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Complete Greek Mythology

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By booksurvivor · Updated May 2023

Names159
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  • Perses

  • Phaethon

  • Phineus

  • Phobos

  • Polyhymnia

  • Pontus

  • Prometheus

  • Sisyphus

    Greek

    "son of Aelous"

    One of the most severely punished characters in Greek mythology, and the first two syllables don't help.

  • Semele

  • Terpsichore

    Greek

    "delight in dancing"

    The name of the Muse of dancing in Greek mythology. Arguably the least usable of the nine Muses' names, despite serious competition from Melpomene and Polyhymnia. Those two at least have obvious…

  • Thalassa

    Greek

    "the sea"

    A pretty, rarely used Greek name, Thalassa is the ancient personification of the sea, particularly the Mediterranean, who is sometimes considered the mother of Aphrodite. In 1991, a newly discovered…

  • Thetis

    Greek

    "dogmatic"

    This name of the mythological mother of Achilles might suffer from English speakers making the rhyming association to the word fetus. The traditional Greek pronunciation might alleviate that problem.

  • Tantalus

  • Tethys

  • Thallo

  • Thanatos

  • Triton

  • Urania

    Greek

    "heavenly"

    The name of one of the Greek Muses would be really difficult to bear here on earth.

  • Zephrus