Flashcards: Greek mythology of Thrace

In Greek mythology, Phineus (/ˈfɪniəs, ˈfɪnjuːs/; Greek: Φινεύς, Ancient Greek: [pʰiː.neǔs]) was a king of Thrace and seer who appears in accounts of the Argonauts' voyage.

Bendis was a Thracian goddess of the moon and the hunt whom the Greeks identified with Artemis.

Procne (Ancient Greek: Πρόκνη) is a minor figure in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (also Lykurgos, Lykourgos) was the king of the Edoni in Thrace, son of Dryas, the "oak", and father of a son whose name was also Dryas.

Ampelos (ἄμπελος) is the Ancient Greek for "vine".

In Greek mythology, Ilione was the oldest daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.

The Alkyonides (/ælkiːˈɒnɪdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυονίδες) were, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Alcyoneus.

Helle (/ˈhɛli/; Greek: Ἕλλη), sometimes also called Athamantis (Ἀθαμαντίς), was a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts.

Alcyoneus /ælˈsaɪəˌnuːs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυονεύς, Alkuoneus) was a traditional opponent of the hero Heracles.

Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero (Ancient Greek: Ἡρώ, Hērṓ; pron. like "hero" in English), a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont (today's Dardanelles), and Leander (Ancient Greek: Λέανδρος, Léandros), a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait.

Phyllis (Greek: Φυλλίς) is a character in Greek mythology, daughter of a Thracian king (according to some, of Sithon; most other accounts do not give her father's name at all, but one informs that he was named either Philander, Ciasus, or Thelus).

Orpheus (/ˈɔːrfiəs, ˈɔːrfjuːs/; Greek: Ὀρφεύς) was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth.

Tegyrios was King of Thrace.

In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/jʊˈrɪdᵻsiː/; Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eurydikē) was an oak nymph or one of the daughters of Apollo (the god of music, prophecy, and light, who also drove the sun chariot, 'adopting' the power as god of the Sun from the primordial god Helios).

Queen Rhodope of Thrace was the wife of Haemus.

Rhesus (Greek: Ῥῆσος, Rhêsos) was a Thracian king who fought on the side of Trojans in Iliad, Book X, where Diomedes and Odysseus stole his team of fine horses during a night raid on the Trojan camp.

Philomela (/ˌfɪləˈmiːlə/) or Philomel (/ˈfɪləˌmɛl/; Greek: Φιλομήλη, Philomēlē) is a minor figure in Greek mythology and is frequently invoked as a direct and figurative symbol in literary, artistic, and musical works in the Western canon.

Maron (/ˈmærɒn, ˈmærən/) or Maro (/ˈmæroʊ/; Greek: Μάρων, gen. Μάρωνος) in mythology was son of Evanthes (some also call him a son of Oenopion, Silenus or of Bacchus, and a pupil of Seilenus), and grandson of Dionysus and Ariadne.

In Greek mythology, King Haemus of Thrace (/ˈhiːməs/; Ancient Greek: Αἷμος, Haîmos) was the son of Boreas.

In Greek mythology, Immaradus (Ancient Greek: Ἰμμάραδος - Immarados) was a son of King Eumolpus of Thrace.

Pyraechmes (Πυραίχμης) was, along with Asteropaeus, a leader of the Paeonians in the Trojan War.

In Greek mythology, Cleitus or Clitus (/ˈklaɪtəs/; Greek Κλεῖτος/Κλειτός Kleitos) may refer to: * Cleitus, a Trojan, son of Peisenor, friend of Polydamas, killed by Teucer.

In Greek mythology, Thamyris (Greek: Θάμυρις), son of Philammon and the nymph Argiope, was a Thracian singer who was so proud of his skill that he boasted he could outsing the Muses.

Orithyia (/ɒrᵻˈθaɪ.ə/; Greek: Ὠρείθυια Ōreithuia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Tereus /ˈtɛrˌjuːs/ (Ancient Greek: Τηρεύς) was a Thracian king, the son of Ares and husband of Procne.

Rhesus (Greek: Ῥῆσος, Rhēsos) is an Athenian tragedy that belongs to the transmitted plays of Euripides.

In Greek mythology, Khione (from Greek χιών - chiōn, "snow") is the nymph or minor goddess of snow.

In Greek mythology, Aeneus (Greek: Αἰνεύς) was the legendary founder of the ancient Thracian city of Aenus (also called Poltyobria or Poltymbria).

Phanocles (Greek: Πανοκλῆς) was Greek elegiac poet who probably flourished about the time of Alexander the Great.

In Greek mythology, the name Charops or Charopus ("bright-eyed") may refer to: * King of Syme, father of Nireus by Aglaea.

Dryas (Δρύας, gen. Δρύαντος, from δρῦς "oak") is the name of ten characters in Greek mythology.