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Asclepius
Asclepius (; ; ) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, or Arsinoe, or of Apollo alone. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters, the , are: Hygieia ("Health, Healthiness"), Iaso (from ἴασις "healing, recovering, recuperation", the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (from ἄκεσις "healing", the goddess of the healing process), Aegle (the goddess of good health) and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He has several sons as well. He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Ve
Orpheus
In Greek mythology, Orpheus (; , classical pronunciation: ) was a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet. He was also a renowned poet and, according to legend, travelled with Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, and descended into the underworld to recover his lost wife, Eurydice.
Pan
Greek god of the mountain wilds, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, fertility, spring, and theatrical criticism, with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat
Scylla
thumb|Scylla as a maiden with a Cetus (mythology)|kētos tail and dog heads sprouting from her body. Detail from a red-figure bell-crater in the Louvre, 450–425 BC. This form of Scylla was prevalent in ancient depictions, though very different from the description in Homer, where she is land-based and more dragon-like.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus (; ) was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts, including beekeeping. He was the son of the huntress Cyrene and Apollo.
Hymen
Greek god of marriage ceremonies
Amphiaraus
thumb|right|250px|Amphiaraus on his chariot. Amphiaraus or Amphiaraos (; ) was in Greek mythology the son of Oicles, a seer, and one of the leaders of the Seven against Thebes. Amphiaraus at first refused to go with Adrastus on this expedition against Thebes as he foresaw the death of everyone who joined the expedition. His wife, Eriphyle, eventually compelled him to go.
Ion son of Xuthus
mythical son of Apollo
Korybantes
According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes (; ), also spelled Corybantes or Corybants, were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia.
Troilus
alt=A helmeted figure emerges from behind a fountain, topped with two lions. That is being approached from the other side by an unarmoured rider. Below the horse is a setting sun. Painted underneath this scene are trees shown in different seasons of the year.|thumb|300px|right|Achilles (left) ambushing Troilus (on horseback, right). Etruscan art|Etruscan [[fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, 530–520 BC.]]
Eumolpus
In Greek Mythology, Eumolpus (; ) was a legendary king of Thrace. He was described as having come to Attica either as a bard, a warrior, or a priest of Demeter and Dionysus.
Cinyras
right|thumb|280px|Myrrha and Cinyras. [[Engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses]]
Idmon
son of Abas in Greek mythology
Trophonius
Trophonius (; Ancient Greek: Τροφώνιος Trophōnios) was a Greek hero or daimon or god—it was never certain which one—with a rich mythological tradition and an oracular cult at Lebadea () in Boeotia, Greece.
Agamedes
In Greek mythology, Agamedes (, Agamēdēs) was a son of Erginus (or, according to some traditions, the son of Stymphalus and grandson of Arcas).
Anius
thumb|right|337x337px|Illustration of Aeneas meeting with Anius by [[Johann Wilhelm Baur]] In Greek mythology, Anius (Ancient Greek: Ἄνιος) was a king of Delos and priest of Apollo.
Phemonoe
In Greek mythology, Phemonoe ( ; ) was a Greek poet of the ante-Homeric period. She was said to have been the daughter of Apollo, his first priestess at Delphi, or of his possible son Delphus, and the inventor of the hexameter verses, a type of poetic metre.
Philammon
In Greek mythology, Philammon () was an excellent musician, a talent he received from his father Apollo.
Miletus
mythical founder of Miletus
Mopsus
Greek mythological seer. son of Manto,
Iamus
In Greek mythology, Iamus (Ancient Greek: Ἴαμος) was the son of Apollo and Evadne, a daughter of Poseidon, raised by Aepytus. In a story told by Pindar, after his mother lies with Apollo and the child is born, he is left in the wilderness. Here he is raised by a pair of snakes, before being found again after Aepytus upon his visit to the Oracle of Delphi. Iamus was later taken to Olympia by his father, who teaches him ability of prophecy.
Tenes
In Greek mythology, Tenes or Tennes (Ancient Greek: Τέννης) was the eponymous hero of the island of Tenedos.
Dryops
Mythical ancestor of the Dryopes
Delphus
In Greek mythology, Delphus (; Ancient Greek: Δέλφος, Delphos) was the person from whom the town of Delphi was believed to have derived its name.
Lapithes
Son of Apollon
Phoebe
Daughter of Leucippus, mythical figure honored at Sparta
Hilaeira
right|thumb|The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Rubens right|thumb|Roman sarcophagus with Castor and Pollux seizing Phoebe and Hilaera, ca. 160. In Greek mythology, Hilaera (Ancient Greek: Ἱλάειρα; also Ilaeira) was a Messenian princess. Stephanus of Byzantium called her Elaeira (Ἐλάειρα).
Cycnus
son of Apollo in Greek mythology
Chariclo
Chariclo (; , or , , or ) is either of two nymphs in Greek mythology: Chariclo, a nymph who was married to the centaur Chiron and became the mother of Hippe, Endeïs, Ocyrhoe, and Carystus. According to a scholium on Pindar, she was the daughter of either Apollo, Perses or Oceanus. Chariclo together with her mother-in-law Philyra the Oceanid, were the nurses of the young Achilles. Chariclo, a nymph devotee of Athena, who became pregnant by a shepherd, Everes, giving birth to the prophet Tiresias. Tiresias was struck blind by Athena after seeing her naked. Chariclo begged Athena to give Tiresi
Eurynome
Eurynomê (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυνόμη, from , eurys, "broad" and , nomos, "pasture" or "law") is a name that refers to the following characters in Greek mythology:
Ialemus
'''' (, meaning "funeral song"), is a song of lamentation in ancient Greece, a minor deity personifying this song in Greek mythology, and an epithet of Linus. He was the son of Apollo and Calliope, and the inventor of the song Ialemus'' (ἰάλεμος), which was a kind of dirge, or at any rate a song of a very serious and mournful character, and is only mentioned as sung on most melancholy occasions. (Aeschyl. Suppl. 106; Eurip, Herc. Fur. 109, SuppL 283.) In later times, this kind of poetry lost its popularity, and was ridiculed by the comic poets. Ialemus then became synonymous with cold and fros
Melaneus
son of Apollo in Greek mythology
Marathon
mythical son of Epopeus of Sicyon
Polypoetes
In Greek mythology, Polypoetes (; , Polupoitēs) was a name attributed to the following individuals:
Epidaurus
son of Apollo in Greek mythology
Amphissus
In Greek mythology, Amphissus () was the son of Apollo and Dryope. According to Ovid, he is the son of Andraemon and Dryope. Amphissus eventually built a temple to his father in the city he founded, Amphissa.
Centaurus
father of centaurs in Greek mythology
Erymanthus
set of mythological Greek characters
Ismenus
In Greek mythology, the name Ismenus () or Ismenius (Ἰσμήνιος) may refer to:
Oncius
In Greek mythology, Oncius () or Oncus () was a son of Apollo and a ruler over Ónkeion (), a region of Arcadia adjacent to Thelpusa, as well as eponym of a city Oncae. He owned a herd of horses, in which Demeter tried to hide from Poseidon's advances, changing herself into a mare. Poseidon did mate with her in the shape of a stallion, which resulted in the birth of the fantastic horse Arion. Oncius kept Arion and later gave him away to Heracles as the latter was starting a military campaign against Elis.
Laodocus
In Greek mythology, the name Laodocus (; Ancient Greek: Λαόδοκος or Λαοδόκος means "receiving the people") or Leodocus (Λεωδόκος) may refer to:
Linus
son of Apollo and Psamathe
Zeuxippus
king of Sikyon