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HADES 1 (Haides)
-The king of the underworld and lord of the dead. He was one of the three great sons of Cronus who, with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon, drew lots for the division of the cosmos after the defeat of the Titans. Illustrated
HADES 2 (Haides)
-The land of the dead, the gloomy realm of the god of the same name.
HAGNO
-An Oceanid-nymph who, with her sisters Theiosa and Neda, nursed the infant Zeus in the land of Arcadia.
HALIA
- A sea-nymph of the island of Rhodes who bore Poseidon six sons. When the sons refused Aphrodite landing on the island, the goddess made them go mad and violate their own mother. Poseidon then banished them to caverns beneath the island while Halia "the brine" leapt into the sea and was dissolved.
HALIAE (Haliai)
-Nymphs of the sea, daughters of the marine gods. Their number included the fifty Nereides.
HALIMEDES
-A one-eyed, metal-working Cyclops-giant.
HAMADRYADES (Hamadryades)
- Tree nymphs whose lives were each bound to a tree.
HAMADRYAS
-The first oak-tree nymph who was the mother of Hamadryads of lesser trees such as the cherry, ash, elm and cornel.
HARMONIA (1)
-The goddess of harmony who wed King Cadmus of Thebes in a ceremony attended by all the gods. The pair were later transferred to Elysium to live a life of eternal bliss. Illustrated
HARMONIA (2)
-A nymph of the Acmonian wood who was the mother of the first of the Amazons by the god Ares.
HARPIES (Harpyiai)
-A pair of ravenous bird-women, known as the "hounds of Zeus," which carried off people with their whirlwinds. Zeus once set them to torment the impious king Phineus, snatching away and befouling his food, until they were driven off by the Boreads. Illustrated
HARPINA
-A Naiad-nymph daughter of the river Asopus who was abducted to Elis by the god Ares.
HARPOCRATES (Harpokrates)
-The young boy-god of silence who was seen holding a finger to his lips insistent for quiet.
HEBE
-The goddess of youth who wed Heracles upon his ascension to Olympus. Illustrated
HEBRUS (Hebros)
-A river of Thrace, north of Greece, and its god.
HECAERGE (Hekaerge)
-An Hyperborean nymph hunting companion of the goddess Artemis.
HECATE (Hekate)
-The goddess of witchcraft, ghosts and necromancy. She assisted Demeter in her search for Persephone and afterwards became a minister of the young goddess in the underworld. Illustrated
HECATERIDES (Hekaterides)
-Five rustic nymphs who were the mothers of the wild mountain spirits--the Satyrs, Oreads and Curetes.
HECATERUS (Hekateros)
- A god of the rustic country dance.
HECATONCHEIRES (Hekatonkheires)
-Three fifty-headed, hundred-handed giants of the storm clouds who were imprisoned beneath the earth first by their father Uranus and later by their brother Cronus. Zeus freed them from their prison to help drive the Titan-gods from heaven.
HEDONE
-The spirit-personification of pleasure, a daughter of Eros (Love) and Psyche (the Soul).
HEDYLOGUS (Hedylogos)
-The god of sweet-talk, one of the winged Erotes (Love-Spirits). Illustrated
HEGETORIA
-The nymph wife of King Ochimus of the Greek island of Rhodes.
HELEIONOMAE (Heleionomai)
-Naiad-nymphs of marshes and wetlands.
