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Mythology

Creatures, Pairs, Collectives, and Sites

Description	Deity	Description	Deity	Description	Deity
A monster with 100 eyes slain by Hermes, his eyes were put into the tail of the peacock by Hera, the name of Odysseus	Argus	Half horse-half man, the war of Lapiths against them is celebrated in one of the friezes of the Parthenon	Centaurs	Watchdog of the gates of Hades. often seen with 3 heads, a mane of serpents, and the tail of a serpent, Hercules, 12th labor is to bring him up from the Underworld	Cerberus
A sea monster that sucked in the sea and caused a terrible whirlpool, creating great danger for ships. Legend had it that it was half maiden and half fish and dogs. He was found with Sylla at the Straits of Messina	Charybdis	Fire breathing monster from Lycia that is lion headed, goat middled and serpent hinded. Atop Pegasus Belleraphon kills it with arrows from above	Chimera	Perhaps the best known of the Centaurs, he is instruced by Apollo and Diana and becomes the teacher of Asclepias. He also helps Pelius win the hand of Thetis (resulting in the birth of Achilles) and becomes Achilles' tutor	Chiron
A monster with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle	Griffin	the three hideous sisters - Stheno, Euryale and Medusa - with huge teeth, claws and snakes for hair; their look causes men to turn to stone. Medusa is beheaded by Perseus	Gorgons	A monster with nine heads, one of which was immortal, each of the other eight can grow back as two if cut off. Hercules kills it as one of the twelve labors	Hydra
Offspring of a bull and Pasiphae, the wife of King Minos it is half bull and half man. Minos keeps it in the labyrinth built by Daedalus and feeds it human sacrifices to exact tribute from the people of Athens (7 boys and 7 girls every nine years)	Minotaur	Fabulous lion which Hercules has to kill for his first of his twelve labors because the lion's skin cannot be penetrated by arrows or hurt by a club, he sqeezes it to death	Nemean Lion	Winged horse brought to life from the sea foam and blood of the slain Medusa, he is captured by Belleraphon who uses him to help him kill the Chimera. Belleraphon then tries to fly to Heaven aboard it but is thrown off & it becomes a constellation	Pegasus
A great bird which consumes itself in flames every 500 years and rises out of its own ashes for a new life	Phoenix	a cyclops who figures prominently in the Odyssey, he lived on Cicely where he captured Odysseus and twelve of his crew as food to eat. Odysseus blinds his one eye and escapes with his remaining men as they tie themselves to the bellies of sheep	Polyphemus	A great snake found near the the Oracle at Delphi on Mt. Parnassus, killed by Apollo	Python
A race of immortal creatures with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a goat	Satyrs	A sea nymph loved by Poseidon whose wife became jealous and turned her into a monster with dogs heads. She lives in the caves along the straits of Messina facing the whirlpool Charybdis. As ships come near her, she pulls men off and eats them.	Scylla	Early fire breathing monster who is father to the Sphinx and Chimaera	Typhon
Twin sons born by Leda after she was visited by Zeus in the guise of a swan. Zeus allows them to spend alternate days on earth and evenutally puts them into the sky as the constellation Gemini	Castor and Pollux	Minos locks both of them up after completion of the maze. They work on making wings with wax and feathers so they can escape. The son flies to close to the sun and the wax melts leading to his death.	Icarus and Daedalus	Dionysius of Syracuse had ordered one of them put to death. He asks his king for a few days to put his life in order and look after his families needs. His friend agreed to be held captive those days with ramifications that he die if he doesn't return.	Damon and Pythias
A priestess of Aphrodite who falls in love with the other who swims to Hellespont to visit her each night guided by a torch she holds up. During a storm one night the torch is extinguished and he drowns. Realizing this she throws herself into the sea.	Hero and Leander	A poor elderly couple who live in a ramshackle dwelling in Phyrgia in Asia Minor. Visited by Zeus and Hermes	Baucis and Philemon	Sons of Oedipus and Jacosta and brothers to Antigone. After Oedipus' banishment from Thebes, a civil war breaks out and they fight for opposing sides.	Eteocles and Polynices
The son of Apollo and Calliope is known as the greatest musician of ancient times, so impressive that his music could move inanimate objects. When his wife dies of snakebite, he convinces the Gods to allow him to go to the underworld and retrieve her.	Orpheus and Eurydice	A youthful sculptor who has little interest in women. He satisfies his own demand for beauty by creating a perfect woman in marble. Aphrodite, upset because he ignores living women, casts a spell and has him fall in love with his statue.	Pygmalian and Galatea	Two lovers whose families forbid their meeting but they agree to a meeting in the woods. After thinking each other dead, they kill themselves.	Pyramus and Thisbe
The son of Priem and Hecuba of Troy and the daughter of a Trojan priest, Calchas, who is defected to the Greeks. They are in love but she is given to the Greeks in an exchange for Trojan prisoners. She forgets him & falls in love with Diomedes	Troilus and Cressida	Three sister Goddesses who preside over birth, life and death of mankind, Clotho creates the thread of life; Lachesis measures the thread and determines its character; Atropos cuts the thread with shears	Fates	Merciless avenging spirits called upon to punish crimes especially crimes against ones relatives	Erinyes
Three Goddesses who are daughters of Zeus who enhance the quality of life through refinements: Aglaia refines brilliance; Euphrosyne refines joy; Thalia refines bloom	Graces	Winged monsters that are half woman and half bird with terribly long claws. They are known for snatching up people or taking the souls of living people	Harpies	Three sisters who guard the golden apples which Hera had received as a wedding gift. One of Hercules' 12 labors was to bring back some of the golden apples	Hesperides
A collective of 9 Goddesses with domain over various aspects of creativity and science. They are Calliope, Cleo, Erato, Euterp, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania.	Muses	Sea nymphs whose beautiful singing would charm sailors into jumping into the sea. As Odysseus' ship approaches, he stuffs his mens' ears with wax but he, himself is tied to the ship's mast so he can hear the beautiful music without killing himself.	Sirens	Fabled city written about by Plato, according to legend it was a huge island or continent west of the pillars of Hercules that flourished 9,000 years before the Greek civilization	Atlantis
These are a blessed and happy place found at the world's end, ruled by Rhadamanthis, a judge of the dead. Those who are favored by the Gods are brought to this place after death.	Elysian Fields	Originally the brother of Zeus and ruler of the Underworld	Hades	One of the rivers over which the dead travel on their way to Hades. It is the River of Forgetfulness.	Lethe
The home of the Gods	Mount Olympus	A shrine to Apollo at Delphi on the southern slope of Mt. Parnassus. The priestess, Pythia sits over a crevice in the rock and utters predictions that are often incomprehensible and interpreted by a Priest	Oracle at Delphi	A mountain in Greece sacred to Apollo and to the Muses	Mount Parnassus
A great temple constructed in a doric manor found on the acropolis in Athens and dedicated to the Goddess Athena	Parthenon	The river which flows through Hades	Styx	The outcropping of rock on either side of the mouth of the Mediterranean	Pillars of Hercules
An ancient city which fights a 10 year war with the Greeks after Paris abducts Helen	Troy	(blank)	(blank)	(blank)	(blank)

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