List of Minor Characters

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This page lists minor characters featured in Greek Mythology and its Expanded Universe.

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For major Characters, see this category.

Mount Olympus[]

Zelus[]

Zelus is a Mount Olympus character. He is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. He is currently alive.
History: Zelus is the personification of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal. The English word "Zeal" is derived from his name.

Nike[]

Nike is a Mount Olympus character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently alive.
History: Nike is the winged goddess of victory and sister to Zelus.

Kratos[]

Kratos is a Mount Olympus character. He is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. He is currently alive.
History: Kratos is the personification of authority in all forms, also strength and brother to Zelus and Nike.

Bia[]

Bia is a Mount Olympus character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently alive.
History: Bia is the winged personification of force and raw energy and sister to Zelus, Nike and Kratos.

Poseidon

Paean[]

Paean is a Mount Olympus character. He is mentioned in 700 BCE of Greek Mythology. He is currently alive.
History: Paean was the physician of the deities on Mount Olympus and the other heavens.

For major Mount Olympus Characters, see this category.

Underworld[]

Hades' Demons[]

Hades' Demons are Underworld characters. They are mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. They are currently presumably alive.
History: In Greek mythology, Hades' demons are his slaves that work for him and make "improvements" in the Underworld.

Aeacus[]

Aeacus is an Underworld character. He is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. He is currently deceased.
History: After Aeacus deceased and moved on to the Underworld, he became one of the three judges of Erebus alongside Rhadamanthus.

The Arae[]

The Arae are Underworld characters. They are mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. They are currently alive. (presumably)
History: In Greek mythology, the Arae were female spirits of curses, particularly of the curses placed by the dead upon those guilty of their death. They are sometimes identified as the Erinyes.

Alecto[]

Alecto is an Underworld character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently alive.
History: In Greek mythology, Alecto was one of the three Erinyes (better known as Furies). Sister to Megaera and Tisiphone.

Megaera[]

Megaera is an Underworld character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology and the second episode of the fifth season on the ABC show Once Upon a Time. She is currently alive.
History: In Greek mythology, Megaera was one of the three Erinyes (better known as Furies). Sister to Alecto and Tisiphone.

Tisiphone[]

Tisiphone is an Underworld character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently alive.
History: In Greek mythology, Tisiphone was one of the three Erinyes (better known as Furies). Sister to Alecto and Megaera.

Lethe[]

Lethe is an Underworld character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently alive.
History: In Greek Mythology, Lethe was also the name of the personification of forgetfulness and oblivion, with whom the river was often associated. Hesiod's Theogony identifies her as the daughter of Eris, and the sister of Ponos, Limos, Algae, Hysminai, Makhai, Phonoi, Androktasiai, Neikea, Pseudea, Logoi, Amphillogiai, Dysnomia, Ate, and Horkos.

For major Underworld Characters, see this category.

Athens[]

Aethra[]

Aethra is an Athens character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently deceased.
History: In Greek mythology, Aethra was the mother to Theseus and wife to Aegeus but lover of Poseidon, having made Theseus with the sea deity.

Scythia[]

Limos[]

Limos is a Scythia character. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. She is currently alive.
History: Limos is the personification of starvation. Limos is said to make her home in a freezing and gloomy wasteland at the farthest edge of Scythia, where the soil is barren and nothing grows.

Unknown Origin[]

Cloud Hera[]

Cloud Hera is a character of unknown origin. She is mentioned in 700 BCE in Greek Mythology. Her current status is unknown.
History: In Greek Mythology, Cloud Hera was the clone of Hera to see if Ixion really did love Hera and betray Zeus.