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ECECHERIA (Ekekheria)
- The female personification of truce.
ECHIDNA (1) (Ekhidna)
- A monstrous dracaena with the upper body of a beautiful nymph and the tail of a writhing serpent in place of legs. Mating with the hundred-headed giant Typhon she spawned a brood of terrible monsters. Illustrated
ECHIDNA (2) (Ekhidna)
- An Arcadian she-dragon slain by the hero Argus Panoptes.
ECHIDNADES (Ekhidnades)
-A serpent-footed ally of the Titans slain by the god Ares in the Titan-War.
ECHO (Ekho)
-An Oread-nymph handmaiden of Hera who distracted her mistress with endless chatter. When her goddess caught onto the ruse--for she allowed Zeus to continue his affairs unhindered--she snatched away her voice leaving behind just an echo. Echo was later spurned by the youth Narcissus and wasted away until only her voice was left. Illustrated
EIDOTHEA (1)
- A sea-nymph daughter of the seal-herder Proteus who helped Menelaus capture the prophetic old sea-god.
EIDOTHEA (2)
- A nymph of Mount Othrys in Malis loved by the god Poseidon.
EIDYIA
- The Oceanid-nymph wife of King Aeetes of Colchis.
EILEITHYIA
-The goddess of childbirth, a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Illustrated
EIRENE
-The goddess of peace, one of the three Horae (Seasons). Illustrated
ELAPHOI CHRYSOCERI (Elaphoi Khrysokeroi)
-Five golden-horned deer sacred to the goddess Artemis. Four of them drew her chariot while the fifth, known as the Cerynitian Hind, roamed free. Illustrated
ELATREUS
-One of the metal-working Cyclop-giants.
ELECTRA (1) (Elektra)
- The Oceanid-nymph of the amber, sun-lit edge of breaking storm-clouds. She was the wife of the wondrous sea-god Thaumas and mother of the rainbow Iris and the storm-gust Harpies.
ELECTRA (2) (Elektra)
- The Pleiad-nymph mother of Dardanus, ancestor of the kings of Troy, by Zeus.
ELETE
-The eighth of the twelve Horae, goddesses of the hours, who presided over an hour of mid-afternoon.
ELEUS (Eleos)
-The female personification of mercy.
ELEUSIS
-The eponymous nymph of Eleusis, wife of the town's first king. She was one of the attendants of Demeter in the Mysteries. Illustrated
ELPIS
-The female personification of hope, the only spirit to remain trapped inside Pandora's box.
ELYSIUM (Elysion)
-A paradise afterlife realm reserved for the souls of the greatest of the heroes.
EMPUSA (Empousa)
-A she-daemon with the leg of an ass, a second leg of brass and falming hair which terrorized men in the dark of night.
ENCELADUS (Enkelados)
-A Gigante crushed by Athena beneath the island of Sicily during the Giant-War. His restless turnings stirred the fires of volcanic Mount Etna. Illustrated
ENDEIS
- A nymph daughter of the centaur Chiron who, according to some, was the mother of the hero Peleus.
ENDYMION
-A shepherd-prince loved by the moon-goddess Selene who granted him immortality in eternal slumber. Illustrated
ENYALIUS (Enyalios)
-A minor daemon of war, one of the sons of Ares.
ENYO (1)
-The goddess of war, a battlefield companion of Ares.
ENYO (2)
- One of the Graeae--ancient hags who shared a single eye and single tootch between them.
EOS
-The winged goddess of the dawn who was cursed by Aphrodite with an insatiable appetite for men, falling in love with one after another--Cephalus, Tithonus, Phaethon, Orion. Illustrated
