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Gaea
of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation
Uranus
was the primal Greek god personifying the sky.
Cronus
was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans
Rhea
Titaness daughter of the sky god Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia,
Oceanus
as the Titan god or Protogenos (primeval deity) of the great earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the earth’s fresh-water:
Iapetus
was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
Zeus
King of Gods
Hera
Wife to Zeus
Demeter
Mother to Persephone
Hestia
is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity
Poseidon
God of sea
Hades
god of underworld
Ares
God of War
Hephaestus
God of black smiths
Athena
Goddess of Wisdom
Apollo
God of Sun
Artemis
Goddess of Moon
Hermes
Messenger God
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love
Prometheus
is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of humanity.
Typhoeus
The last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, he was known as the “Father of All Monsters”; his wife Echidna was likewise the “Mother of All Monsters.”
Persephone
Daughter to Demeter
Pytho
always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. He presided at the Delphic oracle,
Electra
was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.
Cassandra
was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy.
Agenor
history a Phoenician king of Tyre
Europa
Phoenician woman of high lineage, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken.[1] The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story
Cadmus
a Phoenician prince
Harmonia
is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia,
Semele
daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother[1] of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths.
Laios
a divine hero and key personage in the Theban founding myth. Son of Labdacus, he was raised by the regent Lycus after the death of his father.
Oedipus
was a mythical Greek king of Thebes
Jocasta
a daughter of Menoeceus and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of Laius, wife and mother of Oedipus by Laius,
Eteocles
was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia
Polyneices
was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. His wife was Argea.
Antigone
is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
Amphiaraos
was the son of Oecles and Hypermnestra, and husband of Eriphyle.
Eriphyle
daughter of Talaus, was the mother of Alcmaeon and the wife of Amphiaraus. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the raid that initiated the mythic tale of the Seven Against Thebes, though she knew he would die.
Alcmaeon
was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. As one of the Epigoni, he was a leader of the Argives who attacked Thebes, taking the city in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven Against Thebes, who died while attempting the same thing.
Cecrops
was a mythical king of Athens who is said to have reigned for fifty-six years.
Theseus
founder-king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Poseidon,
Augeus
was king of Elis and father of Epicaste. Some say that Augeas was one of the Argonauts.
Ariadne
was the daughter of Minos king of Crete,[1] and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan
