Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Corythallia" | Greek | A surname of Artemis at Sparta, at whose festival of the Tithenidia the Spartan boys were carried into her sanctuary. Greek |
King name "Corythus" | Greek | 1. An Italian hero, a son of Jupiter, and husband of Electra, the daughter of Atlas, by whom he became the father of Jasius and Dardåñuś. He is described as king of Tuscia, and as the founder of Corythus. 2. A son of Paris and Oenone. He loved Helena and was beloved by her, and was therefore killed by his own father. Greek |
"Cranaea" | Greek | A surname of Artemis, derived from a temple on a hill near Elateia. Greek |
King name "Cranaus" | Greek | An autochthon and king of Attica, who reigned at the time of the flood of Deucalion. He was married to Pedias, by whom he became the father of Cranae, Cranaechme, and Atthis, from the last of whom Attica was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
Nymph name "Craneus" | Greek | A Hamadryad nymph of the Oak tree. Greek |
"Cratos" | Greek | The personification of strength, described as a son of Uråñuś and Ge. Greek |
God name "Cratos" | Greek | God of strength. See KRATOS.... |
King name "Creon" | Greek | A mythical king of Corinth, a son of Lycaethus. Greek |
"Cretheus" | Greek | A son of Aeolus and Enarete, was married to Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus, by whom he became the father of Aeson, Pheres, Amythaon, and Hippolyte. He is called the founder of the town of lolcus. Greek |
King name "Creusa" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Oceåñuś and Ge. She was a Naid, and became by Peneius the mother of Hypseus, king of the Lapithae, and of Stilbe. 2. A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, was married to Xuthus, by whom she became the mother of Achaeus and Ion. Greek |
"Crimisus" | Greek | A son of Oceåñuś and Tethys. According to Virgil's Aeneid* (5.38) and Hyginus' Fabulae (273), Crinisus was the father of Acestes by Segesta (Egesta). Greek |
God name "Crionis" | Greek | One of the many river gods |
"Critomedia" | Greek | wife of Antipaphos. |
"Crius" | Greek | Or Creius, a son of Uråñuś and Gaia, and one of the Titans, who was the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. (The Theogony of Hesiod) Greek |
"Cromus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon, from whom Cromyon in the territory of Corinth was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
"Cronides or Cronion" | Greek | A patronymic from Cronus, and very commonly given to Zeus, the son of Cronus. Greek |
Nymph name "Cronius" | Greek | The name of two mythical personages, the one a son of Zeus by the nymph Himalia, and the other a suitor of Hippodameia, who was killed by Oenomaus. |
God name "Cronos" | Celtic | Minor harvest & Sun god with Greek roots |