Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Dyrrhachius" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Melissa, from whom the town of Dyrrachium derived its name. Greek |
"Dysaules" | Greek | The father of Triptolemus and Eubuleus, and a brother of Celeus. He was expelled from Eleusis by Ion, and had come to Phlius, where he introduced the Eleusinian mysteries. Greek |
"Dysponteus aka Dyspontius" | Greek | A son of Oenomaus or Pelops, believed to be the founder of the town of Dyspontium, in Pisatis. Greek |
"E'thon" | Greek | The eagle or vulture that gnawed the liver of Prometheus. greek |
"Eacus aka Aeacus" | Greek | A son of Zeus and Aegina. He was born in the island of Oenone or Oenopia, whither Aegina had been carried by Zeus to secure her from the anger of her parents. Greek |
Goddess name "Ececheira" | Greek | Goddess of armistices and peace Greek |
"Echephron" | Greek | A son of Heracles and Psophis, the daughter of Xanthus or Eryx. He was twin-brother of Promachus. |
Hero name "Echetlaeus" | Greek | A mysterious being who during the battle of Marathon appeared among the Greeks a man, who resembled a rustic, and slew many of the barbarians with his plough. After the battle, when he was searched for, he was not to be found anywhere, and when the Athenians consulted the oracle, they were commanded to worship the hero Echetlaeus. Greek |
"Echidna" | Greek | A daughter of Tartarus and Ge, or of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe and according to others again, of Peiras and Styx. Half-woman, half-serpent. She was mother of the Chim?ra, the many-headed dog Orthos, the hundred-headed dragon of the Hesperides, the Colchian dragon, the Sphinx, Cerberus, Scylla, the Gorgons, the Lern?an hydra, the vulture that gnawed away the liver of Prometheus, and the Nemean lion. Greek |
"Echinades" | Greek | One of the five surviving Spartae that had grown up from the dragon's teeth, which Cadmus had sown. Greek |
King name "Echo" | Greek | An Oreade, who when Zeus was playing with the nymphs, used to keep Hera at a distance by incessantly talking to her. In this manner Hera was not able to detect her faithless husband, and the nymphs had time to escape. Greek |
"Ecstatici" | Greek | A clåśś of Diviners among the ancient Greeks, who used to lie in trances, and when they came to themselves gave strange accounts of what they had seen while they were "out of the body." |
King name "Eetion" | Greek | A king of the Placian Thebe in Cilicia, and father of Andromache and Podes. Greek |
Nymph name "Egeria" | Greek | The nymph who instructed Numa in his wise legislation. Numa used to meet her in a grove near Aricia. Greek |
Angel name "Eheres" | Greek | The angel invoked to remove earwax. |
"Eidothea" | Greek | A daughter of the aged Proteus, who instructed Menelaus, in the island of Pharos at the mouth of the river Aegyptus, in what manner he might secure her father and compel him to say in what way he should return home. Greek |
Goddess name "Eileithyia" | Greek | Also called Eleithyia, Eilethyia, or Eleutho. The ancients derive her name from the coming or helping goddess. She was the goddess of birth, who came to the åśśistance of women in labour; and when she was kindly disposed, she furthered the birth, but when she was angry, she protracted the labour and delayed the birth. Greek |
Goddess name "Eirene" | Greek | Goddess of peace and one of the Horae Greek |