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GAAEUS (Gaaeus)
-A fish-tailed marine god who herded the fish of the sea.
GAEA (Gaia)
-The primordial goddess of the earth, mother of both gods and men. In the ancient tales of divine succession, she first conspired against husband Uranus, then her son Cronus and finally Zeus himself. Illustrated
GALATEA (Galateia)
-One of the fifty Nereids who was wooed by the Cyclops Polyphemus. Illustrated
GALENE
-The Nereid-nymph of calm seas.
GANYMEDES
-A handsome prince of Troy abducted to Olympus by Zeus to become the cup-bearer of the gods. Illustrated
GEGENEES
-A tribe of six-armed, Mysian giants slain by the Argonauts.
GELUS (Gelos)
-The god of laughter.
GERAS
-The wrinkled, shrunken old daemon of old age. Illustrated
GERYON
-A giant, three-bodied man who fabulous herd of red, sunset-stained cattle Heracles was sent to fetch as his tenth labour. Illustrated
GIGANTES (1)
-The giants of myth, which included those who waged war on the gods, as well as the Aloedae, Typhon, Antaeus, Orion, Tityus, the Cyclopes, and the Hecatoncheires.
GIGANTES (2), HECA- (Heka-Gigantes) -A hundred giants born of Gaea the Earth who incited them to wage war on the gods. They were slaughtered in the furious battle which ensued. Illustrated
GLAUCIA (Glaukia)
-A Naiad-nymph daughter of the Trojan river Scamander of Troy who fell in love with a companions of Heracles.
GLAUCUS (Glaukos)
-A Greek fisherman who was transformed into a fish-tailed sea-god after eating a magical herb.
GORGO
-A primal Gorgon slain by Zeus who crafted his aegis arm-guard from its skin. Illustrated
GORGONS (Gorgones)
-Three winged she-monsters with snakes for hair, wide-staring eyes, broad noses, protruding tusks. lolling tongues, claws of bronze and a gaze which turned man and beast alike to stone. Illustrated
GORGYRA
-A nymph of the underworld, wife of Acheron, the river of pain.
GRACES (Kharites)
-The three goddesses of beauty, joy and happiness.
GRAEAE (Graiai)
-A pair of ancient hags symbolising the white froth of the sea-foam. They were wrinkled and grey-haired from birth and shared a single eye and tooth. Perseus stole these to force them to show him the way to the Gorgons. Illustrated
GRATION
-A Gigante slain by Artemis with arrows in the Giant-War.
GRENICUS (Grenikos)
- A river of Troy and its god.
GRIFFINS (Grypes)
-A fabulous creature with the foreparts of an eagle and the rearquarters of a horse.
GYES
-One of the three hundred-handed, fifty-headed Hecatoncheir-giants.
GYGE (Gygaie)
-A lake of Lydia and its deity.
GYMNASTICA (Gymnastika)
- The fourth of the twelve Horae goddesses of the hours who presided over the morning hour reserved for gymnastics.
credits to: Theoi Project (www.theoi.com)
