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| A sufferer in Hades who Zeus tied to a burning wheel after he lusted after Hera. |
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| The Ferryman of the underworld. |
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| River of the underworld. Must pay Vharon to cross. |
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| A man in a legend that Socrates wrote about. |
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| Greek philosopher who believed the essence of reality resided in patterns and numbers. |
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| An orphic name for Dionysus. |
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| The lover of Orpheus who died and was pulled back into the underworld when orpheus turned around. Vergil wrote about her. |
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| A man who journeyed to the underworld to retrieve his dead wife Eurydice. Was written about by Vergil. |
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| A special afterworld for the special few. |
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| Two sufferers of the underworld. They were forced to suffer because they tricked the Gods. |
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| The most famous seer in Greek Myth. Odysseus visits him in the underworld to seek advice. |
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| Another name for Hermes indicating him as "soul guide" |
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| Another name for Hades indicating him as "the enricher" because from beneath the earth comes agricultural wealth. |
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| Lord of the underworld, brother of Zeus, motherfuckin son of Cronus. |
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| King of Thebes and opposer of Dionysus in Bacchae |
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| The three daughters of King Minyas that refused to join Dionysus' religion. Dionysus turned them into bats. |
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| King of a tribe in Thrace, persecuted followers of Dionysus. ZEus struck him blind. |
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| A local king that wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. |
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| MAle followers of dionysus with massive erections. |
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| Phallic staff carried by followers of dionysus |
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| Female followers of Dionysus |
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| The nymphs of the mountains that the baby Dionysus was delivered to. |
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| Nurse of Dionysus. Hera found out she was caring for Dionysus and made her go insane and jump in the ocean, wherein she was turned into a sea deity. |
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| Mistress of Zeus and mother of Dionysus |
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| The idea that Zeus must be overthrown because Cronos was overthrown and so was Uranus. |
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| A terrible monster born from Gaea and Tartarus to challenge Zeus. |
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| Either a Titan or a Giant who was condemned by Zeus to hold of the heavens. |
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| The furies, ferocious female spirits who haunt anyone who sheds kindred blood. |
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| One of the princes of Eleusis to whom Demeter taught her secret rites. |
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| A religious cult for Demeter. It was very secret and people would do things and then they would have a happy afterlife. |
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| Another name for Persephone |
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| A poor weaver that challenged Athena to a spinning contest. They tied and Athena got mad, ripped up her dress, and then turned her into a spider. |
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| A theban man who wanted to marry is aunt Semele, and he came upon Artemis bathing in the naked in a spring and she turned him into a deer. |
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| Wife of Amphion. She boasted that she was superior to Leto. Artemis and Apollo avenged their mother by slaughtering Niobe's six sons and six daughters. |
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| Apollo son. God of Medicine. Studie medicine under the guidance of the centaur chiron. |
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| Gave birth to Asclepius after sleeping with Apollo. She had sex with a mortal man Ischys. |
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| A nymph that Apollo pursued through the mountains until she was turned into a laurel tree. |
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| A girl that Apollo granted the gift of extremely long life to.She didnt sleep with him so he allowed her to keep her very long life but he didnt give her everlasting youth. |
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| A girl that asked Apollo to give her the abilities of a prophet. Apollo agreed, but when she didnt sleep with him he made it so that no one would ever believe her. |
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| The oracle of Delphi named after the dragon Python. |
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| The birthplace of Apollo. |
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| Place where Apollo established his oracle. |
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