Biton and Cleobis
Biton and Cleobis (wild ox and famous life) In Greek mythology, two heroes of Argos. They were sons of Cydippe, a priestess of the goddess…
Category: Greek Mythology
Brizo
Brizo (charmer, soother) In Greek mythology, a goddess worshipped at Delos and honoured by women as the protector of mariners. Food offerings (no fish) were…
Brontes
Brontes (thunder) In Greek and Roman mythology, son of Uranus and Gaea; one of the three Cyclopes, the other two being Arges (the lightning bolt)…
Bucephalus
Bucephalus (ox-headed) In Greek history and legend, the horse of Alexander the Great. Plutarch, in his Parallel Lives, tells the legend of how the horse…
Busiris
Busiris (grave of Osiris) In Greek mythology, a king of Egypt, the son of Poseidon and Lysianassa, a daughter of Epaphus. According to one myth,…
Butes
Butes (herdsman) In Greek mythology, a Thracian, the son of Boreas. His brother Lycurgus, whom he had tried to murder, banished him, and he settled…
Deino
Deino (terrible) In Greek mythology, daughter of Phorcys and Ceto; one of the three Graeae—the others being Enyo and Pephredo— who were guardians of the…
Deidamia
Deidamia (taker of spoil) In Greek mythology, mistress of Achilles; daughter of Lycomedes, king of Scyros; mother of Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus). She was seduced by Achilles…
Deianira
Deianira In Greek mythology, second wife of Heracles; daughter of Dionysus (or Oeneus) and Althaea; half sister of Gorge, Meleager, and Toxeus; mother of Ctesippus,…
Celaeno
Celaeno (swarthy) In Greek mythology, one of the seven Pleiades (a constellation), daughter of Atlas and Pleione. Celaeno was the mother of Lycus and Chimaereusc…