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- Hyades - Mythopedia
The Hyades, daughters of the Titan Atlas, were goddesses who were placed in the night sky as a cluster of stars They were associated above all with the rainy season It was said that they made into stars after dying of grief for their dead brother, or, alternatively, as a reward for nursing Dionysus
- Nymphs – Mythopedia
This is most likely a reference to the Hyades and Pleiades, female goddesses linked to certain clusters of stars, and perhaps also to the Hesperides, who were linked to the evening and sunset Indeed, the Hesperides, Hyades, and Pleiades shared many attributes with the other nymphs, including their youthfulness, beauty, and divine parentage
- Dionysus – Mythopedia
Dionysus was very close to his nurses In some traditions, he even rewarded them later by restoring their youth or by transforming them into the Hyades and placing them in the sky But in another familiar tradition, Dionysus was brought up by his mother’s sister Ino and her husband Athamas
- Hesperides – Mythopedia
The Hesperides were goddesses or nymphs associated with the evening and the West They guarded the golden apples of Hera, located in the famous Garden of the Hesperides in the Far West
- Dactyls – Mythopedia
The Dactyls were gods or culture heroes of obscure origins They were smiths and magicians whose number, depending on the source, varied between five and more than fifty They were connected with Mount Ida in either Crete or Phrygia and were often associated with Rhea, Cybele, or with similar divine guilds such as the Corybantes
- Atlas – Mythopedia
Atlas's other daughters included Calypso, an enchantress famed for her seven-year affair with Odysseus; Dione; Maera; and the Hyades, a group of nymphs known as rain-makers Finally, Atlas had a son named Hyas, an archer and hunter Family Tree Parents
- Alcmene – Mythopedia
Alcmene was the daughter of Electryon, the king of Mycenae (or Tiryns) in the Argolid She gave birth to two sons: Heracles (by her lover Zeus) and Iphicles (by her husband Amphitryon) Alcmene was venerated as a heroine throughout ancient Greece
- Oceanids – Mythopedia
Etymology Etymologically, the term “Oceanid” (Greek Ὠκεανίς, translit Ōkeanís; pl Oceanids, Greek Ὠκεανίδες, translit Ōkeanídes) is
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