Greco-Roman deity

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Graeco-Roman deity

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Aesculapius

son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea

Bacchus

(classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

Priapus

(classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards

Lorelei

a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction

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nymph

(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

Latona, Leto

wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology

Echo

(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

Atlantides, Hesperides

(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera

Hyades

(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward

Oread

(Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs

Pleiades

(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion

Asterope, Sterope

(Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades

water nymph

(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water

Daphne

(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo

dryad, wood nymph

a deity or nymph of the woods

Salmacis

nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body

Type of:

deity, divinity, god, immortal

any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force