BALANIS The Hamadryad nymph of the oak-nut tree.

BATIA (Bateia) The nymph wife of a Spartan king.

BALIUS (Balios) An immortal horse. He was given to Peleus as a wedding present by the gods.

BELLEROPHON (Bellerophontes) The great Corinthian hero who tamed the winged horse Pegasus and slew the fire-breathing monster Chimera.

BENDIS The Thracian goddess of hunting and the moon who was worshipped with Bacchic-like orgies.

BENTHESICYME (Benthesikyme) A sea-nymph daughter of Poseidon. She married an Ethiopian King.

BEROE The goddess nymph of the Phoenician city of Beruit. The gods Poseidon and Dionysos battled for her hand in marriage.

BIA The goddess of force. She sided with Zeus in the Titan-War and became one of his chief attendants.

BLEMMYAE (Blemmyai) A fabulous tribe of headless African men, whose faces were set upon their chests.

BOLBE Goddess of the Boetian lake Bolbe.

BOLINA A maiden who fled from Apollon and leapt into the sea where she was transformed by the god into an immortal nymph.

BOREAS

BOOTES The agricultural god of ploughing and the inventor of the wagon.

BOREAS The purple-haired, winged god of the North-Wind. He was also the god of winter who carried snow on his chill breath.

BRIAREUS (Briareos) One of the Hecatoncheires. He dwelt in the sea and married a giant daughter of Poseidon. When the gods rebelled against Zeus, Briareus came to his aid.

BRITOMARTIS A Cretan goddess of the nets and companion of Artemis. She was pursued by Minos king of Crete, but leapt into the sea to escape him and was apotheosized into a goddess by Artemis.

BRIZO A oracular goddess of the island of Delos who presided over the maritime pursuits of fishing and navigation.

BRONTES One of the three ancient Cyclops.

BRYCHON A River of the Thracian Chersonese and its god. He was an ally of the Gigantes.

BYBLIS A princess of Karia who was transformed into a Hamadryad by the local Nymphs when she cast herself off a mountain in despair.

BYTHOS One of two Ichthyocentaur (fish-tailed-centaur) sea-gods.

BYZE A Naiad daughter of the river Erasinus. With her sisters she was an attendant of Britomartis.

CAANTHUS (Kaanthos) A River-god son of the Titan Oceanus who was slain by Apollo in their rivalry for the love of the Nymph Melia.

CABEIRI (Kabeiroi) The gods forged agricultural implements and patron gods of the Cabeirian Mysteries of Samothrace (an agricultural cult connected with Demeter).

CABEIRIDES (Kabeirides) Nymphs of the Cabeirian Mysteries of Samothrace.

CABEIRO (Kabeiro) A sea nymph who was loved by Hephaestos.

CACIA (Kakia) The female personification of vice.

CACUS (Kakos) A fire-breathing Italian giant slain by Heracles.

CADMILUS (Kadmilos) A rustic god, the father of the Cabeiri.

CAECIUS (Kaikias) The god of the North-East Wind.

CAECUS (Kaikos) A river of Teuthrania and its god.

CAERUS (Kairos) The god of opportunity.

CALIADNE (Kaliadne) An Egyptian Naiad.

CALOCAGATHIA (Kalokagathia) The female personofication of nobility.

CALLIGENEIA (Kalligeneia) The nurse of Persephone and a goddess of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

CALLIOPE (Kalliope) The eldest of the Muses. She was muse of epic poetry.

CALLIRHOE (1) (Kallirhoe) An Oceanid wife of the giant Chrysaor. She begged her son Geryon not to battle Heracles.

CALLIRHOE (2) (Kallirroe) A Naiad daughter of the river Achelous. She demanded that her husband Alcmaeon bring her the famed necklace of Harmonia as a bridegift - a request which brought about his untimely death.

CALLIRHOE (3) (Kallirhoe) A Naiad daughter of the river Scamander, and the wife of Trojan king.

CALLISTE (Kalliste) The sea-nymph daughter of Triton and goddess of the island of Calliste.

CALYDONIAN BOAR

CALLITHYIA (Kallithyia) A Naiad daughter of the river Inachus who founded the ancient cult of Hera in Argos.

CALYBE (Kalybe) A rustic nymph loved by the Trojan king Laomedon.

CALYDONIAN BOAR (Hus Kalydonios) A gigantic boar which was sent by Artemis to ravish the land of Aetolia. It was slain by a band of heroes led by Meleager.

CALYPSO (Kalypso) A goddess-nymph of the island Ogygia. She detained the hero Odysseus on her island for many years.

CAMARINA (Kamarina) An Oceanid for whom the city of Camarina was named.

CAMPE (Kampe) A servant of the Titans. She guarded the gates of Tartarus where the Hecatoncheires and Cyclops were imprisoned. Zeus slew her and freed these giants from the prison.

CAPHEIRA (Kapheira) The sea-nymph nurse of the god Poseidon.

CARCINUS (Karkinos) A gigantic crab which helped the Hydra in her battle with Heracles. The hero crushed it beneath his foot. The goddess Hera then placed it amongst the stars as the constellation Cancer.

CARMANOR (Karmanor) A Cretan god of the harvest. He was loved by the goddess Demeter.

CARME (Karme) A Cretan Nymphe of the harvest.

CARMENTIS (Karmentis) An Arcadian Naiad loved by the god Hermes. She and her son Evander emigrated to Italian Latium.

CARPI (Karpoi) The infant gods of the fruits of the earth. They were attendants of Gaia (mother Earth).

CARPO (Karpo) The goddess of fruit, and one of the Horai (goddess Seasons).

CARYA (Karya) The Hamadryad nymph of the hazel or walnut tree.

CARYSTUS (Karystos) A rustic god of the island of Euboea. He was a son of the centaur Chiron.

CASTALIA (Kastalia) A Naiad daughter of the River Achelous. She was the goddess of a spring at Delphi.

CAUCASIAN EAGLE (Aetos Kaukasios) The eagle that gnawed on the liver of Prometheus. It was slain by Heracles.

CAYSTER (Kaystros)A river of Lydia and its god.

CEBREN (Kebren) A river of Troy and its god.

CECROPS (Kekrops) An early earth-born king of Attica. He had the tail of a serpent in place of legs.

CEDALION (Kedalion) A daemon attendant of Hephaestus in his forge.

CELAENO (1) (Kelaino) One of the starry Pleiad nymphs. She was loved by the god Poseidon.

CENTAUR

CELAENO (2) (Kelaino) One of the three Harpies.

CELEDONES (Keledones) Magical singers which Hephaestus forged out of gold for the very first (mythical) temple of Apollo at Delphi.

CELMIS (Kelmis) One of the Dactyls.

CELUSA (Kelouse) The nymph mother of the river Asopus by Poseidon.

CENTAURIDES (Kentaurides) The female Centaurs of Thessaly.

CENTAURS (1), THESSALIAN (Kentauroi Thessalioi) A tribe of wild beasts with the upper torsos of men and the bodies of horses. They tried to abduct the bride at the marriage of Peirithoos. In the battle that ensued many of them were slain.

CENTAURS (2), PELOPONNESIAN (Kentauroi Pelopponesioi) A trbe of centaurs who fought Herakles in Arkadia for the wine of Pholus.

CENTAURS (3), CYPRIAN (Kentauroi Kyprioi) A tribe of bull-horned Centaurs who were native to the island of Cyprus. They were born when Zeus tried to seduce his daughter Aphrodite but failed and accidentally impregnated the Earth instead.

CENTAURS (4), LAMIAN (Pheres Lamioi) Centaur-companions of the god Dionysos. They were sons of the Lamides the nurses of Dionysos. They themselves were set to guard the young god by Zeus. Hera was angered by this and transformed them into Centaurs.

CEPHISUS (1) (Kephisos) A river of Phocis and Boeotia and its god.

CEPHISUS (2) (Kephisos) A river of Attica and its god.

CEPHISUS (3) (Kephisos) A river of Argos and its god. Poseidon dried up his streams when he awarded the land to Hera in their contest for sovereignty.

CERAON (Keraon) The daemon of either the mixing of wine or bread dough.

CERBERUS

CERBERUS (Kerberos) The many-headed, serpent maned hound that guarded the gates of Hades. One of Heracles labours was to fetch him from the underworld.

CERCOPES (Kerkopes) Twin monkey-like sons of the god Oceanus who plagued the land of Lydia with their banditry. Herakles captured the pair but they so amused the hero with their jokes that he let them go free. Zeus later transformed them into monkeys.

CERYNITIAN HIND (Elaphos Kerynitis) The immortal golden-horned deer which Herakles was set to fetch as this third labour. It was one of five Elaphoi Chrysoceroi (Golden Hinds).

CETEA (Ketea) The monsters of the sea. Small ketea were mounts of the sea-goddesses, larger ones were sent by Poseidon to punish those who offended him.

CETO (1) (Keto) An ancient Sea-Goddess. She personified the dangers of the sea. Most of the monsters of mythology were descended from her.

CETO (2) (Keto) An Oceanid nymph loved by Helios.

CETUS (1), ETHIOPIAN (Ketos Aithiopios) A sea monster sent by Poseidon to plague the land of Ethiopia. To end its depredations the princess Andromeda was chained to a rock as sacrifice to the beast. The hero Perseus rescued her and slew the monster.

CETUS (2), TROJAN (Ketos Troias) A sea monster sent by Poseidon to punish King Laomedon of Troy. He offered his daughter princess Hesione as sacrifice, but she was rescued and beast slain by Herakles.

CEUTHONYMUS (Keuthonymos) A mysterious daemon of the underworld.

CHALCOTAURI (Khalkotauroi) The fire-breathing bronze bulls of King Aeetes of Colchis which Jason was commanded to yoke and plow a field with dragon's teeth.

CHALCIS (Khalkis) A Naiad daughter of Asopus. The town of Chalcis in Euboea was named after her.

CHAOS (Khaos) The protogenos (primeval god) of the air. Her name means "gap", namely, the gap separating heaven and earth.

CHARITES

CHARICLO (1) (Khariklo) The Nymph wife of the centaur Chiron. She lived with him in a cave on Mt Pelion and fostered many a famous hero.

CHARICLO (2) (Khariklo) The Nymph mother of the seer Teiresias and a friend of the goddess Athena.

CHARITES (Kharites) The goddesses of the graces: beauty, mirth and festive good-cheer.

CHARON (Kharon) A daemon of the underworld who ferried the dead across the river Acheron.

CHARYBDIS (Kharybdis) A gigantic daughter of Poseidon. She was chained to the sea bed as punishment for some crime. Her inhallations formed a massive whirlpool which became a terror for the sailors who had to travel through her narrow straight.

CHELONE (Khelone) An oread who haughtily refused to attend the wedding of Zeus and Hera and was transformed into a tortoise as punishment.

CHIMERA (Khimaira) A creature with the foreparts of a lion, the rearparts of a goat, a goats head rising from its back, and a fanged serpent for a tail. It was slain by Bellerophon who rode into battle on the winged horse Pegasus.

CHIONE (1) (Khione) The goddess or nymph of snow. She was a daughter of the winter-god Boreas loved by the god Poseidon.

CHIONE (2) (Khione) A snow-nymph loved by the god Boreas.

CHIONE (3) (Khione) A Naiad daughter of the River Nile. She was raped by a peasant. Zeus took pity on her and transported her to the clouds where she sifted snow upon the dry deserts of Egypt.

CHIRON

CHIRON (Kheiron) An immortal Centaur son of Cronus. He was famed for his wisdom and dwelt in a cave on Mt Pelion where he fostered and trained many of the great heroes.

CHLORIS (Khloris) The goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus the West-Wind.

CHREMETES (Khremetes) A river of Libya and its god.

CHRONUS (Khronos) The primeval god of time whose serpentine form was entwined with that of Ananke, the goddess necessity, at the beginning of time. Together they split open the world egg.

CHRYSAOR (Khrysaor) A gigantic winged son of Medusa.

CHRYSEAN DOG (Khryseos Kuon) A golden hound which Rhea set to guard the infant Zeus and his nurse the goat Amaltheia.

CHRYSOMALLUS (Khrysomallos) The flying, talking, golden-fleeced ram that was sent to rescue the children Phrixus and Helle from sacrifice.

CHRYSOPELIA (Khrysopeleia) The nymph wife of the Arcadian king Arcas.

CHRYSOTHEMIS (Khrysothemis) The demi-goddess of the golden-custom, the celebration of the grain harvest.

CHRYSUS (Khrysos) The god of gold.

CIRCE (Kirke) An immortal witch who dwelt on the island of Aeaea. She turned travellers into beasts with her potions.

CITHAERON (Kithairon) A mountain of Boeotia and its god.

CLAEA (Klaia) A Messenian Oread nymph who had a shrine on Mt Calathium.

CLAZOMENAEAN BOAR (Hus Klazomenaios) A gigantic winged boar which terrorized the Ionian town of Clazomenae.

CLEEIA (Kleeia) One of the starry Hyades.

CLEOCHARIA (Kleokhareia) The Naiad nymph wife of Lelex, the first king of Sparta.

CLEODORA (Kleodora) A nymph of Mount Parnassus loved by the god Poseidon.

CLEOMEDE (Kleomede) A nymph of the river Axius in Paeonia, loved by King Paeonus.

CLEONE (Kleone) The Naiad nymph of the town of Cleonae in Argos.

CLIO (Kleio) The muse of history.

CLONIA (Klonie) A Boeotian nymph of the town of Hyria.

CLOTHO (Klotho) One of the three Fates.

CLYMENE (1) (Klymene) The Titan goddess of renown, fame and infamy. She was one of the Oceanides and the wife of the Titan Iapetus.

CLYMENE (2) (Klymene) An Oceanid nymph loved by the sun-god Helios. She bore him Phaethon and the Heliades.

CLYTIA (Klytia) One of the Oceanides who fell in love with the sun-god Helius. When he abandoned her she wasted away and was transformed into the sun-gazing heliotrope flower.

CLYTIUS (Klytios) One of the Gigantes. He was slain by Hecate with her flaming torches in the Giant-War.

CNOSSIA (Knossia) A nymph of the Cretan town of Cnossus seduced by King Menelaus.

COALEMUS (Koalemos) The personification of stupidity.

COCYTHIAE (Kokythiai) The Naiad nymph daughters of the underworld river Cocytus.

COCYTUS (Kokytos) The underworld river of wailing and its god.

COEUS (Koios) The Titan-god of intelligence and the axis of heaven.

COMBE (Kombe) A rustic nymph of the island of Euboea. She was the mother of the local Corybantes.

COMUS (Komos) The god of banquets and festivity, he was a son of Hermes and Circe. Komos could change the faces of men to beasts in the festivities.

CONISALUS (Konisalos) A phallic daemon of garden fertility.

CORCYRA (Korkyra) A Naiad daughter of the river Asopus. She was loved by Poseidon who carried her off to the island of Corcyra.

CORONIDES (Koronides) Two daughters of the Giant Orion. They saved the city of Orchomeus from a plague by offering themselves as sacrifice to the gods. Persephone sorrowed for their plight and transformed them into comets.

CORONIS (Koronis) One of the starry Hyades.

CORUS (Koros) The personification of disdain.

CORYBANTES (1), PHRYGIAN (Korybantes Phrygioi) Divine attendants of the goddess Cybele. They celebrate her rites with a dance of clashing shield and spear.

CORYBANTES (2), SAMOTHRACIAN (Korybantes Samothrakioi) Daemones of the orgiastic dance of the Samothracian mysteries.

CORYBANTES (3), EUBOEAN (Korybantes Euboiai) Curete-like daemones of the island of Euboea.

CORYCIA (Korykia) One of the Corycian nymphs of Delphi loved by the god Apollo.

CORYCIAE (Korykiai) Naiad daughters of the river Pleistus. They inhabited the sacred Corycian cave of Mount Parnassus.

CORYMBUS (Korymbos) A rustic god of the ivy. He was a companion of Dionysus.

COTTUS (Kottos) One of the three Hecatoncheires.

COTYS (Kotys) A wild Bacchic goddess of Thrace.

CRETAN BULL

CRANEIA (Kraneia) The Hamadryad nymph of the cornel or cherry tree.

CRATAEIS (Krataeis) The mother of the monster Skylla. She was identified with Keto and Hekate.

CRATUS (Kratos) God of strength. Like his siblings he sided with Zeus in the Titan-War and became one of the god's attendants.

CRES The earth-goddess of the island of Crete.

CRETAN BULL (Tauros Kretaios) A majestic bull sent up by Poseidon. It impregnated Pasiphae the wife of King Minos (who was being punished by the god for not sacrificing it as he had promised) and from this unnatural union the Minotaur was born. The Bull was later fetched from Crete by Heracles as one of his twelve labours and eventually slain by Theseus at Marathon.

CRETHEIS (Kretheis) A naiad nymph of the Lydian town of Smyrna. She was the legendary mother of the poet Homer by the river-god Meles.

CREUSA (Kreousa) The Naiad nymph wife of the river god Peneus.

CRINAEAE (Krinaiai) Naiad-nymphs of the fountains.

CRIUS (Krios) The Titan-god of mastery, leadership and the constellations.

CROCALE (Krokale) One of the attendant nymphs of Artemis.

CROMMYON SOW (Hus Krommyon) A giant boar that ravaged the farmlands of Crommyon. It was slain by Theseus.

CRONUS

CRONUS (Kronos) The King of the Titans and the elder Titan-god of time. He castrated and deposed his father Uranus but was in turn was defeated by his own son Zeus after a ten year war. Cronus was cast into Tartarus but at the end of the Age of Heroes Zeus freed and made him king of Elysium.

CROTUS (Krotos) A satyr companion of the Muses who was placed amongst the stars by these goddesses as the constellation Saggitarius.

CTESIUS (Ktesios) The god of the household.

CURETES (Kouretes) Servants of Rhea. The Curetes helped hide the baby Zeus from Cronus by dancing about and clashing their spears and shields to drown out his cries.

CYAMITES (Kyamites) The god of beans who was connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter.

CYANE (1) (Kyane) The Naiad of a spring near Syracuse in Sicily. When the god Hades violated her waters in his abduction of Persephone she was turned to liquid.

CYANE (2) (Kyane) The nymph wife of Aeolus, the King of the Winds.

CYANEE (Kyanee) The Naiad nymph of the springs of the Carian town of Miletus. She was the wife of the town's founding hero Miletus.

CYBELE (Kybele) The great Phrygian mother of the gods. She was identified by the Greeks with Rhea.

CYCLOPES (1), ELDER (Kyklopes) Three one-eyed giants. They were imprisoned in Tartarus by Uranus and then by Cronus. Zeus released them during the Titan-War and they crafted the thunderbolts for him, a helmet of invisibility for Hades, and an earth-quake inducing trident for Poseidon.

CYCLOPES (2), YOUNGER (Kyklopes) A tribe of one-eyed giants. They were primitive and lawless and spent their time herding goats on the island of Hypereia.

CYDNIDES (Kydnides) Warlike Cicilian naiades who joined Dionysus in his Indian War.

CYDOIMUS (Kydoimos) The personification of confusion who haunted the battlefield.

CYLLENE (Kyllene) A nymph of Mount Cyllene. She was the wife of the ancient Arcadian King Pelasgus.

CYMOPOLEA (Kymopoleia) A wave nymph daughter of Poseidon. She married the hundred-handed giant Briareus.

CYNOCEPHALI (Kunokephaloi) A tribe of dog-headed men native to Africa or India.

CYRENE (Kyrene) A Naiad nymph huntress of Thessaly who was loved by the god Apollo. She bore him the rustic god Aristaeus.

CYTHERUS (Kytheros) A river of Elis and its god.