calliope - one of the muses, muse of epic poetry, daughter of zeus, wisest of the muses
castor - demigod (â½ of dioscuri). mortal. twin brother of pollux. transformed into the constellation gemini. father is zeus
charon - the ferryman of hades. takes newly dead people across the river styx if he is paid three obolus.
cilo - the muse of history.
clotho - the youngest of the three fates, responsible for spinning the thread of human life
echo - an oread (mountain nymph) who fell in love with narcissus. when he refused to return her love, she spent the rest of her life heartbroken and lonely
elpis - spirit and personification of hope.
erato - the muse of lyric poetry, especially of love and erotic poetry
eurydice - an oak nymph and wife of orpheus. she stepped on a viper and died. her husband tried to retrieve her, but impatience caused him to look back on their way out of the underworld and she became trapped once again in hell.
euterpe - muse of music and lyric poetry
glaucus - fisherman who became immortal after eating a magical herb, piloted the argo and became a god of the sea.
lachesis - second of the three fates, the measure of the thread of life which determines destiny
melpomene - originally the muse of singing, she then became the muse of tragedy
narcissus - extremely attractive hunter who after breaking the heart of echo, was cursed by nemesis, the goddess of revenge. he fell in love with his own reflection and died at the inability to be loved back by it.
orpheus - legendary poet, musician and prophet. ability to charm with his music. tried to retrieve his wife from the underworld and was capable of charming persephone who convinced hades to make a deal, but lost the game and inevitably his wife.
paean - physician of the olympian gods
pandora - let out death, sickness, and other evils into the world when tricked into opening a jar by zeus as vengeance on prometheus
pollux/polydeuces - demigod (â½ of dioscuri). immortal. twin brother of castor. transformed into the constellation gemini. father is zeus
polyhymnia - muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and eloquence as well as agriculture, geometry, and pantomime
thalia - muse of comedy and idyllic poetry
triton - messenger of the sea and the son of poseidon and amphitrite
urania - muse of astronomy and astrology
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