List of characters in Greek mythology / X
The list of characters in Greek mythology includes characters from Greek mythology .
All figures known by name through literary or inscribed evidence are recorded. These include gods, demigods, hybrid beings or monsters, as well as human figures or animals that appear in myth. Nicknames, alternative names and group names are also included.
Legend
- Name: German transcription of the name without accents or length characters. Names whose traditional transcriptions are formed with umlaut or begin with a U are listed here without umlaut and with the transcription Ou . Accordingly, z. B. Oedipus can be found under Oidipus or Uranos under Ouranos .
- Greek: Ancient Greek spelling of the name.
- Description: Contains a brief description of the figure in which it is classified as far as possible (god, nymph, satyr, son or daughter of ...).
- Evidence: The detailed evidence is in the respective article and not in this list.
See also the general notes on the list of characters in Greek mythology .
list
Surname | Greek | description | proof |
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Xanth | Ξάνθη | Okeanide , "the blonde", daughter of the titans Okeanos and Tethys | Hesiod : Theogony 355. |
Xanth | Ξάνθη | Amazon who went into battle "like a man" | Roscher 6,518. Hyginus : Fabulae 163. |
Xanthios | Ξανθιος | kills his son Leucippus for incest with his sister | Roscher 6.518 (1). Parthenios 5. |
Xanthios | Ξανθιος | this is Xanthos , opponent of Melanthos | Roscher 6.518 (2). Hellanikos fragment 125. |
Xanthippe | Ξανθίππη | Amazon , opponent of Iolaos on a red-figure vase | Roscher 6.518 (1). |
Xanthippe | Ξανθίππη | Daughter of Doros , with Pleuron mother of Agenor and Sterope | Roscher 6.518 (2). Library of Apollodorus 1,7,7. |
Xanthippe | Ξανθίππη | heroin famous for her piety | Roscher 6.519 (3). Hyginus : Fabulae 254. |
Xanthippos | Ξάνθιππος | Son of Melas, kills Tydeus and has to flee | Roscher 6.519 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 1.76. |
Xanthippos | Ξάνθιππος | Heros in Phocis , son of Ornytion | Roscher 6.519 (2). Pausanias 10: 4, 10. |
Xanthippos | Ξάνθιππος | Son of Deiphontes and Hyrnetho | Roscher 6.519 (3). Pausanias 2.28.6. |
Xanthippos | Ξάνθιππος | Father of Ereuthalion | Roscher 6.519 (4). Scholion , Iliad 4,319. |
Xanthis | Ξάνθις | Daughter of Thespios , with Heracles mother of Homolippus | Roscher 6.519 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,162. |
Xanthis | Ξάνθις | Demon in a separation spell | Roscher 6.519 (2). |
Xantho | Ξανθώ | Bakchantin on a black-figure amphora | Roscher 6.519 (1). |
Xantho | Ξανθώ | Nereid , water nymph , daughter of Nereus and Doris | Roscher 6.519 (2). |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Son of Erymanthos, father of Psophis | Roscher 6.519 (1). Pausanias 8.24.1. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Son of Triopas , king of the Pelasgians in Lycia | Roscher 6.519 (2). Diodorus 5.81. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Son of Aegyptus , like almost 50 brothers stabbed to death by the bride Arkania, a Danaid | Roscher 6.519 (3). Hyginus : Fabulae 170. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Son of Niobe and King Amphion in Thebes | Roscher 6.519 (4). Pherecytes : fragment 126. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | King of Thebes , the last, son of Ptolemy | Roscher 6.519 (5). Konon : Diegeseis 39. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Hero sacrifice to Xanthos among the Macedonians | Roscher 6.520 (6). Suda sv ἐναγίζων . |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Son of Phainops, fights for Troy , killed by Diomedes | Roscher 6,520 (7). Homer : Iliad 5,152. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Son of Tremilus and nymph Praxidike | Roscher 6,520 (8). Stephanos of Byzantium sv Τρεμίλη . |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | King of Crete who stole Europe | Roscher 6,520 (9). |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | one of the twelve panes in the army of Dionysus | Roscher 6.520 (10). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 14.82. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | River god in the Troas | Roscher 6,520 (13). |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | talking, immortal horse, "the blonde", like Balio's son of Zephyr and the harpy Podarge | Roscher 6,520 (14). Diodorus 6.3. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Nicknames of Aphrodite , Artemis , Athene , Chariten , Demeter , Dionysus , Harmonia , Horen | Roscher 6,521 (15). Scholion , Pindar : Olympia 7.56. |
Xanthos | Ξάνθος | Ross , along with Deinos, Lampon and Podargos | |
Xeine | Ξείνη | Nickname of Aphrodite in Memphis | Roscher 6,521. Herodotus : Histories 2,112. |
Xeinis | Ξείνις | Chersonesite , takes away a piece of land sacred to Protesilaos | Roscher 6,521. |
Xenael | Ξεναήλ | Demon who summons unclean spirits | Roscher 6,521. |
Xenia | Ξενια | Surname of Athena in Sparta and Aphrodite in Megalopolis | Roscher 6.521 (1) - (2). Pausanias 3:11, 11. |
Xenikus | θεός χσενικός | Foreign god who owned a sanctuary in Athens | Roscher 6,521. CIA 1,273. |
Xenios | Ξένιος | Nickname of Zeus | Roscher 6,522-525 A. Group : Greek Mythology 921.4. |
Xenios | Ξένιος | Nicknames of Apollo , Asclepius , Eros , Hermes , Poseidon , Thetis , Selene | Roscher 6.525 B. CIG 2.2214e. |
Xenodamos | Ξενοδαμος | Son of Menelaus and a nymph from Knossos | Roscher 6.525. Libraries of Apollodorus 3,11,1. |
Xenodike | Ξενοδίκη | Daughter of King Minos of Crete and Pasiphae | Roscher 6.525 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,1,2,5. |
Xenodike | Ξενοδίκη | Captured Trojan woman on Polygnoto's mural, with Klymene, Creusa | Roscher 6.525 (2). Pausanias 10:26, 1. |
Xenodike | Ξενοδίκη | Daughter of Syleus , slain by Heracles | Roscher 6.526 (3). Libraries of Apollodor 2,6,3,2. |
Xenokleia | Ξενοκλεια | Pythia in Delphi , who prophesied Heracles | Roscher 6,526. Pausanias 10.13.8. |
Xerion | Ξέριον | Demon or angel, to speak of a lekanomantie | Roscher 6,526. |
Xiphephoros | ξιφηφόρος | that is Hecate in the Paris Magic Papyrus, the sword is one of the attributes | Roscher 6,526. |
Xuthos | Ξοῦθος | Son of the light , with Krëusa father of Diomede , Achaios and Ion | Roscher 6,529. |