Gods, heroes and places in the ancient sources
Each name below leads to every passage of the library that tells of that figure — what Homer, Hesiod, Apollodorus, the tragedians and Ovid each say — in the original with English translation. 343 figures with 5 or more passages are listed; the rest are reached from their own pages.
Olympians
Titans
Greek Gods
- Achelous 21
- Adonis 23
- Aeolus 21
- Aether 8
- Alpheus 43
- Amphitrite 9
- Aristaeus 24
- Asclepius 74
- Asopus 30
- Atropos 5
- Aura 6
- Britomartis 5
- Calypso 13
- Cephissus 14
- Chaos 8
- Circe 36
- Clotho 7
- Daphne 11
- Demeter 143
- Dionysus 425
- Echo 11
- Eileithyia 16
- Enyo 7
- Eris 7
- Eros 57
- Gaea 14
- Harmonia 29
- Hebe 17
- Hecate 24
- Heliades 5
- Helios 40
- Hesperides 12
- Hesperus 9
- Hyades 8
- Iasion 5
- Iris 40
- Nemesis 17
- Oenone 10
- Paean 14
- Pan 73
- Peneus 7
- Persephone 51
- Phorcys 10
- Ploutos 7
- Pontus 10
- Priapus 9
- Proteus 28
- Scamander 16
- Tartarus 19
- The Erinnyes 53
- The Fates 35
- The Graces 31
- The Muses 150
- Thetis 63
- Typhoeus 40
- Uranus 17
- Zagreus 7
Heroes, Mortals, Creatures and Places
- Achilles 276
- Acrisius 10
- Actaeon 20
- Admetus 39
- Adrastus 41
- Aeacus 75
- Aeaea 6
- Aeetes 28
- Aegeus 28
- Aegialeus 6
- Aegisthus 44
- Aeneas 143
- Aethra 17
- Agamemnon 209
- Agrius 5
- Ajax 115
- Alcathous 7
- Alcestis 25
- Alcinous 23
- Alcmaeon 9
- Alcmene 29
- Althaea 9
- Amazons 50
- Amphiaraus 29
- Amphion 20
- Amphitryon 36
- Anchises 31
- Andromache 39
- Andromeda 20
- Antaeus 7
- Antenor 15
- Antigone 40
- Antinous 16
- Arcadia 62
- Arete 7
- Argus Panoptes 9
- Ariadne 29
- Arion 10
- Atalanta 16
- Athamas 17
- Athens 371
- Atreus 95
- Attis 9
- Aulis 24
- Autolycus 11
- Autonoe 16
- Bellerophon 17
- Cadmus 99
- Calchas 30
- Callirrhoe 7
- Callisto 19
- Calydon 13
- Calydonian Boar 8
- Capaneus 15
- Cassandra 45
- Cassiopeia 6
- Cecrops 13
- Celeus 10
- Centaur 43
- Cephalus 19
- Cepheus 19
- Cerberus 14
- Ceyx 9
- Charon 12
- Charybdis 18
- Chimaera 9
- Chiron 23
- Chloris 6
- Cinyras 6
- Clytemnestra 54
- Clytius 6
- Colchis 29
- Copreus 5
- Corinth 91
- Creon 52
- Crete 113
- Croesus 34
- Cyclopes 22
- Cyrene 27
- Daedalus 30
- Danae 13
- Deianira 29
- Delphi 186
- Demophon 18
- Deucalion 25
- Dido 20
- Dioscuri 89
- Doris 7
- Electra 73
- Endymion 12
- Epaphus 12
- Erechtheus 29
- Erichthonius 12
- Eteocles 33
- Eumaeus 24
- Eumolpus 7
- Europa 25
- Eurydice 5
- Eurylochus 8
- Eurystheus 45
- Eurytus 22
- Ganymede 18
- Geryon 13
- Glaucus 11
- Golden Fleece 5
- Gorgons 32
- Harpies 8
- Hecatoncheires 6
- Hector 167
- Hecuba 63
- Helen 151
- Helenus 19
- Helle 9
- Heracles 465
- Hermione 28
- Hesione 6
- Hippodamia 11
- Hippolytus 35
- Hyacinthus 11
- Hylas 9
- Iacchus 5
- Icarus 9
- Idas 19
- Inachus 20
- Ino 28
- Io 15
- Iolcus 16
- Iole 14
- Ion 20
- Iphigenia 60
- Ismene 12
- Ithaca 40
- Itys 5
- Ixion 14
- Janus 11
- Jason 95
- Jocasta 28
- King Midas 16
- Ladon 5
- Laertes 22
- Laius 24
- Lamia 5
- Laocoon 6
- Laomedon 20
- Leda 15
- Lerna 13
- Lernaean Hydra 19
- Lichas 12
- Lycaon 22
- Lycia 23
- Macaria 6
- Maenads 5
- Maera 8
- Marsyas 14
- Medea 64
- Medusa 18
- Megareus 6
- Melanippus 8
- Meleager 14
- Melicertes 25
- Memnon 18
- Menelaus 181
- Mentor 6
- Metanira 5
- Minos 74
- Minotaur 11
- Minyas 8
- Mount Olympus 124
- Narcissus 5
- Nausicaa 9
- Neleus 29
- Nemea 22
- Nemean Lion 9
- Neoptolemus 77
- Nereids 27
- Nereus 18
- Nessus 10
- Nestor 82
- Niobe 24
- Odysseus 315
- Oedipus 90
- Oeneus 26
- Oenomaus 20
- Orestes 153
- Orion 35
- Orpheus 55
- Palamedes 16
- Pandion I 9
- Pandora 5
- Paris 67
- Parthenopeus 7
- Pasiphae 10
- Patroclus 61
- Pegasus 15
- Peleus 115
- Pelias 26
- Pelops 50
- Penelope 44
- Pentheus 43
- Perseus 51
- Phaedra 33
- Phaethon 24
- Philoctetes 38
- Philomela 9
- Phineus 14
- Phocus 9
- Phoroneus 9
- Phrixus 26
- Pirithous 22
- Pittheus 7
- Polydectes 6
- Polynices 45
- Polyphemus 33
- Polyxena 17
- Priam 150
- Procne 9
- Procris 9
- Proetus 13
- Pylades 37
- Pyrrha 10
- Python 7
- Remus 14
- Rhadamanthus 22
- Rhesus 17
- Romulus 51
- Satyrs 39
- Scylla 25
- Semele 46
- Silenus 30
- Sinon 6
- Sirens 18
- Sisyphus 19
- Sparta 260
- Sphinx 14
- Tantalus 29
- Teiresias 53
- Telamon 46
- Telchines 7
- Telemachus 60
- Telephus 23
- Tereus 11
- The Pleiades 12
- Thebes 194
- Thersites 9
- Theseus 162
- Thyestes 14
- Triptolemus 17
- Triton 18
- Troezen 17
- Troy 374
- Tydeus 39
- Tyndareus 30
- Zethus 9
