TALOS, Cretan robot made by Hephaestus, 108, 152–53
TANTALUS, son of Zeus, father of Pelops, 107, 112–13
TARTARUS, infernal abyss, 12, 17, 46–47, 146
TERPSICHORE, Muse of the dance, 100
THALIA, Muse of comedy, 100
THEBES, city-state founded by Cadmus, 8, 46, 110, 132, 158, 160–61, 168
THESEUS, hero of Athens who slew the Minotaur, 107, 149–50, 152–53, 156–58, 161
THETIS, Nereid, mother of Achilles, 28, 179–80, 184
TIRYNS, city with Cyclopian walls, 8, 131
TITANS, children of Mother Earth and the Sky, the first gods, 12, 15–17, 38, 46, 100
TITHONUS, husband of Eos who turned into a grasshopper, 80–81
TRIPTOLEMUS, sent by Demeter to scatter her grain over the world, 60, 62
TRITON, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, 38
TROEZEN, kingdom where Theseus was born, 8, 149
TROY, city in Asia Minor, 8, 180, 183–84
TYNDAREUS, mortal husband of Leda, 182–83
TYPHON, fire-breathing monster, 17–18
TYRE, city where Europa was born, 108, 110
URANIA, Muse of astronomy, 101
URANUS, the Sky, first husband of Mother Earth, 10, 12, 34
VENUS, Roman name for Aphrodite, 186
VESTA, Roman name for Hestia, 186
VULCAN, Roman name for Hephaestus, 186
ZEPHYR, the West Wind, 79
ZETES, son of the North Wind, 164–65
ZEUS, god of thunder, mightiest of the Olympian gods, 2, 15ff., 20, 22ff., 26–28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40–42, 44, 46–47, 53, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68–72, 74, 76–78, 80, 84, 86, 91–92, 96, 99ff., 107–8, 110, 112, 115–17, 126–27, 129, 132, 139, 142, 146, 148, 163, 170, 172, 179ff., 182, 184, 187, 189
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