Mythology Names

Echetus was a king of Epirus proverbial for his cruelty. His name does not reveal this, however, since it seems to mean 'possessor'...

Echidna was a monster, the offspring of Chrysaor and Oceanus ' daughter Callirrhoë. (Other accounts give her parents as Tartarus and Ga...

Echion was the name of one of the Sown Men who married Agave and became the father of Pentheus . It was also the name of one of the Argonaut...

Echo was the nymph on Mount Helicon sentenced (forgive the word-play) by Hera to speak only when she was spoken to, and even then merely t...

Eëtion was the father of Andromache. He and seven of his sons were killed by Achilles. His name seems to be based on êtes, 'kinsman...

Egeria was a rather obscure Roman water nymph who was the 'patroness' of Diana's grove at Aricia. Her name means ' black ...

Eidomene (or Idomene) was the wife of Amythaon and the mother of Bias and Melampus . Melampus was a famous seer, and thus Eidomene's na...

Eidothea (or Idothea, or Ido) was the daughter of Proteus , the 'Old Man of the Sea'. Her name means 'divine form', from eid...

Eidyia (or Eidia, or Idyia) was an Oceanid , the wife of Aeëtes and the mother of Medea . Her name means 'the knowing one', from ei...

Eileithyia (or Ilithyia) was the Greek goddess of childbirth whose Roman equivalent was Lucina (later Diana). As befits her speciality, he...