A sphinx was a mythical monster with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Sphinxes also appeared in Egyptian mythology; the two cultures had close ties and had influenced each other …
Tiresias was perhaps the most famous of all the ancient Greek seers. Son of Everes and Chariclo, he lived seven generations, from the days of Cadmus to the time of Oedipus and his sons. He …
A Daemon is a semi-divine spirit, usually created when a noble person or hero dies. These beings act as intermediaries between the gods and mortals, delivering divine messages and blessings to mortals or informing the …
The Nereids were fifty nymphs, daughters of Nereus, the old man of the sea. They were maidens of the sea’s riches and protectors of sailors and fishermen, who came to the aid of those in …
Thetis was a sea nymph in Greek mythology, or according to some myths, one of the Nereids, the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus and Doris. She was courted by Zeus and Poseidon, but …
Cadmus was the founder and first king of Thebes in Greek mythology. He was the son of King Agenor and Queen Telephassa of the Phoenician city of Tyre, and brother of Phoenix, Cilix, and Europa. …
In death, as in life, the Greeks believed that the pious and the demigods lived an eternity of bliss, while a moderately good afterlife awaited the absolute and relentless torment of those who did not …
Eurydice, in ancient Greek legend, was the wife of Orpheus. Her husband’s attempt to rescue Eurydice from Hades forms the basis of one of the most popular Greek legends. Who was Eurydice? Eurydice was a …
A goddess named “Iris” personified the rainbow in ancient Greek mythology. Most works of art depict her in the form of a beautiful rainbow or as a beautiful maiden. She had wings on her shoulders …
Atalanta, in Greek mythology, was a renowned swift-footed huntress, probably a parallel and less important form of the goddess Artemis. Traditionally, she was the daughter of Schoeneus of Boeotia or of Iasus and Clymene of …
