Mermerus and Pheres
Mermerus and Pheres (care-laden and bearer) In Greek mythology, children of Medea and Jason. When Jason betrayed Medea, she killed the children to punish him.…
Category: Greek Mythology
Mera
Mera (glistening) In Greek mythology, a faithful dog who was transformed into the Lesser Dog Star, Canis (or Sirius). Mera showed Erigone, Icarius’s daughter, where…
Menelaus
Menelaus (might of the people) In Greek mythology, king of Sparta; son of Atreus and Aerope; younger brother of Agamemnon, Anixibia, and Pleisthenes; husband of…
Centaur
Centaur (wounder, stabber) In Greek mythology, a half-man, half-horse creature living principally in Thessaly; offspring of either Ixion and Nephele, a cloud, or Apollo’s son…
Autonoe
Autonoe (with mind of her own) In Greek mythology, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia; sister of Agave, Illyrius, Ino, Polydorus, and Semele. She was the…
Avernus
Avernus (without birds?) In Greek and Roman mythology, a deep sulfurous lake northwest of Roman Puteoli (Pozzouli), believed by the ancients to be one of…
Baphyra
Baphyra In Greek mythology, the name assumed by the Helicon River when it refused to wash away the blood the Bacchants (or Maenads) had spilled…
Battus
Battus (stammer) In Greek mythology, a shepherd of Pylos who saw Hermes steal the cattle of Apollo. Battus promised not to divulge the theft but…
Baucis and Philemon
Baucis and Philemon (over-modest and friendly slinger) In Greek mythology, an old couple rewarded for their hospitality to Zeus and Hermes. Zeus and Hermes, in…
Bellerophon
Bellerophon (he who slays the monster) In Greek mythology, a hero, son of Glaucus of Corinth or Poseidon and Eurymede; brother of Deliades; grandson of…