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Gaea (or Ge) was the personification of the Earth, she sprang from the Chaos and gave birth to Uranus, the Heavens and Pontus, the Sea. By Uranus she became mother of the Hecatoncheires (hundred handed giants), the Cyclopes and the twelve Titans who included, Cronus, Oceanus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Rhea, Themis, Tethys and Mnemosyne.
Gaea persuaded the Titans (except Oceanus) to rebel against Uranus, and gave Cronus a sickle with which he unmanned his father. Blood fell from the wound on Gaea and she gave birth to the Erinnyes (aka Eumenides or Furies). Gaea put an end to the War between the Titans and those who would become the Olympians, by promising Zeus victory in exchange for freeing the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires from Tartarus.
A statue crafted by Pygmalion with whom he fell in love, she was brought to life by Aphrodite.
The son of King Tros and Callirrhoë, the most beautiful youth alive. He was carried off to be the cup bearer of Zeus and replaced Hebe. It is sometimes said that Zeus carried him off because he was in love with him and Tros was sent two horses as compensation.
Daughter of Creon, King of Corinth, also called Creusa. Jason fell in love with her and left Medea to marry her. Medea was furious and sent Glauce a dress that burst in to flames when she put it on, killing her and burning the palace down.
I - The son of King Minos of Crete and Pasiphaë, brother of Ariadne, Phædra and Androgeos. When as a young boy he drowned in a cask of honey, although the seer Polyeidus found him, he could not revive him. The seer was entombed with the boy, but a serpent revealed a herb which brought Glaucus back to life and both were released.
II - The King of Corinth, son of Sisyphus and Merope, father of Bellerophon. He was torn apart by his own horses because he scorned the power of Aphrodite.
III - The grandson of Bellerophon, great grandson of Glaucus (II). A Lycian prince, second in command to Sarpedon at the battle of Troy (on the Trojan side). He engaged in a battle with Diomedes, but when they remembered the friendship between their ancestors they stopped fighting and exchanged gifts. He was killed by Great Ajax.
Daughter of Althæa, who with her sister Deianeira, kept her human form while their other sisters were turned into birds by Artemis. She was the wife of Andræmon and mother of Thoas.
Collective name for Medusa, Stheno and Euryale, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto who lived in Libya. They had three sisters the Grææ.
Also known as the Charities, or the Gratiæ by the Romans. Originally there was only one grace, Charis the wide of Hephæstus in the Iliad. Later they were described as three daughters of Zeus by Eurynome, Euphrosyne, Aglaia and Thalia.
The collective name for three daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, women grey from birth with only one eye and one tooth between them which they passed from one to another. The helped Perseus find the winged sandals, magic wallet and Hades' helmet of invisibility.
One of the Hecatoncheires, hundred handed giants, sons of Uranus and Gaea.