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Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  1. Classical Mythology
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  2. Heroic Age
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  3. Tales of Lovers

Tales of Lovers

Tales of Lovers are concerned with myths about love and tragedy. Most of the stories found here come from a work called Metamorphoses by the Roman writer named Ovid, except for the tale of Cupid and Psyche which was only known through Lucius Apuleius, in the Golden Ass.

Love and War Bound (Aphrodite and Ares)

Love and War Bound (Aphrodite and Ares)

Adonis

Adonis

Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche

Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus and Eurydice

Narcissus and Echo

Narcissus and Echo

Cephalus and Procris

Cephalus and Procris

Ceyx and Alcyone

Ceyx and Alcyone

Pyramus and Thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe

Pygmalion and Galatea

Pygmalion and Galatea

Baucis and Philemon

Baucis and Philemon

Hero and Leander

Hero and Leander

Iphis

Iphis

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

Cyparissus

Cyparissus

Daphne (Nymphs)

Daphne (Nymphs)

Io (Heroines)

Io (Heroines)

Europa (House of Crete)

Europa (House of Crete)

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By Jimmy Joe

Heroic Age:

  • • Heroes 1
  • • Heroes 2
  • • Heroines
  • • Amazons
  • • Perseus
  • • Theseus
  • • Heracles
  • • Argonauts
  • • Calydonian Boar Hunt
  • • Seven Against Thebes
  • • Trojan War
  • • Odyssey
  • • Aeneid
  • • Tales of Lovers
  • • Giants
  • • Centaurs
  • • Mythical Creatures
Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche

Originally this myth was placed under the Roman Deities, under the article of Cupid (Eros, Ἔρως), but I have now moved the article to this page. I have completely revised and rewritten this myth so it can be told more fully. The only source for th...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Narcissus and Echo

Narcissus and Echo

Echo (Ἠχώ) was a mountain nymph from Mount Helicon. She appeared in the Homeric Hymn to Pan , where her wails could be heard from the mountain-top. Echo was an attendant of the goddess Hera in Ovid's Metamorphoses . Echo helped Zeus to hide his fr...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Pygmalion and Galatea

Pygmalion and Galatea

Pygmalion (Πυγμαλίων) was the king of Cyprus, and was the father of Metharme. Pygmalion had married his daughter to Cinyas. Not much was known about Pygmalion until Ovid decided to write a romantic theme about the king. Instead of being a king, Ov...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Cephalus and Procris

Cephalus and Procris

Procris (Πρόκρις) was the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. Procris was the sister of Cecrops , Butes, Creusa , Oreithyia and other unnamed sisters. Cephalus (Κέφαλος) was the son of Deion, the king of Phocis, and Diomede, daughter of Xuthus ...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Hero and Leander

Hero and Leander

It is believed that this tale was originally written by Hellenistic poet in Alexandria, but that original is now lost. The Roman poets of the 1st century BC, Virgil and Ovid, only briefly retold this legend. It wasn't until the late 5th century th...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Love and War Bound

Love and War Bound

Hephaestus ( Vulcan ), the smith and craftsman of the gods, was married to Aphrodite ( Venus ), the goddess of love and beauty. It was not a happy marriage because they had no children and Aphrodite was an unfaithful wife, having children with god...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Baucis and Philemon

Baucis and Philemon

Here is another story that can only be found in Ovid's Metamorphoses . This was a story that Lelex, king of the Lelegians, told to Ixion the impious king of the Lapiths. Two gods, Jupiter (Zeus) and his son Mercury (Hermes), decided to visit a tow...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Classical Mythology

Classical Mythology

The Classical Mythology has epics and tales of the ancient Greek and Roman myths and literature. The Greek and Roman myths show great variety and originality that has not been matched. Greek mythology is heavily intertwined with Greek classical li...

April 9th, 1999 • Timeless Myths
Ampelus Greek Mythology: Discover the Reckless Lover of Dionysus

Ampelus Greek Mythology: Discover the Reckless Lover of Dionysus

Ampelus in Greek Mythology is a satyr that has been seen, written about, and spoken of in various ways, as he has even appeared in other mythologies as well. This satyr was the one who fell in love in a reckless way, with a goddess, more specifica...

February 15th, 2024 • Ancient Literature
Pyramus and Thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe

Pyramus (Πύραμος) and Thisbe (Θισβη) were lovers in Assyria. Their families were neighbours, but were rivals. Both families refused to allow them to marry. A wall was built to separate the two young lovers. One day the pair agreed to meet at night...

June 22nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe

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