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Lykaios, tide of Zeus in Arkadia.
Lykia, region in southern Asia Minor.
Magnesia, district of Thessaly.
Mainalian Hills, in Arcadia.
Mantinea, city of Arkadia.
Marathon, on east coast of Attica.
m Medeia, daughter of Aietas and wife of Jason.
m Medoisa, one of the Gorgons.
Megakles, Athenian, member of the Alkmaionid family.
Megara, city north of the Isthmus of Korinth.
Megas, Aiginetan athlete, father of Deinias.
Meidylidai, Aiginetan family.
m Melampos, son of Amythaon, an Argonaut.
m Melanippos, son of Astakis, a Theban hero.
m Meleagros, son of Oineus and Althaia, a hero.
Melesias, Athenian trainer of athletes.
m Melia, heroine, daughter of Ocean, honoured at Thebes.
Melissos, Theban athlete, son of Telesiadas, of the family of the Kleonymidai.
m Memnon, king of the Ethiopians, son of the Dawn, killed by Achilles.
Menandros, trainer from Athens.
m Menelaos, brother of Agamemnon and first husband of Helen.
m Menoitios, father of Patroklos.
m Metopa, daughter of the Arkadian river Ladon and mother of Theba.
Midas, flute-player from Akragas.
m Midea, mother of Likymnios.
Minyai, ancient inhabitants of Orchomenos.
m Moliones, Kteatos and Eurytos, sons of Poseidon and Aktor.
Molossia, district in north-west Greece.
m Mopsos, seer and Argonaut.
m Myrmidons, followers of Achilles.
Mysian Plain, near Troy.
Nemea, in the Argolid between Kleonai and Phleious, where Nemean Games were held in alternate years.
m Neoptolemos, son of Achilles.
m Nereus, sea-god, father of Thetis.
m Nestor, king of Pylos.
Nikasippos, Sicilian charioteer.
m Nikeus, thrower of discus in first Olympian Games.
Nikokleës, Aiginetan, kinsman of Kleandros, killed at Salamis.
Nikomachos, charioteer of Xenokrates.
m Nisos, son of Pandion, king of Megara.
m Odysseus, legendary hero.
m Oidipous, son of Laios, father of Eteokles and Polyneikes.
m Oikleës, father of Amphiaraos.
Oineidai, descendants of Oineus, the father of Meleagros and Deianira.
m Oinomaos, legendary king of Pisa, father of Hippodameia.
m Oionos, grandson of Midea, son of Likymnios, winner of footrace in first Olympian Games.
Oligaithos, sons of, noble clan at Korinth.
Olympia, in Elis on river Alpheos, scene of Olympian Games every fourth year.
Olympos, mountain in north-east Greece and alleged home of the gods.
Onchestos, Boiotian city.
Opoeis, 1. legendary king of Elis.
Opoeis, 2. Lokrian city.
Orchomenos, Boiotian city.
m Orestas, son of Agamemnon and Klytaimestra.
m Orion, legendary hunter, turned into constellation.
m Orpheus, singer and musician.
Orseas, trainer of Melissos.
Ortygia, eastern part of the city of Syracuse, formerly an island.
m Otos, son of Poseidon and Iphimedeia.
Oulias, of Argos, father of Theaios.
Ouranidas, Kronos, son of Ouranos.
m Pagasos, winged horse of Bellerophon.
Paian, Apollo
Palion, mountain in Thessaly.
Pallas, Athana.
Pamphaes, Argive ancestor of Theaios.
Pamphylos, son of Aigimios, founder of the Spartan state.
Pan, god.
m Paris, son of Priam and second husband of Helen.
Parnassos, mountain above Delphoi.
m Patroklos, son of Menoitios and friend of Achilles.
Peirana, fountain in Korinth.
Peisandros, remote ancestor of Aristagoras of Tenedos, coming originally from Sparta.
Pellanna, town in Arkadia.
m Peleus, son of Aiakos, wife of Thetis, father of Achilles.
m Pelias, son of Poseidon (or Kretheus) and Tyro, king of Iolkos.
Pelinna, town in Thessaly.
m Pelops, son of Tantalos and founder of Olympian festival.
Peneios, Thessalian river.
Pergamos, Troy.
m Periklymenos, son of Poseidon and Chloris.
Persephona, goddess of the underworld.
m Perseus, son of Zeus and Danaä.
Phaisana, Arkadian town.
Phalaris, tyrant of Akragas.
Phasis, river of Colchis.
Pherenikos, victorious horse of Hieron.
m Pheras, brother of Aison.
m Philoktetes, hero, archer in Trojan War.
m Philyra, mother of Cheiron.
Phintis, charioteer of Hagesias.
Phlegra, on the Isthmus of Pallene, scene of battle between Gods and Giants.
m Phlegyas, king of the Lapiths and father of Koronis.
Phleious, Argive city.
Phoibos, Apollo.
m Phokos, Aiginetan, son of Aiakos and Psamatheia.
m Phorkos, father of the Gorgons.
m Phrastor, winner of the javelin cast at first Olympian Games.
Phrikias, Thessalian, father of Hippokleas.
m Phrixos, son of Athamas, brought to Colchis by a ram with a golden fleece.
Phrygians, allies of the Trojans.
Phthia, Thessalian town.
Phylaka, city near the Pagasaean Gulf.
Phylakidas, Aiginetan, younger son of Lampon.
Pieria, district of Thessaly, home of the Muses.
Pindos, mountain in north-west Greece.
Pisa, in Elis, seat of the Olympian Games.
m Pitana, daughter of Eurotas and mother of Evadna.
m Pleiads, nymphs, who, when pursued by Orion, were turned first into doves and then into stars.
m Poias, father of Philoktetes.
Polydektas, king of Seriphos, tries to wed Danaä.
m Polydeukes, son of Zeus and Leda, twin of Kastor.
Polymnastos, father of King Battos I of Kyrene.
m Polyneikes, son of Oidipous.
Polytimidas, Aiginetan boy athlete, kinsman of Alkimidas.
m Porphyrion, giant.
Poseidon, god of the sea.
Praxidamas, Aiginetan, son of Sokleidas.
m Priam, king of Troy.
m Proitos, king of Tiryns.
m Protesilas, king of Phylaka, killed at Troy.
m Protogeneia, of Opous, descended from Deukalion and Pyrrha.
Psalychidai, Aiginetan family.
m Psamatheia, daughter of Nereus and Doris, mother of Phokos.
Psaumis, of Kamarina, son of Akron.
m Pyladas, son of Strophios of Krisa, friend of Orestas.
Pylos, city in south-west Peloponnese.
m Pyrrha, wife of Deukalion.
Pytheas, Aiginetan, elder son of Lampon.
Pytho, Delphoi.
Rhadamanthys, judge of the dead.
Rhea, mother of the gods.
Rhodos (Rhodes), island, nymph of same name.
Salamis, island off Attica, scene of naval defeat of the Persians.
m Salmoncus, son of Aiolos and brother of Kretheus.
m Samos, son of Halirrothios, of Mantinea, winner of chariot-race in first Olympian Games.
m Sarpedon, son of Zeus, Lykian, fights on Trojan side.
Sekyon (Sicyon), city on north coast of Peloponnese, where games were held.
m Semela, daughter of Kadmos and mother of Dionysos.
Seriphos, island in the Aegean.
Sipylos, mountain in Asia Minor.
m Sisyphos, son of Aiolos, king of Korinth.
Skamandros, river of Troy.
Skyros, island in Aegean.
Sogenes, Aiginetan boy athlete,
son of Thearion.
Solymoi, people of Asia Minor.
Sostratos, Syracusan, father of Hagesias.
Sparta, city of central Peloponnese.
m Spartoi (Sown Men), warriors sprung from the dragon’s teeth.
Strepsiadas, Theban athlete.
m Strophios, king of Phokis and father of Pyladas.
Stymphalos, Arkadian city.
Tainaros, town of Lakonia near promontory of same name.
m Talaos, father of Adrastos.
m Tantalos, king of Phrygia, father of Pelops.
Tartaros, ancient Hell.
m Taÿgeta, daughter of Atlas.
Taygetos, mountain in Lakonia.
Tegea, city of Arkadia.
m Teiresias, Theban seer.
m Telamon, Aiginetan hero, father of Aias.
Teleboai, originally inhabitants of Akarnania but later migrated to various islands.
m Telephos, king of Mysia, ally of Trojans, killed by Achilles.
Telesarchos, Aiginetan, father of Kleandros.
Telesiadas, Theban, father of Melissos.
Telesikrates, of Kyrene, son of Karneiadas.
Tenedos, island off the Troad.
Terpsias, Korinthian, son of Ptoiodoros.
Terpsichora, Muse.
m Teukros, son of Telamon.
m Teuthras, king of Mysia, ally of Trojans.
Thalia, one of the Graces.
Theaios, Argive athlete.
Theandridai, Aiginetan family.
Thearion, Aiginetan, father of Sogenes.
Theba, eponymous nymph of Thebes.
Thebes, capital city of Boiotia.
Theia, goddess of light.
Themis, goddess of order.
Themistios, Aiginetan, father of Euthymenes, maternal uncle of Pytheas and Phylakidas.
Theognetos, Aiginetan, uncle of Aristomenes.
Thera, island in the Aegean.
Therapna, in Lakonia.
Theron, tyrant of Akragas, son of Ainesidamos and member of clan of Emmenidai.
Thessalos, Korinthian, son of Ptoiodoros and father of Xenophon.
Thessaly, large district in northern Greece.
m Thetis, Nereid, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles.
Thorax, Thessalian, kinsman of Hippokleas.
Thrasyboulos, of Akragas, son of Xenokrates and nephew of Theron.
Thrasydaios, Theban boy athlete.
Thrasyklos, Argive, kinsman of Theaios.
m Thyona, Semela.
Timasarchos, Aiginetan, boy athlete, son of Timokritos.
Timodamos, from Acharnai in Attica, son of Timonoos.
Timosthenes, Aiginetan, elder brother of Alkimedon.
Tiryns, city of the Argolid.
m Tityos, son of Earth.
m Tlapolemos, son of Herakles and Astydameia, first colonist of Rhodes.
Trident-lifter, Poseidon.
Tritonis, lake in north Africa.
Troy, city in north-west Asia Minor.
m Tyndaridai, Kastor and Polydeukes.
m Typhos, hundred-headed giant.
Tyrrhenians, Etruscans.
Vineland, Aigina.
Xanthos, river of south-west Ask Minor.
Xenarkes, Aiginetan, father of Aristomenes.
Xenokrates, brother of Theron and father of Thrasyboulos.
Xenophon, Korinthian, son of Thessalos.
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