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Giants
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Bane of Zeus
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Porphyrion
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Bane of Poseidon
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Polybotes
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Bane of Hades
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Alcyoneus
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Bane of Athena
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Enceladus
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Banes of Dionysus (Name one)
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Otis/Ephialtes
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Bane of Ares
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Damasen
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Bane of Hecate
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Clytius
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Bane of Apollo and Artemis
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Orion
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Bane of Hermes
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Hippolytos
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Bane of Hephaestus
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Mimas
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Bane of the Fates
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Thoon
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Bane of Aphrodite
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Periboia
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Important Figures
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Cupbearer of the Gods
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Ganymede
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Invincible, except for his heel
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Achilles
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Gorgon who turned people to stone
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Medusa
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Hero who slayed above
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Perseus
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Maiden chained to a rock and saved by the above hero |
Andromeda
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Wise Centaur, tutor of Heroes
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Chiron
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Creator of the Labyrinth
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Daedalus
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He flew too close to the sun
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Icarus
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Musician who traveled to the
underworld
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Orpheus
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Mother of many Monsters
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Echidna
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Condemned to roll a boulder up a hill eternally |
Sisyphus
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Sea monster who ate sailors from a
cliff
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Scylla
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Sea monster, often depicted as a
whirlpool
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Charybdis
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Guardian of the Golden Apples
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Ladon
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Ferryman of souls to the underworld
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Charon
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Founder of Rome
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Aeneas
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Immortal Winged Horse
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Pegasus
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Hero who rode above
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Bellerophon
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The greatest of Greek heroes,
Completed 12 tasks
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Heracles
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King of Crete and Judge of the Dead
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Minos
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Escaped the Labyrinth
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Theseus
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Daughter of the King of Crete, helped the above hero escape the labyrinth |
Ariadne
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Mortal king of Mycenae in the
Trojan War
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Agamemnon
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Greatest hero of Troy during the Trojan War |
Hector
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Abducted by Troy, her face launched 1000 ships |
Helen of Troy
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Kidnapped above, prince of Troy
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Paris
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Father of Above, King of Troy
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Priam
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King of Ithaca, fought in the
Trojan War
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Odysseus
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Wife of above
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Penelope
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Captain of the Argo, recovered the
Golden Fleece
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Jason
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Member of the Argonauts, covered
with eyes
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Argus
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Argonaut, Leader of the Calydonian
Boar hunt
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Meleager
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Stared into a pool of water until he died
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Narcissus
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Fed his son to the Gods, given the
eternal punishment of always being
next to a lake he couldn't drink from
and a fruit tree he couldn't reach
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Tantalus
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Often considered as the worst
monster, had the torso of a human
and legs made of serpents. Often
associated with volcanic activity.
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Typhon
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Three Headed Dog in the Underworld
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Cerberus
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Creatures and Monsters
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Half-Man Half Goat Creatures
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Satyrs
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Half-Man Half Horse Creatures
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Centaurs
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Half-Man Half Bull Creature
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Minotaur
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Creature with the head of a Woman,
the body of a Lion, and the wings of an
Eagle
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Sphinx
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Large, single eyed Monsters
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Cyclopes
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Half-Woman, half bird Monsters whose
singing led sailors to their doom
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Sirens
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Monsters who appeared as women
with Snakes for hair
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Gorgons
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Creature with the head and wings of
an eagle and the body of a lion
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Griffin
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Creature with a woman's head and
body with a bird's wings
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Harpy
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Many headed monster
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Hydra
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Monster with the head and body of a
lion, the head of a goat, and the tail
of a serpent
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Chimera
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Giant, Serpent like Monster,
occasionally depicted with wings
or many heads
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Drakon
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Monster with 100 arms and 50 heads
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Hecatoncheires
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Snakes that kill anyone who lays eyes
on them
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Basilisk
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Shape-shifting female being with one copper leg |
Empousa
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Female Tree Spirit
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Dryad
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Creature with the torso of a horse and
lower half of a fish
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Hippocampus
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Creature with the body of a lion, the
head of a human, and the tail of a
scorpion
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Manticore
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Birds with razor sharp beaks
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Stymphalian birds
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Creature with the torso of a woman
and the lower half of a dragon
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Dracaenae
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