Women of Poseidon

Aphrodite (, ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretised Roman counterpart , desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna. Aphrodite's main cult centers were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens. Her main festival was the Aphrodisia, which was c

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: Dēmḗtēr ; Doric: Dāmā́tēr) is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although Demeter is mostly known as a grain goddess, she also appeared as a goddess of health, birth, and marriage, and had connections to the Underworld. She is also called Deo ( Dēṓ).

In Greek mythology, Gaia (; , a poetic form of (''''), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), also spelled Gaea (), is the personification of Earth. She is the mother of Uranus (Sky), with whom she conceived the Titans (themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods), the Cyclopes, and the Giants, as well as of Pontus (Sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra.

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In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; ) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia, a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.

goddess in Roman and Greek mythology

thumb|upright=1.5|Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug. The Cupid above represents the erotic motive of the scene (Roman-era mosaic, [[House of Dionysos at Paphos)]] In Greek mythology, Amymone (; , "blameless; innocent") was one of the 50 Danaids as a daughter of Danaus, king of Libya. As the "blameless" Danaid, her name identifies her as, perhaps, identical to Hypermnestra ("great wooing" or "high marriage"): the one Danaid who did not assassinate her husband on their wedding night.

In Greek mythology, Tyro () was an Elean princess who later became Queen of Iolcus.

In Greek mythology, Thoosa (, ), also spelled Thoösa, was, according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus.

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.

mother of Theseus

thumb|The Harpy Celaeno (1902) by Mary Pownall, at the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow]] In Greek mythology, Celaeno (; , lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) was the name of several figures.

thumb|upright=.8|Canace in a Roman wall painting from Tor Marancia, Rome, 3rd century CE (Vatican Library) In Greek mythology, Canace (; ) was the daughter of Aeolus, the king of Thessaly, and Enarete, daughter of Deimachus. She is known for the story, told by Euripides and Ovid, of her incestuous relationship with her brother Macareus and her subsequent suicide.

Alope () was in Greek mythology a mortal woman, the daughter of Cercyon, known for her great beauty.

mythological Greek character, daughter of Boreas

Greek nymph

Greek mythological figure; one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas

nymph

nymph in Greek mythology

200px|thumb|Βee goddesses, perhaps one of the Thriae, found at Camiros, [[Rhodes, dated to 7th century BCE (British Museum)]]

In Greek mythology, Astypalaea (; ) or Astypale was a Phoenician princess as the daughter of King Phoenix and Perimede, daughter of Oeneus; thus she was the sister of Europa. In some accounts, her mother was called Telephe and her siblings were Peirus and again Europe. Astypale was a lover of Poseidon who seduced her, and had two sons by him: Ancaeus, King of Samos, and Eurypylos, King of Kos.

In Greek mythology, Theophane (Ancient Greek: Θεοφάνη) was a daughter of Bisaltes.

In Greek mythology, Ceroessa () was a heroine of the foundational myth of Byzantium. She was the daughter of Io and Zeus; elder sister of Epaphus; and mother of Byzas, founder of Byzantium, with her uncle, Poseidon. Creusa was Keroessa's misnomer in the Etymologicum Magnum.

nymph in Greek mythology, consort of Poseidon

daughter of Nisos in Greek mythology

Najad in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Eurycyda () was an Elean princess as the daughter of King Endymion of Elis by either Asterodia, Chromia or Hyperippe. Her name was derived from the Greek elements eurys ("wide" or "broad") and kydos (often interpreted as "glory" or "renown"), suggesting a meaning of "wide-glory" or "far-famed". Several authors refer to her as "Eurypyle".

nymph in Greek mythology

Mythological character, mother of the Moliones

one of the prophetic Thriae nymphs

Pronoe (; Ancient Greek: Προνόη Pronóē means 'forethought') refers to six characters in Greek mythology. Pronoe, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Her name means "the provident" or "bewailing, complaining". Pronoe, daughter of Phorbus. She married King Aetolus of Aetolia and bore him Pleuron and Calydon. Pronoe, an Argive princess as daughter of King Melampus of Argos, and Iphianeira, daughter of Megapenthes. She was considered to be a seer. Pronoe, daughter of the river god Asopus, mother of Phocus by Poseidon. Pronoe,

summary of people named Euboea in Greek mythology

set of mythological Greek characters