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The female followers of Dionysus, also known as the Mænads, Bacchantes or Thyiads. They included Agave, Ino and Autonoe who tore Agave's son, King Pentheus of Thebes to pieces believing him to be a wild animal, after he rejected the worship of Dionysus.
Another name for the Bacchæ, female followers of Dionysus.
The male followers of Dionysus.
Another name for Dionysus.
An epithet for Dionysus. Bassaris was the fox-skin worn by the god and also the Mænads in Thrace.
Bellerophon was the son of Glaucus, king of Corinth. When falsely accused of a crime in the house of another king, he was sent to Iobates, King of Lycia, where he was set seemingly deadly tasks, so he could be killed without angering the gods. However Bellerophon managed to catch Pegasus, kill the Chimæra, beat the Amazons and survive an ambush. The false accusation was uncovered and Bellerophon married a daughter of Iobates.
Son of Posiedon and father of Ægyptus, Danaus and Cephus.
The son of Amythaon, brother of Melampus. He fell in love with Pero, daughter of King Neleus of Argos, but the king demanded the herd of bulls belonging to King Phylacus which were too wel guarded for Bias to steal. His brother obtained the bulls for him and he married Pero. His brother then obtained him a third of King Proetus of Argos' land, and Bias took one of Proetus' daughters as a wife after the death of Pero.
The North wind, son of Astræus and Eos. His brothers were the other winds Notus, Eurus and Zephyrus. He had children by Oreithyia daughter of Erectheus, twin sons Zetes and Calais and daughters Chione and Cleopatra. Boreas helped the Athenians during the Trojan war, and destroyed the ships of the Xerxes.
One of the Hecatoncheires, (centimani) one hundred handed giants. A son of Gaea and Uranus, also known as Ægæon.
Briseis was a Trojan who had been given to Achilles as his prize during the Trojan War. Agamemnon took her from Achilles, causing the arguement between the two heroes that is one of the principle themes in The Iliad. She was later returned to Achilles.
Another name for Dionysus, meaning 'the boisterous'.
A cyclops, son of Gaea and Uranus.