The Library of Greek Mythology (Oxford World's Classics)
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The Nereids, p. 29.
The fifty daughters of Danaos and fifty sons of Aigyptos, and their respective mothers, p. 61–2.
The fifty daughters of Thespios and their sons by Heracles, pp. 91–2.
The fifty sons of Lycaon, p. 114(one name missing).
The suitors of Penelope, p. 168–9 (one hundred and twenty-nine names).
Since virtually none of these figures appears in any other connection (and for the most part these catalogues are genealogical blind alleys), it is improbable that anyone would seek them individually in an index; but the few who do appear elsewhere are included.
The Spelling and Pronunciation of Greek Nantes
With a few exceptions (which are cross-referenced), the names are given in their original Greek form; please see p. xxix above for some brief remarks on this matter. It should therefore be remembered that the Greek diphthongs ai and oi will be found rather than their Latin equivalents ae and oe (thus Aigeus and Oineus rather than Aegeus and Oeneus), and that Greek ei will not be replaced by a long i (so if a name like Chiron or Tiresias seems to be missing, it should be sought as Cheiron or Teiresias).
In ordinary speech, it is usual for English speakers to pronounce Greek names in the way that seem most natural without attempting to reproduce the exact pronunciation of the ancient Greeks. This conventional (or compromise) pronunciation presents no great problems if a few rules are observed:
Vowels: There are no mute vowels. In particular, a final -e and the e in final -es should always be sounded, as in familiar names like Aphrodite and Socrates.
In Greek, ae, oe, and oo are never diphthongs, and each vowel should be sounded separately (e.g. in Danae, Iphinoe, Acheloos).
Of diphthongs, ai should be pronounced as in high, au as in how, and oi as in boil; and eu is commonly pronounced as in eulogy, or when followed by an r, as in Europe.
In names, ei is usually a diphthong, which can be pronounced as in pay (e.g. in Teiresias, Deianeira), but not always (especially at the end of names, e.g. Endeis, the Nereids).
Consonants: C is used for Greek kappa (although when transliterating Greek it is usual to use a k). This is properly a hard c (or k), but where it seems natural for an English speaker, it is often pronounced as a soft c (as in Alcibiades or Eurydice).
Ch is used for Greek chi, which represents an aspirated k. In names, e.g. Achilles, it can be pronounced like a k. It should not be pronounced like ch in chapter.
G is properly hard as in gallery, but again, where it seems natural (as with the name Aigeus) it is often pronounced as in gin.
N.B. Genealogical indications, most commonly a patronymic, are included for practical convenience, but it must be remembered that there are often conflicting traditions, and if it is stated, for instance, that somebody is the mother of a particular person, that may be only one of several traditions recorded (whether in the present work or elsewhere).
Information not derived from the text is bracketed.
Where there are more than two entries under a particular name, bold type is used to distinguish those which refer to mythical stories or passages which give biographical (rather than purely genealogical) information; and generally, where an entry is italicized, this indicates that it refers to the inclusion of the character in one of the four main heroic catalogues:
Those who joined the hunt for the Calydonian boar, pp. 40–1.
The Argonauts, pp. 49–50.
Helen’s suitors, p. 121.
The Greeks who joined the expedition against Troy, page 148.
Abas, son of Lynceus 62, 63
Abas, son of Melampous 47
Abderos, son of Hermes 78
Acalle, daughter of Minos 97
Acamas, son of Antenor 152
Acamas, son of Eusoros 152
Acamas, son of Theseus 141, 143, 157
Acarnan, son of Alcmaion 113
Acastos, son of Pelias 46, 49, 57, 127–8, 129, 130 129, 130
Acastos, the sons of 160
Achaios, son of Xouthos 37
Acheloos 30, 38, 40, 88–9, 113–14, 167
Acheron, father of Ascalaphos 33
Achilles (strictly Achilleus), son of Peleus 129–30, 148, 149–55, 157 158
Acrisios, son of Abas 62–3, 64–5, 67 119
Actaion, son of Aristaios 102, 171
Actaios, father of Agraulos 130
Actaios, father of Telamon 126
Actor, father of Eurytos and Cteatos, 87
Actor, son of Deion 44, 49
Actor, son of Hippasos 49
Actor, son of Myrmidon 38, 41, 127
Acousilaos (of Argos, historian, 6th-5th cent. BC) 58 (2F25a, Jacoby), 59 (F26 and 27), 63 (F28), 77 (F29), 102 (F33), 114 (F25b), 121 (F41), 126 (F21), 134 (F31)
Admete, daughter of Eurystheus 78
Admetos, son of Pheres 40, 48, 49, 85 120, 121, 148
Adonis, loved by Aphrodite 30, 131–2
Adrasteis, nurse of Zeus 28
Adrastos, father of Eurydice 124
Adrastos, son of Merops 152
Adrastos, son of Talaos 42, 47, 107–9, 111, 112
Aegina (properly Aigina), daughter of Asopos 44, 126
Aello, a Harpy 29
Aellopous, a Harpy 52
Aeneas (properly Aineias), son of Anchises 123, 152, 153, 157
Aerope, daughter of Catreus 98, 99, 145, 148
Aethlios, son of Zeus 37, 38
Agathon, son of Priam 125
Agamemnon, son of Pleisthenes or Atreus 99, 120, 146, 147–55, 158–9, 160, 163
Agapenor, son of Ancaios 113, 121, 148, 161
Agasthenes, father of Polyxenos 121
Agathon, son of Priam 125
Agave, daughter of Cadmos 101, 103
Agelaos, a servant of Priam 125
Agelaos, son of Heracles 92
Agelaos, son of Temenos 94
Agenor, father of Phineus 51
Agenor, son of Amphion 105
Agenor, son of Ecbasos 58
Agenor, son of Phegeus 113
Agenor, son of Pleuron 39
Agenor, son of Poseidon 60, 96
Aglaia, daughter of Mantineus 62
Aglaie, a Grace 29
Aglaope, a Siren 167
Agiaos, son of Thyestes 145
Agraulos, daughter of Actaios 130
Agraulos, daughter of Cecrops 130
Agrios, a Centaur 75
Agrios, a Giant 35
Agrios, son of Porthaon 39, 42
Aiacos, son of Zeus and Aegina 41, 49, 126
Aias, son of Oileus 121, 148, 157–8, 159
Aias, son of Telamon 121, 127, 148, 153–5
Aietes, son of the Sun 43, 53–4, 57, 153–5 166
Aigialeia, daughter of Adrastos 43, 48, 160
Aigialeus, son of Adrastos 43, 48, 112
Aigialeus, son of Inachos 58
Aigimios, king of the Dorians 89–90, 94
Aigina, see Aegina
Aigioneus, son of Priam 125
Aigipan 36
Aigisthos, son of Thyestes 146, 160, 163
Aigle, one of the Hesperides 81
Aigleis, daughter of Hyacinthos 137
Aigyptos, son of Belos 60
Aigyptos, sons of 60–2
Aineias, see Aeneas
Ainetos, son of Deion 44
Aiolos, keeper of the winds 165–6
Aiolos, son of Hellen 37–8, 43, 44, 120
Aipytos, son of Cresphontes 95
Aisacos, son of Priam 124–5
Aison, son of Cretheus 40, 46, 48, 56
Aithousa, daughter of Poseidon 117
Aithra, daughter of Pittheus 121, 136, 138, 143, 157
Aithylla, daughter of Laomedon 161
Aitolos, son of Endymion 39, 49
Ajax, see Aias
Alastor, son of Neleus 45
Alcaios, son of Androgeos 78
Alcaios, son of Perseus 68
Alcathoos, son of Porthaon 39, 42
Alcatous,
son of Pelops 72, 127
Alceides, earlier name of Heracles 73
Alcestis, daughter of Pelias 46, 48, 85
Alcidice, wife of Salmoneus 45
Alcimenes, killed by Bellerophon 64
Alcinoos, father of Nausicaa 55, 168
Alcinous, son of Hippocoon 120
Alcippe, daughter of Ares 130–1
Alcmaion, son of Amphiaraos 42, 111–14, 162
Alcmaionid, the (an early epic) 42 (fr. 4 Davies)
Alcmene, daughter of Electryon 68, 69–70, 72, 92, 97
Alcon, son of Hippocoon 120
Alcyone, daughter of Aiolos 38
Alcyone, daughter of Atlas 117
Alcyone, daughter of Sthenelos 68
Alcyone, mother of Elephenor 148
Alcyoneus, a Giant 34
Alecto, a Fury 27
Alector, father of Iphis 108
Alector, father of Leitos 50, 121
Aleos, son of Apheidas 49, 88, 92, 115
Aletes, son of Icarios 120
Alexander, see Paris
Alexandras, son of Eurystheus 92
Alexiares, son of Heracles 91
Aloads, the (Aloadai) 38
Aloeus, son of Poseidon 38
Alphesiboia, mother of Adonis 131
Althaia, daughter of Thestios 39, 40–1
Althaimenes, son of Catreus 98–9
Amaltheia (a goat) 28
Amaltheia, daughter of Haimonios 89
Amarynceus, father of Hippostratos 42
Amazons, the 64, 78, 141, 154, 172
Amisodaros, who reared the Chimaera 64
Ammon, an oracle by 66
Amphianax, king of Lycia 62
Amphiaraos, son of Oicles 41, 47, 49, 107–9, 111, 112, 121
Amphictyon, son of Deucalion 37, 132
Amphidamas, son of Bousiris 82
Amphidamas, son of Cleitonymos 130
Amphidamas, son of Lycourgos 116
Amphidicos, son of Astacos 110
Amphilochos, son of Alcmaion 114, 162
Amphilochos, son of Amphiaraos 112, 121, 158
Amphimachos, son of Cteatos 121, 148
Amphimachos, son of Electryon 68
Amphimachos, son of Nomion 153
Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope 104–5, 117
Amphios, son of Merops 152
Amphithea, daughter of Pronax 47
Amphithea, wife of Lycourgos 48
Amphitrite, [daughter of Oceanos 28], 29 (as Nereid), 33, 135
Amphitryon, father of Iphicles 40
Amphitryon, son of Alcaios 68, 69–71, 72
Amphoteros, son of Alcmaion 113
Amyclas, son of Amphion 105
Amyclas, son of Lacedaimon 44, 115, 118–19
Amycos, son of Poseidon 51, 79
Amymone, daughter of Danaos 60–1, 62
Amyntor, king of Ormenion 90, 92, 129
Amythaon, son of Cretheus 39, 46, 63
Anactor, son of Electryon 68
Anaxibia, daughter of Bias 46
Anaxibia, daughter of Cratieus 46
Anaxo, daughter of Alcaios 68
Ancaios, son of Lycourgos 40, 49, 53, 116, 121
Anchinoe, daughter of the Nile 60
Anchises, son of Capys 123, 152, 157
Anchios, a Centaur 75
Andraimon, father of Oxylos 94
Andraimon, nephew of Oineus 40, 42, 148, 170
Androgeos, son of Minos 79, 80, 97, 98, 136–7
Andromache, daughter of Eetion 125, 158, 160
Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus 66–8
Anicetos, son of Heracles 91
Anios, son of Apollo 148
Anogon, son of Castor 122
Antaios, son of Poseidon or Ge 82
Anteia, daughter of lobates 62
Antenor, father of Archelochus and Acamas 151, 152, 157
Antheis, daughter of Hyacinthos 137
Anticleia, mother of Odysseus 148, 167
Anticleia, mother of Periphetes 138
Anticlos, 157
Antigone, daughter of Eurytion 127
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus 106, 107, 111
Antilochos, son of Nestor 46, 121, 154
Antimache, daughter of Amphidamas 116
Antinoos, suitor of Penelope 169, 170
Antiochos, son of Heracles 93
Antiochos, son of Melas 42
Antiochos, son of Pterelaos 68
Antiope, an Amazon 141
Antiope, daughter of Nycteus 104, 117
Antiphates, king of the Laistrygonians 166
Antiphos, son of Myrmidon 38
Antiphos, son of Priam 125
Antiphos, son of Talaimenes 152
Antiphos, son of Thessalos 148, 161
Apemosyne, daughter of Catreus 98
Aphareus, son of Perieres 39, 40, 44, 49, 119, 122
Apheidas, son of Areas 115
Aphrodite, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Apis, son of Phoroneus 39, 58, 59
Apollo, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Apollonius (poet, 3rd cent, BC) 52, Argonautka (2, 284 ff.)
Apsyrtos, son of Aietes 54
Areas, son of Zeus and Callisto 115
Arceisios, father of Laertes 49
Archelaos, son of Electryon 68
Archelochos, son of Antenor 152
Archemachos, son of Priam 125
Archemoros, see Opheltes
Architeles, father of Eunomos 89
Arene, daughter of Oibalos 119
Ares, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Arestor, father of Argos 59
Arete, wife of Alcinoos 55, 56
Arethousa, one of the Hesperides 81
Aretos, son of Nestor 46
Aretos, son of Priam 125
Arges, a Cyclops 27
Argeia, daughter of Adrastos 48, 107
Argeia, daughter of Autesion 93
Argiope, a nymph, mother of Cercyon 139
Argiope, a nymph, mother of Thamyris 30
Argeios, son of Licymnios 90
Argos, the All-Seeing 58–9
Argos, son of Phrixos 43, 50
Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe 58, 59
Ariadne, daughter of Minos 97, 98, 140
Arisbe, daughter of Merops 124
Aristaios, husband of Autonoe 101, 102
Aristodeme, daughter of Priam 125
Aristodemos, a Heraclid 93, 94
Aristomachos, a Heraclid 93
Aristomachos, son of Talaos 47, 108
Arneos, father of Megamede 71
Arsinoe, daughter of Leucippos 119
Arsinoe, daughter of Phegeus 113
Arsinoos, father of Chromios and Ennomos 152
Artemis, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Ascalaphos, son of Acheron 33, 84
Ascalaphos, son of Ares 50, 121
Ascanios, son of Aretaon 152
Ascanios, son of Priam 125
Asclepiades (of Tragilos, mythological writer, 4th cent, BC) 59 (12F16 Jacoby), 97 (F17)
Asclepius, son of Apollo 119, 121, 172
Asia, an Oceanid 28
Asios (of Samos, early epic poet) 115 (fr. 9 Davies)
Asios, son of Hyrtacos 152
Asopos 44, 59, 126, 127
Assaracos, son of Tros 123
Astacos, the sons of 110
Asteria, daughter of Coios 28, 29, 31
Asterios, king of Crete 97
Asterios, offspring of Pasiphae, see Minotaur
Asterios, son of Cometes 50
Asterios, son of Neleus 45
Asterodia, daughter of Deion 44
Asteropaios, son of Pelegon 154
Asterope, daughter of Cebren 124
Astraios, offspring of Ceios 29
Astyanax (son of Hector) 158
Astycrateia, daughter of Amphion 105
Astydameia, daughter of Amyntor 92
Astydameia, daughter of Pelops 68
Ast
ydameia, wife of Acastos 128, 129
Astygonos, son of Priam 125
Astynoos, son of Phaethon 131
Astyoche, daughter of Amphion 105
Astyoehe, daughter of Laomedon 124, 161
Astyoche, daughter of Phylas 89, 92, 148
Astyoche, daughter of Simoeis 123
Astypalaia, mother of Eurypylos 86
Atalante, daughter of lasos or Schoineus 41, 49, 116–17, 127
Atas, son of Priam 125
Ate 124
Athamas, son of Aiolos 38, 43–4
Athene, see ‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6
Atlas, son of Iapetos 29, 44, 83, 117, 122, 168
Atreus, son of Pelops 69, 121, 145–6, 148, 150
Atropos, a Fate 29
Atthis, daughter of Cranaos 132
Atymnios, son of Zeus 97
Auge, daughter of Aleos 88, 92, 115–16
Augeias or Augeas, son of the Sun 50, 76, 81, 87, 92
Autesion, father of Argeia 93
Autolycos, son of Hermes 48, 49, 71, 85
Automedousa, daughter of Alcathos 72
Autonoe, daughter of Cadmos 101, 102
Autonoe, daughter of Peireus 92
Axios, father of Pelagon 154 Bateia, daughter of Teucros 123
Bateia, wife of Oibalos 120
Baton, charioteer of Amphiaraos 111
Bellerophon (properly Bellerophontes), son of Sisyphos 44, 64, 96
Belos, son of Poseidon 60, 96
Benthesicyme, daughter of Poseidon 135
Bias, uncle of Pylas 136
Bias, son of Amythaon 46–7, 63
Bias, son of Priam 125
Bilsates, father of Pylaimenes 152
Boreas (North Wind) 49, 52, 134–5
Boros, son of Perieres 127
Boucolion, son of Laomedon 124
Boucolos, son of Hippocoon 120
Bousiris, king of Egypt 82
Boutes, son of Teleon 50, 55
Boutes, son of Pandion 133, 134
Braisia, daughter of Cinyras 131
Branchos, father of Cercyon 139
Briareus, a Hundred-Hander 27
Briseis, daughter of Chryses 153, 154
Brontes, a Cyclops 27
Broteas (son of Tantalos) 143
Cadmos, son of Agenor 53, 96, 100–1, 103
Caineus, a Lapith 142
Caineus, brother of Ischys 119
Caineus, son of Coronos 49
Calais, son of Boreas 49, 52, 134
Calchas, a seer 129, 149, 150, 155, 158–9
Callias, son of Temenos 94
Callidice, queen of the Thesprotians 170
Callileon, son of Thyestes 145
Calliope, a Muse 30