List of characters in Greek mythology / S
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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Sabazios | Σαβάζιος | God of agriculture, pulls oxen to the plow, son of Zeus and Persephone | Roscher 4,232-264. |
Saisara | Σαισάρα | Daughter of Keleos , wife of King Krokon , in western Attica | Roscher 4,276. Pausanias 1,38,3. |
Salamis | Σαλαμίς | Naiade , daughter of the river god Asopos , mother of Kychreus , the island after her | Roscher 4, 285-288. Nonnos : Dionysiacs 7.212. |
Salmakis | Σαλμακίς | Nymph , combined with Hermaphroditos into a bisexual being | Roscher 4,290. Greek anthology 7.222. |
Salmoneus | Σαλμωνεύς | Son of Aeolus and Enarete with Alkidike father of Tyro wanted as Zeus be | Roscher 4,290-294. Libraries of Apollodorus 1.50. |
Saron | Σάρων | King of Troizen , drowns while hunting hind in Lake Psifaean | Roscher 4,387-389. Pausanias 2,30,7. |
Sarpedon | Σαρπηδών , Σαρπήδων | Son of Zeus and Laodameia , fights for Troy , killed by Patroclus | Roscher 4,389-413. Ovid : Metamorphoses 13,255. |
Satyr | Σάτυρος | Demon in the wake of Dionysus , hybrid creature , counterpart of the nymphs | Roscher 4 444-531. |
Sebros | Σέβρος | Son of King Hippocoon of Amyclai , brother of Alkimos , Enarophoros | Roscher 4,580. Pausanias 3,15,1. |
Selasphorus | Σελασφόρος | Epiclesis of several deities, especially Artemis , also Apollon and Hephaestus | Roscher 4,641. RE II A, 1.1133. |
Selene | Σελήνη | Moon goddess , Titanide , with Zeus, mother of Pandia and Ersa , wife of Endymion | Roscher 4,642-650. |
Semele | Σεμέλη | Daughter of Harmonia and Kadmos of Thebes , with Zeus mother of Dionysus | Roscher 4,662-676. Plutarch : quaestiones Graecae 36. |
Sidero | Σιδηρώ | Wife of Salmoneus , stepmother of Tire , killed by Pelias | Roscher 4,815. Eustathios : Commentary on Iliad 158 : 24. |
Sicyon | Σικυών | King of Sicyon , son of Marathon , brother of Corinthus , husband of Zeuxippe | Roscher 4,822. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Αἰμονία . |
Silenus | Σιληνός | Satyr , a demon and hybrid being in the wake of Dionysus | Roscher 4,822. |
Silenus | Σιληνός | Teacher and companion of Dionysus , reports from the land beyond the Ocean | Roscher 4,822. |
Sillos | Σίλλος | Son of Theia and Okeanos , one of the Kerkopen , transformed into monkeys by Zeus | Roscher, 4.823 (1). |
Sillos | Σίλλος | Son of Thrasymedes , father of Alkmaion , later nobleman of Athens | Roscher, 4,823 (2). Pausanias 2,18,8. |
Simon | Σίμων | avenges his brother Thrasyllos and kills the murderer Eurydamas | |
Simon | Σίμων | Participants in the Calydonian boar hunt on the François vase | Roscher, 4.882 (1). CIG 4.8185a. |
Simon | Σίμων | intended as a sacrifice for the Minotaur , saved by Theseus | Roscher, 4.882 (2). CIG 4.8139. |
Simon | Σίμων | Pirate in the Tyrrhenian Sea chasing after Dionysus | Roscher, 4.882 (3). Hyginus : Fabulae 134. |
Simon | Σίμων | Blacksmith demon and Telechine , from the indigenous people of the Aegean | Roscher, 4.882 (4). Zenobios 5.41. |
Sinis | Σίνις | Son of Procrustes , mugger at Corinth , defeated by Theseus | Roscher 4,921-934. Plutarch : Theseus 6,3. |
Sinon | Σίνων | Son of Aisimos , companion of Odysseus , brings the wooden horse to the Trojans | Roscher 4,935-946. Herodian 2,733.37. |
Sinope | Σινώπη | Naiade , daughter of Asopus and Metope , asked Zeus to be a virgin | Roscher 4,946-948. Diodorus 4.72. |
Sipylos | Σίπυλος | Son of Niobe and Amphion , killed with arrows by Apollo and Artemis | Roscher 4,950 (1). Ovid : Metamorphoses 6.231. |
siren | Σειρήν | Hybrid creatures who attract sailors with beguiling songs | Roscher 4.602-639. Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 4,892. |
Sisyphus | Σίσυφος | King of Corinth , outsmarting death, with Merope father of Glaucus | Roscher 4,958-972. Homer : Iliad 6,152. |
Sithon | Σίθων | King of Thrace , son of Poseidon and Ossa , father of Pallene | Roscher 4,973. Konon : Diegeseis 10. |
Skaia | Σκαία | Danaide , one of nearly 50 who stabbed the bridegroom Daiphron | Roscher 4,974. Pausanias 7,1,6. |
Skaios | Σκαῖος | Son of Hippocoon , drives Tyndareus out of Sparta, killed by Heracles | Roscher, 4,974 (1). Herodotus : Histories 5.60. |
Scamandrios | Σκαμάνδριος | Nickname of Astyanax and Helenos , the two fighters for Troy | Roscher 4.975 (1). |
Scamandrios | Σκαμάνδριος | Son of Strophios, fights for Troy , killed by Menelaus | Roscher 4.975 (2). Homer : Iliad 5.49. |
Scamandros | Σκάμανδρος | River god , son of Oceanus and Tethys , father of Teukros , Troy lies on the bank | Roscher 4,976-987. Homer : Iliad 12:21. |
Skias | Σκιάς | Wife of Elieus , mother of Eunostus , who rejects the love of Ochna | Roscher 4.992. Plutarch : quaestiones Graecae 40. |
Skiron | Σκίρων | Muggers, hikers had to wash his feet, defeated by Theseus | Roscher 4.1004-1013 (1). Plutarch : Theseus 10. |
Scylla | Σκύλλα | Sea monster , woman with abdomen made of dogs, next to Charybdis | Roscher 4: 1024-1064 (1). Homer : Odyssey 12.73. |
Scylla | Σκύλλα | Daughter of King Nisus , who cut off the purple lock of immortality | Roscher 4,1064-1071 (3). Ovid : Metamorphoses 8.35. |
Scythes | Σκύθης | King of Hylaia , son of Heracles and Echidna , eponym of the Scythians | Roscher 4,1078 (1). Herodotus : Histories 4.9. |
Smikros | Σµῖκρος | Son of Delphi Demokles, raised in Miletus , father of Branchos | Roscher 4.1082. Photios , library 186.33. |
Smintheus | Σμινθεύς | Nickname of Apollon and Dionysus , something like the eater of mice | Roscher 4,1083-1086 (1). Strabo : geographica 13,604. |
Sons of the Dioscuri | these are Anaxias and Mnasinous, sons of Castor and Polydeukes (Pollux) | ||
Solymeus | Σολυμεύς | Nickname of Zeus , venerated in the Temple of Termessus | Roscher 4.1153. |
Solymos | Σόλυμος | Son of Zeus or Ares , ancestor of the Solymer | Roscher 4.1154 (1). Etymologicum magnum 721.44. |
Soos | Σόος | King of Sparta , son of Prokles , father of Eurypon | |
Sosandra | Σωσάνδρα | Nicknames of Aphrodite , Hera , Hestia , Demeter | Roscher 4.1218 (2). Stephanos of Byzantium sv. |
Sosipolis | Σωσίπολις | Patron goddess in Gela, Sicily | Roscher 4.1221 (1). |
Sosipolis | Σωσίπολις | Child deity, worshiped in Olympia , transformed into a giant snake | Roscher 4, 2222-1224 (2). Pausanias 6,20,4. |
Sosipolis | Σωσίπολις | Nickname of Zeus , celebrated with two parades for sowing and harvesting | Roscher 4, 1224-1228 (3). Strabo : geographica 14,468. |
Sostratos | Σώστρατος | Beloved of Heracles , in Achaia buried, probably identical with Polystratos | Roscher 4.1236 (3). Plutarch : quaestiones convivales 4,1,1. |
Sparta | Σπάρτα | that is division , daughter of Eurotas | Roscher 4.1288. Libraries of Apollodorus 3,10,3. |
branch | Σπάρτη | Daughter of Eurotas , wife of Lacedaemon , mother of Amyklas and Eurydice | Roscher 4.1288. Scholion , Euripides : Orestes 626. |
Divisions | Σπαρτοί | Ancestors of the Thebans , made from dragon teeth sown in furrows | Roscher 4.1289. Scholion , Apollonios Rhodes 3.1179. |
Spartoi | Σπαρτοί | these are branches , ancestors of the Thebans | Roscher 4.1289. Scholion , Euripides : Phoenizer 942. |
Spercheios | Σπερχειός | River god , son of Oceanus and Gaia , with Polydora father of Menesthios | Roscher 4,1292. Homer : Iliad 16,173. |
Sphelless | Σφῆλος | Son of Bukolus , father of Iasus , leader of the Athenians against Troy | Roscher 4.1298. Homer : Iliad 15,338. |
sphinx | Σφίγξ | Daughter of Typhon , half woman and lion, sister of Hydra and Chimera | Roscher 4,1338-1408. Hesiod : Theogony 326. |
Sponde | Σπονδή | Hore after lunch, daughter of Zeus and Themis | Roscher 4.1411. Hyginus : Fabulae 183. |
Stentor | Στέντωρ | fights against Troy , Hera uses his loud voice and shouts "Shame on you!" | Roscher 4.1422. Homer : Iliad 5,785. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | this is Asterope , one of the Pleiades , daughter of Atlas and Pleione | Roscher 4.1500 (1). Scholion , Pindar : Nemeen 2.16. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | Daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe , sister of Agenor | Roscher 4, 1501 (2). Library of Apollodorus 1,7,7. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | Daughter of King Porthaon and Euryte , mother of the Sirens of Acheloos | Roscher 4, 1501 (3). Scholion , Odyssey 12.39. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | Daughter of Cepheus defending the city of Tegea with a lock of the Gorgon | Roscher 4, 1501 (4). Library of Apollodorus 2,7,3. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | Daughter of Akastos and Astydameia , sister of Laodameia and Sthenele | Roscher 4, 1502 (5). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,13,3. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | Daughter of Helios , sister of Pasiphae , with Europylos mother of Lykaon | Roscher 4, 1502 (6). Scholion , Pindar : Pythia 4,57. |
Steropes | Στερόπη | Helios horse | Roscher 4, 1502 (9). Hyginus : Fabulae 183. |
Steropes | Στερόπης | Cyclops with a single eye on his forehead | Roscher 4.1504. Hesiod : Theogony 141. |
Sthenelas | Σθενέλας | King of Argos , son of Crotopus , father of Gelanor | Roscher 4.1522. Pausanias 2,16,1. |
Sthenele | Σθενέλη | Daughter of Danaos , one of the 50 Danaids , wife of Sthenelos | Roscher 4.1522 (1). Library of Apollodor 2,1,5. |
Sthenele | Σθενέλη | Daughter of Akastus of Iolkos , with Menoitus mother of Patroclus | Roscher 4.1522 (2). Scholion , Pindar : Olympia 9,106b. |
Sthenelos | Σθένελος | Son of Aegyptus , how nearly 50 brothers stabbed by the Danaidenbride Sthenele | Roscher 4.1522 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 2,1,5,6. |
Sthenelos | Σθένελος | Son of Capaneus , an Epigone , father of Comets and Kylarabes | Roscher 4, 1523-1527 (5). Homer : Iliad 4,367. |
Sthenelos | Σθένελος | Father of the Ligurian king Kyknos , related to Phaethon | Roscher 4.1528 (7). Ovid : Metamorphoses 3,368. |
Sthenelos | Σθένελος | King of Tiryns , son of Perseus , with Nikippe father of Eurystheus | Roscher 4, 1528-1530 (8). Library of Apollodorus 2,4,5,5. |
Stheno | Gorgon , daughter of Phorkys and Keto , sister of Medusa and Euryale | ||
Stichios | Στίχιος | Beloved of Heracles , maddened and mourned, with a hairy heart | Roscher 4.1536 (2). |
Stilbe | Στίλβη | Nymph , daughter of Peneios and Krëusa , with Apollon mother of Lapithes | Roscher 4.1536 (1). |
Stratios | Στρατίος | Son of Nestor , brother of Peisidice , Polycaste , Perseus , Aretus | Roscher 4.1544 (1). Homer : Iliad 3,413. |
Stratios | Στρατίος | Suitor of Penelope from Zakynthos | Roscher 4.1544 (2). |
Stratios | Στρατίος | Son of King Clymenus of Orchomenus | Roscher 4.1545 (3). Pausanias 9.37.1. |
Stratios | Στρατίος | Nickname of Ares and Zeus | Roscher 4, 1545-1550 (4). |
Stratios | Στράτιος | Satyr , demon in the wake of Dionysus | Roscher 4.1550. |
Strophios | Στρόφιος | King of Phocis , son of Krisos , with Anaxibia father of Pylades and Astydameia | Roscher 4.1559 (1). |
Strophios | Στρόφιος | Son of Pylades and Elektra , brother of Medon , nephew of Orestes | Roscher 4.1559 (2). Hellanikos : fragment 43. |
Strophios | Στρόφιος | Father of the Scamandrios who fought for Troy | Roscher 4.1560 (3). Homer : Iliad 5.49. |
Strophios | Στρόφιος | Servant of Menelaus in the painting of Polygnotus in Delphi | Roscher 4.1560 (4). Pausanias 10.25.3. |
Strophios | Στρόφιος | Father of Phlogios | Roscher 4.1560 (5). Nonnos : Dionysiacs 30.108. |
Stygne | Στύγνη | Danaide , one of nearly 50 who stabbed the groom Polyktor | Roscher 4.1563. Library of Apollodorus 2,1,5,7. |
Stymphalic birds | , kranich large birds by Heracles from the lake Stymphalos sold | Roscher 4, 1563-1565. | |
Stymphalos | Στύμφαλος | Son of Elatos , eponymous founder of the city of Stymphalos | Roscher 4.1565 (1). |
Styx | Στύξ | Oceanid and border river to the underworld , next to Acheron , Lethe , Kokytos | Roscher 4, 1566-1579. |
Sybaris | Σύβαρις | Monster that devoured man and cattle, killed by Eurybatos | Roscher 4.1609 (1). |
Sybotas | Συβότας | King of Messenia , son of Dotadas , an Aipytide , father of Phintas | Pausanias 4,3,10. |
Syke | Συκῆ | Tree nymph and hamadryad , daughter of Oxylos , eponym of the fig tree | Roscher 4.1617 (1). Athenaios : Supper 3.78b. |
Syleus | Συλεύς | Son of Poseidon , tyrant in Aulis , killed by Heracles | Roscher 4, 1618-1623. Diodorus 4.31. |
Symaithis | Συμαιθίς | Naiade , daughter of the river god Symaithos , with Faunus mother of Acis | Roscher 4.1625. Ovid : Metamorphoses 13,750. |
Symaithos | Συμαιθίς | River god of Simeto in Sicily , father of the naiad Symaithis | Roscher 4.1626. Greek anthology 6.203. |
Syrinx | Σύριγξ | Naiad and Hamadryad , daughter of Ladon , disdain Pan's love | Roscher 4.1642 (1). Ovid : Metamorphoses 1,689. |
Syzygia | Συζυγία | Nickname of Hera as the goddess of marital union | Roscher 4, 1646-1648. Iulius Pollux : 2.38. |