mythology part 5

tantalus

always thirsty/hungry

ion

not sure who parents are

creon

denied burial, fought aganist thebes

philomena

told story by weaving on loom

thesus

waged war to reclaim the dead

atreus and theyestes

part of a bitter love triangle

laius

fated to die at sons hands

procene

kills enemies kids and feeds it to them

clymestra

avenged daughter

harmonia

all that was left of thebes was a necklace

poseiden

sore loser, flooded Athens

athena

protector of athens

iphigenia

saved from sacrifice by artemis

cecrops

half human, half dragon

cadmus

got helpers by planting dragon teeth

agave

killed sone with bare hands

electra

helped brother kill stepdad

niobe

watched her children die

orestes

killed his mother

antigone

killed for burying her brother

tereus

turned into an ugly bird

actaeon

turned into a stag/deer

pelops

boiled and served to the gods

xuthus

gifted child from the gods

semele

died after seeing zeus’s glory

creusa

abducted by apollo

agamemnon

sacrificed daughter

clymestra

killed spouse

polynices and eteocles

battled for control of thebes

aegisthus

had an affair with clymestra