Mythology Names

Ersa was the daughter of Zeus and Selene (the moon). Her name means 'dew' (erse), which was believed to have been caused by the mo...

Erymanthis, in the tale of Heracles ' Fourth Labour, was the name of the mountain in Arcadia where the Erymanthian Boar lived. This mou...

Erysichthon was the name first of a son of Cecrops and Aglaurus and, second, of a son of Triopas, king of Dotion in Thessaly. This second E...

Erythea was the name of one of the Hesperides . Her name means 'red' (erythros), this obviously referring to the colour of the sun ...

Erytheïs was another of the Hesperides . Her name, too, means ' red '.

Eryx was a son of Aphrodite and Poseidon (or Butes), who became a king of part of north-west Sicily. His name seems to mean 'heather...

Eteocles is a name that one would expect to find belonging to a king , since it means 'true glory', from eteos, 'true', ...

Eteoclus has a name that means exactly the same as that of Eteocles, 'true glory'. He was one of the Seven Against Thebes.

Euanthes was the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. His name means 'blooming' or 'flowering', from euanthes, literally 'fine ...

Eubuleus was the by-name, or rather the euphemistic title, of Hades - although sometimes he is said to be a brother of Triptolemus. The n...