HADES (Haides) One of the three mighty sons of Cronus. When Zeus, Hades and Poseidon drew lots for the division of the world, Haides received the subterranean lands of the dead.

HADES

HAGNO An Arcadian Oceanid nymph who, with her sisters Theiosa and Neda, nursed the infant god Zeus.

HALIA A sea-goddess sister of the Telchines who was loved by Poseidon and bore him six sons. These sons insulted Aphrodite who caused them to go mad and rape their mother. Poseidon struck them down and thrust them underground and Halia threw herself back into the sea.

HALIAE (Haliai) Nymphs of the sea, the Haliae were daughters of the various sea gods. The most famous were the fifty Nereides.

HALIMEDES One of the one-eyed, metal-working giants known as Cyclopes.

HAMADRYADES (Hamadryades) Tree nymphs whose life was bound to that of their tree.

HAMADRYAS The Hamadryad nymph of the oak tree and mother of the Hamadryad Nymphs of the lesser forest trees.

HARMONIA (1) The goddess of harmony and unity. She was married to the mortal Cadmus in a marriage ceremony attended by all the gods. After ruling Thebes for many years the two were transported to Elysium and a life of bliss.

HARMONIA (2) A nymph of the Acmonian wood. She was the mother of the first of the Amazons by the god Ares.

HARPIES (Harpyiai) Three winged sisters who were called the hounds of Zeus. They were known to snatch people away and were set to torment the blind Phineus by stealing his food.

HARPINA A Naiad nymph daughter of the river Asopus who was abducted to Elis by Ares.

HARPOCRATES (Harpokrates) The god of silence.

HEBE The goddess of youth and the wife of Herakles after his ascension to Olympus.

HEBRUS (Hebros) A river of Thrace and its god.

HECAERGE (Hekaerge) An Hyperborean nymph attendant of Artemis.

HECATE

HECATE (Hekate) The Titan goddess of witchcraft, ghosts and necromancy. She assisted Demeter in her search for Persephone, and became her minister in Hades.

HECATERIDES (Hekaterides) Five rustic nymphs, perhaps the female Dactyls. They were the mothers of the mountain spirits - Oreads, Satyrs and Curetes.

HECATERUS (Hekateros) A rustic god of the country dance.

HECATONCHEIRES (Hekatonkheires) The three fifty-headed, hundred handed gods of violent storms. They were imprisoned beneath the earth first by their father Uranus and then by the Titan Cronus. Zeus later freed them to assist in his war against the Titans.

HEDONE The goddess of pleasure, daughter of Eros and Psyche.

HEDYLOGUS (Hedylogos) The god of sweet-talk, one of the winged Erotes (Love-Gods).

HEGETORIA A nymph of the island of Rhodes who married King Ochimus.

HELIADES Nymph daughters of the sun-god Helius. The Heliades mourned the death of their brother Phaethon, who was cast from the chariot of the sun, and were transformed into amber-weeping poplar trees.

HELIUS

HELICON (Helikon) A mountain of Boeotia and its god.

HELIUS (Helios) The god of the sun, who rode through the sky in a chariot drawn by winged horses and crowned with the aureole of the sun.

HELLE The goddess of the Hellespont (the sea that separates Asia and Europe). As a mortal girl she fled from her homeland on the back of the Golden-Fleeced Ram, but after falling into the sea she was transformed into a sea-goddess by Poseidon.

HEMERA (Hemere) The Protogenos (Primeval goddess) of day. She was a daughter Night and Darkness and the sister of Light.

HEMITHEA A goddess of the Asian Chersonnese. She was once a mortal princess who leapt into the sea to escape her father but was rescued by Apollon and made into a goddess.

HEPHAESTUS (Hephaistos) The god of fire, volcanism, smiths and craftsmen. He was one of the twelve great Olympian gods.

HERA The Queen of the gods, and goddess of the heavens, women and marriage. She was one of the twelve great Olympian gods.

HERACLES (Herakles) The greatest of the Greek heroes who was famed for his twelve labours. At his death he ascended to Olympus to join the gods.

HERCYNA (Herkyna) The Boeotian nymph companion of the goddess Persephone.

HERMAPHRODITUS (Hermaphroditos) A handsome son of Hermes and Aphrodite. Loved by the nymph Salmacis she prayed they might never be separated. The gods took her request literally and merged their forms into one - part male, part female. He was numbered amongst the winged Erotes.

HERMES The god of animal husbandry and fertility, trade, messengers, and travel. He was one of the twelve great Olympian gods and the messenger of Zeus, King of the Gods.

HERMES

HERMUS (Hermos) A river of Lydia and its god.

HEROPHILE A daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite.

HESIONE The Oceanid nymph wife of the Titan Prometheus.

HESPERIA A naiad daughter of the river Cebren.

HESPERIDES The goddesses of evenings and sunsets. They were responsible for the tree of the golden apples which Gaea presented to the goddess Hera on her wedding day.

HESPERIS The tenth of the twelve Horai (Hours), she was the goddess of the hour of evening.

HESPERUS (Hesperos) The god of the evening star (Venus).

HESTIA The goddess of hearth and home. She was a virgin goddess, one of the great Olympian gods. She was also the goddess of the sacrificial flame and was so honoured with every sacrifice to the gods.

HESYCHIA (Hesykhia) The female personification of quiet and tranquility.

HIEROMNEME A Naiad nymph daughter of the river Simoeis, and wife of the Dardanian prince Assaracus.

HILAEIRA One of the two Leucippides, Messenian princesses who became the goddess wives of the Dioscuri.

HIMALIA A nymph of the island of Rhodes loved by Zeus when he was on the island battling the evil Telchines.

HIMERUS (Himeros) The god of sexual desire, one of the winged Erotes (Love Gods). He was present at the birth of Aphrodite and became one of her constant companions.

HIPPALECTRYON (Hippalektryon) A strange flying beast with the foreparts of a horse and the wings and rearparts of a rooster.

HIPPOCAMPI (Hippokampoi) Marine beasts with the foreparts of a horse and the tail of a fish. Hippocampi drew the chariot of Poseidon and acted as mounts for the sea gods.

HIPPOI ATHANATOI Immortal horses which drew the chariots of the gods. A few were presented to mortals as gifts.

HIPPOLYTUS (Hippolytos) A Gigante slain by Hermes in the giant war.

HOMADUS (Homados) The male personification of battlenoise.

HOMONOIA The female personification of concord and unity.

HOPLODAMUS (Hoplodamos) The leader of the Curetes or Gigantes who proctected Rhea from the rage of Cronus after she had hidden away their child Zeus.

HORAE (1) (Horai) Goddesses of the seasons and the heavenly measures of time. They were also the goddesses of order, representing peace, justice and good governance.

HORAE (2) (Horai) The goddesses of the twelve hours of day.

HORCUS (Horkos) The male personification of the binding oath. He punished oath-breakers.

HORMES The male personfication of effort.

HYADES Five nymph daughters of the Titan Atlas, who nursed the god Dionysos in his infancy. They were placed amongst the stars as the constellation Hyades, whose risings heralded the arrival of spring rain.

HYALE One of the attendant nymphs of Artemis.

HYAS The water-bearing son of the Titan Atlas who was killed by a lion and placed amongst the stars as the constellation Aquarius.

HYBRIS The female personification of insolence and excessive pride.

HYDASPES An Indian River-God who fought and was defeated by Dionysus in the Indian Wars.

HYDRA

HYDRA A nine-headed water-dragon which grew two heads for every one cut off. It was defeated by Heracles who applied a burning brand to its neck stumps.

HYDRUS (Hydros) The Progotenos (primeval god) of fresh water.

HYGEIA The goddess of good health.

HYLLUS (Hyllos) A Lydian giant.

HYLONOME A female centaur. She killed herself when her husband the centaur Cyllarus was slain in the battle with the Lapiths.

HYMENAEUS (Hymenaios) The god of the wedding ceremony and bridal hymn. He was one of the winged loved gods known as Erotes.

HYPERBOREAN GIANTS (Gigantes Hyperboreioi) Three giant sons of the North Wind who were the chief priests of the virtuous Hyperborean tribe.

HYPBERBOREANS (Hyperboreoi) A tribe of blessed men who dwelt in a land of eternal spring beyond the wintry home of the North Wind. They were favourites of the god Apollo

HYPERIA (Hypereia) The Naiad nymph daughter of the River-god Inachus.

HYPERION The Tian-god of the light of heaven and the ordering of the days and months.

HYPNUS (Hypnos) The winged god of sleep.

HYSMINAE (Hysminai) The personifications of fighting.