Lovers
- Adonis
- Beautiful mortal loved by Persephone and Aphrodite. He spends one
third of his time on his own and one third with each of the
goddesses
- Alcestis
- Daughter of King Pelias of Thessaly. Destined to be the wife of
whoever could yolk a lion and a boar, a task that was accomplished by
Admetus with the help of Apollo. Died in place of Admetus and
rescued from the underworld by Hercules.
- Alceme
- Daughter of Electryon and wife of Amphitryon. Refused to sleep with
her husband until he had avenged her brother's death. On his return
from completing his task her husband found her pregnant as she had
mistakenly slept with Zeus, disguised as Amphitryon. Mother of the
twins Hercules, son of Zeus and Iphicles, son of Amphitryon. Zeus
protected her and Hercules from the wrath of Hera.
- Anchises
- Father of Aeneas and lover of Venus. Blinded for revealing Aeneas'
parentage.
- Andromache
- Daughter of Eetion and wife of Hector. Carried off by Neoptolemus,
son of Achilles, after the fall of Troy. Bore three sons for
Neoptolemus. Later married Helenus, a fellow Trojan captive.
- Andromeda
- Daughter of Cassiope and Cepheus, king of the Ethiopians. Destined
to be sacrificied to a sea monster which had been sent in revenge
for her mother claiming she was fairer than the Nereids. Rescued
by Perseus.
- Antiope
- Lover of Zeus (disguised as a satyr). Mother of Amphion and Zethus.
- Ariadne
- Daughter of Pasiphae and King Minos. Assisted Theseus in defeating
the Minotaur. Married Dionysus after being deserted by Theseus.
- Atlanta
- Daughter of Iasus of Arcadia. Thrown out by her father who had wanted a
son and subsequently raised in the forest. A great huntress who
spurned the attentions of men. Married Melanion after he beat her in
a contest. Both she and her husband were turned into wolves.
- Circe
- Daughter of Helios and a powerful witch. Lover of Odysseus for one
year.
- Clytemnestra
- Daughter of Leda adn Tyndareos, King of Sparta. Wife of Agamemnon.
She and her lover, Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon. Eventually killed
by her son, Orestes.
- Danae
- Mother of Perseus and daughter of Acrisius. Locked into a tower by
her father as it was prophesised that her son would kill Acrisius.
Lover of Zeus who reached her diguised as a shower of goldern rain.
Subsequently banished with Perseus, her son by Zeus.
- Dido
- Her brother killed her husband. Later founded Carthage and became
the lover of Aeneas. Killed herself after Aeneas left her.
- Endymion
- Lover of Selene who was put into an eternal sleep to stop him ageing.
- Europa
- Daughter of Telephassa and King Agenor of Tyre. Carried off by Zeus.
Mother of Minos, Radamantys and Sarpedon. Later married Asterius, who
was given Talos, a bronze man, to guard his realm by Zeus to
make up for Europa's lost virginity.
- Helen
- Daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus. Ran off with Paris, thus
starting the Trojan war.
- Hero
- Priestess of Ahprodite and thus sworn to an oath of chastity. Secretly
met with her lover Leander until he drowned.
- Hippolyta
- Amazon queen and lover of Theseus.
- Io
- Priestess of Hera. Zeus turned her into a white heifer so he could sleep
with her. Forgivven by Hera and returned to human form.
- Leda
- Daughter of King Thestius of Aetolia and wife of King Tyndareos. Mother
of the dioscuri, Helen and Clyemnestra. Lover of Zeus who appeared to
her as a swan.
- Medea
- Daughter of Aietes, King of Colchis and skilled in magic. First wife
of Jason, then married King Aegeus of Athens. Mother of Medus.
- Orpheus
- Thracian singer who was the son of Calliope, muse of epic poems.
Husband of Eurydice who he persued into the underworld after her
death. Killed by the female worshipers of Dionyssus, the maenads.
His decapitated head is said to float down river calling out for
Eurydice.
- Paris
- Son of Priam. Judged a beauty contest of the goddesses. Ran off with
Helen, starting the Trojan war. Killed Achilles.
- Pasiphae
- Daughter of Helios and wife of Minos. Cursed to fall in love with a
white bull, to whom she bore the Minotaur.
- Penelope
- Daughter of Icarius, King of Sparta and the nymph Peribaea. The
faithfull wife of Odysseus.
- Persephone
- Daughter of Zeus and Demeter who was carried off by Hades to be his
bride. Spent half the year in Hades, the other half with Demeter.
Lover of Adonis.
- Phaedra
- Daughter of Minos and Pasiphae and wife of Theseus. Killed herself
due to her illicit desire for her stepson, Hippolytus, son of
Hippolyta.
- Psyche
- Beautiful princess and lover of Cupid.
- Rhea Silvia
- Only child of Numitor, King of Alba Longa. Mother of Romulus and all
his glory. Died in flames due to the magesty of Zeus. Mother of
Dionyssus.
- Semele
- Lover of Zeus and mother of dionysus. Died after seeing Zeus in all his splendor.
- Tithonus
- Lover of Eos. Made immortal by Zeus on the request of Eos. However
Eos forgot to ask for eternal youth for him and thus he was made
immortal but old.