List of characters in Greek mythology / I
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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I laugh | Ίάκχη | Daughter of Oceanus , playmate of Persephone | Roscher 2.1 |
Iaira | Ἴαιρα | Nereid , one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris | Roscher 2.1 (1). Homer : Iliad 18:42. |
Iaira | Ἴαιρα | Forest nymph who raised Pandaros and Bitias, the twin sons of Alkanor | Roscher 2.1 (2). Virgil : Aeneid 9,673. |
Iakchos | Ἴακχος | God of the Mysteries of Eleusis , for "war cries", with shout, dance and torch | Roscher 2,1-11. |
Ialemos | Ἰάλεμος | Son of Apollo and Calliope , brother of Hymenaios , Orpheus , "Lamentations" | Roscher 2.11. Scholion , Euripides : Orestes 1375. |
Ialmenos | Ἰάλμενος | Suitor of Helena , son of Ares and Astyoche , brother of Askalaphos | Roscher 2.11. Pausanias 9.37.7. |
Ialysus | Ἰάλυσος | Son of Kerkaphos and Kydippe, Heros on Rhodes , brother of Lindos, Kameiros | Roscher 2.12. Pindar : Olympia 7.74. |
Iambe | Ἰάμβη | Servant of King Keleos of Eleusis , can cheer Demeter | Roscher 2.12. Library of Apollodorus 1,5,1. |
Iamenos | Ἰαμενός | Trojans, killed by Leonteus while storming the wall of the Greek camp | Roscher 2.13. Homer : Iliad 12,139. |
Iamidai | Ἰαμίδαι | Descendants of the seer Iamos | Roscher 2.13. |
Iamnos | Ἴαμνος | Eponymous hero of the Phoenician town of Iamnia | Roscher 2.13. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἰαμνία . |
Iamos | Ἴαμος | Son of Apollon and Euadne , seer and ancestor of the Iamids in Olympia | Roscher 2.13. Pausanias 6: 2, 3. |
Ianassa | Ἰάνασσα | Nereid , one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris | Roscher 2.14. Homer : Iliad 18:47. |
Iandysus | Ἰάνδυσος | King of the Scythians , at the time of the Egyptian king Sesostris | Roscher 2.14. |
Janeira | Ἰάνειρα | Nereid , one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris | Roscher 2.14 (1). Homer : Iliad 18:47. |
Janeira | Ἰάνειρα | Okeanide , daughter of Okeanos and Tethys | Roscher 2.14 (2). Hesiod : Theogony 356. |
Janeira | Ἰάνειρα | Daughter of Iphis , wife of Capaneus , otherwise called Euadne | Roscher 2.14 (3). Scholion , Pindar : Olympia 6.46. |
Ianiskos | Ἰανίσκος | Son of Asclepius | Roscher 2.14 (1). |
Ianiskos | Ἰανίσκος | King of Sicyon , son of Clytius, successor of Adrastus | Roscher 2.14 (2). Pausanias 2,6,2. |
Ianthe | Ἰανθη | Okeanide , daughter of Okeanos and Tethys | Roscher 2.14 (1). Hesiod : Theogony 349. |
Ianthe | Ἰανθη | Daughter of Telestes in Crete, wife of Iphis | Roscher 2.14 (2). Ovid : Metamorphoses 9,666. |
Ianthe | Ἰανθη | Nymph , goddess of natural forces, on an Attic red-figure vase | Roscher 2.15 (3). |
Yes | Ἰάων | kills himself as the Deriades approaches | Roscher 2.55. Nonnos : Dionysiacs 32,234. |
Iapetos | Ἰαπετός | Titan , son of Gaia and Uranus , father of Atlas , Prometheus , Epimetheus | Roscher 2.55-58. Hesiod : Theogony 507. |
Iapis | Ἰαπις | Son of Iasus, darling of Apollo , physician of Aeneas | Roscher 2.58. Virgil : Aeneid 12.391. |
Iapyx | Ἰᾶπυξ | Son of Lycaon , founds Iapygia, one of the fifty evildoers whom Zeus destroyed | Roscher 2.58 (1). Antoninus Liberalis 31. |
Iapyx | Ἰᾶπυξ | this is Iapis , son of Iasus | Roscher 2.58 (2). |
Iardanos | Ἰάρδανος | Father of Queen Omphale of Lydia | Roscher 2.58 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,6,3. |
Iaseus | Ἰασεύς | Phoker , good friend of the immigrant Phokos | Roscher 2.59. Pausanias 10,30,2. |
Iasides | Ἰασίδης | Epithet of Amphion , Dmetor, Palinurus , Iapis, Adrastus, Phaidimos | Roscher 2.59 (1) - (6). |
Iasion | Ἰασίων | Son of Zeus and Pleiade Elektra , lover of Demeter | Roscher 2.59-63. Homer : Odyssey 5,125. |
Iasios | Ἰάσιος | Competitors with racehorses in Olympia, Arcadians from Tegea | Roscher 2.89 (3). Pausanias 5,8,1. |
Iasios | Ἰάσιος | Son of Eleuther , father of Chairesilaos , founder of Tanagra | Roscher 2.89 (4). Pausanias 9,20,2. |
Iasios | Ἰάσιος | Husband of Persephone, father of King Amphion | Roscher 2.89 (5). Homer : Odyssey 11,283. |
Iasis | Ἲασις | Nymph of the healing spring at Herakleia in Elis | Roscher 2.63 (1). Pausanias 6,22,4. |
Iasis | Ἲασις | Nickname of Atalante as the daughter of Iasus | Roscher 2.63 (2). |
Iaso | Ἰασώ | Personification for the healing gods around Asclepius , Panakeia , Aigle | Roscher 2.63. Pausanias 1,34,2. |
Jason | Ἰάσων | Son of Aison , leader of the Argonauts , steals the Golden Fleece | Roscher 2.63-88 (1). Hesiod : Theogony 997. |
Jason | Ἰάσων | Father of Apis, from Pallantion in Arcadia | Roscher 2.88 (2). Pausanias 5,1,8. |
Iasos | Ἴασος | King of Argos , son of Triopas and Soïs | Roscher 2.88 (1). Pausanias 2,16,1. |
Iasos | Ἴασος | Son of Lycurgus and Cleophile, with Clymene father of Atalante | Roscher 2.89 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,9,2. |
Iasos | Ἴασος | Son of Sphelos , leader of the Athenians against Troy , killed by Aeneas | Roscher 2.89 (6). Homer : Iliad 15,332. |
Iasos | Ἴασος | King of Cyprus , father of Dmetor | Roscher 2.89 (7). Homer : Odyssey 17.443. |
Iasos | Ἴασος | Father of Nepeia, wife of the Mysian king Olympos | Roscher 2.89 (8). Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 1,1116. |
Iatroi | Ἰατροί | these are ionids , nymphs of the river Kytheros in Elis | Roscher 2.89. Hesychios sv. |
Iatromantis | Ἰατρόμαντις | Nickname of Apollo | Roscher 2.90. |
Iatros | Ἰατρός | Nickname of Apollo | Roscher 2.90 (3). |
Iber | Ἴβηρ | Son of Heracles and Keltine, brother of Celtos | Roscher 2.90 (1). Parthenios Erotica 30. |
Ichnaia | Ἰχναία | Nickname of Themis , goddess of justice, order, philosophy | Roscher 2.91. Strabo 435. |
Ichnobates | Ἰχνοβάτης | The hunter's dog Aktaion , one of 35 to 81 animals | Roscher 2.91. Ovid : Metamorphoses 3.207. |
Ichthyocentaurs | Ἰχθυοκένταυροι | Mixed creatures of humans, horses and fish, sea creatures | Roscher 2.92-94. |
Ichthys | Ἰχθύς | Son of the goddess Atargatis , brother of Hesychia, drowned by the Lydians Mopsus | Roscher 2.94. Athenaios 8,346e. |
Idaia | Ἰδαία | Nymph , with river god Skamandros mother of Teukros | Roscher 2.94 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,12,1. |
Idaia | Ἰδαία | Daughter of Dardanos, wife of Phineus , lyingly accuses the stepsons | Roscher 2.94 (2). Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 2,178. |
Idaia | Ἰδαία | Nymph , with the shepherd Theodoros mother of the Sibylle Herophile | Roscher 2.95 (3). Pausanias 10:12, 4. |
Idaia | Ἰδαία | Mother of the Curetes , who protect Zeus from Kronos | Roscher 2.95 (4). Diodorus 3.61. |
Idaia | Ἰδαία | Nicknames of various nymphs and goddesses, such as the Cybele | Roscher 2.95 (5). Euripides : Orestes 1453. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Son of Dardanus and Chryse , moved from Arcadia to Phrygia | Roscher 2.95 (1). Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.61. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Son of King Priam in Troy | Roscher 2.95 (2). |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Son of Paris and Helena , late addition to Troy | Roscher 2.95 (3). Tzetzes , Scholion : Lykophron 851. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Herald and charioteer of King Priam in the Trojan War | Roscher 2.95 (4). Homer : Iliad 24,325. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Son of the priest Dares , brother of Phegeus , fights for Troy | Roscher 2.95 (5). Homer : Iliad 5:11. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Leader of the Cretan corybants | Roscher 2.95 (6). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 14.34. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Nickname of Zeus , father of Dardanos | Roscher 2.95 (7). Homer : Iliad 16.605. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Epithet of Hercules from Crete, the Olympic Games founded | Roscher 2.95 (8). Pausanias 5,8,1. |
Idaios | Ἰδαῖος | Companion of Aeneas and Actor | Roscher 2.95 (9). Virgil : Aeneid 9,500. |
Idarnas | Ἰδάρνας | Seer from the soothsayer family Idarnaioi, "the cut one" | Roscher 2.95. Photios sv Ἰδαρναῖοι . |
Idas | Ἴδας | Son of Aphareus and Arene , brother of Lynkeus and Argonaut | Roscher 2.95-103 (1). Homer : Iliad 9,558. |
Idas | Ἴδας | Son of Aegyptus , how almost 50 brothers stabbed by the Danaid bride Hippodike | Roscher 2.103 (2). Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Idas | Ἴδας | Idean dactyle who works iron and copper, a curet | Roscher 2.103 (3). Pausanias 5,7,6. |
Idas | Ἴδας | Guest at the wedding of Perseus , killed by Phineus | Roscher 2.103 (4). Ovid : Metamorphoses 5.90. |
Idas | Ἴδας | Son of Clymenus and Epicaste , brother of Theragros, harpalyke | Roscher 2.103 (6). |
Ide | Ἴδη, Είδη | Nymph in Crete , daughter of Melissa , sister of Adrasteia , nurse of Zeus | Roscher 2.104 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 1,1,6. |
Ide | Ἴδη, Είδη | Nymph , with Zeus, mother of the Idean dactyls | Roscher 2.104 (2). Etymologicum magnum . |
Ide | Ἴδη, Είδη | Daughter of Korybas , with King Lykastus , mother of Minos and Sarpedon | Roscher 2.104 (3). Diodorus 4.60. |
Ide | Ἴδη, Είδη | Mother of Nisus , who is invincible by a purple lock | Roscher 2.104 (4). Virgil : Aeneid 9,177. |
Idmon | Ἴδμων, -ονος | Argonauts seer , son of Abas , killed by a boar | Roscher 2.105 (1). Apollonios : Argonautika 1,139. |
Idmon | Ἴδμων, -ονος | Son of Aegyptus , as stabbed to death by the Danaid bride Pylarge , almost 50 brothers | Roscher 2.105 (2). Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Idmon | Ἴδμων, -ονος | Phrygians | Roscher 2.105 (3). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 38.31. |
Idmon | Ἴδμων, -ονος | colophonic purple dyer, father of Arachne | Roscher 2.105 (4). Ovid : Metamorphoses 6.8. |
Idmon | Ἴδμων, -ονος | Doctor from Epidaurus , for King Adrastus | Roscher 2.105 (5). |
Idmonides | Ἰδμονίδης | Son of Euklees, father of Philoterpes, ancestor of Homer | Roscher 2.105. Suda sv Ὥμηρος . |
Idomena | Nymph from Thrace , with Orpheus mother of Rhythmonios | Roscher 2.106 | |
Idomeneus | Ἰδομενεύς, -έως | King of Crete , son of Deucalion , hero in the Trojan horse | Roscher 2: 106-108 (1). Homer : Iliad 13,307. |
Idomeneus | Ἰδομενεύς, -έως | Son of King Priam of Troy | Roscher 2.108 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,12,5. |
Idrieus | Ἰδριεύς | Son of Kar, eponymous hero of the Carian city of Idrias, father of Euromos | Roscher 2.108. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἰδριάς . |
Idyia | Ἰδυῖα, Εἰδυῖα | Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys , with Aietes mother of Medea | Roscher 2.108. Libraries of Apollodorus 1,9,23. |
Ieios | Ἰήιος | Nicknames of Apollo , Artemis , Bakchos | Roscher 2.109 (1) - (3). |
Iepaieon | Ἰηπαιήων | Nickname of Apollo , as an archer or god of healing | Roscher 2.109. Apollonios : Argonautika 2,712. |
Iesione | Daughter of Keleos, one of the seven virgins saved by Theseus | Roscher 2,110. Servius : Commentary on Aeneid 6.21. | |
Ieter | Ἰητήρ | Nickname of Asclepius on inscriptions | Roscher 2,110. CIG 3159. |
Ieud | Ἰεούδ, Ἰεδούδ | Son of Kronos and the nymph Anobret among the Phoenicians | Roscher 2,110. |
Ikadios | Ἰκάδιος | Son of Apollo and nymph Lykia, founder of Patara and Delphi | Roscher 2,111. Servius : Commentary on Aeneid 3,332. |
Ikarios | Ἰκάριος | eponymous hero of the Attic demos Ikaria, founder of viticulture | Roscher 2.111 (1). |
Ikarios | Ἰκάριος | Spartans , brother of Tyndareus , with Periboia father of Penelope | Roscher 2.112 (2). Library of Apollodorus 1,9,5. |
Ikarios | Ἰκάριος | Father of Elatos, grandfather of Tainaros | Roscher 2.116 (2). Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 1,102. |
Ikaros | Ἴκαρος | Daidalos son , flees from Minos , falls into the sea on the flight | Roscher 2.114 (1). |
Icarus | this is Icarus , son of Daidalus | ||
Ikastos | Ἴκαστος | Son of Aiolus, also called Iokastos or Akastos | Roscher 2.117. |
Ikelos | Ἴκελος | God of dreams in animal form for gods, with humans Phobetor | Roscher 2.117. Ovid : Metamorphoses 11,640. |
Ikmaios | Ἰκμαῑος | Epithet of Zeus , the moisturizer, the rain-donor | Roscher 2.117. Apollonios : Argonautika 2,522. |
Ikmalios | Ἰκμάλιος | Carpenter in Ithaca, made the ornate armchair of Penelope | Roscher 2.117. Homer : Odyssey 19.57. |
Iliad | Ἰλιάς | Surname of Athena in Ilion | Roscher 2,118. |
Ilieus | Ἰλιεύς | Nickname of Apollo in Troy | Roscher 2,118. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἴλιον . |
Ilione | Ἰλιόνη | Daughter of Priam and Hecabe , with Polymestor mother of Deipylos | Roscher 2,118. Hyginus : Fabulae 90. |
Ilioneus | Ἰλιονεύς | Son of Amphion and Niobe , youngest | Roscher 2.118 (1). Ovid : Metamorphoses 6,261. |
Ilioneus | Ἰλιονεύς | Son of Phorbas, a Trojan , killed by Peneleus | Roscher 2.119 (2). Homer : Iliad 14,489. |
Ilioneus | Ἰλιονεύς | Trojan horse , companion of Aeneas | Roscher 2.119 (3). Virgil : Aeneid 1,120. |
Ilioneus | Ἰλιονεύς | Old man from Troy , killed by Diomedes despite his requests | Roscher 2.119 (4). Quintus from Smyrna Posthom. 13,181. |
Ilissides | Ἰλισσίδες | Nickname of the muses revered on the river Ilissos | Roscher 2,119. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἰλισσός . |
Ilissos | Ἰλισσός | River god in Attica who owned a sanctuary in Athens | Roscher 2,119. CIA 1,210, k, 2. |
Illyrios | Ἰλλυριός | Son of Kadmos and Harmonia , ancestor of the Illyrians | Roscher 2,119. Libraries of Apollodorus 3,5,4. |
Ilos | Ἴλος, Εῖλος | Son of Dardanos and Bateia , brother of Erichthonios | Roscher 2.119 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,12,2. |
Ilos | Ἴλος, Εῖλος | Son of Tros and Kallirrhoe, with Eurydice father of Laomedon | Roscher 2,119-121 (2). Homer : Iliad 20,232. |
Ilos | Ἴλος, Εῖλος | Son of Mermerus, Odysseus wanted him to poison his arrows | Roscher 2.121 (3). Strabo 8,338. |
Imbramos | Ἴμβραμος | Carian name for Hermes | Roscher 2,122. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἴμβρος . |
Imbrasides | Ἰμβρασίδης | Son of Imbrasus: Peiroos , Asios, Glaukos and Lades | Roscher 2.122 (1) - (3). Homer : Iliad 4,520. |
Imbrasios | Ἰμβράσιος | Trojan , killed by Neoptolemus | Roscher 2,122. Quintus from Smyrna Posthom. 10.87. |
Imbrasos | Ἴμβρασος | River god in Samos , where Hera was born under a chaste mud bush | Roscher 2.122 (1). Athenaios 7,283e. |
Imbrasos | Ἴμβρασος | Prince of the Thracians in Ainos , father of Peiroo | Roscher 2.122 (2). Homer : Iliad 4,520. |
Imbrasos | Ἴμβρασος | Lykians , father of Glaucus and Lades, companions of Aeneas | Roscher 2.122 (3). Virgil : Aeneid 12,343. |
Imbrasos | Ἴμβρασος | Father of Asios, a companion of Aeneas | Roscher 2.122 (4). Virgil : Aeneid 10.123. |
Imbreus | Centaur , killed by Dryas at the wedding of Peirithoos | Roscher 2,122. Ovid : Metamorphoses 12,310. | |
Imbrios | Ἴμβριος | Son of the mentor from Pedaion, husband of the Medesicaste, killed by Teukros | Roscher 2,122. Homer : Iliad 13,171. |
Imbros | Ἴμβρος | Son of Aegyptus , how nearly 50 brothers stabbed to death by the Danaidenbride Euippe | Roscher 2,122. Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Imeusimos | Ἰμεύσιμος | Son of Ikarios and Periboia , brother of Penelope | Roscher 2,122. Libraries of Apollodorus 3,10,6. |
Immarados | Ἰμμάραδοςος | Son of Eumolpos , leader of the Eleusinians against Athens, killed by Erechtheus | Roscher 2.124. Pausanias 1,5,2. |
Impsios | Ἴμψιος | Nickname of Poseidon | Roscher 2.124. Hesychios sv ἴμψας . |
Imuthes | Ἰμούθης | Son of Pan and Hephaistobule, Egyptian Asclepius , inventor of poetry | Roscher 2.124. |
Inachides | Ἰναχίδης | Son of an Inachus: Phoroneus , Epaphos, Perseus | Roscher 2.125 (1) - (3). Ovid : Metamorphoses 4,719. |
Inachia | Ἰναχίη | Epithet of Isis identified with Io | Roscher 2.125. CIG 4943. |
Inachos | Ἴναχος | River god and first king of Argos , father of Aigialeus , Io and Phoroneus | Roscher 2,125-127. |
index | Ἴνδεξ | Nickname of Heracles | Roscher 2.129. |
Indos | Ἰνδός | Son of the earth, ancestor of the Indians, killed by Zeus | Roscher 2.233 (1). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 18,271. |
Indos | Ἰνδός | Spouse of the nymph Kalauria, father of the Ganges | Roscher 2.233 (2). Plutarch : de fluviorum 4. |
Indos | Ἰνδός | Indian youth, raped Damasalkida, daughter of Oxyalkes | Roscher 2.233 (3). Plutarch : de fluviorum 25. |
Indos | Ἰνδός | King in Scythia who discovered silver | Roscher 2.233 (4). Hyginus : Fabulae 274. |
In O | Ἰνώ | Daughter of Kadmos and Harmonia , wife of Athamas , mother of Learchus | Roscher 2,262. |
Io | Ἰώ | Priestess of Hera , lover of Zeus , transformed into a cow | Roscher 2,263-280. |
Iobakchos | Ἰόβακχος | Nickname of Dionysus from the noisy celebrations of his admirers | Roscher 2,280. Hesychios sv. |
Iobates | Ἰοβάτης | King of Lycia , who is supposed to kill his guest Bellerophon , father of Anteia | Roscher 2,281. Libraries of Apollodorus 2,2,2. |
Iobes | Ἰόβης | Son of Heracles and the Thespiade Kerthe | Roscher 2,282. Library of Apollodorus 2,7,8. |
Iocheaira | Ἰοχέαιρα | Epithet of Artemis | Roscher 2,283. Homer : Iliad 5.53. |
Iodama | Ἰοδάμα | Daughter of Itonos , mother of Thebe, priestess of Athena , goddess in Koroneia | Roscher 2,284. Tzetzes , Scholion : Lykophron 1206. |
Iodoke | Ἰοδόκη | Amazon in the entourage of Penthesilea , slain before Troy | Roscher 2,284. Tzetzes : Posthomerica 178. |
Iokallis | Ἰοκαλλίς | Virgin on Leros , divinely venerated | Roscher 2,284. Suda sv Μελεαγρίδες . |
Iokaste | Ἰοκάστη | Creon's sister , wife of Laios , then mother and wife of Oedipus | Roscher 2.284 (1). |
Iokaste | Ἰοκάστη | Lover of Zeus , mother of Agamedes | Roscher 2.285 (2). |
Iokastos | Ἰόκαστος | Son of Aiolus, king of the Italian coast | Roscher 2,285. Tzetzes , Scholion : Lykophron 45. |
Ioke | Ἰωκή | Personification on the Aigis of Athena , "the persecution" | Roscher 2,285. Homer : Iliad 5,740. |
Iocles | Ἰοκλῆς | this is Oikles , father of Amphiaraoh | Roscher 2,285. |
Ioklos | Ἴοκλος | Son of Demoleon of Argos , leader of colonists to Karpathos | Roscher 2,285. Diodorus 5.54. |
Iokritus | Ἰόκριτος | Son of Lycurgus , father of Botachus | Roscher 2,285. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βωταχίδαι . |
Iolaos | Ἰόλαος | Son of Iphicles , nephew of Heracles , who helps him; olympic charioteer | Roscher 2,285-289 (1). Libraries of Apollodor 2, 4, 11. |
Iolaos | Ἰόλαος | Son of Iphicles and Diomedeia, killed by Hector , called Protesilaos | Roscher 2.289 (2). Hyginus : Fabulae 103. |
Iolas | Ἰόλας | Trojan , companion of Aeneas | Roscher 2,289. Virgil : Aeneid 11,640. |
Iole | Ἰόλη | Daughter of King Eurytus of Oichalia, sister of Iphitus | Roscher 2,289. Scholion , Odyssey 21:23. |
Iolkia | Ἰωλκία | Nickname of Artemis on the Magnesia Peninsula | Roscher 2,290. |
Iolkos | Ἰωλκός | Son of the river god Amyros , eponymous hero of the city of Iolkos | Roscher 2,290. Stephanos of Byzantium sv. |
Iolmos | Ἴολμος | Son of Menelaus and Helena , brother of Sosiphanes and Nicostratos | Roscher 2,290. Scholion , Theokritos : Idylls 18.45. |
ion | Ἴων | Ancestor of the Ionians , tribe of ancient Greece , son of Xuthos | Roscher 2,290-292 (1). Library of Apollodorus 1,7,3. |
ion | Ἴων | this is Ionides , son of Gargettos | Roscher 2.292 (2). |
ion | Ἴων | this is Ionios , King of Illyria | Roscher 2,292 (3). |
Ion | Ἰόνη | Nereid , one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris | Roscher 2.292 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 1,2,7. |
Ion | Ἰώνη | Bakchantin who begins to race, seized by the deity | Roscher 2.292 (2). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 14,221. |
Ionides | Ἰωνίδες | Nymphs of the Kythero River : Kalliphaeia, Synallaxis, Pegaia, Iasis | Roscher 2,292. Pausanias 6,22,4. |
Ionios | Ἰόνιος | King of Illyria , son of Adriatic , eponym of the Ionian Sea | Roscher 2,292. Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 4,308. |
Iope | Ἰόπη | Daughter of Iphicles , wife of Theseus | Roscher 2.293 (1). Plutarch : Theseus 29. |
Iope | Ἰόπη | Daughter of Aiolus, wife of Cepheus | Roscher 2,293-295 (2). Stephanos of Byzantium sv. |
Iophossa | Ἰοφῶσσα | that is Chalkiope , daughter of Aietes | Roscher 2,295. Hesiod . |
Iops | Ἴοψ | Heros of the Lacedaemonians , lived in Sparta at the time of Lelex | Roscher 2,295. Pausanias 3:12, 4. |
Iopsaphos | Ἰόψαφος | Nickname of Apollo as the oracle god | Roscher 2,295. Hesychios sv. |
Ioudaios | Ἰουδαῖος | Son of Typhon , brother of Hierosolymos, the Jews are named after him | Roscher 2.573. |
Ioulo | Ἰουλώ | Nickname of Demeter as the harvest goddess of the sheaves | Roscher 2,574. |
Iounios | Ἰούνιος | Son of Daunus , kills Diomedes who came to Italy while hunting | Roscher 2,574. |
Ioxeia | Ἰόξεια | Amazon in the entourage of Penthesilea , slain before Troy | Roscher 2,297. Tzetzes : Posthomerica 179. |
Ioxippe | Ἰόξεια | this is dioxippe , one of several forms | Roscher 2,297. Etymologicum magnum 426.47. |
Ioxos | Ἴωξος | Son of Melanippos, founds a colony with Ornytus in Caria | Roscher 2,297. Plutarch : Theseus 8. |
Ipheus | Ἰφεύς | Lycians , fighting for Troy , killed by Patroclus | Roscher 2,297. Homer : Iliad 16,417. |
Iphianassa | Ἰφιάνασσα | Daughter of King Proitos from Argos , wife of Melampus | Roscher 2.297 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,2,2. |
Iphianassa | Ἰφιάνασσα | this is Iphigenia , daughter of Agamemnon | Roscher 2.297 (2). Homer : Iliad 9,145. |
Iphianassa | Ἰφιάνασσα | Wife of King Endymion of Elis , mother of Aitolus | Roscher 2.297 (3). Library of Apollodor 1,7,6. |
Iphianassa | Ἰφιάνασσα | Wife of Medon, mother of Menalkes, who fought for Troy | Roscher 2.297 (4). Quintus from Smyrna Posthom. 8.295. |
Iphianassa | Ἰφιάνασσα | Nereid , one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris | Roscher 2.297 (5). |
Iphianeira | Ἰφιάνειρα | this is Iphianassa , wife of Melampus | Roscher 2.297 (1). Diodorus 4.68. |
Iphianeira | Ἰφιάνειρα | Daughter of Oikles and Hypermestra , sister of Amphiarus , Polyboia | Roscher 2.297 (2). Diodorus 4.68. |
Iphias | Ἰφιάς | Priestess of Artemis to Iolkos , on Argonauts called | Roscher 2.297 (1). Apollonios : Argonautika 1,312. |
Iphias | Ἰφιάς | this is Euadne , daughter of Iphis | Roscher 2.298 (2). |
Iphidamas | Ἰφιδάμας | Son of Antenor and Theano , of Agamemnon before Troy killed | Roscher 2.298 (1). Homer : Iliad 11,223. |
Iphidamas | Ἰφιδάμας | this is Amphidamas , son of Busiris | Roscher 2.298 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,5,11. |
Iphidamas | Ἰφιδάμας | Son of Pelias , hero in the Trojan horse | Triphiodoros Excidium Ilii 181. |
Iphigenia | Ἰφιγένεια | Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra , sister of Orestes and Elektra | Roscher 2,298-305. |
Iphigone | Ἰφιγόνη | this is Iphigenia , daughter of Agamemnon | Roscher 2.305. |
Iphicles | Ἰφικλῆς | Son of Alkmene and Amphitryon , half-brother of Heracles | Roscher 2.305 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,4,8. |
Iphicles | Ἰφικλῆς | Father of Iope | Roscher 2.306 (2). |
Iphiklos | Ἴφικλος | Son of Phylakos and Clymene , father of Protesilaos and Podarkes | Roscher 2.306 (1). Homer : Iliad 2,704. |
Iphiklos | Ἴφικλος | Son of Thestios and Eurythemis , brother of Althaia | Roscher 2.307 (2). Apollonios : Argonautika 1,201. |
Iphiklos | Ἴφικλος | Son of Idomeneus , a Cretan, killed by Leukos | Roscher 2.308 (4). Tzetzes , Scholion : Lykophron 1218. |
Iphiklos | Ἴφικλος | Leader of the Dorians , besieged the Phalantos on Rhodes | Roscher 2.308 (5). Athenaios 8,360e. |
Iphiloche | Ἰφιλόχη | Daughter of Alector in Sparta , wife of Megapenthes | Roscher 2.308. Scholion , Odyssey 4.10. |
Iphimachus | Ἰφίμαχος | Shepherd of King Actor on Lemnos , son of Dolopion, feeds Philoctetes | Roscher 2.308. Hyginus : Fabulae 102. |
Iphimedeia | Ἰφιμέδεια | Daughter of triops , with aloeus mother of aloids (two giants) | Roscher 2.308. Homer : Iliad 11,304. |
Iphimedon | Ἰφιμέδων | Son of Eurystheus , killed in the war against Athens | Roscher 2,309. Library of Apollodorus 2,1,8. |
Iphimedusa | Ἰφιμέδουσα | Danaide , one of nearly 50 who stabbed the bridegroom Euchenor | Roscher 2,309. Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Daughter of Proitus , Melampus heals her sisters Iphianassa and Lysippe | Roscher 2.309 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,2,2. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Wife of Metion, mother of Daidalus | Roscher 2.309 (2). Scholion , Sophocles : Oedipus 468. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Wife of Antaios, with Heracles mother of Polemon | Roscher 2.309 (3). Etymologicum magnum 679.51. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Daughter of Nisus, wife of Megareus | Roscher 2.309 (4). Pausanias 1,39,6. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Daughter of the Aktor, sister of the Eetion | Roscher 2.309 (5). Scholion , Iliad 1:18. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Daughter of the Alkathoos | Roscher 2,309 (6). Pausanias 1.43.4. |
Iphinoe | Ἰφινόη | Woman of Lemnos , which the Argonauts resumed | Roscher 2,309 (7). |
Iphinome | Ἰφινόμη | Amazon who went into battle "like a man" | Roscher 2,309. Hyginus : Fabulae 163. |
Iphinous | Ἰφίνοος | Son of Dexios, killed by Glaucus at Troy | Roscher 2.309 (1). Homer : Iliad 7.14. |
Iphinous | Ἰφίνοος | Centaur , killed at the wedding of Peirithoos by Peleus | Roscher 2.309 (2). Ovid : Metamorphoses 12,379. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | King of Argos , son of Alector , father of Eteoklos and Euadne | Roscher 2.309 (m1). Pausanias 2,18,4. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | Son of Sthenelos , an Argonaut , brother of Eurystheus | Roscher 4.223 (m2). Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 2,354. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | Grandfather of Iphis, daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa | Roscher 2.309 (m3). Ovid : Metamorphoses 9,709. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | Shepherd in Cyprus , unhappily in love with Anaxarete | Roscher 2.310 (m4). Ovid : Metamorphoses 14,698. |
Iphis | Ἶφις, -ιος | one of the 50 daughters of King Thespios , with Heracles mother of Keleustanor | Roscher 2,310 (f1). Library of Apollodorus 2,7,8. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | Beloved of Patroclus before Troy , prisoners from Skyros | Roscher 2,310 (f2). Homer : Iliad 9,667. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | Daughter of the river god Peneios , with Aiolos mother of Salmoneus | Roscher 2,310 (f3). |
Iphis | Ἶφις | Daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa, with a name for both sexes | Roscher 2,310 (f4). Ovid : Metamorphoses 9,666. |
Iphis | Ἶφις | see Iphigenia , Iphianassa , a short name | Roscher 2,310 (f5) |
Iphistios | Ἰφίστιος | Heros from Athens, after whom a demos is named | Roscher 2,310. Hesychios sv. |
Iphitides | Ἰφιτίδης | this is Archeptolemus , Hector's charioteer | Roscher 2,310. Homer : Iliad 8,128. |
Iphition | Ἰφιτίων | Son of Otrynteus and a Naiad , of Achilles killed | Roscher 2,310 (1). Homer : Iliad 20,382. |
Iphition | Ἰφιτίων | Trojan , killed by Neoptolemus | Roscher 2,310 (2). Quintus from Smyrna Posthom. 11.36. |
Iphitus | Ἴφιτος | Son of Naubolus, an Argonaut , received Jason hospitably | Roscher 2,310 (1). Homer : Iliad 2,518. |
Iphitus | Ἴφιτος | Son of Eurytus , brother of Iole | Roscher 2,310-314 (2). Diodorus 4.31. |
Iphitus | Ἴφιτος | this is Iphis , brother of Eurystheus | Roscher 2,314 (3). Diodorus 4.48. |
Iphitus | Ἴφιτος | killed by Kopreus, the son of Pelops from Elis | Roscher 2,314 (4). Library of Apollodorus 2,5,1. |
Iphitus | Ἴφιτος | Father of Archeptolemus, companion of the Trojan hero Hector | Roscher 2,314 (5). Homer : Iliad 8,128. |
Iphitus | Ἴφιτος | King of Elis , co-founder of the ancient Games in Olympia | Roscher 2,314-317 (6). Pausanias 5,4,4. |
Iphthe | Ἴφθη | Daughter of Aiolos and Telepora | Roscher 2,317. |
Iphthime | Ἰφθίμη | Daughter of Ikarios and Periboia , sister of Penelope | Roscher 2,317 (1). Homer : Odyssey 4,797. |
Iphthime | Ἰφθίμη | Daughter of Doros , with Hermes mother of satyrs | Roscher 2,317 (2). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 14,114. |
Iphys | Ἴφυς | this is Tiphys , helmsman of the Argo | Roscher 2,317. Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 1.105. |
Irbos | Ἴρβος | Son of Amphisthenes , father of Alopekos and Astrabakos | Roscher 2,317. Pausanias 3:16, 9. |
Irene | ΙΡΗΝΗ | this is Eirene , goddess of peace | Roscher 2,317 |
iris | Ἶρις | Messenger of the gods, goddess of the rainbow , sister of the harpies , wife of Zephyr | Roscher 2,320-357. Homer : Iliad 17,544. |
iris | Ἶρις | River god in Pontus, on coins of Amasein | Roscher 2.357. |
Irisia | ΙΡΙΣΙΑ | Nereid , at the kidnapping of Thetis by Peleus | Roscher 2.357. CIG 7398. |
Iros | Ἶρος | Son of the actor, with Demonassa father of the Argonauts Eurydamas and Eurytion | Roscher 2.357 (1). Apollonios : Argonautika 1.72. |
Iros | Ἶρος | Epithet of insolent beggar Arnaios in Ithaca | Roscher 2.358 (2). Homer : Odyssey 18.1. |
Iros | Ἶρος | Heros , after whom Ira , a city of the Malians , is named | Roscher 2.358 (3). Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἰρά . |
Iros | Ἶρος | Father of the lesbian hero Lampetus | Roscher 2.358 (4). Stephanos of Byzantium sv Λαμπέτειον . |
Isaia | Ἰσαία | Daughter of King Agenor and Damno, wife of Aigyptus | Roscher 2,358. Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 3.1186. |
Isaiakos | Ἰσαιακός | Son of Heracles , father of Typhon | Roscher 2,358. Plutarch : Isis and Osiris 29.48. |
Isandros | Ἶσανδρος | Son of Bellerophon , killed in a war against the Solymer | Roscher 2,358. Homer : Iliad 6,197. |
Isaras | Ἰσάρας | Lycian name of Amisodarus who was killed by Bellerophon | Roscher 2,358. |
Ischenos | Ἶσχενος | Son of Gigas, volunteered to be a victim during famine | Roscher 2,358. Lycophron 43. |
Ischepolis | Ἰσχέπολις | Son of Alkathoos from Megara , hunts the Calydonian boar | Roscher 2,359. Pausanias 1.42.6. |
Ischomache | this is Hippodameia | Roscher 2,359. | |
Ischylla | Ἴσχυλλα | Daughter of king Myrmidon , with Triopas mother of Phorbas | Roscher 2,359. Hyginus : astronomica 2.14. |
Ischys | Ἴσχυς | Son of King Elatos , lover of Koronis , killed by Apollo | Roscher 2.359 (1). Pindar : Pythia 3.8. |
Ischys | Ἰσχύς | Wife and assistant to the Cyclops Brontes, Steropes and Arges | Roscher 2,359 (2). Hesiod : Theogony 146. |
Ismaros | Ἴσμαρος | from Thebes , son of Astakos , fighter in seven against Thebes | Roscher 2.550 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,6,8. |
Ismaros | Ἴσμαρος | this is Immarados , son of Eumolpos | Roscher 2.550 (2). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,15,4. |
Ismene | Ἰσμήνη | Naiad , daughter of the river god Asopos , wife of Argos , mother of Iasos | Roscher 2.550 (1). Library of Apollodorus 2,1,3. |
Ismene | Ἰσμήνη | Daughter of Oidipus and Iokaste , sister of Antigone | Roscher 2.550 (3). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,5,8. |
Ismenios | Ἰσμήνιος | Nickname of Apollo in Thebes | Roscher 2.550 (1). Herodotus : Histories 1.52. |
Ismenios | Ἰσμήνιος | that is Ismenos , river god at Thebes | Roscher 2.551 (2). |
Ismenos | Ἰσμηνός | River god at Thebes , son of Oceanus and Tethys | Roscher 2.551 (1). |
Ismenos | Ἰσμηνός | Son of Amphion and Niobe , killed by Apollo | Roscher 2.551 (2). Library of Apollodorus 3,5,6. |
Isodaites | Ἰσοδαίτης | Deity to whom common, frivolous women sacrificed | Roscher 2.551 (1). |
Isodaites | Ἰσοδαίτης | Nickname of Pluton or son of Pluton, Helios , Dionysus | Roscher 2.551 (2) - (5). |
Isodromes | Ἰσοδρόμη | Nickname of Cybele, with the temple at Larisa in Lydia | Roscher 2,552. Strabo 9,5,19. |
Isocrateia | Ἰσοκράτεια | Amazon who went into battle “like a man”, killed by Heracles | Roscher 2,552. Arrian . |
Isoples | Ἰσοπλής | Centaur , hybrid of horse and human, killed by Heracles | Roscher 2,552. Diodorus 4.12. |
Isos | Ἴσος | Son of King Priam of Troy , killed by Agamemnon | Roscher 2,552. Homer : Iliad 11,101. |
Issa | Ἴσσα | Name of Achilles in women's clothes among the daughters of Lycomedes | Roscher 2.552 (2). |
Isse | Ἴσση | Daughter of Makareus on Lesbos , granddaughter of Aiolus , mother of the seer Prylis | Roscher 2.552 (1). Tzetzes , Scholion : Lykophron 219. |
Issoria | Ἰσσωρία | Nickname of Artemis in Laconia | Roscher 2,552. Stephanos of Byzantium sv. |
Isthmiades | Ἰσθμιάδης | Husband of the Pelarge, renewed the service in Boiotien | Roscher 2,552. Pausanias 9.25.7. |
Isthmios | Ἴσθμιος | Nickname of Poseidon and Zeus | Roscher 2.552 (1) - (2). |
Isthmios | Ἴσθμιος | Son of Glaucus , King of Messenia | |
Isthmios | Ἴσθμιος | Son of Temenus | |
Isthmos | Ἴστρος | Personification of the Isthmus of Corinth , on city coins | Roscher 2.553. |
Istros | Ἴστρος | River god of Istros , son of Tethys and Oceanus , father of Helorus | Roscher 2,555-558 (1). Tzetzes : Antehomerica 274. |
Istros | Ἴστρος | Son of Aegyptus , how almost 50 brothers stabbed by the Danaid bride Hippodameia | Roscher 2.558 (2). Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Istros | Ἴστρος | Satyr , a demon and hybrid being in the wake of Dionysus | Roscher 2.558 (3). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 14,111. |
Itaios | Ἰταῖος | Name of Adonis among the Tyrians | Roscher 2,558. Hesychios sv ΑΔΑ . |
Italos | Ἰταλός | Italy's namesake , King of Oinotria , son of Penelope and Telegonus | Roscher 2.563 (1). Thucydides 6.2. |
Italos | Ἰταλός | Satyr , a demon and hybrid being in the wake of Dionysus | Roscher 2.564 (2). |
Ite | Ἴτη | that is Ide , nurse of Zeus | Roscher 2.564. |
Ithaimenes | Ἰθαιμένης | Father of Sthenelaus from Troy , who is killed by Patroclus | Roscher 2.565 (1). Homer : Iliad 16,586. |
Ithaimenes | Ἰθαιμένης | Greeks in the painting of Polygnotos in the Lesche at Delphi | Roscher 2.565 (2). Pausanias 10.25.2. |
Ithacus | Ἴθακος | Ancestral hero of the island of Ithaca , son of Pterelaos and Amphimede | Roscher 2.565. Eustathios : Commentary on the Odyssey 1817, 43. |
Ithas | Ἰθάς | Herald of the Titans , Prometheus | Roscher 2.565. Hesychios sv. |
Ithax | Ἴθαξ | this is Ithas , Herald of the Titans | Roscher 2.565. |
Ithomatas | Ἰθωμάτας | Nickname of Zeus in Messene , with temple on Mount Ithome | Roscher 2.565. Pausanias 3.26.6. |
Ithome | Ἰθώμη | Nymph on Mount Ithome , one of Zeus' wet nurses | Roscher 2,566. Pausanias 4,33,2. |
Ithomos | Ἴθωμος | King of Messenia , after whom Ithome is named | Roscher 2,566. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἰθώμη . |
Ithyone | ΙΘΥΩΝΗ | Maenad , on a picture of a vase, holds a thyrsus , looks at Dionysus | Roscher 2,566. |
Ithyphallos | Ἰθύφαλλος | Name of Priapus , also called Tychon | Roscher 2.567. Diodorus 4.6. |
Itone | Ἰτώνη | Daughter of Lyktios , with King Minos, mother of Lykastus | Roscher 2.567. Diodorus 4.60. |
Itonia | Ἰτωνία | Nickname of Athena in Thessaly | Roscher 2.567 (1). Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 1,721. |
Itonos | Ἴτωνος | Son of Amphictyon , with Melanippe father of Boiotos , Chromia | Roscher 2.569 (1). Pausanias 9.1.1. |
Itonos | Ἴτωνος | Son of Boiotus , father of Hippalkimus , Elektryon, Archilykos | Roscher 2.569 (2). Diodorus 4.67. |
Itylos | Ἴτυλος | Son of Zethos and Aëdon in Thebes , accidentally murdered by his mother | Roscher 2,569. |
Itymoneus | Ἰτυμονεύς | Son of Hypeirochus from Elis , slain by Nestor | Roscher 2.569 (1). Homer : Iliad 11,672. |
Itymoneus | Ἰτυμονεύς | Dolione , in the night of the fight Meleager killed | Roscher 2.569 (2). Apollonios : Argonautika 1.1046. |
Itymoneus | Ἰτυμονεύς | Bebryker from Kastor after overpowering of Amykos killed | Roscher 2.569 (3). Apollonios : Argonautika 2,105. |
Itymoneus | Ἰτυμονεύς | Milesier, fighting for Troy , killed by Meges | Roscher 2.569 (4). Quintus from Smyrna Posthom. 1.279. |
Itys | Ἴτυς | Son of Tereus and Prokne , prepared as a meal for his father | Roscher 2,569. Sophocles : Tereus . |
Ixion | Ἰξίων, -ονος | King of the Lapiths , murdering a relative for the first time, has to go to Tartarus | Roscher 2,766-772. Pindar : Pythia 2.21. |
Ixion | Ἰξίων | King of Corinth , son of Aletes , father of Agelas I. | |
Ixionides | Ἰξιονίδης | Son of Ixion , is called Peirithoos | Roscher 2.772. Ovid : Metamorphoses 8,567. |
Ixios | Ἴξιος | Epithet of Apollon in Ixiai or port Ixos on Rhodes | Roscher 2.772. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἰξίαι . |
Iyngies | Ἰυγγίης | Nickname of Dionysus | Roscher 2.772. Hesychios sv. |
Iynx | Ἴυγξ | Daughter of Pan and Echo | Roscher 2.772 (1). Suda sv. |