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Hades, king of the underworld, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus
and Poseidon, also known as Pluto; the name Hades was also applied to the
underworld itself
Haemon, son of Creon of Thebes and Eurydice, betrothed to Antigone
Halitherses, son of Mastor, an Ithacan seer, friend of Odysseus
Halius, son of Alcinous king of the Phaeaclans and Arete
Harmonia, wife of Cadmus
Harpalion, son of Pylaemenes, a Troyan ally, killed by Merlones
Harpalycus, son of Hermes, teacher of Heracles
Harpinna, one of the mares of Oenomaus
Hebe, the goddess of youth, wife of Heracles on Olympus
Hecabe see Hecuba
Hecate, originally a personification of divine power, she later came to
be conceived as a goddess of night and the lower world, and eventually of ghosts
and magic
Hector, son of Priam and Hecuba, brother of Paris; greatest of the Troyan
heroes In the Troyan war, finally killed by Achilles
Hecuba, daughter of Dymas king of Phrygia, wife of Priam king of Troy,
mother of Hector and Paris; also known as Hecabe
Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda, half sister of the Tyndaridae and of
Clytaemnestra; she was the wife of Menelaus, famed for her beauty, carried off
by Paris, and thus the cause of the Troyan war Helenus, son of Priam and
Hecuba, endowed, like his sister Cassandra with the gift of prophecy
Heliades, the daughters of Helios and the ocean nymph Clymene, Bisters of
Phaethon
Helios see Apollo
Helle, daughter of Athamas and Nephele, sister of Fhrixus; the Hellespont
was named after her
Hellen, son of Pyrrha and Deucalion, after whom the Greeks were called
Hellenes
Hephaestus, greek god of fire, son of Zeus and Hera
Hera, the queen of the gods, eldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister
and wife of Zeus
Heracles or Hercules, the most illustrious hero of Greek mythology, the son of Zeus
by Alcmene, famed for his manly strength
Heraclidae, the name by which the descendants of Heracles were known
Hermes, son of Zeus and Maia, herald of the gods and guide of the dead in
Hades; known for his inventiveness and versatility
Hermione, only daughter of Menelaus and Helen, wife of Orestes, though at
one time she was betrothed to Neoptolemus
Hesione, daughter of Laomedon, sister of Priam, saved from a sea monster
by Heracles, who gave her as wife to Telamon, to whom she bore Teucer Hesperides, the daughters of Night, guardians of the golden apples which
Gaea caused to grow as a marriage gift for Hera Hicetaon, one of the Troyan elders
Hippocoon, king of Sparta, son of Oebalus and Bateia, brother of
Tyndareus
Hlppocoon, a Thracian, friend of Rhesus Hippodamas, a Troyan, killed by Achilles
Hippodamia, daughter of Oenomaus and Sterope, wife of Pelops
Hippodamia, a Thessalian princess,
daughter of Butes, courted by Pirithous
Hippodamia, wife of Tisiphonus, daughter of Antimachus Hippodamia, one of the handmaids of Penelope
Hippodamia see Briseis Hippolochus, son of Bellerophon, father of Glaucus of Lycia Hippolyte, daughter of greek god Ares, queen of the Amazons, wife of Theseus,
sister of Penthesilea; (these relationships conflict with one another, but the
tradition is confused and inconsistent) Hippolytus, one of the giants Hippolytus, son of Theseus and Hippolyte, a chaste devotee of Artemis,
killed by the curse of his father
Hippomedon, brother of Adrastus, one of the Seven against Thebes Hipponous, son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by Achilles Hippotes, son of Phylas, one of the descendants of Heracles Hippothous, son of Lethus, leader of the Pelasgians, ally of the Troyans,
killed by Ajax Hippotion, a Phrygian, ally of the Troyans,
killed by Meriones Hodius, a Troyan ally, killed by Agamemnon Hodius, an Argive herald
Hours, greek goddesses of order in nature Eunomia (Good Order), Dike
(Justice), and Eirene (Peace); they are also known by the Latin name of Horae
Hydra, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, with nine immortal heads; called the
Lernean Hydra from the district in which it lived Hylas, son of Theiodamas, a beloved companion of Heracles Hyilus, son of Heracles and Deianira Hylonome, the beloved of the centaur Cyllarus Hyperenor, a Troyan, killed by Menelaus Hypiron, a Troyan, killed by Diomedes Hypsenor, son of Hippasus, companion of Antilochus, killed by Deiphobus
Hypsipyle, daughter of Thoas king of Lemnos Hyrnetho, daughter of Temenus, wife of Deiphontes the Heraclid Hyrtius, a Troyan ally, killed by Ajax
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