A | B |
Narcissus | Fell in love with himself |
Echo | Nymph who was punished by Hera |
Pyramus | young man who fell in love with Thisbe |
Thisbe | Young woman who fell in love with Pyramus |
Babylon | Where Pyramus and Thisbe lived |
Mulberry | Tree with white berries which turned red |
Tereus | King of Thrace and husband of Procne |
Procne | She was from Athens, and married Tereus |
Pandion | Procne's father |
Philomela | Procne's sister, Tereus developed a passion for her |
Itys | Son of Procne and Tereus |
Narcissus (Daffodil) | What Narcissus turned into |
Swallow | What procne became |
Nightingale | What Philomela became |
Hoopoe | What Tereus became |
Baucis | Old woman who was hospitable to Zeus and Hermes |
Phrygia | Where Baucis and Philemon lived |
Philemon | Old man who was hospitable to Zeus and Hermes |
Oak tree | What Philemon became |
Linden tree | What Baucis became |
Orpheus | Son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope |
Eurydice | Bitten by a snake on her wedding day |
Persephone | Queen of the underworld |
Hades | King of the underworld |
Pygmalion | He disdained all women, and made his own |
Galatea | Marble statue who became a woman |
Atalanta | Challenged all suitors to a foot race |
Hippomenes | Fell in love with Atalanta; beat her in a race by throwing golden apples |
Cybele | Punished Atalanta and Hippomenes by turning them into lions |
Ceyx | King of Thessaly; took a sea voyage |
Alcyone | Ceyx's wife |
Iris | Messenger goddes of Hera |
Morpheus | Son of sleep; imitates people's appearance and speech |
Kingfisher | another name for Halcyon |