Furies.
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(Greek mythology) One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, guardian, along with his twin Anicetus and his father, of the gates of Mount Olympus.
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(Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
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(Greek mythology) an obscure goddess who was the personification of truth
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A god of agriculture in Welsh mythology.
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(Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
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Alternative form of Amalthea (Greek goddess) [(Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.]
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(Roman mythology) The wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
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(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle.
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A woman who takes part in the Anastenaria.
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(historical) An Ancient Greek tribal chief or leader.
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(Greek mythology) a rich and beautiful maiden of Cyprus, who, disdaining the love of Iphis, was changed to stone.
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A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of warriors.
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The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
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Androcydes of Cyzicus, a Greek painter of the 4th century BCE.
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(Greek mythology) the wife of Hector
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
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(Greek mythology) The four Greek gods of the winds (Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus, who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came), considered collectively.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Zeus and Hera, and a goddess of the Underworld.
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(Greek mythology) One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.
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(mythology) A Roman goddess personifying the yearly harvest.
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(Greek mythology) The son of Poseidon and Gaea.
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(Greek mythology) A son of Aesyetes
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(Greek mythology) The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Athens.
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(Greek mythology) A queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Anticlea [(Greek mythology) A queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.]
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(Greek mythology) the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology
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A member of the dynasty founded by Antigonus.
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(Greek mythology) A prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer.
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(Greek mythology), the Greek god of the south east winds. Apeliotes is often depicted wearing gumboots and carrying fruit.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus.
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Obsolete form of Aphrodite. [(Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus.]
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Absyrtus [(Greek mythology) A Colchian prince, the son of Aeëtes.]
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(Greek mythology) A healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podaleirios, Telesphoros.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides nymphs.
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A naiad of the town of Eleusis, mother of Cercyon by Branchus; sometimes identified with the above daughter of Cephissus.
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(Greek mythology) One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)
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(Celtic mythology) The Celtic goddess of bears.
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(Greek mythology) The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A legendary king of Alba Longa, and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas.
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(Ancient Greece) The Asclepiads.
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(Greek mythology) A child of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama).
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Alternative form of Asclepius [(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified with the Roman god Aesculapius.]
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(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified with the Roman god Aesculapius.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
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Alternative form of Asclepius [(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified with the Roman god Aesculapius.]
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(Greek mythology) The five Greek gods of the "Wandering Stars", (i.e. "planets"), (Phaenon (Saturn), Phaethon (Jupiter), Pyroeis (Mars), Eosphorus/Hesperus (Venus), and Stilbon (Mercury). They were the sons of the Eos (goddess of the dawn) and Astraeus (god of the dusk), and their siblings were the four Anemoi ("winds").
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(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of stars and justice; similar to Dike, equivalent to the Roman goddess Justitia.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek god of the dusk. Husband of Eos (goddess of the dawn), and father of the four Anemoi ("Winds"), and the five Astra Planeta ("Wandering Stars/Planets").
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of lightning, sister of Bronte, and an attendant of Zeus. Her Roman counterpart is Fulgora.
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(mythology) The nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache.
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(mythology) An Iroquois sky goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine affairs in general.
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(Greek mythology) A huntress and heroine in Greek mythology, renowned for her great speed and strength; depending on the version of the myth, either the daughter of Iasus (a prince of Arcadia) by Clymene or of King Schoeneus of Boeotia.
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(Greek mythology) A Boeotian king, father of Phrixus and Helle by his first wife Nephele, whom he deserted for Ino.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.
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(Greek mythology) Athena
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(Greek mythology) one of the Gigantes
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(Greek mythology) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
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(mythology) Any of the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.
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(Greek mythology) A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
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(Greek mythology) One of the three Fates, or Moirae; a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the cutter of the thread of life, depicted as an old woman. Her Roman counterpart is Morta.
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(Greek mythology) A goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly, the daughter either of Zeus or of Eris.
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(Greek mythology) The filthy stables of Augeas, the cleaning of which was the fifth of the twelve Labors of Hercules.
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(Greek mythology) a king of Elis, best known for his stables, the Augean stables
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A minor female deity. See Aura (mythology).
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(mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, a son of Hermes and Chione. A successful robber, he was capable of changing his own form and that of the goods he stole.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of Summer; she is the protector of vegetation and plants, and growth and fertility.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic mother goddess, a goddess of fresh water springs.
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(Ancient Greece) In the Eleusinian Mysteries, the branches that initiates swung along the ground along the Sacred Way, the 22-kilometer pilgrimage from Athens to Eleusis.
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(Greek mythology) A mythical hero, best known for slaying the Chimera.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of force.
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(mythology) Any of the nine daughters of the sea-god Ran in Norse mythology.
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(Greek mythology) A legendary figure who features in the Iliad; a princess granted as concubine to Achilles after the sacking of her city, Lyrnessus, before the beginning of the story.
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(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, primarily worshipped on the island of Crete.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess personifying thunder.
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Alternative form of Byblis [(Greek mythology) A daughter of Miletus who fell in love with Caunus, her twin brother.]
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Miletus who fell in love with Caunus, her twin brother.
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(Greek mythology) A group of enigmatic chthonic deities worshipped by a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus.
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(Greek mythology) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
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(Roman mythology) The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-&-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.
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(Greek mythology) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
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(Greek mythology) A naiad, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph of Artemis.
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(historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honour the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.
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(Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
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(Roman mythology) A group of prophetic goddesses associated with childbirth, wells, and fountains.
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(Roman mythology) Alternative form of Camenae [(Roman mythology) A group of prophetic goddesses associated with childbirth, wells, and fountains.]
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(Greek mythology) A female monster, the guard in Tartarus of the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers, whom Cronus, ruler of the Titans, had imprisoned there.
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(Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
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(Roman mythology) The goddesses Antevorta and Postverta.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Horae, goddess/personification of Autumn and of harvest time.
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(Greek mythology) A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed.
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Alternative form of Cassiopeia [(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.]
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(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri
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A Thracian dryad who is portrayed as the goddess of chess
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(Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
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(Greek mythology) A primordial sea goddess, wife of Phorcys and mother of numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.
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(Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone.
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(Greek mythology) A hero in Greek legend
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(Greek mythology) Aglaea, one of the Charites.
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(Greek mythology) The goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, and the patronesses of amusement and festivities; the retinue of Aphrodite.
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(Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
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(Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph.
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(Greek mythology) An old, wise centaur who served as Achilles' mentor and teacher.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Niobids.
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The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
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(Greek mythology) The personification of time.
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Alternative form of Chronos. [(Greek mythology) The personification of time.]
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(Greek mythology) Character of the book The Iliad.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea.
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(Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus' men into pigs.
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Pertaining to Circe, the Greek goddess, who first charmed her victims and then changed them into animals; hence, alluring but dangerous or degrading.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshiped in Sparta along with Phaenna.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
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(Roman mythology) A woman who saved Roman hostages from the Clusian camp.
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(Greek mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the spinner of the thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.
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Alternative form of Clytemnestra [(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes]
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(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes
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A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) The last of the semi-mythical kings of Athens (r. ca 1089–1068 BC), an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice.
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(Greek mythology) The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.
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(Greek mythology) The god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances, a son of Dionysus.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of harmony and concord. She is the Roman equivalent to Harmonia.
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(Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.
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(mythology) Any of several figures from Greek mythology
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(Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.
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Alternative form of coryphée [(Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.]
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(drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the dramatic chorus in Ancient Greece.
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(mythology) One of the Hecatoncheires (hundred-handed monster) of Ancient Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.
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Alternative form of Creon [(Greek mythology) King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.]
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(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.
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(figuratively) A rich person.
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Alternative form of Cronus [(Greek mythology) The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.]
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(Greek mythology) The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
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(Ancient Greek mythology) The younger sister of Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca.
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Alternative form of Ctimene [(Ancient Greek mythology) The younger sister of Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca.]
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(Greek mythology) A Korybant.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
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the name of multiple characters in Greek mythology
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(Greek mythology) A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation.
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(mythology) The goddess Aphrodite.
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A torchbearer in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus.
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(mythology) The daughter of Gradlon, king of the city of Ys.
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A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.
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(Greek mythology) The mother of Perseus by Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) a mythical Egyptian king who founded Argos
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(Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
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(Greek mythology) The third wife of Heracles.
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(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Lycomedes of Scyros
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(Greek mythology) A son of Ares (Latin: Mars), god of terror.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.
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(Greek mythology) The son of Prometheus, husband of Pyrrha. Both survived a deluge sent by Zeus to punish the human race.
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(historical) Any of the rival families who fought for control over Alexander the Great's empire after his death.
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(Roman mythology) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
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(Greek mythology) Founder and first Queen of Carthage.
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(Roman mythology) One of the Protogenoi, the Protogenos personification of day. She is the daughter of fellow Protogenoi, Nox/Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness), and sister-wife of Aether. She is the Roman counterpart of Hemera.
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(Roman mythology) The twelve great gods of Roman mythology, namely Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Apollo.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
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(historical, Greek mythology) The goddess personifying the principle of justice.
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Alternative form of Diomedes [(Greek mythology) a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War]
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(Greek mythology) Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea.
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(Roman mythology) The goddesses of vengeance; they were also known to accompany Invidia. They are the Roman counterparts of the Furies/Erinyes.
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(Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of discord, confusion, and strife.
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Alternative form of Juturna [(Ancient Roman mythology) A goddess of fountains, wells and springs, and the mother of Fontus by Janus.]
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The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
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(Greek mythology) One of Actaeon's hounds.
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(Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.
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Obsolete form of dryad. [(Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.]
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Abbreviation of Euripides. [A Greek tragedian (c. 480–406 B.C.E.); Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.]
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Alternative form of Aeacus [(Greek mythology) A king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, one of the three judges in Hades.]
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Alternative form of Atahensic [(mythology) An Iroquois sky goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine affairs in general.]
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An epithet for the god Poseidon.
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(Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
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(Roman mythology) A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of peace and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Dike and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Pax.
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(Greek mythology) A mistress of Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
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Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece.
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(Greek mythology) A personification of liberty, represented on certain ancient coins, and sometimes denoting the goddess Artemis.
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Pertaining to Eleutheria, the personification of freedom, or Zeus Eleutheria, the protector of freedom.
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(Greek mythology) Dido, queen of Carthage.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of hope.
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(mythology) Alternative form of empusa [(mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.]
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(mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
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(Greek mythology) A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.
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(Greek mythology) Goddess of violent war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. Identified with Bellona in Roman mythology.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the dawn; daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Selene, wife of Astraeus (god of the dusk), and mother of the four Anemoi ("Winds"), and the five Astra Planeta ("Wandering Stars/Planets"). Her Roman counterpart is Aurora.
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(Greek mythology) Either of two Giants.
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(rare) A dryad, a water nymph.
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(Greek mythology) Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
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(Greek mythology) Ancient Greek goddess of soothing of pain; in fact, her name actually means soothing.
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(historical) the epithet of several Hellenistic rulers
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry, eroticism, and mimic imitation, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne. Usually depicted with a crown/wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a golden arrow and doves. Often accompanies Eros/Cupid.
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(archaic) an alternate spelling for Hercules
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(Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos.
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(Greek mythology) A mythical river of northern Europe, rich in amber.
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(Greek mythology) The goddesses of vengeance; they were also known to accompany Nemesis. Their Roman counterparts were the Dirae.
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(religion, Discordianism) the same figure as principal deity of Discordianism, regarded as the goddess of disorder.
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(Greek mythology) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of the dew.
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(Greek mythology) a giant boar that ravaged the area round Mount Erymanthos; captured by Heracles
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(Greek mythology) The son of Iphis, who participated in the war on Thebes.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek god of recovery and son of Asclepius.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites.
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Alternative form of Euhemerus. [(historical) An ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic philosopher, famed for a lost work proposing most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which became supernatural only through retelling.]
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(Greek mythology) The Erinyes.
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a member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece
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(Greek mythology) The son of Poseidon and Chione, who became one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the founders of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Horae.
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(Greek mythology) One of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
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(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess of abundance.
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(Greek mythology) Several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) The second eldest of the gorgons.
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(Greek mythology) A sea goddess in Ancient Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.
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(Greek mythology) The mother of the Graces by Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) The Muse of music and lyric poetry.
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(mythology) The Roman equivalent of the Greek Pheme, a personification of fame and renown.
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(Roman mythology) A goddess who is a personification of famine and hunger. She is the Roman counterpart of Limos.
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(Greek mythology) Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.
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Herodotus, so called because of his controversial works.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.
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(Roman mythology) A Roman goddess of wildlife, fertility, health and abundance.
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(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of trust and loyalty. Her Greek equivalent was Pistis.
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(Irish mythology) A woodland goddess whose chariot is drawn by deer.
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(Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
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(Irish mythology) Of or relating to the race of semi-divine creatures said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess/personification of lightning. She is the Roman counterpart of Astrape.
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(Greek mythology) Synonym of Erinyes; the goddesses of vengeance.
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(Greek mythology) A female personification of vengeance.
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(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend.
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(Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
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(Greek mythology) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.
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(Greek mythology) Son of king Minos.
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(Greek mythology) A magical fleece from a winged ram guarded by the hydra in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts.
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(Greek mythology) Three sister goddesses in Greek mythology (Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia), in whom beauty was deified.
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(mythology) The king of the city of Ys.
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(Greek mythology) Three sisters, old women with grey hair — Deino (or Dino), Enyo, and Pemphredo (or Pephredo) — who shared a single eye and a single tooth. They were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and of the sun.
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(Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
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(historical) An Attic festival, celebrated principally at Eleusis, in honour of Demeter, Dionysus, and Poseidon.
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(Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of harmony and concord, and the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia.
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(Greek mythology) The god of silence, secrets and confidentiality.
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(Egyptian mythology) The goddess of joy, love, and motherhood; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ra/Horus; often depicted as having a cow's head.
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(Hawaiian mythology) The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.
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Alternative form of Hecuba [(Greek mythology) the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and the Cassandra]
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The powerful goddess, in Greek mythology, of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
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Alternative form of Hekatompedon [(historical) The Temple of Athena upon the Acropolis, formerly in the location of the present Parthenon.]
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(Greek mythology) Three monstrous giants of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, who were offspring of Uranus by Gaia, whom Zeus freed from captivity and who in return aided the Olympians in the Titanomachy.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
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(Greek mythology) the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and the Cassandra
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites and a goddess of flowers and fruit, worshipped at Athens along with Auxo and Damia.
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Alternative form of Hecuba [(Greek mythology) the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and the Cassandra]
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(Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
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(Greek mythology) the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete.
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(Greek mythology) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of king Athamas, who, together with her brother Phrixus, fled from their stepmother Ino to Colchis on a golden ram. On their way, she fell from its back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont.
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(Greek mythology) the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus
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(Greek mythology) The personification and elemental goddess of the day. Her husband is Aether.
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(chiefly academic) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
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(US) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
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Archaic spelling of Hephaestus. [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
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(astronomy) Abbreviation of Hercules. [(Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.]
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(Greek mythology) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.
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(Greek mythology) Any member of the Heracleidae, the descendants of Hercules.
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(mythology) The descendants of Hercules.
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(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
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(mythology) One of the Heracleidae, or descendants of Hercules.
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Alternative spelling of Heracles [(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.]
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(Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
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(Greek mythology) The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
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(Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
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(Greek mythology) Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.
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Alternative spelling of Hermione [(Greek mythology) Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.]
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Boeotus. She was married to Orchomenus but had a son with Poseidon.
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an Ancient Greek arsonist who destroyed the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in order to become famous
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(Greek mythology) Any of various women in Greek mythology, especially the Trojan princess who was the daughter of King Laomedon.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides.
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(Greek mythology) any one of the Hesperides
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(Greek mythology) The garden of the Hesperides.
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(Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph, a mistress of Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek god of uncontrollable desire, often depicted as a winged child attendant to Aphrodite.
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(Greek mythology) A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, the waters of which were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed.
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Alternative spelling of Hippodamia [(Greek mythology) Various female Ancient Greek mythological figures, especially the queen of Pisa as the wife of Pelops.]
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Alternative spelling of Hippodamia [(Greek mythology) Various female Ancient Greek mythological figures, especially the queen of Pisa as the wife of Pelops.]
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(Greek mythology) Various female Ancient Greek mythological figures, especially the queen of Pisa as the wife of Pelops.
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(mythology) An Amazonian queen who possessed a magic girdle given to her by her father, Ares.
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(especially in plural) A goddess of the seasons; one of the Horae.
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(Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.
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Obsolete form of Horae: plural of Hora. [(Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.]
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Of the Hekatonkheires, three giants of Greek mythology who helped Zeus overthrow the Titans.
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(Greek mythology) A Spartan youth loved and accidentally killed by Apollo. The flower hyacinth sprang from his blood.
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(Greek mythology) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
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(Greek mythology) A god associated with the river.
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(Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
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(Greek mythology) Ancient Greek goddess of health, cleanliness, and sanitation. Her Roman name is Hygēa/Hygīa or Salus.
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(Greek deities) The goddess and personification of health and healthiness, a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
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(Greek mythology) The son of Heracles and Deianira
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(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos.
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(Greek mythology) The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Thoas and Myrina, queen of Lemnos at the time of the curse by Aphrodite, the island’s subsequent androcide, and the Argonauts’ two-year sojourn on the island, during which time she bore Jason twin sons.
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Archaic spelling of Heracles. [(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.]
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Iacchus [(Greek mythology) A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.]
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(Greek mythology) A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Iacchus [(Greek mythology) A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.]
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Iacchus [(Greek mythology) A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.]
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(Greek mythology) A Thracian woman, daughter of Pan and Echo, granddaughter of Hermes.
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(Ancient Greece) A member of an Olympian dynasty, the "house of Iamus", an extended family of seers.
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(Greek mythology) One of the 3,000 Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
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Alternative form of Janus (“the god”) [(Roman mythology) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.]
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(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of recuperation. She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
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(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea.
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In Ovid's Metamorphoses, one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep).
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(Greek mythology) A queen of Boeotia who, after her death and transfiguration, was worshipped as a goddess under the epithet Leucothea.
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(mythology) In Ancient Roman mythology, a deity associated with childbirth, providing the axe without which trees could not be cut.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of divine retribution and vengeance; often accompanied by the Furies/Dirae. She is the Roman counterpart of Nemesis.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.
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(Greek mythology) Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.
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Alternative spelling of Iphigenia [(Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.]
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.
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(Greek mythology) A Thessalian princess, the daughter of Triopas of Thessaly (a son of Poseidon and Canace).
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(Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
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(Greek mythology) A messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Itylus [(Greek mythology) The son of Aedon.]
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(Greek mythology) The son of Aedon.
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(Greek mythology) King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.
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(Greek mythology) A centaur.
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Alternative spelling of Iapetus [(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.]
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(Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
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(Greek mythology) The mother and wife of Oedipus.
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(Roman mythology) The queen of the gods, equivalent of the Greek Hera.
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(Roman mythology) One of the Horae, she is the goddess of justice. She is the daughter of Jupiter and Themis; her sisters are Pax and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Dike.
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(Ancient Roman mythology) A goddess of fountains, wells and springs, and the mother of Fontus by Janus.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Jupiter and Juno. Juventas was the cupbearer of the gods until she married her paternal halfbrother, Hercules, with whom she had twin sons, Alexiares and Anicetus. She is the Roman counterpart of Hebe.
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Alternative spelling of Cadmus [(Greek mythology) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.]
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(Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) A god/personification of fruit.
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Alternative spelling of Cronus [(Greek mythology) The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.]
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Alternative spelling of Clymene [(Greek mythology) A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.]
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(Greek mythology) An Oceanid, who was known for her unrequited love for Helios.
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(Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades.
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(Greek mythology) The god and personification of power and strength.
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Alternative form of Cronus [(Greek mythology) The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.]
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Alternative form of Cybele (“mother goddess”) [(Greek mythology) A mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor.]
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(mythology) A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
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(Greek mythology) A serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.
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(Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus
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(Greek mythology) The Laestrygonians.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of gaiety.
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(Greek mythology) The father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta
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(Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa.
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(Roman mythology) A goddess of thieves and impostors.
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(Greek mythology) The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
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(Greek mythology) The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the guise of a swan
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Synonym of Lemuria (Ancient Roman religious feast)
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(Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris.
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(uncountable, Greek mythology) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
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(Roman mythology) An Ancient Roman goddess involved in rituals relating to childbirth.
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(Roman mythology) A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom.
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An ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph of the meadows.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Eris, Limos is the goddess/personification of famine and starvation. Her Roman counterpart is Fames.
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(Greek mythology) An illegitimate son of Midas (or of Comis) and Demeter, who challenged people to harvesting contests and beheaded those he beat, putting the rest of their bodies in the sheaves. Heracles won the contest and killed him.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of childbirth, midwives and babies, daughter of Jupiter and Juno and counterpart of the Greek Eileithyia; alternatively regarded as an aspect of Juno (and used as an epithet).
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(Roman mythology) A god who protected flocks, in some sources identified with Faunus in the aspect of Innus, and by extension as the equivalent of the Greek Πὰν Λυκαῖος (Pàn Lukaîos, “Lycaean Pan”).
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(Greek mythology) A mistress of Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Heracles/Hercules.
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(Greek mythology) A healer and a son of Asclepius and Epione.
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(Greek mythology) The nymph associated with an apple tree.
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(Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
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(Greek mythology) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
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(Greek mythology) An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess/personification of health and longevity. She is a daughter of Aesculapius and Epione.
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(Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Furies, Erinyes in Greek mythology, the cause of jealousy and envy, who punishes people who commit crimes, especially marital infidelity.
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(Ancient Greek mythology) A hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
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(Greek mythology) The Muse of meditation, one of the three original Boeotian muses.
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(Greek mythology) An obscure figure, a daughter of Persephone and Zeus. or a daughter of Hades and Persephone.
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(Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
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(mythology) The Phoenician god of the city of Tyre
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(mythology) Alternative form of Melusine [(mythology) A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.]
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(mythology) A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.
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(Greek mythology) An Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos. Considered a great warrior, he fought on the side of Troy and was killed by Achilles.
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(Greek mythology) The 50 goddesses of the lunar months within a four-year Olympiad. They were the daughters of the Moon goddess, Selene, and her lover, Endymion, a mortal king. Their individual names are not attested in any sources. Singular: Mene.
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(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War
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(Greek mythology) One of Hades' shepherds on Erythea. He told Geryon when Heracles stole Geryon's herd.
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(Greek mythology) Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
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Archaic spelling of Menoetius. [(Greek mythology) A Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene, he had three brothers: Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. He joined Cronus and the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympian gods. Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt and sent him down to Tartarus.]
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(Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Alkyonides.
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(Greek mythology) A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena
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(Greek mythology) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.
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(Greek mythology, literally) The ability to turn everything one touches into gold.
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(mythology) A son of Gaia; one of the Gigantes.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
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(Greek mythology) The mythological first king of Crete, a son of Zeus by Europa, who imprisoned the Minotaur in a labyrinth and after death was made a judge of the dead in Hades; a putative corresponding historical person.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint.
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(Greek mythology) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory. She is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.
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(Greek mythology) The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.
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(Greek mythology) The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
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(Greek mythology) The personification of satire and mockery.
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(Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
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(Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the cutter of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Atropos.
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One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
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(Greek mythology) The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Cinyras, king of Cyprus, who tricks her father into having sexual intercourse with her and escapes the king's wrath by being transformed into a myrrh tree, later giving birth to Adonis.
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(Greek mythology) A son of Poseidon.
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Obsolete spelling of Moirae [(Greek mythology) The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled every person's destiny by weaving the thread of life.]
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(Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
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(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.
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(Greek mythology) A son of the god Poseidon by Amymone, daughter of Danaus, and founder of the city of Nauplia.
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(Greek mythology) A princess who aids Odysseus.
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Alternative spelling of Nausicaa [(Greek mythology) A princess who aids Odysseus.]
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Alternative spelling of Nausicaa [(Greek mythology) A princess who aids Odysseus.]
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(Greek mythology) Any member of the Neleidae, the descendants of Neleus.
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(Celtic mythology) The patron god of Nîmes during Roman times.
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(Greek mythology) One of the nereids.
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The guardian of a temple in Ancient Greece
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(Greek mythology) A cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle.
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(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
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(Roman mythology) The god of the ocean and of earthquakes. The same as Poseidon in Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
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(Greek mythology) An old and wise king in Homer's Iliad.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.
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The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.
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(mythology) A priestess in Arthurian legend who succeeded Viviane as Lady of the Lake.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Tantalus, said to have turned into stone while weeping for her children.
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(Greek mythology) An alias of Odysseus Laërtiadês
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(Roman mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho.
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An Etruscan goddess of time, fate, destiny and chance.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of night.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
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(rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of nymph [(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.]
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(mythology) A mythical land in Greek Mythology.
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(Greek mythology) The primordial goddess of night.
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(Greek mythology) Any of the sea nymphs, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys
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(Greek mythology) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
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(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.
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(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
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Alternative form of Oenomaus [(Greek mythology) A king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia.]
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(Greek mythology) A king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia.
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(Greek mythology) The first wife of Paris of Troy.
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(Greek mythology) The island home of the nymph Calypso, where she entertained Odysseus for seven years.
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(Greek mythology) Any of the 12 principal gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon (Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, and Hades); (specifically) preceded by the: Zeus, the supreme ruler of the Greek deities.
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Epirote queen who was the mother of Alexander the Great.
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(Greek mythology) A Titan-king of heaven, before being overthrown by Cronus and Rhea.
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(Greek mythology) A mythical creature, part bull and part serpent.
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Alternative form of Ophiusa
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.
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(Roman mythology) The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.
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(Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
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(Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
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(Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
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(Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph who, with Acheron, had the child Ascalaphus.
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(Greek mythology) A two-headed dog who guarded Geryon's cattle and was killed by Heracles.
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(Greek mythology) the creator and first Queen of the Amazons
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The primordial gods of the mountains in Greek mythology
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites.
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One of the Titans, according to Hesiod the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Athens.
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(Greek mythology) An archer on the side of Troy in the Trojan War who precipitated the war by breaking a truce.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.
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(Greek mythology) A goddess of the full moon.
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(Greek mythology) The name of two kings of Athens (Pandion I and Pandion II).
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(Greek mythology) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Athens.
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(Greek mythology) two of the Nereids. Panope is also the name of one of the daughters of Thespius and Megamede and mother of Heracles' son, Threpsippas.
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(Greek mythology) A Trojan prince who eloped with Helen.
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A mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
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(Greek mythology) One of the sirens, daughter of the god Achelous and the Muse Terpsichore.
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An epithet of various Greek goddesses, most commonly Athena.
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(Greek mythology) The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Nereids.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of peace and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Eirene.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites and a consort of Hermes.
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A Greek hero, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles
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(Greek mythology) Any of the descendants of Pelops.
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(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
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(Greek mythology) The faithful wife of Odysseus.
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(mythology) the beautiful daughter of Sinis
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(Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, with who she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.
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(Greek mythology) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.
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Alternative spelling of Persephone [(Greek mythology) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.]
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(Greek mythology) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.
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(Greek mythology) The wife of Theseus, who falls in love with but is spurned by her stepson Hippolytus, then commits suicide, but is the cause of his later death (details vary between versions).
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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Sparta along with Cleta.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Helios and Neaera, the personification of the brilliant, blinding rays of the sun. With her sister, Lampetia, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia.
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Alternative form of Phaëthon [(Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky]
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(Greek mythology) The primordial god of creation in the Orphic cosmogony.
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(Greek mythology) The god and personification of inanimate objects in prophetic dreams; the son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
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(historical) In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.
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(Greek mythology) Each of the sisters of Phaëthon.
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an historian and genealogist from Athens (fl. c. 465 BC)
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(Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a bird by the gods.
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(Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.
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Alternative form of Phlegethon [(Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.]
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(Greek mythology) A king of the Lapiths
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In Ovid's Metamorphoses, one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep).
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(Greek mythology) A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear.
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(Greek mythology) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.
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(Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.
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(Greek mythology) Synonym of Graeae (“mythological sisters”)
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(Greek mythology) A primordial sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, who by Ceto fathered numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.
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A name sometimes used for Hesperus, the personification in Greek mythology of the planet Venus.
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(Greek mythology) Son of Athamas and brother of Helle, with whom he fled to Colchis on a golden winged ram.
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(historical) An Ancient Greek courtesan of the 4th century BC, reputedly the model for Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Cnidus and famously tried for the capital charge of impiety, during which trial she allegedly bared her breasts before the judges.
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(Greek mythology) The god of jealousy and envy.
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(law) Abbreviation of Phoenix. [(mythology) A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.]
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(Greek mythology) Phyllis, mother of the Trojan Alcaeus
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Obsolete form of Phaëthon. [(Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky]
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Obsolete spelling of Phoebus [(Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios, after his maternal aunt, Phoebe.]
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(Greek mythology) A goddess personifying trust, faith and trustworthiness, corresponding to Roman Fides.
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One of the Seven Sages of Greece, living c. 640-568 BC. He was a native of Mytilene.
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(Greek mythology) Any one of the Pleiades.
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(Greek mythology) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
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The god of wealth in Ancient Greek religion and myth.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
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The god of wealth in Ancient Greek religion and myth. He was the son of Demeter and Iasion.
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(Greek mythology) A healer and a son of Asclepius and Epione.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri, son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor.
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(Greek mythology) A king of Thrace whose wife was Ilione, the eldest daughter of King Priam.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Polymestor [(Greek mythology) A king of Thrace whose wife was Ilione, the eldest daughter of King Priam.]
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Alternative form of Polyphemus (“mythological cyclops”) [(Greek mythology) A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.]
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(Greek mythology) A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.
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(Greek mythology) A god of the sea.
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(Ancient Rome) Poppaea Sabina
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(mythology) The goddess Antevorta.
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(Greek mythology) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.
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(religion, historical) An Ancient Greek festival celebrating Poseidon.
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Alternative form of Polynoe [(Greek mythology) One of the nereids.]
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of judicial punishment and the exactor of vengeance.
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(Greek mythology) The king of Troy during the Iliad
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Priapus [(Greek mythology) The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.]
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(Greek mythology) The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.
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The daughter of king Pandion of Athens, in Greek mythology, who got revenge on her husband Tereus for raping her sister Philomela by feeding him his own son, and was later transformed into a bird by the gods.
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(mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens, and his wife Praxithea.
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A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.
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(Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
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(Roman mythology) Alternative form of Proserpina (“Roman goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; queen of the Underworld as wife of Pluto; equivalent to Greek Persephone and old Italic deity Libera”) [(Roman mythology) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.]
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(Greek mythology) A sea god who could change his shape at will.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.
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(Greek mythology) King of the Teleboans in Plautus' Amphitruo.
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(Greek mythology) The wife of Deucalion.
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Ancient Greek given name, particularly worn by the king of Epirus (319-272 BC) who defeated Romans in several battles, but sustained heavy losses, from which the term Pyrrhic victory was coined.
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(Ancient Greece) A priestess of Pythian Apollo, the Oracle of Delphi
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Name of Apollo at Delphi
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(Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
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(historical) The priestess of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
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(Roman mythology) An early Roman deity of possibly Sabine origin.
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A stanza of Irish poetry.
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Alternative form of Rhadamanthus [(Greek mythology) A king of Crete, one of the three judges in Hades.]
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(Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.
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In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus
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A woman in Greek mythology.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of fertility and abundance.
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(Slavic mythology) A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of saltwater and the deep.
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(Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.
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A nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) A princess, daughter of King Nisos of Megara, who fell in love with King Minos and betrayed her city to him.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of the Moon.
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(Greek mythology) The mother of Dionysus.
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(mythology) A son of Nox and the spirit of old age. He is the Roman equivalent of Geras.
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A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.
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(Greek mythology) A companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.
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(Roman mythology) The son of Ascanius and his wife.
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of Asopus
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(Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of healing associated with healing springs.
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(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.
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(Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
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An epithet of the goddess Juno.
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(Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who commited suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.
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(Roman mythology) A Roman god of odor and manure.
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(mythology) The eldest and most ferocious of the gorgons.
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(Celtic mythology) The Gaulish god of agriculture, forests and alcoholic drink.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially the Roman god Mercury (and his Greek counterpart Hermes).
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(mythology) A Punic and Phoenician goddess, the chief deity of Ancient Carthage alongside Baal-Hamon.
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(Greek mythology) A Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin-deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head; whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
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(Greek mythology) Father of Ajax, brother of Peleus.
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(Greek mythology) the son of Odysseus and Penelope
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(Greek mythology) A god/personification of recuperation from illness or injury. He is a healer and a son of Asclepius and Epione.
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A sea goddess in Greek mythology.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Tenes [(Greek mythology) The eponymous hero of the island of Tenedos.]
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(Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.
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(Greek mythology) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
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(Greek mythology) The son of King Telamon and Hesione, who fought in the Trojan War and was renowned for his skill in archery.
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Alternative spelling of Toutatis [(Celtic mythology) A god worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain.]
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The primordial goddess of the sea.
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(Greek mythology) The queen of the Amazons, said to have brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he.
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(Greek mythology) One of the three Graces/Charites.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of Spring; she is the protector of new growth.
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(Greek mythology) An Oceanid nymph (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), the mother of the Cercopes by Oceanus.
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(Greek mythology) A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus.
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(Greek mythology) the third and last wife of Athamas
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Theron of Akragas (died 473 BC), a tyrant of Akragas in Sicily.
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A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.
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(Greek mythology) One of the Nereids; the mother of Achilles
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of a pair of ill-fated lovers, whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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(Greek mythology) A king of Olympia; the son of Pelops and Hippodamia; and father of Pelopia and Aegisthus. He and his brother Atreus were exiled by their father for having murdered their half-brother Chrysippus.
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(Greek mythology) the naiad of a spring on Mount Parnassos where the Thyiades of Dionysus gathered to revel
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(mythology) Semele, mother of Dionysus.
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A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
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(Armenian mythology) A scribe/writer god, in Hellenistic times identified with the Greek Apollo.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of the Erinyes/Dirae, (Furies, the goddesses of vengeance), and a companion of Nemesis/Invidia.
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Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.
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(Greek mythology) A female Titan, any of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia.
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(mythology) Of the Titans
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(Greek mythology) The daughters of Uranus and Gaia; the female titans.
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(Celtic mythology) A god worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain.
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(Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit; a dryad.
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(mythology) A female triune deity, either one goddess with three distinct aspects/manifestations, or three goddesses who form a unit.
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(Greek mythology) A god of the sea, son of Poseidon.
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(Greek mythology) A female spirit of the sea.
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(Roman mythology) An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.
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(Greek and Roman antiquities, rare) An epithet of Jupiter and Zeus: turner to flight; he who puts to flight.
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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Twelve tasks carried out by the Greek hero Herakles (romanized as Hercules) as his penance.
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(Hellenistic period) Any of several city goddesses, typically regarded as aspects of the goddess of fortune.
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(Greek mythology) One of the twins Castor and Pollux, sons of Tyndareus
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(Greek mythology) The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ended in serpents and that he bears 100 heads. He is shrouded in giant wings, his eyes blaze a white fire, and his arms reach towards the stars.
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A female water-sprite or nymph.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek god who personified the sky and heavens and fathered the Titans. Roman counterpart: Caelus.
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Obsolete form of uraeus. [A representation of the sacred asp, symbolising supreme power in ancient Egypt.]
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(mythology) Roman goddess of health and hygiene (equivalent to the Greek Hygieia), great-granddaughter of Jupiter.
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(Roman mythology) an ancient Italic Roman deity of Etruscan origin considered to be an underworld counterpart of Jupiter; literally “Little Jupiter”, “Anti-Jove”
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(historical) An ancient Roman festival celebrated on 1 April in honour of Venus Verticordia ("Venus the changer of hearts") and Fortuna Virilis ("virile Fortune").
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(Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.
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(mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.
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(Greek mythology) The resurrected Hippolytus of Athens, who (according to some accounts) became the king of the Aricians and ruled from inside the shrine of Diana.
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(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. She is the Roman counterpart of Hedone.
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(mythology) A female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.
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(Greek mythology) A son of Hellen and Orseis, and founder (through his sons) of the Achaean and Ionian nations.
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(Greek mythology) An obscure figure in Greek mythology who, according to Orphic tradition, was the son of Zeus and Persephone who was destroyed by the Titans but reborn through the intervention of Zeus as Dionysus.
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(Greek mythology) The god and personification of zeal.
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A daughter of Aeolus; a tiny female spirit of the wind.
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(Greek mythology) The Ancient Greek god of the west wind, supposed to be the gentlest of the winds and the messenger of spring. His parents are Eos/Aurora and Astraeus, and his brothers are Boreas, Notus and Eurus, (the Anemoi), and the Astra Planeta. His wife is Chloris and their son is Karpos. His Roman counterpart is Favonius.
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(Greek mythology) Son of Mantius and father of Amphiaraus.
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Obsolete spelling of Oedipus [(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.]
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(Greek mythology) King of Calydon; husband of Althaea.
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(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Oenomaus [(Greek mythology) A king of Pisa, son of Ares and father of Hippodamia.]
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(Greek mythology) One of the younger sons of Lycaon.
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