Metamorphoses characters

thumb|200px|Water Nymph Salmacis, engraving by Philip Galle (1587) Salmacis () was an atypical Naiad nymph of Greek mythology. She rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness.

Oceanid of Greek mythology

thumb|300px|Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens: Tereus Confronted with the Head of his Son Itys, 1636–38 In Greek mythology, Tereus (; ) was a Thracian king, the son of Ares and the naiad Bistonis. He was the brother of Dryas. Tereus was the husband of the Athenian princess Procne and the father of Itys.

thumb|Pan poursuivant Syrinx drawing by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson|Girodet, 1826

ancient Greek mythical characters

thumb|300px|Cyparissus (Vignali)|Cyparissus (c. 1625) by [[Jacopo Vignali: the boy mourns his pet deer (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg)]] thumb|250px|Cyparissus, fresco in Pompeii, 1st century

thumb|Glaucus and Scylla by Bartholomeus Spranger

thumb|250px|Two Centaurs pound Caeneus into the ground with tree trunks; bronze relief from Olympia, Archaeological Museum of Olympia BE 11a (mid–late seventh century BC) In Greek mythology, Caeneus () was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis (), the daughter of Elatus, but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by him into an invulnerable man. Caeneus participated in the Centauromachy, where he met his demise at the hands of the Centaurs by being pounded into the ground while still alive.

pair of lovers in Greek mythology

son of Triopas in Greek mythology

Roman god of the underworld

goddess from Greek mythology: princess, daughter of Phlegyas, lover of Ischys and Apollo, mother of Asclepius; killed by Apollon and Artemis

The name Hippomenes may also refer to the father of Leimone. thumb|Marble statue of Hippomenes by Guillaume Coustou. Louvre museum in Paris, France

thumb|272x272px|Phantasos on the western corner of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts by Robert Henze In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phantasos (, 'apparition' 'fantasy' from , phantasíā, 'appearance' 'imagination') is one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of Hypnos). He appeared in dreams in the form of inanimate objects, putting on "deceptive shapes of earth, rocks, water, trees, all lifeless things".

thumb|Hercules and Lichas (Pavel Sorokin, 1849). In Greek mythology, Lichas ( ; ) was Heracles' servant, who brought the poisoned shirt from Deianira to Hercules because of Deianira's jealousy of Iole, which killed him.

right|thumb|280px|Myrrha and Cinyras. [[Engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses]]

son of Ares in Greek mythology

thumb|Leucothea, an Etruscan sculpture from Pyrgi, c. 350 BC (Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome) In Greek mythology, Leucothea (; , ), sometimes also called Leucothoe (, ), was a sea goddess. Myths surrounding Leucothea typically concern her original identity, either as Ino or Halia, and her transformation into a goddess.

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thumb|right|The Death of Procris by Joachim Wtewael (circa 1595–1600) In Greek mythology, Procris (, gen.: Πρόκριδος) was an Athenian princess, the third daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea. Homer mentions her in the Odyssey as one of the many dead spirits Odysseus saw in the Underworld. Sophocles wrote a tragedy called Procris that has been lost, as has a version contained in the Greek Cycle, but at least six different accounts of her story still exist.

In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phobetor (, from ), so called by humans, or Icelus/Icelos (), so called by the gods, is one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of Hypnos). He appeared in dreams "in the form of beast or bird or the long serpent".

thumb|right|305x305px|The death of the Nymph Hesperides|Hesperia by [[Elie Delaunay.]]

thumb|Marcantonio Franceschini - The Birth of Adonis, 1690

thumb|A Statue Of Byblis and Her Twin Brother, Caunos.

daughter of Dryops, Eyrypylus, or Eurytus, mother of Amphissus

In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Minthe or Mintha () is an underworld naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was beloved by and mistress to Hades, the king of the underworld, but she was transformed into a mint plant by either his wife Persephone or her mother Demeter. The plant was also called by some as hedyosmos (), which means "sweet-smelling".

daughter of Cecrops I in Greek mythology

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.

thumb|right|250px|Birth of Heracles by [[Jean Jacques Francois Le Barbier.]]

divine personification of the breeze in Greek and Roman mythology

Athenian princess, daughter of Cecrops

son of Belus in Greek mythology

thumb|upright=1.4|Athenian wine cup, circa 480 BC, depicting Philomela and [[Procne preparing to kill Itys (Louvre, Paris)]]

thumb|right| Chione killed with an arrow supported by her two sons

thumb|right|250px|Iphis and Anaxarete illustration by Virgil Solis

mythological Greek character

mythical son of Miletus and Cyane

Roman personification of song

mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes respectively

king of Oechalia

name of multiple figures in Greek mythology

thumb|300px|Cyane dissolves in tears, an engraving (1581) by [[Virgil Solis to illustrate Ovid's tale]]

daughter of Orchamus in Greek mythology

mythical character, nephew of Daedalus

daughter of Hebrus in Greek mythology

couple in Greek mythology

king of Liguria, son of Sthenelus

daughter of Laomedon in Greek mythology

Gerana, sometimes also called Oenoe, is a queen of the Pygmy folk in Greek mythology, who incurred the wrath of the goddess Hera and was subsequently turned into a bird bearing her name, the crane. This aetiological tale explains the ancient rivalry between the Pygmies and the cranes, and also serves as a cautionary tale against the people who hubristically claimed to be better than even the gods themselves.

daughter of Epopeus in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Macar (; ) or Macareus (; ) or Macareas (), is the name of several individuals:

Trojan, son of Poseidon

thumb | right | alt=Centaury. Roman floor mosaic at the Bardo Museum in Tunis. 2nd century A.D. | Centaury. Roman floor mosaic at the Bardo Museum in Tunis. 2nd century A.D. Hylonome (; from ) was a female centaur in Greek mythology.

There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon () in Greek mythology: Acmon, one of the mythical race of Dactyls. Acmon, a Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia. Acmon, a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot. Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird. Acmon, the Aenead, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus), a friend of Aeneas in Roman mythology. Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy. Acmon, in some sou

son of Apollo in Greek mythology

in Greek mythology, son of fisherman who helped Bacchus

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

Greek mythological figure

thumb|Isis and Telethusa by Bernard Picart|Picart, 1732.