The Gegenees (Γηγενεής ) (Gēgeneēs) were giants with six arms in Greek mythology. The Doliones (Δολίονες) were the Gegenees. Cyzicus (Κύζικος) (Kúzikos) was their king.
Jason (Ἰάσων) (Iásōn) and the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûtai) met with Cyzicus and the Doliones. It was during the quest for the Golden Fleece (Χρυσόμαλλον δέρας) (Khrysómallon déras).
There was a battle between them and Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) (Hercules) saved the Argonauts.
Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) (Lykoûrgos) was a king of Thrace in Greek mythology. His father was Dryas (Δρύας) or Ares (Ἄρης).
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) (Diónysos) was an enemy of Lycurgus.
He was killed.
Danaïdes (Δᾰνᾰΐδες), or Danaides and Danaids were daughters of Danaus (Δαναός) (Danaós), king of Argos (Άργος). They had different mothers.
Danaïdes killed their husbands. Only one of them didn't kill her husband.
In Tartarus killers carry a jug to fill a pithos without bottom.
There are arts about these characters.
Gordian Knot (Γόρδιος δεσμός) (Nodus Gordianus) was a very difficult knot in Greek myths and legends.
Phrygia (Φρυγία) (Phrygía) was a kingdom without king. Simple man named Gordias (Γορδιάς, Γόρδιος) (Gordias, Gordius) became a king of Phrygia. He called the capital after himself: Gordion (Γόρδιον) (Górdion, Gordium). Also, Gordias created the knot.
Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot.
There is a metaphor that means solve difficult problem about the Gordian Knot.
The Story of Little Muck by Wilhelm Hauff.
Little Muck was a little person. His father died.
Little Muck worked for an old woman. Then he left and took his shoes. These shoes were magical. They could transport the Little Muck wherever he wanted very quickly.
So, the Little Muck became the king’s runner. Then he was deprived of the magic shoes.
The Little Muck found two fig trees. If person ate figs from the first tree, then donkey ears would grow, but if person ate figs from the second tree, then donkey ears would disappear.
He changed his clothes and went to the palace. There Little Muck treated the king to figs and he became ugly.
The king hoped for a recovery, but Little Muck didn’t give him the healing figs. The Little Muck only took his magic shoes.
There are many different movies and cartoons about this fairy tale.
Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/little-muck-673750522
Ixion (Ἰξίων) (Ἰξίονος) was a king of the Lapiths (Λαπίθαι) (Λαπίθης) (Lapithai) in Greek myths and legends. His parents were Phlegyas (Φλεγύας) and Perimele (Περιμήλη). Also, Ixion was the ancestor of the centaurs (Κένταυρος) (kéntauros) (centaurus).
Dia (Δία) was his wife. They had children.
Ixion was dishonest. But Zeus granted him purification.
Ixion was in love with Hera (Ἥρα) (Hḗrā) (Ἥρη) (Hḗrē). But instead of her gods and goddesses gave him Nephela (Νεφέλη).
Then Ixion told people about his relationship with the wife of Zeus.
At the end Ixion was tied to a spinning wheel and sent to the underworld (Tartarus).
There are many pieces of art about this story.
Hypsilyle (Ὑψιπύλη) (Hypsipýlē) was a queen of island Lemnos in Greek mythology. Her father was king Thoas (Θόας). Dionysus (Διόνυσος) (Dionysos) and Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) (Ariadne) were Hypsilyle's grandparents.
She saved her father.
Jason (Ἰάσων) (Iásōn), the leader of the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûta) was Hypsipyle's husband. They had twin sons: Euneus (Εὔνηος) and Thoas (Θόας).
Also, Hypsilyle was a nurse of Opheltes (Ὀφέλτης).
Pentheus (Πενθεύς) (Pentheús) was a king of Thebes in Greek myths and legends. Echion (Ἐχῑ́ων) was his father and Agave (Ἀγαύη) (Agaúē) was his mother. Epirus (Ἤπειρος) (Ḗpeiros) was Pentheus' sister. Also, the character had a son named Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) (Menoikeús).
He was killed by his mother Agave and her sisters. It was tragedy.
Cepheus (Κηφεύς) (Kepheús) was a king of Aethiopia in Greek myths. His parents were Belus (Βῆλος) (Bêlos) and Achiroe (Ἀχιρόη).
Cassiopiea was his wife. Princess Andromeda was their daughter.
There is a legend that Cepheus was turned into a constellation.
Sisyphus (Σίσυφος) (Sísyphos) was a king of Corinth (Ephyra) in Greek myths and legends. Aelous (Αἴολος) was his father and Enarete (Ἐναρέτη) was his mother. Also, Sisyphus had sibling, wives, and children.
He met with other gods and goddesses.
After the death, Sisyphus rolled a heavy stone up a mountain in Tartarus (Τάρταρος). The stone rolled down. Therefore, sometimes hard and pointless work is called "Sisyphean".
There are many different pieces of art about this story.
Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren.
Bo Vilhelm Olsson or Bosse lives with people who dislike him.
Bosse gets the golden apple and finds the Genie. Then he finds himself in a magical land and finds out that his name is Mio, his father is the king of the country, and he is a prince.
Jum-Jum is Mio's friend. Also, his father gives the horse Miramis.
The characters met with evil knight Kato in this country.
Asterion (Ἀστερίων) was a king of Crete in Greek myths and legends. He was a husband of Europa.
Tectamus (Τέκταμος) was the father of Asterion.
Asterion grew up Minos (Μίνως), Rhadamanthus (Ῥαδάμανθυς), and Sarperdon (Σαρπηδών).
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“Hurleburlebutz” by the Brothers Grimm.
Once upon a time a king was in a forest. He met a white dwarf there. The dwarf asked for king’s youngest daughter.
The family didn’t want to give up their daughter, but then the fox took the right girl.
The fox turned into a white dwarf and they began to live together.
Then the dwarf turned into a prince.
Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/standing-fox-isolated-on-white-background-1939946614
Midas (Μίδας) was a king of Phrygia in Greek myths and legends. Gordias (Γορδίας) and Cybele (Κυβέλη) were his adopted parents.
He had donkey ears.
Midas met with other mythical characters, such as: Orpheus, Silenus (Σειληνός), Dionysus, and etc.
He had a special gift: everything he touched turned to gold. Then Midas got rid of this gift.
Deucalion (Δευκαλίων) was the character in Greek myths and legends. Prometheus (Προμηθεύς) and Clymene (Κλυμένη) were his parents.
Deucalion was king of Phthia in Thessaly.
Pyrrha (Πύρρα) was his wife. They had several children.
There are different works about this mythological character.
"The Young King" by Oscar Wilde.
Once upon a time there was a young King. Soon, his coronation will take place. The young King admired wealthy things.
Suddenly during sleep he dreamed how people created these things. They worked very hard for wealthy and beautiful decorations. The young King understood that their work is very hard.
He decided to go to the coronation in simple clothes.
At the end King's simple things became with leaves and flowers.
Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/cute-little-boy-wearing-blue-prince-691501948
Cassandra (Κασσάνδρα) was a daughter of Priam (Πρίαμος) and Hecuba (Ἑκάβη), they were the king and queen of Troy (Τροία). Her siblings were, Hector (Ἕκτωρ,), Helenus (Ἕλενος), Paris (Πάρις), Deiphobus (Δηΐφοβος), Polyxena (Πολυξένη), and Ilione (Ἰλιόνη).
Apollo (Apollo) (Ἀπόλλων) was admired by Cassandra. Also, he endowed her with the gift of prophecy. Cassandra predicted the fall of Troy.
When she refused Apollo, he made sure that no one believed in Cassandra's predictions. So, the metaphor of Cassandra appeared, for a person whose predictions are not believed.
Cassandra had relations with Agamemnon, king of Mycenae.
There are many different arts about this character.
Iphigenia (Ἰφιγένεια) was a princess of Mycenae, in Greek mythology. Her father was King Agamemnon, her mother was Queen Clytemnestra.
Iphigenia had several siblings: Orestes, Chrysothemis, and Electra.
There are plays, paintings, and statues about this character.
