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| Son of the Sun (confused with Apollo) and Clymene seeks confirmation of the sun as his father and drives his chariot (1.751-79, 2.19-329), killed by Jupiter (2.311-13), the Sun’s distress at his loss (4.246) “Son of Helios and Klymene, not Apollo” |
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| A king of Liguria, son of Sthenelus, friend of Phaethon laments to him. (2.367-80); changed into swan by Neptune (2.373-7, 12.581-2). A hunter, son of Apollo and Hyrie (7.372-81); A Trojan hero, son of Neptune, duels with Achilles (12.71-145); |
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| King of the Gods, son of Saturn, Silver Age, destroyed the Titans, seduces Callisto and Arcas into constellations, grants divine status to Julius Caesar (15.808-43), played to for Augustus’s long life before deification. (15.866) *p.699 |
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| An Arcadian nymph, favorite of Diana (2.409-530), changed to a bear by Juno/Hera (2.477-84), changed into constellation by Jupiter (2.505-7) |
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| A princess from Larissa, mother of Aesculapius, loved by Apollo (2.542-7, 598-632), killed by Apollo (2.603-11) |
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| Aesculapius (Asklepios/Asclepius) |
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| God of healer, son of Coronis and Apollo, often seen in the form of a snak. Ocyhoe prophesies his future (2.462-8), rescued from his mothers’s dead body womb (2.609, 629-35), heals Hippolytus (15.534), brought to Rome from Greece (15.624-5, 639-745) |
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| God of music, poetry and medicine, son of Jupiter and (Latona), brother of Diana, father of Aesculapius and Phaethon (as a sun-god often confused with the Sun, son of Hyperion, particularly in relation to the Phaethon story).Kills the Python and establishes the Pythian games. *p.678 |
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| Messenger god (mainly for Jupiter), son of Jupiter and Maia, ordered to kill Argus (1.669-89), kills Argus (1.713-19) |
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| Daughter of Agenor, love by Jupiter (2.844-75, 6.103-7) , mother of Minos by Jupiter. (8.120-23 her beauty (8.49-50) |
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