1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described

she was changed into a reed,

one of the names of Venus, given to her by Spartan women.

son of Apollo and Cyrene, was the god of trees; he also taught mankind the use of honey, and how to get oil from olives.

For this act the dolphin was raised to heaven as a constellation.

He then threw himself into the sea, and one of the dolphins took him up and carried him to Taenarus, near Corinth.

Once when traveling from Lesbos his companions robbed him, and proposed to throw him into the sea.

was a famous lyric poet of Methymna, in the Island of Lesbos, where he gained great riches by his art.

This name was given to the fifty heroes who sailed to Colchis in the ship Argo, under the command of Jason, to fetch the Golden Fleece.

She was as virtuous as she was beautiful.

turned by Diana into a rivulet which ran underground