- Endymion – Mythopedia
Endymion, son of Aethlius and Calyce, was a king of Elis whose remarkable beauty won him the love of Selene, goddess of the moon In the best-known tradition, the gods caused Endymion to fall into an eternal sleep so that he would remain young and handsome forever
- Hypnos – Mythopedia
Hypnos, son of Nyx and twin brother of Thanatos, was the divine personification of sleep A handsome winged god who could be gentle as well as hostile, Hypnos was imagined flying across the world, bringing sleep to all living things
- Selene – Mythopedia
Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the moon and a goddess of the night The love of her life was the handsome Endymion, who became Selene’s eternally slumbering consort
- Hera – Mythopedia
Hera, sister and wife of Zeus, was the queen of the Olympians and the Greek goddess of women, motherhood, and marriage She was constantly jealous of Zeus’ many affairs
- Anchises – Mythopedia
Anchises, son of Capys, was a member of the royal family of Troy His son was the hero Aeneas, born from Anchises’ union with the goddess Aphrodite Aeneas fled Troy when it was sacked by the Greeks and went on to become the ancestor of the Roman people
- Deucalion (son of Prometheus) – Mythopedia
Deucalion, son of the Titan Prometheus, was most famous for surviving a flood that Zeus sent to wipe out the human race After the waters subsided, Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha repopulated the earth by throwing stones over the shoulders, which transformed into people
- Naiads – Mythopedia
The Naiads were water nymphs, generally associated with bodies of fresh water such as springs, rivers, and lakes Many of them were the daughters, lovers, or mothers of famous heroes and gods
- Adonis – Mythopedia
Adonis was a young man so handsome that he earned the affections of Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself His myth ended tragically when he was slain by a boar while hunting
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