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Phoebe, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Phoebe, in Greek mythology, a Titan. She was the mother of Leto and Asteria and the grandmother of Artemis. In some legends she was identified with Artemis as the goddess of the moon. ...

Polydorus, in Greek legend

(Encyclopedia)Polydorus, in Greek legend: see Hecuba. ...

Calliope, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Calliope kəlīˈəpē [key]: see Muses; Orpheus. ...

Callisto, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Callisto kəlĭsˈtō [key], in Greek mythology, an attendant of Artemis. Because she forsook her chastity and bore a son, Arcas, to Zeus, she was transformed into a bear by Artemis. According to anot...

Calypso, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Calypso kəlĭpˈsō [key], nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. Although she offered to make him immortal if...

Agave, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Agave əgāˈvē [key]: see Pentheus. ...

Cassiopeia, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Cassiopeia kăsˌēəpēˈə [key], in Greek mythology: see Andromeda. ...

Triton , in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Triton, in Greek mythology, son of Poseidon. He was a creature of the sea, the upper half of his body being human, the lower fishlike. Later legends speak of many Tritons, sometimes described as ridin...

Thisbe , in Greek legend

(Encyclopedia)Thisbe: see Pyramus and Thisbe.

Aegina, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Aegina ējīˈnə [key], in Greek mythology, river nymph, daughter of the river god Asopus. She was abducted by Zeus to the island Oenone, where she bore him a son, Aeacus. Aeacus later renamed the is...