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Typhon | last monster produced by Gea after Titans were killed by Olympians in Titanomachy; stole Zeus' lightning bolts |
Cadmos | brother of Europa; plays panspipes to defeat Typhon; creates alphabet; builds Thebes after sowing dragon's teeth |
Europa | carried off to Crete on back of Zeus in form of bull; mother of Minos and Radamanthys |
Harmonia | wife of Cadmos; mother of Semele |
Semele | mother of Dionysus, but killed by Zeus' brightness; saved from Hades by Dionysus |
Dionysus/Bacchus | son of Zeus and Semele; born from Zeus' thigh; god of wine and vegetation |
Io | turned into a cow by Zeus; guarded by Argos who had 100 eyes; killed by Hermes; his eyes were put in the tail of the peacock |
Syrinx | nymph loved by Pan; turned into a reed; became panspipes |
Argos | guardian of Io; his eyes put in tail of peacock |
Corbantes/Bacchantes;Maenads | worshippers of Bacchus |
Pirates | kidnapped Dionysus; turned into dolphins |
Seilenos | follower of Dionysus; captured but returned to Dionysus by Midas |
King Midas | receives golden touch from Dionysus but washed it off in river; gets ass's ears from Apollo |
Asclepios | god of healing; brought people back to life; turned into a god; son of Apollo |