Mythical Monster

• Gorgon

  (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live...

• Cerberus

  (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon.

• Chimera

  (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and...

• Geryon

  (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules.

• Harpy

  (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a wom...

• Hydra

  (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new...

• Minotaur

  (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain...

• Nemean lion

  (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 lab...

• Sphinx

  (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body;...

• Typhoeus

  (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying...

• Typhon

  (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus...

Nymph

• water nymph

  (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water.

• Pleiades

  (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the...

• Echo

  (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice...

• Hesperides

  (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave...

• Hyades

  (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the...

• Oread

  (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs.

• Sterope

  (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades.

• Daphne

  (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous A...

River

• Acheron

  (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by C...

• Cocytus

  (Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron.

• Lethe

  (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made...

• Styx

  (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls.

Sea Nymph

• sea nymph

  (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus.

• Nereid

  (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.

• Calypso

  (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years.

• Oceanid

  (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

Grace

• Grace

  (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite...

• Aglaia

  (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces.

• Euphrosyne

  (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces.

• Thalia

  (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces.

Gorgon

• Medusa

  (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus.

• Stheno

  (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons.

• Euryale

  (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons.

Greek Deity

• Pontus

  (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus.

• Rhadamanthus

  (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld.

Giant

• Argus

  (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by H...

• Cyclops

  (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their fo...

Also contains

• naiad

  (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains.

• Thetis

  (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus.

• Parnassus

  (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the...

• Cadmus

  (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia.

• Colchis

  (Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site...

• Chiron

  (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and...

• Charon

  (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or...

• Circe

  (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into...

• Adonis

  (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died...

• Epimetheus

  (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from...

• Charybdis

  (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait...

• Elysium

  (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death.