Greek Mythology

apollo and hyacinthus

the god and the spartan prince were playing discus when the prince died; he was transformed into a flower by his lover in grief.

bacucis and Philemon

human couple who helped zeus and hera

Daedalus and Icarus

father was an inventor; were imprisoned by Minos to stop the secret of the labrynth from being spread; father built a pair of wings for him and his son but the son flew too close to the sun and died

selene

goddess of the moon

artemis

goddess of the hunt, animals, and childbirth

eros and psyche

woman was so beautiful that Aphrodite sent her son to make her fall in love with a hideous creature; he accidentally falls in love with her; when she sees his face in spite of his orders not to she must go through 3 trials to see him again

Cronus and Gaia

mother son duo; mother convinced her son to kill his father; he ruled as king until his own son killed him and took over

Hypnos

the god of sleep; twin brother is Thanatos; helped put Zeus to sleep during the Trojan War

medea

sorceress who helps Jason find the golden fleece; in some retellings marries jason

nike and atalanta

orpheus and eurydice

a couple; the man travels down to the underworld to find his lover and is instructed to not look back after he finds her; he looked back and now she is stuck in the underworld forever

Pygmalion and Galatea

man creates a statue because he hates real women; the statue comes to life; he falls in love with said statue

Theseus and the Minotar

7 girls and 7 boys of athens were sacrificed to this creature every year; a man went to kill said creature one day and was successful; princess ariadne fell in love with him

callisto

was transformed into the ursa major constellation after zeus had an affair with her

Alcyone and Ceyx

couple killed for their romantic hubris (they called each other gods names); Zeus killed the man when he was at sea

tantalus

punished by always being hungry and having food in front of him but not being able to eat; punishment for sacrificing his son

sisyphus

was punished to push a rock up a hill for all of eternityja

jason and the argonauts

group of men who went to find the golden fleece

niobe

punished by the gods for her excessive hubris by killing her children

king of troy and his two sons

Priam (king), paris and hector

rivers of the underworld

prometheus and epimethius

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apollo and cassandra

a couple; the man gave the woman the gift to see the future but when she rejected him, he cursed her to see the truth but never be believed

selene and endymion

goddess and mortal; goddess asked zeus to put him to sleep forever because she loved how he looked while he slept OR because he wanted to punish endymion for pursuing Hera

hecuba

queen of troy and wife of king priam; taken prisoner after the Trojans lost; she gouged out someones eyes after she found out they killed her son; she was turned into a dog as punishment and her grave was used to mark ships