theogony

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( this is a copy of a thread started by Akherontis , the captain of another guild, and all information in this is either something he wrote or a version of something he wrote)

This is a loose account of the main family tree of the Greek Gods and the history of the Universes Creation. This is more concerned with the genealogy of the gods then the myths surrounding them, so it will be quite vague and confusing to those who are new to the subject.

additional notes: the poem version of "theogony" is said to have been written by Hesiod, a greek farmer peasant poet who wrote many other things relating to this subject  

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CREATION

Before time and space, there was only Khaos, a void of nothingness that was both never-ending and never-beginning. And within Khaos were the serpentine forms of Aion and Ananke, Time and Destiny, the eternal constants. As they entwined in their coupling, the cosmos were formed within their many coils. With that universal sphere emerged Thesis Phanes, the spirit of Birth, Love and Propagation, and Moros Olethros; spirit of Doom and Destruction, the dark counterpart of Thesis. After Thesis and Moros were born the three sisters known as the Moirai; Klotho, Lakhesis and Atropos, who governed the Fates of all the Gods and of all the mortals who were to come. The appearance of these omniscient beings marked the beginning of Creation.

And so from out of Khaos came the first of the embodied Gods; Ge, the embodiment of Earth, Aer, the embodiment of Air, Hydros, the embodiment of Water, and Pyros, the embodiment of Fire. And from Khaos were also born Nyx, the Mother of Night, and Erebos, the Father of Darkness. There too came Hemera, Mother of Day, and Aither, Father of Light. These were the Protogenoi, the First Born. They were the fundamental principles from which the universe was formed.

Ge became Gaia, the Earth itself, and Hydros became Pontos the Sea. Aer formed Ouranos the upper dome of the Sky, and Pyros formed Tartaros the lower void, the pit of Hellfire. Aither became the radiant Heavens where the gods would later dwell, and Erebos the gloomy Underworld which would become the land of the dead. Nyx spread the darkness of Erebos across the Aither to bring Night to the world, and Hemera dispersed it to reveal the Aithereal light of Day.

Nyx and Erebos were joined in love by the power of Thesis, as were Hemera and Aither. These two couples - Night and Darkness, Day and Light - produced between them a host of spirits known as Daimones, which came to embody the fundamental aspects of the Cosmos.

The Daimones were divided into Kakodaimones, who were negative personifications such as Death and Old Age; and Eudaimones, who were positive personifications such as Sleep and Laughter. They represented a number of cosmic principles such as Decay, Restraint, Joy, Foolishness, Retribution, Affection, Persuasion, Horror, Toil, Sleep and Death. Most distinguished from the offspring of Night and Darkness was Eris, Strife Incarnate, who produced without father a host of malicious spirits which would come to plague mortals in later times, such as Murder, Manslaughter, Deceit and Ruin.

As Thesis brought the power to procreate, so did Ouranos lay with Gaia, and father a trio of monstrous children. The Hekatonkheires; Gyes, Kottos and Briareos, giants with one hundred hands each. Ouranos was disgusted with these misshapen offspring, and threw them into the depths of Tartaros. Then Gaia birthed the Kyklopes; Arges the Thunderer, Brontes the Lightener and Steropes the Vivid One; giants with a single eye, and they too were cast into Tartaros. Gaia was pained greatly by this, but Ouranos would not allow her to be free of him, and he coupled with her many times, yielding a race of deities who were fair of form at last. Six male Titanes; Okeanos, Koios, Krios, Hyperion, Iapetos and Kronos. Also six female Titanides; Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoibe and Tethys.  

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THE TITANS

Ouranos was proud of these mighty children, and divided the universe for them to rule.

Swirling Okeanos and Tethys governed the Sea, and sired 3000 sea-nymphs known as Okeanides, and 3000 river-gods known as Potamoi. His six thousand children governed the rivers, lakes, brooks and shores of the world, and many of his daughters were married off to various deities.

Radiant Hyperion and Theia governed the Sky, and together they gave birth to the Sun God Helios, the Moon Goddess Selene, Eos, the rosy Dawn, and Hespera, the twilit Dusk. Helios, in dalliance with the Okeanid Klymene, fathered Phaithon the charioteer and the seven Heliades.

Koios and Phoibe were given dominion over Thought and Divination, Koios representing the knowledge of the heavenly pole, Phoibe the wisdom of the earthly pole. From their union came Leto, who presented the illuminating portents of the daylight hours, and Asteria, who provided secret wisdom in the starry night.

Krios governed the stars and constellations of Heaven. He consorted with Eurybia, a daughter of Gaia and watery Pontos, and together they conceived Astraios, Perses and Pallas. Perses and Asteria birthed Hekate, a Goddess of Sorcery and Witchcraft. Astraios and Eos produced the four winds; Zephyros the West, Boreas the North, Notos the South and Euros the East, and the Astra Pleneta; Phainon (Saturn), Dion (Jupiter), Pyroeis (Mars), Aphrodision (Venus), and Stilbon (Mercury). Pallas lay with the Okeanid Styx and produced Nike (Victory), Zelos (Rivalry), Bia (Hostility), and Kratos (Strength).

Themis came to represent divine law and the right ordering of things. Mnemosyne was the goddess of memory, and she created words and languages for the gods. Iapetos was given dominion over the lands of the Earth, and he married a daughter of Okeanos named Klymene, producing four sons, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoitios. Atlas and the Okeanid Pleione conceived the nine Pleiades, and with Hespera he fathered the three Hesperides, Aigle (Radiance), Erytheia (Redness) and Arethousa (Swiftness). Finally Kronos and Rhea, the youngest and the strongest, overthrew their elder sibling Okeanos, taking control of the Titans and ruling from the Heavens.

Gaia no longer loved Ouranos, and she sought comfort from watery Pontos, producing the sea-deities Nereus, Thaumas, Phorkys, Keto and Eurybia. Nereus later married the Okeanid Doris and fathered fifty daughters, the fish-tailed Nereides. Thaumas also wed with an Okeanid, Elektra, fathering two rainbow daughters; Iris and Arke, and two storm daughters; Aello and Okypode, the Harpyiai. Phorkys and Keto begat many monstrous offspring. The Graiai were three grey hags, Pemphredo, Deino and Persis, who shared but a single eye and tooth between them. The Gorgones were snake-haired and winged maidens, whose countenances were so terrible that those who looked upon them were turned to stone. Their names were Euryale, Stheno, and Medousa. Finally, there were three she-dragon daughters, Ekhidna, Skylla and Thoosa.

Gaia had come to loathe Ouranos for his treatment of the Hekatonkheires and the Kyklopes. She called upon her children to rebel against their father. Five of them were persuaded, Hyperion, Koios, Krios, Iapetos and Kronos. Four of the willing Titans stood at each of the four corners of Gaia, while Kronos stood upon her belly, armed with a great sickle. When Ouranos descended to couple with Gaia once more, the four brothers seized upon each of his limbs and held him fast. Kronos, beneath his father, struck Ouranos with his sickle and castrated the Sky god.

Ouranos cursed his children, calling them the straining gods, or Titanes Theoi. He prophesied that one day, Kronos and his brothers would be overthrown by their own children, just as Ouranos had been deposed by his sons. He retreated into the heavens and never took physical form again. The blood from his wound dripped onto the earth and impregnated Gaia with the races of Gigantes, the Telkhines, the Daktyloi and the Hekaterides, as well as a younger tribe of Kyklopes. His castrated genitalia also fell into the sea, and from the ensuing sea-foam of Thalassa was born Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty.  

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THE RULE OF KRONOS

The Titanes were victorious, and Kronos took his father’s place as the Titan king. To secure his rule, Kronos went against the wishes of Gaia and re-imprisoned her other children, the Hekatonkheires and the Kyklopes, as well as the newly fledged Gigantes and Telkhines. To guard Tartaros he stationed the dragon Kampe, a daughter of Phorkys and Keto.

Then, desiring a populace to rule over without contestation, he fashioned a race of humans in the image of the gods and infused them with Thesis, calling them the Golden Race. These were miniature beings compared to the gods, and they were beautiful and peaceful. They lived in harmony with the Titans, but they were also mortal and without gender. Being unable to reproduce, they died out over time, their souls becoming aerial spirits of nature known as Daimones Khryseoi.

Kronos and Rhea begat their own offspring, but Kronos was ever mindful of his father’s prophecy. As each son and daughter was born, Kronos devoured them, imprisoning them in his belly. This happened five times and Rhea, unable to bear the loss of another child, devised a plan. When she gave birth to her sixth child, Zeus, she tricked Kronos into eating a stone instead of the baby. Zeus was spirited away to a distant island, and raised in secrecy by Grandmother Earth.

When he came to maturity, Zeus consorted with Metis, one of the Okeanides, in a plot to free his siblings who were still trapped within Kronos. Metis tricked the Titan King into drinking a potion which made him disgorge the children he had swallowed, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon. With his siblings free, Zeus declared war against Kronos and the Titans, establishing himself on Mount Olympos.  

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THE TITANOMAKHIA

The Great War between the Titans and the Olympians raged for over a decade. The Titans fought from Mount Othros, and outnumbered the Olympians. To even the odds, Zeus and his brothers descended into Tartaros seeking aid. Zeus slew the dragon Kampe who guarded Tartaros and imprisoned her soul there. He freed the Hekatonkheires and the Kyklopes, recruiting them to fight on the side of the Olympians.

The Kyklopes forged bolts of lightning for Zeus, and they armed Poseidon with a trident that caused earthquakes, and Hades with a helmet that rendered him invisible. The Hekatonkheires threw stones at the Titans, three hundred at a time, and overwhelmed them. Of the Sons of Iapetos, only Atlas and Menoitios remained loyal to their father. Prometheus and Epimetheus sided with the Olympians. The Witch-Queen Hekate also fought on the side of the Olympians, as did the Okeanid Styx and her children, Nike, Zelos, Bia and Kratos. The rainbow daughters of Thaumas fought as messengers on different sides, Iris for the Olympians, Arke for the Titans. Okeanos remained neutral throughout the battle, as did the various Titanides, as they had nothing to do with the sins of Kronos.

With the aid of these mighty giants and their enchanted weapons, the Olympians vanquished the Titans. Kronos fled beneath the Earth, to Erebos, where he would become the lord of the Elysian Fields, forming a paradise from his flesh which would thereafter become the home of the righteous dead. Atlas, who led the Titans after Kronos fled, was made to hold up and rotate the starry heavens for eternity as his punishment.

Zeus imprisoned most of the other Titans in Tartaros, and set the Hekatonkheires Kottos and Gyes to guard it (the third Hekatonkheir, Briareos, retired to the bottom of the sea and married a daughter of Poseidon named Kymopoleia). Those who did not oppose him were spared that fate, however. These included Prometheus, Epimetheus, Okeanos and his offspring, Hekate, Helios, Selene, Eos, Iris, and the Titanides.

Gaia was furious that Zeus had imprisoned many of the Titans for the sins of Kronos alone. She lay with Tartaros to produce Typhon, the largest and most gruesome of all monsters. Typhon coupled with the dragon Ekhidna, daughter of Phorkys and Keto, and produced a host of monstrous offspring; Othros, Ethon, Kerberos, Hydra, Sphinx, Khimaira, Ladon, Phaia and the Drakones. Typhon himself emerged from Tartaros and laid siege to the Olympians to avenge Gaia’s betrayal. Zeus and Typhon’s battle shook the earth, but ultimately Typhon fell to Zeus’ thunderbolts, and he was imprisoned beneath Mount Aitna, where his thrashings created volcanic eruptions. Gaia relented, allowing Zeus to claim Kronos’ mantle of power.  

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THE OLYMPIANS

The victorious Olympians drew lots to decide how to divide the universe amongst them. Zeus Olympios received the Heavens, Poseidon the Sea and Hades the Underworld, while Earth would be common to all. Zeus furthermore took within himself the essence of Thesis, so that he would have authority over all Creation.

Zeus took Metis the wise as his first wife, but Gaia prophesied that Metis would birth a son who was greater then Zeus, so he turned Metis into a fly after impregnating her, and swallowed her. But Zeus began to suffer terrible headaches, so he beseeched the Titan Prometheus for help. Prometheus took a stone and bludgeoned Zeus on the head. Athena sprang out, bedecked in armor fashioned from her mother, and Zeus suffered no more. Because there was no male heir from Metis, the prophecy was refuted.

He then married Themis, and produced Eunomia, Dike, and Eirene, and also the nine Horae who embodied each hour of the day; Auge (Daybreak), Anatole (Rising), Mousika (Music), Gymnastika (Athletics), Nymphe (Bath), Mesembria (Noon), Sponde (Libation), Elete (Grinding), Akte (Meal), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Nyktia (Nocturnal).

Zeus was unfaithful to Themis, and lay also with the Okeanid Eurynome, fathering the nine Kharites; Aglaia (Beauty), Euprosyne (Cheer), Thaleia (Festivity), Eupheme (Praise), Euthenia (Abundance), Auxo (Growth), Hegemone (Leadership), Karpo (Produce) and Pasithea (Relaxation).

With Mnemosyne he fathered the nine Mousai; Kleio (History), Euterpe (Lyrics), Thaleia (Comedy), Melpolmene (Tragedy), Terpsikhore (Dance), Erato (Erotica), Polyhymnia (Hymns), Ourania (Astronomy) and Kalliope (Epics). The eldest Mousa, Melpolmene, lay with the eldest son of Okeanos, Akheloios, giving birth to the three Seirenes; Thelxiope, Molpe and Aglaope.

Zeus lay with Demeter, who gave birth to Persephone, and then with Leto he fathered the twins, Apollo the God of Music, and Artemis the Goddess of Hunting. With Maia of the Pleiades he sired Hermes, Messenger of the Gods. Themis divorced Zeus, but remained an Olympian advisor.

Finally, Zeus settled with Hera, fathering ********* the Goddess of Youth, Eileithyia the Goddess of Childbirth, Ares, the God of War, and Enyo, the Goddess of Bloodlust. And Hera was spiteful that Zeus had fathered Athena without a mother, so without union she gave birth to Hephaistos, the crippled God of Crafts and Metalwork. Hera was ashamed of this disfigured child, so she cast him from Olympos. He was saved by Eurynome and Thetis, however, and they raised him. Hephaistos got his revenge on his mother by sending her a magnificent golden throne, which imprisoned her when she sat on it. The Olympians begged Hephaistos to release Hera, but he consented to do so only if he was restored to Olympos and given the lovely Aphrodite as a bride. Zeus agreed, wishing to marry off Aphrodite so as not to cause strife among the gods over her.

Poseidon married the Okeanid Amphitrite, siring a daughter named Kymopoleia, and two sons, Triton and Proteus. Triton, herald of Poseidon, mated with many of the daughters of Nereus and produced a race of mermen called Tritones, who became subjects of Poseidon in his underwater kingdom.

Ares with Enyo fathered twin sons; fearsome Phobos and dreadful Deimos. But with Aphrodite he fathered Eros, Anteros, Himeros, and Harmonia. Hephaistos discovered this infidelity from all-seeing Helios, and staged a trap whereby he caught Aphrodite and Ares in an unbreakable net, humiliating them by allowing all the gods to see their scandalous affair. Hephaistos was eventually convinced to release them, but he abandoned Aphrodite for Aglaia of the Kharites.

Hades abducted his niece Persephone, and tricked her into becoming his loyal wife by tempting her with food from the underworld. Demeter, Persephone’s mother disputed this, and Zeus decided to allow Persephone to spend a season in the underworld with Hades, and a season in Olympos with her mother. Demeter mourns the absence of Persephone, and thus nature withers and falls to Winter, but when she is reunited with her daughter, Spring replenishes the world. Together, Hades and Persephone they fathered twin daughters, Melinoe and Makaria, who would become responsible for leading souls after judgment to either Elysion for reward or Tartaros for punishment.

Later, after the proliferation of mortals, Zeus lay with Semele to produce Dionysos, who was immortalized as the God of Wine and Debauchery. Dionysos wedded the mortal Ariadne, who Zeus made into an immortal. Zeus also lay with Alkmene and begat the mighty hero Herakles, who after his death was made into an Olympian; the God of Heroes, and he was wedded to *********, fathering twin sons Aniketos and Alexiares.  

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THE RULE OF ZEUS

Zeus followed in his father’s footsteps by creating another mortal race to inhabit the earth, the Silver Race. But this race was arrogant and did not respect the gods, so Zeus destroyed them utterly, and their spirits became Daimones Argyrei, guardians of the later races of man.

Zeus in his wisdom decided to relegate the creation of mortals to a more skilled craftsman. He came to the Titans Prometheus, Epimetheus, and the Okeanid Thalassa, beseeching them to populate the Earth. Epimetheus created the beasts and birds of the earth. Thalassa created the fishes and the creatures of the sea. Wily Prometheus was the most masterful in his art; he created the Bronze Race of men, whom Zeus breathed Thesis into. These were the ancestors of modern man, and Prometheus bade them revere and venerate the gods. But Zeus demanded that they sacrifice to him a portion of all they gathered for sustenance. Prometheus tricked Zeus into accepting the inedible portions of each sacrifice, however, and in vengeance Zeus withheld the secret of fire from man.

Prometheus felt sorry for his creations, so he stole fire from Olympos and gave it to humans. He taught them how to use it to cook and to metalwork, thus paving the way for human civilization. Zeus discovered this, and in anger he chained Prometheus to a rock and commanded the eagle Ethon to devour his entrails each day. He wreaked a subtle vengeance on the Children of Prometheus, by creating Pandora, the first woman, and instilling the essence of Thesis into her, giving her the power to procreate as do the gods. He wedded her with Epimetheus, and gave the couple a magnificently crafted box. Prometheus warned his brother not to open the box, but Zeus knew that Pandora would not be able to resist. When she finally gave in to curiosity, she unleashed from the box all the Daimon offspring of Eris, toils and vices and madness and sickness, which forever after plagued mankind. But there was one spirit who remained within the box, and this was Elpis; Hope. Because of hope, humans shrugged off all their banes and became plentiful.  

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CHILDREN OF NYX AND EREBOS

Eris (Strife), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos (Sleep), Momos (Blame), Oizys (Pain), Nemesis (Retribution), Dolos (Treachery), Apate (Deception), Philotes (Affection), Geras (Old Age), Kharon (Taxation), Eurynomos (Decay), Lyssa (Frenzy), Koalemos (Foolishness), Hybris (Insolence), Adikia (Lawlessness), Epiphron (Shrewdness), Anaideia (Ruthlessness), Sophrosyne (Restraint), Eleos (Mercy), the Keres (Demises; Anaplekte [Swift Demise], Akhlys [Mist of Demise], Iskhnasia [Wasting Demise]) the Oneiroi (Dreams; Morpheus [Shape], Ikelos [Semblance], Phantasos [Apparition]) and the Erinyes (Furies; Alekto [Unceasing], Megaira [Grudging], Tisiphone [Avenging]).

CHILDREN OF HEMERA AND AITHER
Sophia (Wisdom), Aergia (Apathy), Agon (Contest), Aidos (Reverence), Aisikhyne (Modesty), Aletheia (Truth), Angelia (Messages), Soteria (Safety), Dikaiosyne (Righteousness), Dyssebia (Impiety), Ekekheiria (Truce), Eukleia (Glory), Eupraxia (Conduct), Eusebia (Loyalty), Gelos (Laughter), Hesykhia (Silence), Hormes (Effort), Kairos (Opportunity), Kalokagathia (Nobility), Koros (Arrogance), Nomos (Law), Phema (Rumor), Lita (Prayer), Paregoron (Consolation), Peitharkia (Obedience), Pistis (Trust), Prophasis (Excuse), Hedylogos (Flattery), Pothos (Longing), Peitho (Persuasion), Praxidike (Exacter of Justice).

CHILDREN OF ERIS
Elpis (Hope), Ate (Ruin), Ponos (Toil), Limos (Starvation), Dysnomia (Lawlessness), Phrike (Horror), Phonos (Murder), Androktasia (Manslaughter), the Makhai (Battles; Homados [Battle Din], Phyge [Flight] and Kydoimos [Tumult]), the Hysimnai (Quarrels; Alala [War Cry], Palioxis [Onrush], Proioxis [Backrush]), the Neikea (Grievances; Thrasos [Rashness], Pseudologos [Lies] Amphilogia [Disputes]), the Algea (Sorrows; Lupa [Pain], Ania [Grief] and Akhos [Distress]) and the Lugra (Banes; Penia [Poverty], Amekhania [Helplessness] and Ptokheia [Beggary]).

CHILDREN OF HEMERA AND AITHER

Sophia (Wisdom), Aergia (Apathy), Agon (Contest), Aidos (Reverence), Aisikhyne (Modesty), Aletheia (Truth), Angelia (Messages), Soteria (Safety), Dikaiosyne (Righteousness), Dyssebia (Impiety), Ekekheiria (Truce), Eukleia (Glory), Eupraxia (Conduct), Eusebia (Loyalty), Gelos (Laughter), Hesykhia (Silence), Hormes (Effort), Kairos (Opportunity), Kalokagathia (Nobility), Koros (Arrogance), Nomos (Law), Phema (Rumor), Lita (Prayer), Paregoron (Consolation), Peitharkia (Obedience), Pistis (Trust), Prophasis (Excuse), Hedylogos (Flattery), Pothos (Longing), Peitho (Persuasion), Praxidike (Exacter of Justice).

CHILDREN OF ERIS

Elpis (Hope), Ate (Ruin), Ponos (Toil), Limos (Starvation), Dysnomia (Lawlessness), Phrike (Horror), Phonos (Murder), Androktasia (Manslaughter), the Makhai (Battles; Homados [Battle Din], Phyge [Flight] and Kydoimos [Tumult]), the Hysimnai (Quarrels; Alala [War Cry], Palioxis [Onrush], Proioxis [Backrush]), the Neikea (Grievances; Thrasos [Rashness], Pseudologos [Lies] Amphilogia [Disputes]), the Algea (Sorrows; Lupa [Pain], Ania [Grief] and Akhos [Distress]) and the Lugra (Banes; Penia [Poverty], Amekhania [Helplessness] and Ptokheia [Beggary]).  

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POTAMOI
(River Gods, Sons of Okeanos, numbered 3000)
Aias (River of Epeiros), Aigaios (River of Etruria), Aisepos (River of Anatolia), Akheloios (River of Aitolia), Akheron (Underworld River of Woe), Akis (River of Sikeliaa), Almo (River of Lation), Alpheios (River of Arkadia), Amnisos (River of Krete), Amphyrsos (River of Thessalia), Anapos (River of Sikelia), Anauros (River of Thessalia), Anigros (River of Elis), Apidanos (River of Thessalia), Ardeskos (River of Thrake), Arnos (River of Etruria), Askanios (River of Mysia), Asopos (River of Boiotia), Asterion (River of Argos), Axios (River of Paionia), Baphyras (River of Pieria), Bolbe (Lake of Thessalia), Borysthenes (River of Skythia), Brykhon (River of Khersonessos), Elisson (River of Akhaia), Enipeus (River of Thessalia), Erasinos (River of Argos), Rhine (River of Hyperboria), Eridanos (River of Attika), Erymanthos (River of Arkadia), Euenos (River of Aitolia), Euphrates (River of Assyria), Eurotas (River of Lakedaimonia), Ganges (River of India), Grenikos (River of Anatolia), Gygaie (Lake of Lydia), Haliakmon (River of Makedonia), Halys (River of Paphlygonia), Hebros (River of Kikonia), Heptaporos (River of Anatolia), Hermos (River of Lydia), Hydasped (River of India), Ilisos (River of Attika), Imbrasos (River of Samos), Inakhos (River of Argos), Indos (River of Karia), Inopos (River of Delia), Ismenos (River of Boiotia), Istros (River of Skythia), Kaikinos (River of Bruttium), Kaikos (River of Teuthrania), Kaystros (River of Lydia), Kebren (River of Anatolia), Kephissos (Rivers of Phokis, Attika and Argos), Khremetes (River of Libya), Kladeos (River of Elis), Kokytos (Underworld River of Lamentations), Krimisos (River of Sikelia), Kydnos (River of Kilikia), Kytheros (River of Elis), Ladon (River of Arkadia), Lamos (River of Kilikia), Lethe (Female, Underworld River of Forgetfulness), Maiandros (River of Karia), Meles (River of Lydia), Minkios (River of Gallia), Neilos (Nile, River of Aegyptos), Nestos (River of Bistonia), Nomikios (River of Lation), Nymphaios (River of Anatolia), Orontes (River of Syria), Paktolos (River of Lydia), Parthenios (River of Paphlagonia), Peneios (River of Thessalia), Phasis (River of Kolkhis), Phyllis (River of Thynia), Pleistos (River of Phokis), Pyriphlegethon (Underworld River of Fire), Rhesos (River of Anatolia), Rhinos (River of Iberia), Rhodios (River of Anatolia), Saggarios (River of Phrygia), Satnioeis (River of Anatolia), Selemnos (River of Akhaia), Simoeis (River of Anatolia), Skamandros (River of Illium), Sperkheios (River of Malis), Strymon (River of Edonia), Styx (Female, Underworld River of Hatred), Symaithos (River of Sikelia), Tanais (River of Skythia), Termessos (River of Boiotia), Thermodon (River of Assyria), Tyberinos (River of Lation), Tigris (River of Assyria) and Titaressos (River of Thessalia).