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Laconia – Mythopedia Laconia was a mountainous region of the southeastern Peloponnese The area’s most powerful city (in both mythical and historical times) was Sparta
Centaurs – Mythopedia Centaurs were hybrid creatures, human from the waist up but with the body and legs of a horse They lived an untamed and brutal existence in the forests and mountains of Greece, where they battled many famous Greek heroes
Hyacinthus – Mythopedia Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his blood into the hyacinth flower
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
Ares – Mythopedia Ares was the Greek god of war and violence and the least loved of all the Olympians He often clashed with the other gods due to his cruelty and brutality
Aeneas – Mythopedia Aeneas was a Trojan hero who bravely fought the Greeks during the Trojan War After the war, he settled in the West, where he became the ancestor of the Romans
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
Daphne – Mythopedia Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a Greek river god In her most famous myth, she was desired by the Olympian god Apollo and was only able to escape his advances by transforming into a laurel tree
Heraclids – Mythopedia The Heraclids (or Heracleidae) were the numerous descendants of the Greek hero Heracles Hunted by Heracles’ enemies, they eventually banded together and conquered many important Greek cities, including Mycenae, Sparta, and Argos
Silenus – Mythopedia Silenus was the oldest, wisest, and wildest of the satyrs (or silens)—half-human, half-animal creatures in Dionysus’ drunken band of revelers Silenus was sometimes said to have been the tutor of the young Dionysus