![]() Due to a curse from Aphrodite, she fell in love with the Cretan Bull. She was a powerful sorceress who married King Minos of Crete. Orpheus: son of Calliope and the god Apollo.Along with Hippolytus, he is one of the only male hunters who followed Artemis. Orion: son of Poseidon (the sea god) and Euryale, a Cretan princess.He and most of his sons were killed by Heracles, leaving only one survivor. He was the twin brother of Pelias, who played a key role in the story of the Argonauts. Neleus: son of Poseidon and Tyro and king of Pylos.Cursed by Nemesis, he ended up falling in love with his own reflection. A Boeotian hero who scorned many of his lovers, including Echo. Narcissus: son of the river-god Cephissus and Liriope.He commissioned Daedalus to build him the Labyrinth, where he hid the Minotaur, a bull-man creature born from the union of his wife Pasiphae and a bull. Minos: son of Zeus and Europa, and king of Crete.Memnon: son of Tithonus and Eos, a Titan goddess of the dawn.They eventually got reunited many years later. Creusa abandoned Ion when he was just a child, so he was raised by a pristess of Delphi. Ion: son of Apollo and Creusa of Athens.Iasion: son of Zeus and Electra (one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione).Hyacinthus: son of the Muse Clio and Oebalus of Sparta, lover of Apollo.Hippolyta: daughter of Ares, a Queen of the Amazons.Helen of Sparta, also known as Helen of Troy: According to older sources, daughter of king Tyndareus and Leda, but Homer also calls her daughter of Zeus and Leda.Heracles: son of Zeus (king of the gods) and Alcmene, a mortal woman.However, in Samothrace mythology, she was the daughter of Zeus and Electra. Harmonia: according to Greek mythology was the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite.Epaphus: son of Zeus and Io, a priestess of the goddess Hera (Zeus' wife). ![]() Dionysus: son of Zeus and Semele, born a mortal, later became the god of wine.He and his cousin-wife Pyrrha repopulated the earth after the Great Flood that ended the Bronze Age. Dardanus: son of Zeus and Electra, daughter of Atlas.Codrus: son of Poseidon and King of Athens, forefather of Ariston of Athens, father of Plato.Ceyx: son of Eosphorus, King of Trachis and husband of Alcyone.His brother was Zethes, and they are collectively known as Boreads. Calais: son of Boreas (the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter) and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens.According to Apollodorus and Hesiod's catalogues by Hyginus, he was a son of the sea god Poseidon by Eurymede. Bellerophon: according to Homer's Iliad, son of Glaucus and Eurymede of Corinth.He was a famous thief and ancestor of Odysseus who was also Heracles' wrestling teacher. Heracles had to clean his stables as one of his famed twelve labours. Zeus killed him for this, but raised him from the dead as the god of healing and medicine. He became such a great healer, that he could bring back the dead. Asclepius: son of Apollo and Coronis, who achieved divine status after death.He was a shepherd who was made a god after inventing skills such as cheese-making and bee-keeping. Aristaeus: son of Apollo and Cyrene, a Thessalian princess.Arcas: son of Zeus and Callisto, a nymph and minor goddess associated with Aphrodite.Amphion: son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus.He fled to Italy and became the ancestor of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. Aeneas: Trojan hero, son of Aphrodite, goddess of love and Prince Anchises.His daughter Medea married the famous hero Jason. He was the king of Colchis and played a key role in the story of the Argonauts. He was the father of Telamon and Peleus and grandfather of Ajax and Achilles. Aeacus: son of Zeus and Aegina who was the daughter of a river god.Actaeon: son of Aristaeus and Autonoƫ, Boeotian prince who was turned into a stag by Artemis and torn to pieces by his own hounds.Achilles: son of the sea nymph Thetis (daughter of sea god Nereus), and Peleus, king of the Myrmidons.( July 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please improve this section by adding secondary or tertiary sources. This section relies too much on references to primary sources.
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