Flashcards: Cretan mythology

In Greek mythology, Talos (/ˈteɪlɒs/; Greek: Τάλως, Talōs) or Talon (/ˈteɪlɒn, ən/; Greek: Τάλων, Talōn) was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders.

Laelaps (Greek: Λαῖλαψ, gen.: Λαίλαπος) (Lelaps, Lalaps, Lailaps) was a Greek mythological dog who never failed to catch what she was hunting.

Lycomedes (Λυκομήδης) was a son of Creon, and fought on the side of the Argives in the Trojan War.

Tectamus (Texaphos, Teutamos, Tektaos, Tektaios, Ancient Greek: Τέκταμος, Τέκσαφος, Τεύταμος, Τεκταῦος or Τεκταῖος) is a hero of ancient Hellenic mythology.

In Greek mythology Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs/ or /ˈmaɪnəs/; Greek: Μίνως, Minōs) was the first King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa.

Dictys Cretensis (Ancient Greek: Δίκτυς ὁ Κρής) of Knossus was the legendary companion of Idomeneus during the Trojan War, and the purported author of a diary of its events, that deployed some of the same materials worked up by Homer for the Iliad.

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (/ˈmaɪnətɔː/, /ˈmɪnəˌtɔːr/; Ancient Greek: Μῑνώταυρος [miːnɔ̌ːtau̯ros], Latin: Minotaurus, Etruscan: Θevrumineś) was a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".

In Greek mythology, Cocalus (Greek: Κώκαλος) was a king of Kamikos in Sicily, according to Diodorus Siculus (book iv).

In Greek mythology Europa (/jʊˈroʊpə, jə-/; Greek: Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and for whom the continent Europe was named.

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, Rhadamanthus (/ˌrædəˈmænθəs/) or Rhadamanthys (Ancient Greek: Ῥαδάμανθυς) was a wise king, the son of Zeus and Europa.

In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia (Greek: Ἀμάλθεια) is the most-frequently mentioned foster-mother of Zeus.

In Greek mythology, Procris /ˈproʊkrᵻs/ (Ancient Greek: Πρόκρις, gen.: Πρόκριδος) was the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea.

In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/pəˈsɪfᵻ.iː/; Greek: Πασιφάη Pasipháē, "wide-shining") was the daughter of Helios, the Sun, by the eldest of the Oceanids, Perse.

In Greek mythology, Idomeneus (/aɪˈdɒmᵻˌniːəs/; Greek: Ἰδομενεύς, Idomeneus) was a Cretan commander, father of Orsilochus, Cleisithyra, Leucus and Iphiclus, son of Deucalion and Cleopatra, grandson of Minos and king of Crete.

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, Daedalus (/ˈdɛdələs ˈdiːdələs/; Ancient Greek: Δαίδαλος Daidalos, perhaps related to δαιδάλλω "to work artfully"; Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale) was a skillful craftsman and artist.

In Greek mythology, Icarus (the Latin spelling, conventionally adopted in English; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, Etruscan: Vikare) is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth.

In Greek mythology, Leucippus was a maiden of Phaestus, Crete, who was raised as a boy by her mother, and eventually changed her sex to male by the will of the goddess Leto.

In Greek mythology, the name Molus (Μῶλος) may refer to: * Molus, the illegitimate son of Deucalion (son of Minos).

Ecdysia (from Greek ἑκδύω "to undress") was a ritual involved sacred ceremonies and celebrations at Phaistos, Crete which were held in honor of Leto Phytia, mother of Apollo and Artemis.

In Greek mythology, the name Lycastus (Λύκαστος) may refer to: * Lycastus, son of Minos I and Itone, husband of Ide, daughter of Corybas, and by her father of Minos II.