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A  
Achilles the Greek hero of The Iliad, the son of Peleus and Thetis
Adephagia the Goddess of Good-Eating and Merriment
Aegistheos the lover of Klyntemnestra who he helped to murder her husband Agamemnon
Aegyptius a chieftain of Ithaka
Aeolus a mortal who was appointed keeper of the winds by Zeus
Agamemnon commander-in-chief of the Greeks in the Trojan War, murdered by his wife Klyntemnestra, father of Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes
Ajax the second greatest Greek warrior
Alcinous the King of the Phaeacians. He helped Odysseus return to Ithaka
Andromache  Hector's wife, the mother of Astyanax
Anticleia the mother of Odysseus
Antinous the main suitor of Penelope
Aphrodite [not yet ready]
Apollo the god of Light, possibly the father of Orpheus by Calliope
Arete the Queen and wife of Alcinous
Ariadne King Minos' daughter who helped Theseus to kill the Minotaur and escape from the labyrinth.
Artemis [not yet ready]
Asclepios [not yet ready]
Astyanax son of Hector and Andromache
Athena also Athene the Goddess of wisdom, the best friend of Odysseus
Athene another spelling of Athena
Atlantis [not yet ready]
Atlas [not yet ready]
Atreus [not yet ready]
Attis [not yet ready]
Augeas [not yet ready]
Autolycus [not yet ready]
B  
Bacchants, the also known as the Maenads [not yet ready]
Bacchus [not yet ready]
Barbari [not yet ready]
Bellerophon(tes) [not yet ready]
Biton [not yet ready]
Boreas [not yet ready]
Briareus [not yet ready]
Britomartis [not yet ready]
Brutus  [not yet ready]
C  
Calliope a muse, mother of Orpheus
Callisto [not yet ready]
Calydonian Boar [not yet ready]
Calypso a sea nymph and goddess who offered Odysseus immortality if he abandoned his journey home from the Trojan War. She kept him captive for nine years.
Capania [not yet ready]
Caryatids [not yet ready]
Cassandra sister of Hector and Paris
Castor and Pollux Greek: Polydeuces
Cecrops [not yet ready]
Centaurs [not yet ready]

Cerberus  [not yet ready]

Charon  [not yet ready]

Charybdis  [not yet ready]

Chimaera  [not yet ready]

Chiron  [not yet ready]

Chryseis  [not yet ready]

Circe  an enchantress who changed Odysseus' crew into swine

Cleobis  [not yet ready]

Cleopatra  [not yet ready]

Clytemnestra  [not yet ready]

Codrus  [not yet ready]

Colossus of Rhodes  [not yet ready]

Coronis  [not yet ready]

Creon  [not yet ready]

Cressida  [not yet ready]

Creusa  [not yet ready]

Curetes  [not yet ready]

Cybale  [not yet ready]

Cyclops  a race of giants

Cynthia  [not yet ready]

Cyrus  a Persian king

D

Daedalus  the craftsman who built the labyrinth for King Minos

Damocles  [not yet ready]

Damon and Pythias  [not yet ready]

Danae  [not yet ready]

Danaids  [not yet ready]

Danaus  [not yet ready]

Daphne  [not yet ready]

Daphnis  [not yet ready]

Deidamia  [not yet ready]

Deiphobus  the brother of Hector and Paris

Delia  [not yet ready]

Delius  [not yet ready]

Delphic oracle  [not yet ready]

Demeter  [not yet ready]

Demogorgon  [not yet ready]

Deucalion  [not yet ready]

Diana  [not yet ready]

Diatys  [not yet ready]

Dido  [not yet ready]

Diomedes  [not yet ready]

Dionysus  [not yet ready]

Dirce  [not yet ready]

Dis  [not yet ready]

Discobolus  [not yet ready]

Dodona  [not yet ready]

Dorians  [not yet ready]

Draco  [not yet ready]

E

Echo  [not yet ready]

Eileithyia  [not yet ready]

Electra  daughter of Agamemnon

Elgin marbles  [not yet ready]

Elpenor  [not yet ready]

Elysium  [not yet ready]

Endymion  [not yet ready]

Eos  [not yet ready]

Erinyes  see Furies, the

Eteocles  [not yet ready]

Eumaeus  [not yet ready]

Eumenides  see Kindly Ones, the

Eunaeus  chief swineherd at Ithaka, a loyal friend of Odysseus

Eurydice  [not yet ready]

Europa  [not yet ready]

Euryalus  [not yet ready]

Eurylochus  second-in-command to Odysseus

Eurymachus  a suitor of Penelope

F

Fate  [not yet ready]

Furies, the  [not yet ready]

G

Galatea  [not yet ready]

Ganymede(s)  a Trojan prince

Geryon  [not yet ready]

Giants  [not yet ready]

Great Gods, the  see Kabeiroi

H

Hector  the brother of Paris, the husband of Andromache, the greatest Trojan warrior, killed by Achilles

Hecuba  the Queen of Troy

Helen  the wife of Menelaus. Her beauty and kidnapping caused the Trojan War

Helios  [not yet ready]

Hera  [not yet ready]

Herakles  [not yet ready]

Hercules  the Roman name for Herakles

Hermes  [not yet ready]

Hyperion  God of the sun

I

Ikarus  [not yet ready]

Iphigenia  daughter of Agamemnon

J

K

Kadmus  the founder of Thebes and inventor of the alphabet

Kassandra  a Trojan princess who Agamemnon brought back as his concubine after the sack of Troy

Kabeiroi  the Great Gods  [not yet ready]

Kindly Ones, the  [not yet ready]

Kleobis  [not yet ready]

Klyntemnestra also Clyntemnestra daughter of Queen Leda of Sparta. She was the wife and murderer of Agamemnon

L

Laertes  the father of Odysseus

Laocoon  [not yet ready]

Leda, Queen of Sparta  mother of Klyntemnestra

Leucothoie  a sea nymph who helps Odysseus

M

Maenads, the  another name for the Bacchants

Menelaus  the King of Sparta, the husband of Helen

Minos  the mythical king of Crete

Minotaur  the half-man, half-bull, son of King Minos' queen Pasiphae

Muses, the  [not yet ready]

N

Nestor  [not yet ready]

O

Odysseus  King of Ithaca, a hero of the Trojan War in Homer's The Odyssey, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus

Olympian gods  [not yet ready]

Olympus, Mount  [not yet ready]

Orestes  son of Agamemnon, the hero of Oresteia

Orpheus  the greatest Greek singer and musician, son of Calliope and either Apollo or a King of Thrace

P

Pallas, Athene  [not yet ready]

Paris  the brother of Hector, the abductor of Helen

Pasiphae  King Minos' queen, mother of the Minotaur

Patroclus  Achilles' best friend. He was killed in the Trojan War after Achilles allowed him to take his place as leader of his troops.

Peleus  the father of Achilles

Penelope  the wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus

Phoenix  Achilles' tutor

Polydanas  Hector's friend

Polydeuces  the Greek name for Castor and Pollux

Polyphemus  a man-eating giant (a Cyclops) which Odysseus came across on his return home from the Trojan War. He was the son of Poseidon.

Poseidon  God of the sea, father of Polyphemus, an enemy of Odysseus

Priam  the King of Troy, father of Hector

Prometheus  [not yet ready]

Q

R

S

Scylla  a sea monster with six heads that eats six of Odysseus' crew

Sirens, the  [not yet ready]

T

Teiresias  a blind prophet

Telemachus  son of Odysseus and Penelope

Theseus  the Athenian hero who, with the help of King Minos' daughter Ariadne, killed the Minotaur and was able to escape from the labyrinth.

Thetis  a sea goddess. the mother of Achilles

Trojan Horse, the  [not yet ready]

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V

W

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Y

Z

Zeus  [not yet ready]