Flashcards: Aegean Sea in mythology

In Greek mythology, the name Hemithea (Ἡμιθέα: "demigoddess") refers to: * Originally named Molpadia, daughter of Staphylus and Chrysothemis, sister of Parthenos and Rhoeo.

In Greek mythology, King Polydectes /ˌpɒlɪˈdɛktiːz/ (Greek: Πολυδέκτης) was the ruler of the island of Seriphos, son of either Magnes and an unnamed Naiad, or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, or of Poseidon and Cerebia.

Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη Meropê) was a mortal princess in Greek mythology, who was loved by hunter Orion and was his fiancée.

In Greek mythology, Cercaphus was one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos.

In Greek mythology, Candalus was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodos and Helios.

In Greek mythology, Triopas /ˈtraɪəpəs/ or Triops /ˈtraɪ.

In Greek mythology, Nireus (Greek: Νιρεύς), son of King Charopus and Aglaea, was king of the island Syme (according to Diodorus Siculus, also of a part of Cnidia) and one of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War.

Ariadne (/æriˈædniː/; Greek: Ἀριάδνη; Latin: Ariadne), in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Minos, King of Crete, Son of Zeus and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios.

In Greek mythology, Trambelus was a son of Telamon (thus a half-brother of Ajax the Great and Teucer).

The name Lycomedes /ˌlaɪkəˈmiːdiːz/ (Ancient Greek: Λυκομήδης) may refer to several characters in Greek mythology, of whom the most prominent was the king of Scyros during the Trojan War.

Penthilus /ˈpɛnθᵻləs/ (Greek: Πένθιλος) is the name for two distinct people in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Euneus (Εὔνηος) was a son of Jason and Queen Hypsipyle of Lemnos; he had a twin brother whose name is variously given as Nebrophon, Thoas or Deipylus.

In Greek mythology, Rhoeo (/ˈriːoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ῥοιώ) was a daughter of Staphylus and Chrysothemis, sister to Parthenos and Molpadia or Hemithea.

In Greek mythology, Actis (Ἀκτίς) was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodos and Helios.

In Greek mythology, Ocridion was a mortal who was engaged to Cydippe, daughter of Ochimus.

In Greek mythology, Thasus (/ˈθeɪsəs/ or /ˈθeɪzəs/) was a son of Poseidon (or, in other versions, Cilix or Agenor).

Enalus or Enalos was a man from Lesbos in ancient Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Macareus was one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos.

In Greek mythology, Hypsipyle (Ὑψιπύλη) was the Queen of Lemnos, daughter of Thoas and Myrina.

In Greek mythology, Iasion /aɪˈeɪʒən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἰασίων, Iasíōn) or Iasus /ˈaɪəsəs/ (Ἴασος, Íasos), also called Eetion /iːˈɛʃən/ (Ἠετίων, Ēetíōn), was usually the son of the nymph Electra and Zeus and brother of Dardanus, although other possible parentage included Zeus and Hemera or Corythus and Electra.

In Greek mythology, Tenages (or Tenage) was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodos and Helios.

Acontius (Greek: Ἀκόντιος), was in Greek mythology a beautiful youth of the island of Ceos, the hero of a love-story told by Callimachus in a poem of which only fragments remain, and which forms the subject of two of Ovid's Heroides (xx, xxi).

In Greek mythology, Ctesylla (Κτήσυλλα) was a maiden of Ioulis in Ceos, daughter of Alcidamas.

In Greek mythology, Ochimus was the eldest of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos.

In Greek mythology, Tenes or Tennes (Greek: Τέννης) was the eponymous hero of the island of Tenedos.

In Greek mythology, Deidamia (/ˌdeɪdəˈmaɪə/; Greek: Δηϊδάμεια, Deidameia) is the daughter of King Lycomedes of Scyros.