List of characters in Greek mythology / B
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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Baber | Βαβηρ (uncertain) | this is Ares , god of terrible war, bloodbath and massacre | RE . Roscher 1,744. Hesychios sv. |
Babios | Βάβιος, Βάβιλος | Son of Belus, ancestor of Ninos, eponymous hero of Babylon , Assyrian king | RE . Roscher 1,744. Abydenos . FHG : Fragmenta 4.384. |
Babo | Βαβώ, Βαυβώ | this is Baubo , wife of Dysaules | RE . Roscher 1,744. Suda sv Δημώ . |
Babylon | Βαβυλών | eponymous founder of Babylon | RE . Roscher 1,744. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Babies | Βάβυς | Nickname of Typhon , son of Gaia and Tartarus | RE . Roscher 1.744 (1). Athenaios : Supper 15,679. |
Babies | Βάβυς | Satyr , brother of Marsyas , inventor of the one-pipe flute | RE . Roscher 1.744 (2). Zenobios 4.81. |
Bagaios | Βαγαῖος | Heaven god in Phrygia , nickname of Zeus | RE . Roscher 1.745. Hesychios . |
Baios | Βαῖος | Helmsman of Odysseus , eponymous hero of various localities | RE . Roscher 1.745. Strabo : geographica 5,245. |
Baiotis | Βαιῶτις, Βαιωτίς | Epithet of Aphrodite in Syracuse , "little ear", allusion to her grace | RE . Roscher 1.745. Hesychios . |
Bakchai | Βάκχαι | these are maenads , companions of the Dionysian features | RE . Roscher 1,747. |
Bakchebakchos | Βακχέβακχος | Epiclesis of Dionysus , from the cry "O Bacchus, o Bacchus", for victims | RE . Roscher 1,747. Hesychios . |
Bakchechoros | Βακχέχορος | Epiclesis of Dionysus , used in the Orphic Hymn to Dionysus | RE . Roscher 1,747. Orphic Hymn 56.3; 74.1. |
Bakcheios | Βακχεῖος, Βάκχιος | Epithet , also Epiklese des Dionysus , widely used as a nickname | RE . Roscher 1,747. CIG 2919; 2525b. |
Bakchetis | this is Begoë , an Etruscan nymph | Roscher 1,747. | |
Bakchios | Βακχεῖος, Βάκχιος | that is Bakcheios , nickname of Dionysus | RE . |
Bakchis | Βάκχις | King of Corinth , ancestor of the Bakchiads , son of Prymnis | RE . Pausanias 2,1,1. |
Bakchos | Βάκχος | Nickname of Dionysus among the Thracians , god of wine and intoxication | RE . Roscher 1,747. |
Balanos | Βάλανος | Tree nymph and hamadryad , oak , daughter of Oxylos , sister of Karya | RE . Roscher 1,748. Pherenikos at Athenaios 3,78b. |
Balburos | Βάλβουρος | Robber, eponymous founder of Balboura in Lycia , companion of Bubon | RE . Roscher 1,748. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Balenaios | Βαληναῖος , also -λλ- | Son of Ganymede and Medesigiste, from Phrygia | RE . Roscher 1,748. Hesychios . |
Balios | Βάλιος | immortal horse of Achilles , son of Zephyr and Podarge , like Xanthos | RE . Roscher 1.748 (1) - (2). |
Balios | Βάλιος | The hunter's dog Aktaion , one of 35 to 81 animals | RE . Roscher 1.748 (3). |
Balios | Βαλιός | that is Dionysus among the Thracians , epithet of the colorful costume | RE . Roscher 1.749 (4). Etymologicum magnum . |
Balta | Βάλτα | Nymph , mother of Epimenides in Crete, also called Blasta | Roscher 1,749. Plutarch Solon 12. |
Balte | Βάλτη | this is Balta , a nymph | RE . Roscher 1,749. |
Banauros | Βάναυρος | Son of Aias the Lokrians , eponym of the islands of Banaurides in the Tyrrhenian Sea | RE . Roscher 1,749. RE |
Bargasos | Βάργασος | Son of Heracles and Barge , eponymous founder of Bargasa , father of Kyardos | RE . Roscher 1,750. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Barge | Βάργη | Beloved of Heracles , mother of Bargasos , grandmother of King Kyardos | RE . Roscher 1,750. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bargyless | Βάργυλος | Companion of Bellerophon , eponymous founder of Bargylias , killed by Pegasus | RE . Roscher 1,750. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Baris | Βᾶρις (unsure) | Goddess with temple at the Taurus Mountains in Armenia | RE . Roscher 1,750. Strabo 531. |
Basileia | Βασίλεια, Βασιλεία | Daughter of Uranos and Titaia | Roscher 1.750 (1). Diodorus 3.57. |
Basileia | Βασίλεια, Βασιλεία | Personification of royalty | Roscher 1.751 (2). Dion Chrysostom 1.15. |
Basileia | Βασίλεια, Βασιλεία | Nicknames of great, powerful goddesses: Hera , Artemis , Aphrodite | RE . Roscher 1.751 (2). |
Bassara | Βασσάρα, Βασσαρίς | Thracian bakchant , wet nurse of Dionysus , "long, colorful robes" | RE . Roscher 1.751. Athenaios : Supper 5.7. |
Bassareus | Βασσαρεύς | Nickname of Dionysus , god of wine, joy and grapes | RE . Roscher 1.751. |
Bassaris | Βασσάρα, Βασσαρίς | this is Bassara , a bakchante | RE . Roscher 1.751. |
Bass | Βάσση | Nymph of a forest ravine near Smyrna , goddess of natural forces | RE . Roscher 1.751. Greek anthology 9,678. |
Bateia | Βάτεια | Daughter of King Teukros and nymph Idaia , with Dardanos mother of Zakynthos | RE . Roscher 1.751 (1). Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.50. |
Bateia | Βάτεια | Naiad from Sparta , with King Oibalos mother of Hippocoons , Tyndareos , Ikarios | RE . Roscher 1.751 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,10,4. |
Bathycles | Βαθυκλῆς | Son of Chalcon , fights as Myrmidon against Troy , killed by Glaucus | RE . Homer , Iliad 16,594. |
Baton | Βάτων (almost lost) | Charioteer of King Amphiaraos of Argos , fights against Eteocles in Thebes | RE . Roscher 1,752. Pausanias 4.23. |
Battos | Βάττος (folk tale) | chatty shepherd, turned into a stone by Hermes | RE . Roscher 1,752. Antoninus Liberalis 23. |
Baubo | Βαυβώ , on Paros | Wife of Dysaules, mother of Triptolemus and Eubuleus that Demeter cheers | RE . Roscher 1,752. Pausanias 1,14,2. |
Baukis | Βαυκίς | Wife of Philemon, the Zeus and Hermes in Phrygia receives friendly | RE . Roscher 1.753. Ovid : Metamorphoses 8,616-715. |
Bebryke | Βεβρύκη | Danaide , stabs the bridegroom Chthonios , eponymous heroine of the Bebrykers | RE . Roscher 1.754. Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Bebryx | Βέβρυξ | eponymous hero of the Bebryker in Bithynia | RE . Roscher 1.754. Stephanos of Byzantium Βεβρύκων . |
Begoë | Nymph from Etruria , see Lasa Vecu | Roscher 1,755. Servius , Commentary on Aeneid 6.72. | |
Belates | Lapithe from Pella, kills Amykos at Peirithoos' wedding | Roscher 1,755. Ovid Metamorphoses 12,255. | |
Bellerophon | Βελλεροφῶν, -φόντης | Corinthian hero who kills the chimera with the help of Pegasus | RE . Roscher 1.757-774. Libraries of Apollodor 1.85. |
Bellerophontes | Βελλεροφόντης, -φῶν | this is Bellerophon , Corinthian hero | RE . Roscher 1.757. Diodorus 6.3. |
Belleros | Βέλλερος | this is Bellerophon , Corinthian hero | RE . Roscher 1,774. Hesiod : Theogony 325. |
Belone | Βελόνη | Inventor of the needle | RE . Roscher 1.778. Hyginus : Fabulae 274. |
Belos | Βῆλος | Son of Poseidon and Libya , Hellenized for Baal , founder of Babylon | RE . Roscher 1.778. Ovid : Metamorphoses 4,213. |
Bendis | Βενδῖς, Βενδῖδος | Thracian goddess of the hunt, worshiped with her own festival, especially in Athens | RE . Roscher 1,779-783. Strabo : geographica 10,470. |
Benthesikymes | Βενθεσικύμη | Daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite , educator of Eumolpos | RE . Roscher 1,783. Libraries of Apollodorus 3,15,4. |
Berekyndai | Βερεκύνδαι | Phrygian deities , see also Cybele | Roscher 1,783. Hesychios . |
Berekyntes | Βερέκυντες, -κύνται | eponymous hero of the Berekyntia landscape in Phrygia | RE . Roscher 1,783. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βερέκυντος . |
Beres | Βέρης | Son of Macedon , eponym of the city of Beres, father of Mieza, Beroia , Olganos | RE . Roscher 1,783. Stephanos of Byzantium sv. |
Beroe | Βερόη | Semele's nurse with fateful plea to Zeus | RE . Roscher, 1.784 (1). Hyginus : Fabulae 167; 179. |
Beroe | Βερόη | Nereid or Oceanid , sister of the Clio | RE . Roscher 1.784 (2). Virgil : Georgica 4,341. |
Beroe | Βερόη | Daughter of Adonis and Aphrodite , namesake of Berytos in Phenicia | RE . Roscher 1.784 (3). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 41,153. |
Beroe | Βερόη | Wife of Doryclus, caused the Trojans to burn the ships | RE . Roscher 1.784 (4). Virgil Aeneid 5,618. |
Beroia | Βέρροια, Βερόη | Daughter of Beres , eponymous heroine of the Macedonian city of Beroia | RE . Roscher 1,784. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Μίεζα . |
Berossos | Βηρωσσός | Husband of the Amazon Lysippe , father of Tanais | RE . Roscher, 1.784 (1). Pseudo-Plutarch 14.1-2. |
Berossos | Βήροσος | Erymanthe's husband, father of the prophetic Palestinian Sabbe or Sibylle | RE . Roscher 1.784 (2). Pausanias 10:12, 9. |
Besbikos | Βέσβικος | Giant , after him an island near Kyzikos , clogs the mouth of the Rhyndakos | RE . Roscher 1,785. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bia | Βία | Personification of violence, daughter of Pallas and Styx , sister of Kratos , Nike | RE . Roscher 1,785. Hesiod : Theogony 385. |
Biadike | Βιαδίκη | is Demodike , wife of Kretheus in Eolie , falls in Phrixos | RE . Roscher 1,785. Hyginus : astronomica 2.20. |
Bianna | Βίαννα | Virgin from Crete, namesake of the Gallic city of Bienna on the Rhodanus | RE . Roscher 1,785. Stephanos of Byzantium Βίεννος . |
Bianor | Βιάνωρ | Centaur at the wedding of Peirithoos , slain by Theseus | RE . Roscher 1.785 (1). |
Bianor | Βιάνωρ, Βιήνορα | Trojan fighter killed by Agamemnon | RE . Roscher 1.785 (2). Homer Iliad 11.92. |
Bianor | Βιάνωρ | Warrior of Cyzicus , falls against the Argonauts who are believed to be enemies | Roscher 1.785 (3). Valerius Flaccus 3,112. |
Bianor | Βιάνωρ | eponymous hero of the city of Mantua, son of Tiberis and Manto , or of Auletes | RE . Roscher 1.785 (4). Servius commentary on Aeneid 10.198. |
Biantiades | Βιαντιάδης | this is Talaos , son of Bias , king of Argos | RE . Roscher 1,786. Apollonios of Rhodes 2.63. |
Bias | Βίας | Son of King Amythaon and Aglaia , brother of the seer Melampus | RE . Roscher 1.786 (1). Herodotus : Histories 9.34. |
Bias | Βίας | Son of Melampus and Iphianeira | RE . Roscher 1.786 (2). Diodorus 4.68. |
Bias | Βίας | King of Megara , brother of Kteson, slain by the nephew Pylas | RE . Roscher 1.786 (3). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,15,5. |
Bias | Βίας | Son of King Priam of Troy | RE . Roscher, 1.786 (4). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,12,5. |
Bias | Βίας | Commander of Nestor against Troy | RE . Roscher 1.786 (5). Homer : Iliad 296. |
Bias | Βίας | Commander of Menestheus against Troy | RE . Roscher 1,786 (6). Homer Iliad 13.69. |
Bias | Βίας | this is Theias , father of Kinyras | RE . |
Bidatas | Βιδάτας | Surname of Zeus in Crete on two inscriptions | RE . Roscher 1,786. |
Biennos | Βίηννος, Βίεννος | Kurete , eponymous hero of the city in Crete | RE . Roscher 1,786. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bigoe, bigone | this is Begoë , nymph from Etruria | ||
Biostrophe | Βιοστροφή | Amazone , consort of Penthesileia , fights for Troy , killed by Achilles | RE . Roscher 1,786. Johannes Tzetzes Posthomerica 179. |
Biris | Βῖρις | Goddess on the Hyakinthos altar in the shrine of Apollo in Amyklai | RE . Roscher 1,787. Pausanias 3,19,3. |
Bisaltes | Βισάλτης | Father of Theophano, who had many suitors | RE . Roscher 1.787 (1). Ovid Metamorphoses 6,117. |
Bisaltes | Βισάλτια | Son of Helios and Gaia , eponymous hero of Bisaltia in Macenonia | RE . Roscher 1.787 (2). Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bisaltis | Βισαλτίς | Epithet of Theophano, daughter of Bisaltes , mother of the golden ram | RE . Roscher 1,787. Hyginus Mythographus Fabulae 188. |
Biston | Βίστων | Ancestor of Thracian Bistonen , son of Ares / Paian / Kikon / Terpsichoros | RE . Roscher 1,787. Apollonios of Rhodes 2,704. |
Bisyras | Βισύρας, Βίστρας | Heros from Thrace from Chersonese | RE . Roscher 1,787. Theopompus with Hesychios . |
Bithynis | Βιθυνίς | Epilogue to Melia , mistress of Poseidon , mother of Amykos | RE . Roscher 1,787. Libraries of Apollodorus 1,9,20. |
Bithynos | Βιθυνός, Βιθυνόν | Son of Zeus and Titanide Thrace, eponym of Bithynia , brother of Dolonkos | RE . Roscher 1,787. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bithys | Βίθυς | Son of Ares and Sete, "striker", eponymous hero of the city of Bithyai in Thrace | RE . Roscher 1,787. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Biton | Βίτων | strong son of the priestess Kydippe, finds a gentle death with brother Kleobis | RE . Herodotus : Histories 1.31. |
Blue dots | Βλαῦδος, Βλάδος | Founder of Blaudos in Phrygia | RE . Roscher 1,788. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Blemys | Βλέμυς, Βλέμμυες | eponymous hero of the Blemmyes , sub-general of Deriades, prince of Aithiopia | RE . Roscher 1,788. Stephanos of Byzantium . Nonnos 17.385. |
Blias | Βλιάς | Mother and lover of the Menephron, from Kyllene in Arcadia | RE . Roscher 1,788. Ovid Metamorphoses 7.386. |
Boarmia | Βοαρμία | Nickname of Athena in Boiotien , invents plowing with cattle | RE . Roscher 1,788. Johannes Tzetzes : Lykophron 520. |
Bodon | Βώδων, Δωδώνη | eponymous hero of the city of Dodone in Thessaly | RE . Roscher 1,788. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Boedromios | Βοηδρόμιος | Epiclesis of Apollo rushing to victory with a battle cry | RE . Roscher 1,788. Pausanias 9.17.2. |
Boethoides | Βοηθοίδης | this is Eteoneus, son of Boëthoos | Roscher 1,788. Homer : Odyssey 4.81. |
Boibias | Βοιβίας | Nymph , goddess of natural forces such as mountains, trees, meadows or grottos | Roscher 1,788. |
Boibos | Βοῖβος | Son of Glaphyros, eponymous hero of the city of Boibe in Thessaly | RE . Roscher 1,788. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βοίβη . |
Boios | Βοιός, Βοῖος | Heraklide , eponymous hero of the city of Boiai in Laconia , on the instructions of Artemis | RE . Roscher 1,789. Pausanias 3,22,9. |
Boiotia | Βοιωτία | Wife of Hyas, mother of the Hyades | RE . Roscher 1,789. Hyginus mythographer. : astronomica 2.21. |
Boiotos | Βοιωτός | Son of Poseidon , twin brother of Aiolus, born in Metapontion | RE . Roscher 1,789. Diodorus 4.67. |
Boiotos | Βοιωτός | Son of Itonos and Melanippe, eponymous hero of the Boiotier | RE . Roscher 1,789. Pausanias 9.1.1. |
Bolbe | Βόλβη | Naiad , sea goddess of Bolbe , with Heracles mother of Olynthus | RE . Roscher 1,789. |
Boline | Βολίνη | Virgin who jumped into the sea while fleeing from Apollo | RE . Roscher 1,789. Pausanias 7.23.3. |
Boats | Βοώτης | see Arcturus , constellation | RE . Roscher 1.797. |
Boreaders | Βορεάδαι | Descendants of the wind god Boreas (north wind), Kalaïs and Zetes , Chione , Butes | RE . Roscher 1.797-803. |
Boreas | Βορέας, Βορρᾶς | God of the winter north wind, son of the titans Astraios and Eos | RE . Roscher 1,803-814. |
Bormos | Βῶρμος | Young man, Mariandyner , robbed by nymphs while fetching water, sung about since then | RE . Roscher 1,815. Athenaios 14.3. Iulius Pollux 4,7,54. |
Boros | Βῶρος | Son of Perieres , husband of Polydora , descendant of Pherecydes | RE . Roscher 1.815 (1). Homer : Iliad 16,177. |
Boros | Βῶρος | King of Messenia , descendant of Neleus , father of Andropompus | RE . Roscher 1,815 (2). Pausanias 2,18,7. |
Boros | Βῶρος | Father of Phaistos , who fought as a Maeonian for Troy | RE . Roscher 1,815 (3). Homer : Iliad 5.44. |
Borysthenes | Βορυσθένης | Father of Thoas , to Artemis , the Iphigenia rapt | RE . Roscher 1,815. Antoninus Liberalis 27. |
Botachos | Βώταχος | Eponym of the demos Botichidai in Tegea , son of Iokritus, grandson of Lycurgus | RE . Roscher 1,815. Pausanias 8,45,1 Πωταχίδαι . |
Botres | Βότρης | Son of Eumelos in Thebes , transformed into a bee-eater bird | RE . Roscher 1,815. Antoninus Liberalis 18. |
Botrys | Βότρυς | Son of King Staphylos in Assyria , companion of Dionysus ; invented | RE . Roscher 1,815. Nonnos Dionysiaka 18.7. |
Bounos | Βουνός | King of Corinth , son of Hermes and Alkidamaia, successor of Aietes | Pausanias 2,3,10. |
Braisia | Βραισία | Daughter of Kinyras , sister of Adonis , driven to death by Aphrodite | RE . Roscher 1,816. Libraries of Apollodorus 3,14,3. |
Branchiades | Βρανχιάδης | Epithet of Apollo , in the Branchid sanctuary Didymaion near Miletus | RE . Roscher 1,816. |
Branchos | Βράγχος | Son of Smikros , lover and priest of Apollo in Didyma | RE . Roscher 1,816-817. Etymologicum magnum . |
Brangas | Βράγγας | Son of the Thracian king Strymon, founded Olynth on Sithonia | RE . Roscher 1,817. Conon 4. |
Brauron | Βραύρων | eponymous hero of the Athenian demos Brauron | RE . Roscher 1,818. Stephanos of Byzantium sv. |
Bremon | Βρέμων | Cretans from Lyktus, killed by Aeneas | RE . Roscher 1,818. Quintus of Smyrna 11:41. |
Bremusa | Βρέμουσα | Amazon who went into battle “like a man”, killed by Idomeneus | RE . Roscher 1,818. Quintus of Smyrna 1.43. |
Brentos | Βρέντος, -της | Son of Herakles and eponymous hero of Brentesion on the Adriatic | RE . Roscher 1,818. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βρεντήσιον . |
Bretannos | Βρέττανος, Βρετανός | eponymous hero of Britain , father of the Celto | RE . Roscher 1,818. Etymologicum magnum 212.30. |
Brettia | Βρεττία | Name- giving nymph of Abrettene in Mysia | RE . Roscher 1,818. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Brettos | Βρέττος | Son of Heracles and Baletia, eponymous hero of the Tyrrhenian city | RE . Roscher 1,818. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Briakchos | Βρίακχος | Bakchantin who begins to race, seized by the deity | RE . Roscher 1.818 (1). Etymologicum magnum 213.26. |
Briakchos | Βρίακχος | Name of satyrs on Greek vases | RE . Roscher 1.818 (2). CIG 7465. |
Briareos | Βριάρεως, Βριαρεύς | Hekatoncheire , "hundred-armed" son of Uranos and Gaia , together with Gyges, Kottos | RE . Roscher 1.818 (1). |
Briareos | Βριάρεως | Cyclops , with a single eye on his forehead, father of Sikanos and Aitna | Roscher 1.819 (2). Demetrios in Scholia to Theocritus 1.65. |
Brigos | Βρίγος, Βρίγες | Ancestor of Phrygian , located in Macedonia settled | RE . Roscher 1,820. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βρίγες . |
Brimo | Βριμώ | Nicknames of several goddesses: Hecate , Persephone , Demeter , Cybele | RE . Roscher 1,820. |
Brisai | Βρῖσαι, Βρίσαι | Nymphs who raised Dionysus and Aristaios taught beekeeping | RE . Roscher 1,820. |
Breeze ice | Βρισηΐς | Daughter of Brises , wife of King Mynes, favorite slave of Achilles | RE . Roscher 1,820. Homer : Iliad 1,184. |
Breezes | Βρίσης, Βρισεύς | Son of King Ardys, brother of Chryses, hangs himself in the storm of Achilles | RE . Roscher 1.821 (1). Homer : Iliad 2,689. |
Briseus | Βρισεύς | this is Brises , son of King Ardys | RE . Roscher 1.821 (1). |
Briseus | Βρισεύς, Βρισαῖος | Epiclesis of Dionysus , god of wine, in Smyrna | RE . Roscher 1,821 (2). CIG 3176A. 3177, 3190, 3210. |
Britho | Βριθώ | Melish nymph who lives in ash trees, also dryad or tree nymph | RE . Roscher 1,821. Tzetzes on Hesiod's Works and Days 144. |
Britomartis | Βριτόμαρτις, Βριτά- | Goddess from Crete , daughter of Zeus and Karme , mostly equated with Artemis | RE . Roscher 1,821-828. |
Brizo | Βριζώ | Delic dream deity, protective deity of the seafarers, entered prophetic dreams | RE . Roscher 1,829. Athenaios 8.3 p. 335 a ub |
Brome | Βρόμη, Βρομία | Daughter of Oceanus , nymph , educates Dionysus on Mount Nysa | RE . Roscher 1,829. Hyginus Mythographus Fabulae 182. |
Bromia | Βρομία | Bakchantin who begins to race, seized by the deity | RE . Roscher 1.829 (1). Nonnos of Panopolis 21.64. |
Bromia | Βρομία | Nickname of Artemis , goddess of the hunt, the forest and the moon | RE . Roscher 1,829 (2). Orphic Hymn 35.2. |
Bromia | Βρομίη, Βρομία | this is Brome , daughter of Oceanus | RE . Roscher 1,829. |
Bromios | Βρόμιος | Nicknames of several gods: Dionysus , Satyros, Ares | RE . Roscher 1,829 (1) - (3). |
Bromios | Βρόμιος | Son of Aegyptus , like almost 50 brothers stabbed by the Danaid bride Erato | RE . Roscher 1,829 (4). Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Brontes | Βρόντης | One-eyed Cyclops , son of Uranus and Gaia , killed by Apollo | RE . Roscher 1,830. Hesiod : Theogony 140. |
Broteas | Βροτέας | Son of Tantalus and Euryanassa , burned in madness, brother of Niobe | RE . Roscher 1,830 (1) - (3). Pausanias 3,22,4. |
Broteas | Βροτέας | Pugilers , slain by Phineus at the wedding of Perseus | RE . Roscher 1,830 (4). Ovid : Metamorphoses 5,107. |
Broteas | Βροτέας | Lapith , slain by the centaur Gryneus at the wedding of Peirithoos | RE . Roscher 1,830 (5). Ovid : Metamorphoses 12,262. |
Brotos | Βροτός | Son of Aither and Hemera , "the mortal", represents humanity | RE . Roscher 1,830. Hesiod frg. 134. |
Brusos | Βροῦσος | Son of Emathios, eponymous hero of the Brusis landscape in Macedonia | RE . Roscher 1,830. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bryke | Βρύκη, Βεβρύκη | this is Bebryke , a Danaid | RE . Roscher 1,831. Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Brylle | Βρύλλη | Daughter of Minos , with Poseidon mother of Orion , otherwise Euruale | RE . Roscher 1,831. Hesiod fragment 43. |
Bryusa | Βρύουσα | Maenad , companion of the Dionysian traits | RE . Roscher 1,831. Nonnos of Panopolis 14,222. |
Bubastis | Βούβαστις, Βουβάστια | Greek name of the Egyptian goddess Bastet , equated with Artemis | RE . Roscher 1,831. |
Bubon | Βουβών | Robber, eponymous founder of the Lycian city of Bubon , companion of the Balburos | RE . Roscher 1,831. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bubrostis | Βούβρωστις | Personification of “ravenous hunger” in Smyrna , with a black bull as a victim | RE . Roscher 1,831. Plutarch quaestiones convivales 6,8,1. |
Buchetos | Βούχετος | eponymous founder of the city in Thesprotia , father of the tyrant Echetus | RE . Roscher 1,831. Mnaseas in the Scholion for the Odyssey 18.85. |
Budeia | Βούδεια | Epiclesis of Athena in Thessaly , invents plowing with cattle | RE . Roscher 1.832 (1). |
Budeia | Βούδεια, Βουζύγη | Wife of Clymenus in Thessaly , mother of Erginos | RE . Roscher 1,832 (2). Scholion to Homer's Iliad 16,572. |
Budeios | Βούδειος, Βούδιος | Son of Argos, eponymous city founder, compared to a barking dog | RE . Roscher 1,832. Scholion to Homer's Iliad 16,572. |
Budion | Βουδίων | Father of the Oinone, ancestor of the Budidai on the island of Aegina | RE . Roscher 1,832. Scholion at Pindar's Nemeen 6.63. |
Bucolion | Βουκολίων | Son of Lykaon , one of the 50 sons killed by Zeus | RE . Roscher 1.832 (1). Library of Apollodorus 3,8,1. |
Bucolion | Βουκολίων | Son of King Laomedon and nymph Kalybe, lover of the Naiad Abarbaree | RE . Roscher 1,832 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,12,3. |
Bucolion | Βουκολίων | Arcadian prince, son of Holaios, father of Phialos | RE . Roscher 1,832 (3). Pausanias 8.5.5. |
Bucolion | Βουκολίων | Son of Pan , inventor of cattle grazing | RE . Roscher 1,832 (4). Mnaseas . |
Bucolion | Βουκολίων | from Mycenae , fights against Troy , killed by Eurypylos | RE . Roscher 1,832 (5). Quintus of Smyrna 6,615. |
Bucolos | Βουκόλος | Son of Herakles and Marse , one of Thespios' 50 daughters | RE . Roscher 1.832 (1). Library of Apollodorus 2,7,8. |
Bucolos | Βουκόλος | Son of King Hippocoon of Amyclai , slain by Heracles | RE . Roscher 1,832 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,10,5. |
Bucolos | Βουκόλος | Son of Colonos in Tanagra , brother of Ochemos , Leon , Ochna | RE . Roscher 1,832 (3). Plutarch : quaestiones Graecae 40. |
Bucolos | Βουκόλος | Father of Sphelos , grandfather of Iasos in front of Troy fell | RE . Roscher 1,833 (4). Homer : Iliad 15,338. |
Bulaioi | Βουλαῖοι θεοί | thirty fixed stars deified by the Chaldeans | RE . Roscher 1.833 (1). Diodorus 2.30. |
Buleus | Βουλεύς | Son of Heracles and Elacheia | RE . Roscher 1,833. Library of Apollodorus 2,7,8. |
Bulis | Βουλίς | Mother of Aigypios in Thessaly , transformed into a bird after incestion | RE . Roscher 1,833. Boios at Antoninus Liberalis 5. |
Bulon | Βούλων | Founder of the city of Boulis near Phokis | RE . Roscher 1,833. Pausanias 10:37, 2. |
Buneus | Βουνεύς | Son of Menedamos in Elis , helps Heracles at Augean , buried in Lepreon | RE . Roscher 1,833. Photios Myriobiblone 151.30. |
Bunikos | Βούνικος | Son of Paris and Helena , brother of Corythus , Idaios and Aganos | RE . Roscher 1,833. Tzeze's Scholia at Lycophron 851. |
Bunos | Βοῦνος | Son of Hermes and Alkidameia, Corinthian hero, "lord of the castle" | RE . Roscher 1,833. Eumelos at Pausanias 2,3,10. |
Buphagos | Βουφάγος | Son of Iapetus and Thornax in Arcadia , husband of Promne, killed by Artemis | RE . Roscher 1.834 (1). Pausanias 8,14,6. |
Buphagos | Βουφάγος | Nickname of Heracles and the Argonaut Koronos | RE . Roscher 1,834 (2) - (3). |
Buphonas | Βουφόνας | Sicilian hero, killed in battle by Heracles | RE . Roscher 1,834. Diodorus 4.23. |
Buprasios | Βουπράσιος | Ruler of Buprasios in Elis | RE . Roscher 1,834. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Bura | Βοῦρα | Daughter of Ion and Helike , namesake of the city of Bura | RE . Roscher 1,834. Pausanias 7.25.5. |
Buraikos | Βουραϊκός | Epiclesis of Heracles , with diced oracle in a cave by the river near Bura in Achaia | RE . Roscher 1,834. Pausanias 7.25.6. |
Busbatos | Βούσβατος | Goddess in Thrace , identified with Artemis , comparable to Bendis | RE . Roscher 1,834. Hesychios |
Busiris | Βούσιρις | Son of Aegyptus , groom of the Danaide Automate | Roscher 1.834 (1). Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Busiris | Βούσιρις | legendary king of Egypt, builder of Thebes , slain by Heracles | RE . Roscher 1,835-837 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,5,11. |
Butaias | Βουταίας | this is Buphonas , Sicilian hero | RE . Roscher 1,837. |
Good thing | Βούτης | Son of Boreas , brother of Lycurgus , mad because of the robbery of the Koronis | RE . Roscher 1.837 (1). Diodorus 5.50. |
Good thing | Βούτης | Son of Pandion , husband of Chthonia , priest of Athene and Poseidon | RE . Roscher 1,837 (2). Library of Apollodorus 3, 4, 18. |
Good thing | Βούτης | Son of Teleon from Attica , an Argonaut , with Aphrodite father of Eryx | RE . Roscher 1,837 (3). |
Good thing | Βούτης | Son of Pallas, with brother Clytos and companion Cephalos , brings help from Aiakos | RE . Roscher 1,838 (4). Ovid Metamorphoses 7,500. |
Good thing | Βούτης | Companion of Herakleiden Tlepolemos on his flight from Argos to Rhodes | RE . Roscher 1,838 (5). Diodorus 5.59. |
Good thing | Βούτης | Son of Amykos, a Bebryker , killed by Dares in a fist fight | RE . Roscher 1,838 (6). Virgil Aeneid 5,372. |
Good thing | Βούτης | Teukrer in the army of Aeneas | Roscher 1,838 (7). Virgil Aeneid 9,647. |
Buthoinas | Βουθοίνας | Epithet of Heracles , who took a cattle from the plow and slaughtered it, "bull-eater" | RE . Roscher 1,838. Suda sv Βοῦθος . |
Buthrotos | Βουθρωτός | Founder of Buthrotos near the island of Korkyra in Illyria | RE . Roscher 1,838. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Buto | Βουτώ | Nickname of the Egyptian goddess Wadjet , equated with Leto, snake goddess | RE . Roscher 1,838. |
Buzyge | Βουξύγη | Daughter of Lycus, wife of Clymenus and mother of Erginos | Roscher 1,838. Scholion to Apollonios of Rhodes 1,185. |
Buzyges | Βουξύγης | Heros in Attica , founder of agriculture, first legislator of Athens | RE . Roscher 1.839 (1). |
Buzyges | Βουξύγης | Epithet of Heracles , who took an ox from the plow and killed | RE . Roscher 1,839 (2). Suda . |
Bybassos | Βύβασσος, Βύβαστος | Shepherd in Caria , who saved Podaleirios from the distress at sea | RE . Roscher 1,839. Pausanias 3.26.7. |
Byble | Βύβλη, Βυβλίς | see Byblis , daughter of Miletus | RE . Roscher 1,839. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βύβλος . |
Byblis | Βυβλίς, Βύβλη | Daughter of Miletus , unhappily in love with her brother Kaunos | RE . Roscher 1,839. |
Byblos | Βύβλος | Lover of Aphrodite , father of Kypros, who gave Cyprus its name | RE . Roscher 1,840. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Κύπρος . |
Bydis | Βύδις | Heros and last king of the second dynasty of gods in Egypt | RE . Roscher 1,840. |
Byne | Βύνη | Sea goddess like Ino - Leukothea | RE . Roscher 1,840. Etymologicum magnum . |
Bysnos | Βύσνος | King of the Bebryker tribe named after him , killed by Ilos | RE . Roscher 1,840. Stephanos of Byzantium . |
Byssa | Βύσσα | Daughter of Eumelos, sister of Agron and Meropis, transformed into the bird | RE . Roscher 1,841. Boios at Antoninus Liberalis 15. |
Bytos | Βύτος | this is Butes , father of Eryx | RE . Roscher 1,841. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἒρυξ . |
Byzantas | Βύζαντας | these are Byzas , sons of Nisus | |
Byzas | Βύζας, Γύζας | Son of King Nisus , Doric military leader, eponymous hero of Byzantion | RE . Roscher 1.841 (1). |
Byzas | Βύζας | Son of the amphithemis | Roscher 1,841 (2). Herodian 11:19. |
Byze | Βύξη | Daughter of the river god Erasinos in Argos, sister of Melite, Maira, Anchiroe | RE . Roscher 1,841. Antoninus Liberalis 40. |
Byzinos | Βύζινος | Son of Poseidon , invented to explain a phrase | RE . Roscher 1,841. |