Greek and Roman Mythology

Michael Lahanas

Mythological Figures

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Naiads (Ναϊάδες)- Nais - Napaeae -

Narcaeus

There is another story about Narcissus, less popular indeed than the other, but not without some support. It is said that Narcissus had a twin sister; they were exactly alike in appearance, their hair was the same, they wore similar clothes, and went hunting together. The story goes on that Narcissus fell in love with his sister, and when the girl died, would go to the spring, knowing that it was his reflection that he saw, but in spite of this knowledge finding some relief for his love in imagining that he saw, not his own reflection, but the likeness of his sister. Pausanias 9.31.8

Narcissus (Νάρκισσος)

Nasamon - Naubolus

Nauplius (Ναύπλιος) -

"Would you young ladies move some distance off,
so I can wash salt water off my shoulders
by myself and then rub on the olive oil.
It's a long time since oil was on my skin.
I won't wash myself in front of you,
for I'm ashamed to stand stark naked
in the presence of such fair-haired girls." , Odyssey

Nausicaa (Ναυσικά )

Nausinous - Nausithous - Naxus - Nectar - Neaera - Nebrophonus - Neda (Νέδα)- Neis - Neleus (Νηλέας )- Nemea

Nemausios (one of the Heracleidae or son of Heracles) assumed to be origin of the name of the Nimes / France (or from a celtic similar /related god?)

Temple of Zeus, Olympia

Heracles and the Nemean Lion , Drawing

- Nemean Lion -

Nemertes

I am - you see - the Nemesis of men, well winged, immortal, dwelling in the sky.

Nemesis (Νέμεσις)

    Neoptolemus holds Polyxena, while Hecuba ask him to release her daughter, her son Polites is dead (still with tears coming from his eyes). Pio Fedi, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy [Source]

- Neoptolemus (Νεοπτόλεμος)-

Then Helen, Zeus' daughter, thought of something else.
She quickly dropped into the wine they were enjoying 
a drug which eased men's pains and irritations,
making them forget their troubles.  A drink of this,
once mixed in with wine, would guarantee no man 
would let a tear fall on his cheek for one whole day,
not even if his mother and his father died,
or if, in his own presence, men armed with swords
hacked down his brother or his son, as he looked on. Odyssey Book 4

Nepenthes

Nephalion

Nephele (Νεφέλη)

Nereids (Νηρηίδες , Νηρεΐδες )

Nereus (Νηρέας )

Nesaea

Strabo: Here, also, is the hill Taphiassos, on which are the tombs of Nessus and the other Centaurs, from whose putrefied bodies, they say, flows forth at the base of the hill the water which is malodorous and clotted; and it is on this account, they add, that the tribe is also called Ozolian [gr. 'ozein' smell)

Nessus

Nestor (Νέστωρ) (The cave of Nestor)

Newton Isaac : A short chronicle...

The Nike (a symbol of victory) of Paionios flying from the Olymp lands on a column in front of the Zeus Temple in Olympia to honour the athletes of the Olympic Games..

Nike

Nilus

Niobe (Νιόβη)

Nisos -

Nisus

Nonnus of Panopolis

Nostoi -

Notus - Nycteus - Nyctimus (Νύκτιμος)-

Nymphs (Νύμφες)

Nymph and Dionysus

    Archedemus o Theraios o Nympholyptos fradaisi Nymphon t antron exirgasato (Archedemus from Thera the nympholept decorated the cave on the advice of the nymphs)Archedemus of Thera, the "Nympholept Cave in Vari

Nysa

Nyseides

Nyx (Νυξ) (Night)

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