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OCEANIDES (Okeanides)
-Three thousand nymph daughters of the earth-encirling river Oceanus. They were the nymphs of fresh-water (Naiads), clouds (Nephelai), cool breezes (Aurai), meadows (Leimonides) and groves (Alseides). The eldest of them were ranked amongst the Titans. Illustrated
OCEANUS 1 (Okeanos)
-The Titan-god of the earth-encircling river Oceanus. He took no part in the Titan-War, but fostered the three daughters of Cronus--Hera, Demeter and Hestia--after they were disgorged by their father. Illustrated
OCEANUS 2 (Okeanos)
-A mighty, earth-encircling, fresh-water stream which was the source of all rivers, springs and clouds and into which the sun, moon and stars set.
OCYPETE (Okypete)
-One of the three Harpies.
OCYRHOE (1) (Okyrhoe)
-A Naiad-nymph of the island of Samos who was pursued by the god Apollon. When she attempted to flee the island in a ship he turned the vessel to stone and transformed the pilot into a porpoise.
OCYRHOE (2) (Okyrhoe)
-A Naiad-nymph of the Phrygian river Sangarius.
OCYRHOE (3) (Okyrhoe)
-An Oceanid-nymph of Colchis loved by the sun-god Helius.
OCYRHOE (4) (Okyrhoe)
- A Teuthranian Naiad-nymph loved by the god Hermes.
OCYRHOE (5) (Okyrhoe)
-A nymph daughter of the centaur Chiron who was transformed into a mare by the gods as punishment for the misuse of her prophetic gifts.
OEDIPUS (Oidipous)
-The tragic Theban hero who destroyed the Sphinx.
OENOE (Oinoe)
-A nymph of the island of Sicinus loved by King Thoas.
OENONE (Oinone)
-A Naiad-nymph daughter of the river Cebren of Troy. She was the first wife of Prince Paris who refused to heal him of a mortal arrow-wound when he returned to her during the Trojan War. When he died she hanged herself in remorse.
OENUS (Oinos)
-The male personification of wine.
OEOLYCA (Oiolyka)
-A sea-nymph daughter of the storm giant Briareus. Some say the girdle of the Amazon Hippolyte first belonged to her.
OIZYS
-The female personification of pain.
OLETHRUS (Olethros)
-The personification of doom and destruction.
OLYMPUS (1) (Olympos)
-The mountain-home of the Olympian gods.
OLYMPUS (2) (Olympos)
-A Cretan giant who mentored the god Zeus but later turned on his protégé by inciting the Gigantes to rise against him.
OLYMPUS (3) (Olympos)
-The god of the Phrygian mount Olympus.
OMODAMON
-The Daemon "Crudebake" who plagued the craftsman potter.
ONEIROI
- The spirits of dreams which issued forth from the underworld at night like bats from a cave.
OPHIES PTERETOI
-Feather-winged serpents which guarded the myrrh fields of Arabia.
OPHION
-An early king of the Titans who Cronus wrestled for the throne of heaven and cast defeated into the Oceanus stream.
OPHIOTAURUS (Ophiotauros)
-A black-skinned monster with the forequarters of a bull and the tail of a serpent. It was slain by the sea-god Aegaeon during the Titan-War.
OPORA
- The goddess of the ripened fruit of late summer.
OREADS (Oreiades)
-Hamadryad-nymphs of the mountains. As each was born a symbiotic pine tree sprang up beside her on the slopes. Illustrated
ORION
-A handsome giant who could walk on water. He was a great hunter and a close companion of the goddesses Artemis and Leto. However, when he threatened to kill all of the earth's beasts, Gaea sent a scorpion to destroy him.
ORITHYIA (1) (Oreithyia)
-An Athenian princess who was abducted by the north-wind Boreas to become his immortal wife. Illustrated
ORITHYIA (2) (Oreithyia)
-A nymph of Mount Lebanon in Phoenicia. She was the wife of King Belus and mother of the accursed girl Smyrna.
ORIUS (1) (Oreios)
-A man-eating, half-bear Thracian giant. He and his twin brother were transformed into birds by the gods as punishment for their cruel barbarity.
ORIUS (2) (Oreios)
-The mountain-god of Mount Othrys in Malis.
ORNEA
-The Naiad-nymph eponym of the Argive town of Orneae.
ORNITHES AREIOS
-A flock of arrow-shooting birds sacred to the god Ares which guarded his Amazonian shrine.
ORPHNE
-An underworld nymph who was the wife of the river Acheron.
ORSEIS
-The nymph wife of Hellen eponymous king of the Hellenes (Greeks).
ORTHANNES
-A phallic god of garden fertility.
ORTHOSIA
-One of the Horae and a goddess of agricultural bounty.
ORTYGIA
-The nymph of the sacred Ortygian grove in Lycia who nursed the young god Apollo.
OSSA
-The female personification of rumour.
OTHREIS
-An Oread-nymph of Mount Othrys in Malis loved by the gods Zeus and Apollo.
ORTHRUS (Orthros)
-The two-headed guard dog of the giant Geryon slain by Heracles. Illustrated
OTUS (Otos)
- A giant son of Poseidon who, with his brother Ephialtes, attempted to storm heaven by piling mountains one upon the other. The pair were slain by the gods Apollo and Artemis. Illustrated
OUPIS
-A Hyperborean nymph in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.
OURANIA
-The goddess Muse of astronomy.
OURANOS
-The primordial god of the solid sky-dome. He was the first king of the cosmos who was castrated and deposed by his own son Cronus. Illustrated
OUREA
-The gods of the mountains--each mountain had its own craggy, old god.
OXYLUS (Oxylus)
-A rustic god of the mountain forests who was the father of the Hamadryad nymphs.
credits to: Theoi Project (www.theoi.com)
