Metamorphoses into birds in Greek mythology

giant with hundred eyes in Greek mythology

queen in Greek mythology

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In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie ( ; ) is a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus (Polus) and the sister of Leto. According to Hesiod, by the Titan Perses she had a single child, a daughter named Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft. Other authors made Asteria the mother of the fourth Heracles and Hecate by Zeus.

Procne (; ) or Progne is a minor figure in Greek and Roman mythology. Traditionally she is an Athenian princess as the elder daughter of a king of Athens named Pandion. Procne was married to the king of Thrace, Tereus, who lusted after her sister Philomela. Tereus raped Philomela, cut out her tongue, and locked her away. When Procne discovered her sister's rape from a tapestry which Philomela wove and sent to her, she took revenge against her husband by murdering their only child, a boy named Itys, and serving him as food to Tereus. Procne's story serves as an origin myth for the nightingale,

thumb|upright=1.4|Procne and Philomela carving up [[Itys, Temple of Apollo, Thermos, terracotta metope, c. 630–625 BC]] thumb|upright=1.4|"The Rape of Philomela by Tereus", engraved by Virgil Solis for a 1562 edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book VI, 519–562)

thumb|300px|Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens: Tereus Confronted with the Head of his Son Itys, 1636–38 In Greek mythology, Tereus (; ) was a Thracian king, the son of Ares and the naiad Bistonis. He was the brother of Dryas. Tereus was the husband of the Athenian princess Procne and the father of Itys.

thumb|right|300px|17th-century engraving of Nisos's daughter Scylla (princess)|Scylla falling in love with his enemy [[Minos.]]

thumb|250px|Two Centaurs pound Caeneus into the ground with tree trunks; bronze relief from Olympia, Archaeological Museum of Olympia BE 11a (mid–late seventh century BC) In Greek mythology, Caeneus () was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis (), the daughter of Elatus, but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by him into an invulnerable man. Caeneus participated in the Centauromachy, where he met his demise at the hands of the Centaurs by being pounded into the ground while still alive.

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right|thumb|280px|Myrrha and Cinyras. [[Engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses]]

thumb|right|305x305px|The death of the Nymph Hesperides|Hesperia by [[Elie Delaunay.]]

Aëdon () was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus. Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes and one set in Western Asia Minor, both of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning.

Greek mythological figure, daughter of Nisos

character in Greek mythology, son of Ares, killed by Heracles

thumb|270px|The daughters of Pandareus by Henry Fuseli, .

Greek mythical character

in Greek mythology, a name attributed to any of eleven individual characters

thumb|right| Chione killed with an arrow supported by her two sons

thumb|upright=1.4|Athenian wine cup, circa 480 BC, depicting Philomela and [[Procne preparing to kill Itys (Louvre, Paris)]]

mythological Greek character, deity of the underground

in Greek mythology, nine sisters who defied the Muses in a contest of song and were turned into birds

The Minyades () were three Orchomenian (Arcadian) princesses in Greek mythology. These sisters were protagonists of a myth about the perils of neglecting the worship of Dionysus.

The Alcyonides (, Alkyonides) were, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the giant Alcyoneus.

legendary king of Attica, turned into an eagle by Zeus

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the name of numerous people in Greek mythology, including

king of Liguria, son of Sthenelus

mythical character, nephew of Daedalus

daughter of Epopeus in Greek mythology

daughter of Laomedon in Greek mythology

Gerana, sometimes also called Oenoe, is a queen of the Pygmy folk in Greek mythology, who incurred the wrath of the goddess Hera and was subsequently turned into a bird bearing her name, the crane. This aetiological tale explains the ancient rivalry between the Pygmies and the cranes, and also serves as a cautionary tale against the people who hubristically claimed to be better than even the gods themselves.

Trojan, son of Poseidon

daughter of Hippodamia and Autonous and sister to Anthus, Erodius, Schoenous and Acanthus

son of Apollo in Greek mythology

There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon () in Greek mythology: Acmon, one of the mythical race of Dactyls. Acmon, a Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia. Acmon, a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot. Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird. Acmon, the Aenead, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus), a friend of Aeneas in Roman mythology. Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy. Acmon, in some sou

In Greek mythology, the Oenotropae (, "the women who change (into) wine") or Oenotrophae (, the "Winegrowers") were the three daughters of Anius and Dryope.

set of mythological Greek characters

Polyphonte () is a character in Greek mythology, transformed into a strix.

In Greek mythology, the Meleagrids (Ancient Greek: ) are the sisters of the hero Meleager, and daughters of Althaea and Oeneus.

set of mythological Greek characters

son of Eumelus in Greek mythology

daughter of Coronaeus in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Ctesylla () was a maiden of Ioulis in Ceos, daughter of Alcidamas.

In Greek mythology, Clinis or Kleinis () was a native of Babylon and father, by Harpe, of three sons, Harpasus, Lycius, and Ortygius, and of a daughter Artemiche.

minor Greek river divinity, daughter of Asopus

ancient Greek mythological figure

In Greek mythology, Schoeneus (; Ancient Greek: Σχοινεύς Skhoineús, literally "rushy") was the name of several individuals:

In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, Erinoma () or Erinona () is a beautiful maiden who attracted the attention of both Zeus and Adonis, as well as the wrath of Hera and Aphrodite. Her story seems to be a local variant of Adonis's myth originating from the island of Cyprus, and survives only in the late works of Servius, a Latin grammarian who lived during the early fifth century AD.

daughter of Eumelus in Greek mythology

mythical daughter of Clymenus, turned into a bird

In Greek mythology, Botres () was a Theban son of Eumelus and grandson of Eugnotus.

In Greek mythology, Autonous (Ancient Greek: Αὐτόνοος (Auto - Nuss) means 'man with a mind of his own') was an owner of a large herd of horses which were pastured by his wife and children.

In Greek mythology, Rhexenor ( means "breaking armed ranks") may refer to the following figures:

Eumelus ( Eúmēlos means "rich in sheep") was the name of:

son of Autonous in Greek mythology

Greek mythical character