Character Index
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Acoetes- Helmsman of the Tyrrhenian pirates who tried to warn the rest of the crew about Dionysus' divine nature. When the rest of the crew were transformed into dolphins, Acoetes was spared that fate and instead traveled with Dionysus to Naxos where he was inducted into the god's cult. dionysus20 dionysus21 dionysus23 dionysus24 dionysus25 pentheus02 pentheus03 pentheus04
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Actaeon (Greek: Ακταίων)- Son of Aristaeus and Autonoë. The goddess Artemis transformed him into a stag for the crime of seeing her bathing and Actaeon was killed by his own hounds who no longer recognized their master. cadmus22 actaeon01 actaeon02 actaeon03 actaeon04 actaeon05 actaeon06
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Agave (Greek- Αγαύη)- Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. Her son, Pentheus, succeeded her father as king of Thebes. Later she joined the cult of Dionysus as a Maenad. In a fit of madness sent by Dionysus she slew her own son, who had denied the god's divinity. Afterwards she was exiled to Illyria and married the king Lycotherses, but poisoned him so that her father Cadmus might take his throne. cadmus21 cadmus22 cadmus23 semele05 pentheus06 pentheus19 pentheus20 pentheus21 pentheus22 pentheus23 pentheus24 pentheus27 cadmus25 cadmus26 cadmus27 cadmus28 cadmus29 cadmus40
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Agenor (Greek: Αγήνωρ)- King of Phoenicia who was a mortal son of Poseidon. He was husband of Telephassa and father of Europa, Cadmus, Cilix, and Phoenix. cadmus02
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Amphion (Greek: Αμφίων)- Son of Zeus and the mortal Antiope, Amphion was the twin brother of Zethus. As a newborn he and his brother were abandoned to die on the outskirts of Sicyon, but the brothers were discovered by a local shepherd and raise to adulthood. Upon discovering their parentage, the two brothers usurped the throne of Thebes, which was held by Labdacus, their cousin. The brothers "refounded" the city, building its famous outer wall with seven gates. Amphion know to be an accomplished musician and he married Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, another son of Zeus. amphion&zethus02 amphion&zethus03 amphion&zethus07 amphion&zethus08 amphion&zethus12 amphion&zethus14 amphion&zethus15 amphion&zethus16 amphion&zethus17 amphion&zethus18 amphion&zethus22 amphion&zethus23 amphion&zethus24 niobe01 niobe02 niobe03 niobe06 niobe10
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Antiope (Greek: Αντιόπη)- Youngest daughter of Nycteus, the first regent of Thebes. Seduced by Zeus and pregnant with his twin children, she fled to Sicyron and married the king, Epopeus. But her father besieged the city in an effort to retrieve her, dying in the attempt. Afterwards his brother, Lycus, succeeded in taking the city and killed Epopeus. Antiope was returned to Thebes as a prisoner and her twin sons, born on the return to Thebes, were left on the reoadside in an effort to expose them to death. Lycus gave Antiope over to his wife, Dirce, as a slave. But upon her escape, Antiope once again fled to Sicyron, where she discovered her children, Amphion and Zethus, to be alive. regents03 regents04 regents05 regents11 regents12 amphion&zethus01 amphion&zethus02 amphion&zethus03 amphion&zethus05 amphion&zethus06 amphion&zethus10 amphion&zethus11 amphion&zethus12 amphion&zethus14 amphion&zethus15 amphion&zethus17 amphion&zethus18 amphion&zethus22 amphion&zethus23 niobe01 niobe02 niobe03 niobe07
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Aphodite (Greek: Αφροδίτη)- The goddess of love who was also called Cypris, after the island of Cyprus where she was born. She was the daughter of Zeus and either the titaness Dione or the sea-goddess Thalassa. She was the lover of the god Ares and bore him the goddess Harmonia and the gods Eros, Deimos, and Phobos. She also had a number of mortal lovers including Adonis and Anchises, to whom she bore the Trojan hero Aeneas. cadmus19 cadmus20
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Ares (Greek: Άρης)- The god of war. The son of Zeus and Hera who rode into battle on a chariot pulled by fire-breating horses and followed by his children Deimos (terror) and Phobus (fear). His companion was the goddess Enyo. He was also a lover of the goddess Aphrodite who bore him Deimos, Phobos, and the goddess Harmonia. He supported the side of Troy in the Trojan War. cadmus17 cadmus18 cadmus19
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Aristaeus (Greek: Αρισταίος)- A mortal son of Apollo and the huntress Cyrene. He was the inventor of cheese-making and beekeeping. He married Autonoë, daughter of Cadmus, who bore him a son named Actaeon. After Actaeon's death at the hands of Artemis, Aristaeus traveled to Ceos where he was honored for ending a plague that was tormenting the populace. After his death he was given ambrosia and nectar and was worshipped as a minor god. actaeon01
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Artemis (Greek: Άρτεμις)- The goddess of hunting, she was the daughter of Zeus and the titaness Leto. Her twin brother was the god Apollo and after she was born on the island of Delos, her first act was to assist her mother in delivering her brother. She was one of the virgin goddesses on Olympus and she was accompanied by a band of nymphs who joined her in her hunting expeditions. She was thought of as the goddess who both protected young maidens and also the one who brought early death to women. cadmus19 actaeon03 actaeon04
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Athamas (Greek: Αθάμας)- King of Orchomenus. He was given the cloud nymph Nephele to be his wife by Zeus and Hera, but he divorced her to marry Ino, daughter of Cadmus. He was the father of Phrixus and Helle by Nephele, and the father of Learches and Melicertes by Ino. In a bought of madness, he killed Learches and attempted to slay Ino and Melicertes, who fled his wrath by leaping into the sea. pentheus28
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Athena (Greek: Αθηνά)- The goddess of wisdom and weaving; she was the motherless daughter of Zeus and was born from his head fully grown, dressed in armor. She was one of the three virgin goddesses on Olympus. She supported the Achaeans against the Trojans in the Trojan War and served as guide and protector to many heroes. cadmus11 cadmus14 cadmus20 tiresias09
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Autonoë (Greek: Αυτονόη)- Daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes. Autonoe married Aristaeus, a son of Apollo, and bore him a son named Actaeon. She later joined the cult of Dionysus and became a Maenad. cadmus21 cadmus22 semele05 pentheus06 pentheus17 pentheus18 pentheus19 pentheus20 pentheus21 pentheus22
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