Mythological Athenians

In Greek mythology, Daedalus (, ; Greek: Δαίδαλος; Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale) was a skillful architect and craftsman, seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge and power. He is the father of Icarus, the uncle of Perdix, and possibly also the father of Iapyx. Among his most famous creations are the wooden cow for Pasiphaë, the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete which imprisoned the Minotaur, and wings that he and his son Icarus used to attempt to escape Crete. It was during this escape that Icarus did not listen to his father's warnings and flew too close to the Sun; the wax holding his win

son of Theseus in Greek mythology

mythical son of Apollo

thumb|upright=1.4|Procne and Philomela carving up [[Itys, Temple of Apollo, Thermos, terracotta metope, c. 630–625 BC]] thumb|upright=1.4|"The Rape of Philomela by Tereus", engraved by Virgil Solis for a 1562 edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book VI, 519–562)

Procne (; ) or Progne is a minor figure in Greek and Roman mythology. Traditionally she is an Athenian princess as the elder daughter of a king of Athens named Pandion. Procne was married to the king of Thrace, Tereus, who lusted after her sister Philomela. Tereus raped Philomela, cut out her tongue, and locked her away. When Procne discovered her sister's rape from a tapestry which Philomela wove and sent to her, she took revenge against her husband by murdering their only child, a boy named Itys, and serving him as food to Tereus. Procne's story serves as an origin myth for the nightingale,

son of Theseus

legendary princess of Athens

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.

daughter of Cecrops I in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Thespius (; ) or Thestius (; ) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.

daughter of Icarius of Athens in Greek mythology

legendary princess of Athens

In Greek mythology, Metion (; Ancient Greek: Μητίων, gen. Μητίονος) was an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.

legendary Greek king, son of Pandion II

Pandrosos or Pandrosus () was known in Greek myth as one of the three daughters of Cecrops I, the first king of Athens, and Aglaurus, daughter of King Actaeus.

Halirrhothius (; ) was the Athenian son of Poseidon and Euryte or Bathycleia in Greek mythology. He was also called the son of Perieres and husband of Alcyone who bore him two sons, Serus and Alazygus. Another son of Halirrhothius, Samos of Mantinea was the victor of the four-horse chariot during the first Olympic games established by Heracles.

Athenian princess, daughter of Cecrops

In Greek mythology, Medus () or Medeus/Medeius ( or ) was an Athenian prince as the son of King Aegeus, thus a half-brother of the hero Theseus.

legendary Athenian prince, son of Pandion

mythical introducer of wine

son of Cecrops I in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Ceryx (, ; ) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Hermes by either of the princesses Pandrosus and Agraulus.

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mythical character, nephew of Daedalus

set of mythological Greek characters

mythical character, daughter of Ares

In Greek mythology, Eupalamus (Ancient Greek: Εὐπαλάμου means "handy, skillful, ingenious") was an Athenian prince. There are two versions of his genealogy: Eupalamus was called (1) the son of Metion (son of King Erechtheus), and the father by Alcippe of Daedalus, Perdix and Metiadusa, wife of King Cecrops II or instead (2) the son of Erechtheus and possibly Praxithea, and became the father of Metion, father of Daedalus.

the name of numerous people in Greek mythology, including

mythical nephew killed by Daedalus

In Greek mythology, Peteus or Peteos (Ancient Greek: Πετεώς) or Petes (Πέτης) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Orneus, son of King Erechtheus. In some versions of the myth, Petes was originally an Egyptian, who later obtained Athenian citizenship.

set of mythological Greek characters

river gods in Greek mythology

son of Marathon in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Orneus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρνεύς) may refer to two different personages:

In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (; ) was the name of several women. The name means ""

Athenian mythological character, son of Alcon and grandson of Erechtheus king of Athens

In Greek mythology, Pandorus () may refer to the following personages:

daughter of Cranaus in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, the name Butes (; ) referred to several different people.

The name Cydippe () is attributed to four individuals in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Praxithea (; Ancient Greek: ) was a name attributed to five women.

In Greek mythology, Cranaë (Ancient Greek: Κρανάη) was an Athenian princess as daughter of King Cranaus and Pedias, the Lacedaemonian daughter of Mynes. She was the sister of Cranaechme and Atthis.

son of Hermes and Herse in Greek mythology

Aglaurus (; ) or Agraulus (; ) is a name attributed to three figures in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Phegeus (Ancient Greek: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:

Protogeneia (; ), in Greek mythology, may refer to:

In Greek mythology, the name Chthonia () may refer to:

Clytius (Ancient Greek: Κλυτίος), also spelled Klythios, Klytios, Clytios, and Klytius, is the name of multiple people in Greek mythology: