| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| King name "Hyrieus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Alcyone, was king of Hyria in Boeotia, and married to the nymph Clonia, by whom he became the father of Nycteus, Lycus, and Orion. Greek |
| King name "Sithon" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Assa, or of Ares and Achiroe, the daughter of Neilus, was married to the nymph Mendeis, by whom he became the father of Pallene and Rhoeteia. He was king of the Hadomantes in Macedonia, or king of Thrace. Pallene, on account of her beauty, had numerous suitors, and Sithon, who promised her to the one who should conquer him in single combat, slew many. Greek |
| Nymph name "Amycus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon by Bithynis, or by the Bithyaiian nymph Melia. He was ruler of the country of the Bebryces, and when the Argonauts landed on the coast of his dominions, he challenged the bravest of them to a boxing match. |
| Angel name "Melas" | Greek | A son of Poseidon by a nymph of Chios, and brother of angelus. |
| Nymph name "Taras" | Greek | A son of Poseidon by a nymph, is said to have traversed the sea from the promontory of Taenarum to the south of Italy, riding on a dolphin, and to have founded Tarentum in Italy, where he was worshipped as a hero. Greek |
| King name "Hylas" | Greek | A son of Theiodamas, king of the Dryopes, by the nymph Menodice or a son of Heracles, Euphemus, or Ceyx. He was the favourite of Heracles, who, after having killed his father, Theiodamas, took him with him when he joined the expedition of the Argonauts. When the Argonauts landed on the coast of Mysia, Hylas went out to fetch water for Heracles but when he came to a well, his beauty excited the love of the Naiads, who drew him down into the water, and he was never seen again. Greek |
| Nymph name "Bormus" | Greek | A son of Upius, abducted by nymphs. Greek |
| Nymph name "Dodon" | Greek | A son of Zeus by Europa, from whom the oracle of Dodona was believed to have derived its name. Other traditions traced the name to a nymph of the name of Dodone. Greek |
| Nymph name "Spartaeus" | Greek | A son of Zeus by the Rhodian nymph Himalia. Brother to Cronius, and Cytus. |
| Nymph name "Cytus" | Greek | A son of Zeus by the Rhodian nymph Himalia. Brother to Cronius, and Spartaeus. |
| God name "Teucer" | Greek | A son of the river-god Scamander by the nymph Idaea, was the first king of Troy. |
| Nymph name "Sphragitides" | Greek | A surname of a clåśś of prophetic nymphs on mount Cithaeron in Boeotia, where they had a grotto. Greek |
| Nymph name "Clytie" | Greek | A water-nymph, in love with Apollo. Meeting with no return, she was changed into a Sunflower, which, traditionally, still turns to the Sun, following him through his daily course. Greek |
| Nymph name "Hamadryad" | Greek | A wood-nymph. Each tree has its own wood-nymph, who dies when the tree dies. Greek |
| Nymph name "Cadmilus" | Greek | According to Acusilaus a son of Hephaestus and Cabeiro, and father of the Samothracian Cabeiri and the Cabeirian nymphs. Others consider Cadmilus himself as the fourth of the Samothracian Cabeiri. Greek |
| Nymph name "Camenae" | Roman | Aka Casmenae, Carmenae Carmentis, prophetic nymphs. Two of the Camenae were Antevorta and Postvorta. The third was Carmenta or Carmentis, a prophetic and healing divinity. Roman |
| Nymph name "Iasion" | Greek | Also called Iasius, was, according to some, a son of Zeus and Electra, tLe daughter of Atlas, and a brother of Dardåñuś (Theogony of Hesiod 970 ) but others called him a son of Corythus and Electra, of Zeus and the nymph Hemera, or of Ilithyius, or of Minos and the nymph Pyronia.Greek |
| God name "Sinoe" | Greek | An Arcadian nymph, brought up the god Pan, who derived from her the surname Sinoeis. Greek |
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