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[[>ACHILLES]] [[>KIRKE]] [[>HERAKLES]] [[>MIDAS]] [[>TANTALUS]] (enchant:?page,(text-colour:black)+(bg:#fff3bf)) (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

[[>HECATONCHEIRES, THE]] [[>KERBEROS]] [[>MINOTAUR]] [[>SCYLLA]] [[>TYPHON]] (enchant:?page,(text-colour:black)+(bg:#fff3bf)) (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

[[>ANEMOI, THE]] [[>ARTEMIS]] [[>HEPHAESTUS]] [[>PAN]] [[>TITANS, THE]] (enchant:?page,(text-colour:black)+(bg:#fff3bf)) (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

(if: $search is "wind" or "anemoi" or "the anemoi" or "eurus" or "notos" or "boreas" or "zephyrus") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>ANEMOI, THE]]](if: $search is "bow" or "moon" or "artemis" or "hunt" or "apollo" or "diana" or "selene") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>ARTEMIS]]](if: $search is "volcano" or "forge" or "blacksmith" or "aphrodite" or "machine" or "ugly" or "hephaestus") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>HEPHAESTUS]]](if: $search is "pan" or "pipes" or "pan pipes" or "dionysus" or "wild" or "nature" or "panic") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>PAN]]](if: $search is "titan" or "titanic" or "kronos" or "helios" or "rhea" or "titanomachy" or "prometheus") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>TITANS, THE]]](if: $search is "achilles" or "heel" or "patroclus" or "trojan war" or "thetis" or "faggot" or "troy") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>ACHILLES]]](if: $search is "witch" or "sorceror" or "pig" or "odysseus" or "circe" or "wand" or "magic") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>KIRKE]]](if: $search is "hercules" or "herakles" or "12 labours" or "wrath" or "lion" or "hunk" or "heracles") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>HERAKLES]]](if: $search is "midas" or "king midas" or "gold" or "touch" or "golden touch" or "greed" or "midas touch") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>MIDAS]]](if: $search is "tantalus" or "tantalize" or "tartarus" or "ambrosia" or "cannibal" or "punishment" or "food") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>TANTALUS]]](if: $search is "hecatoncheires" or "the hecatoncheires" or "hundred" or "hundred head" or "hundred hander" or "cyclops" or "100") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>HECATONCHEIRES, THE]]](if: $search is "minotaur" or "minos" or "crete" or "labyrinth" or "maze" or "theseus" or "bull") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>MINOTAUR]]](if: $search is "cerberus" or "kerberos" or "dog" or "hades" or "hell" or "three headed dog" or "guard") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>KERBEROS]]](if: $search is "scylla" or "serpent" or "sea" or "charybdis" or "glaucus" or "ocean" or "dragon") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>SCYLLA]]](if: $search is "typhon" or "typhoon" or "wings" or "giant" or "snake" or "father of monsters" or "bad ass motherfucker") [ [[1 SEARCH RESULT->>TYPHON]]] OUR ARCHIVES ARE INCOMPLETE. IF YOU CANNOT FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, [[REFINE YOUR SEARCH->ACCESS GRANTED.]] OR CONTACT US AT pythia126@hotmail.com] (enchant:?page,(text-colour:black)+(bg:#fff3bf)) (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''THE TITANS, PROGENITORS OF THE GODS'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Prominent Members:'' Kronos (ruler, titan of time), Rhea (mother of gods), Helios (the sun), Prometheus (bringer of fire). ''Family:'' Gaia (mother), Oranos (father), the Cyclopses (brothers), The [[Hecatoncheiries->>HECATONCHEIRES, THE]](brothers) ''Location:'' Tartarus (unless freed) ''Prominant Myths:'' - The Titanomachy: The overthrow of the Titans by their successors, the Olympian Gods. The battle went on for eons, and the Titan's immense size and strength is the origin of the word "titanic". (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''PAN, GOD OF THE WILDS'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Faunus (Roman aspect) ''Family:'' Hermes (father), Penelope (mother), Silenus (child) ''Location:'' Mt. Olympus, Mt. Etna ''Symbol: '' Pan Flue, Goat ''Prominant Myths:'' -Making of the Pan Flute: Made from the Wood Nymph Syrinx, who he's attempted to seduce -Panic: The power to induce mania, used to turn the tide of many battles; origin of modern word. -Said to have died in the reign of Tiberius (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''HEPHAESTUS, GOD OF THE FORGE'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Vulcan (Roman aspect) ''Family:'' Aphrodite (sister/wife), Zeus (father), Hera (mother), Thalia (daughter), Ares (brother) ''Location:'' Mt. Olympus, Mt. Etna ''Symbol: '' Hammer, Anvil, Tongs ''Prominant Myths:'' -Fall from Olympus: Tossed from Olympus by Hera because of his disabilites -The Binding of Aphrodite and Ares: Catches his wife's affair with his brother and binds them in golden chains. -Made weapons for many heroes and Gods; [[Herakles->>HERAKLES]], Hermes, Eros, etc. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''ARTEMIS, GODDESS OF THE HUNT'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Selene (moon aspect), Diana (Roman aspect) ''Family:'' Zeus (father), [[Leto (mother)->>TITANS, THE]], Apollo (twin) ''Location:'' Mt. Olympus, Sacred Wood ''Symbol: '' Bow and Arrow, Crescent Moon, Stag ''Prominant Myths:'' - Actaeon: Turns him into a stag as punishment for invading her sacred spring. -Trojan Cycle: Takes Iphegenia as a sacrifice (sometimes saves her and makes her a warrior) -Orion (befriended him and make him a constellation) (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''THE ANEMOI, GODS OF THE FOUR WINDS'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Prominent Members:'' Eurus (East Wind), Zephyrus (West Wind), Notus (South Wind), Boreus (North Wind). ''Family:'' Eos (mother, goddess of dawn), Astraeus (father, god of dusk), The Lesser Winds (brothers) ''Location:'' Aeolia ''Symbol: ''Wind Rose ''Prominant Myths:'' - Apollo and Hyacinthus: Zephyrus kills Hyacinthus out of jealousy. - Psyche and Eros: The Anemoi take Psyche to her husband's palace. - Odyssey: Pull (as horses) the carriage of Aeolus, given in a bag to Odysseus (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''ACHILLES, BEST OF THE ACHEANS'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Achilleus ''Family:'' Peleus (father), Thetis (mother), Neoptolemus (son) ''Location:'' Phthia ''Symbol: ''Red hair, spear ''Prominant Myths:'' -Achilles' Heel: Thetis dipped him in the river Styx, making him immortal except for where he held him. Origin of modern expression. -The Illead: main character of the epic, his battle prowess and rage over Patrocolus' death drive the narrative. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''KIRKE, THE SORCERESS OF AEAEA'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Circe ''Family:'' [[Helis (father)->>TITANS, THE]], Perse (mother), Telegonus (son) ''Location:'' Aeaea ''Symbol: ''Magic wand, Golden eyes ''Prominant Myths:'' -The Odyssey: encountered Odysseus, tranformed his men into bigs, and took him as a lover -Scylla and Picus: Kirke and [[Scylla->>SCYLLA]] loved the same man, Kirke transformed Scylla into a beast to disuade him. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''HERAKLES, GREATEST OF HEROES'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Alcaeus, Alcides, Hercules (Roman aspect) ''Family:'' Zeuz (father), Alcemene (mother), Helen of Troy (sister), Perseus (brother), Alexiares (son) ''Location:'' Thebes ''Symbol: ''Club, lion skin ''Prominant Myths:'' -Strangling the Snakes: Hera, out of jealously tried to kill the infant Herakles with poisonous snakes. The baby's strength was such that he strangled them. -12 Labours: Serves King Eurystheus in penance for killing his wife and children; battles many [[monsters->>KERBEROS]] and obtains many magical items. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Family:'' Gordias (father), Cybele (mother), Lityerses (son) ''Location:'' Phrygia ''Symbol: ''Gold ''Prominant Myths:'' -Golden Touch: Dionysus awarded him the ability to turn what he touched to Gold, which he relished until he turned his daughter into a golden statue and died of starvation. -Ears of a Donkey: In one telling, Apollo turns his ears into that of a donkey as punishemnt for boastfullness. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''TANTALUS, KING OF MYCENAE'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Circe ''Family:'' Zeuz (father), Pluto (mother), Pelops (son), House of Atreus (descendents) ''Location:'' Phrygia ''Symbol: ''N/A ''Prominant Myths:'' -Cannibal Feast: Attemps to feed his son Pelops to the Gods, and is banished to Tartarus for filicide and inhospitality. -Punishment of Tantalus: For his crime he is held just out of reach from food, surrounded by undrinkable water. The longing is the origin of the word "tantalize". (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''THE HECATONCHEIRES, THE HUNDRED-HANDED ONES'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Prominent Members:'' Cottus (the furious), Briareus (the sea-goat), Gyges (the long-limbed) ''Family:'' Gaia (mother), Oronos (father), [[The Titans->>TITANS, THE]] (siblings), the Cyclopses (brothers) ''Location:'' The Deep Ocean ''Symbol:'' N/A ''Prominant Myths:'' -The Titanomachy: assisted the Gods in slaying the Titans (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''KERBEROS, THREE-HEADED HOUND OF HADES'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Cerberus ''Family:'' [[Typhon->>TYPHON]] (father), Echidna (mother), Chimera (sister), Hydra (brother), Orthrus (brother) ''Location:'' Hades ''Symbol: ''N/A ''Prominant Myths:'' 12 Labours - Hades loans him to [[Herakles ->>HERAKLES]] for a day. [[Theseus->>MINOTAUR]] and Pirithous - Kerberos devours Pirithous for lusting after Persephone. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''MINOTAUR, THE MONSTER OF THE LABYRINTHE'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Asterion, Asterius ''Family:'' Cretan Bull (father), Pasiphae (mother), Minos (step-father) Ariadne (sister), Glaucus (step-brother) ''Location:'' Crete ''Symbol: ''Bull, Labyrithe ''Prominant Myths:'' Birth - Born from an affair between Pasiphae and the Cretan Bull, involving Poseidon, Daedalus and Aphrodite. Theseus and the Labyrinthe - Minos hires Theseus to slay his wife's bastard, who he keeps traps in a complex labyrinthe. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''SCYLLA, THE MAN-EATER'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Skylla ''Family:'' Triton (father), Crataeis (mother) ''Location:'' Strait of Messina ''Symbol: ''Serpents, dogs ''Prominant Myths:'' The Odyssey: Odysseus encounters Scylla and her consort Charybdis as sea monsters in his journey. Scylla and Picus: Scylla was once a beautiful nymph until she and [[Kirke->>KIRKE]] fell love with the same man. Kirke transformed Scylla into a beast to disuade him. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))

''TYPHON, THE FATHER OF MONSTERS'' - [[BACK->ACCESS GRANTED.]] ''Also Called:'' Typhoeus, Typhaon, Typhos ''Family:'' Tartarus (father), Gaia (mother), Echidna (wife), [[Kerberos->>KERBEROS]] (Son), Hydra (Son), Orthrus (brother), Chimera (daughter) ''Location:'' Cilcia ''Symbol: ''Storms ''Prominant Myths:'' -Birth: Born from Gaia as a punishment against the Gods for slaying the Giants -Battle with Zeus: His battle with Zeus to rule the world is what earned Zeus his crown. (enchant:?page, (font:"Courier"))