Napaeae: Valley nymphs, who looked after the flocks also
Narcissus: Youth loved by Echo; enamored with his own image
Nausicaa: Daughter of Alcinous and Arete; befriends Ulysses
Naxos: Island visited by Theseus and Bacchus,
Nectar: Beverage of the gods, poured out by Hebe and Ganymede. Ambrosia was the food of the gods
Neleus: Son of Neptune; brother of Pelias
Nemea: Forest in Greece, devastated by a lion slain by Hercules
Nemean Games: Games in honor of Jupiter and Hercules
Nemean Lion: Monster slain by Hercules
Nemesis: Greek goddess of consequences and revenge, Roman counterpart Invidia
- pursues Orestes
Neoptolemus: Same as Pyrrhus; Achilles’ son; slays Priam
Nephele: Wife of Athamas; mother of Phryxus and Helle
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Neptune: Same as Poseidon, god of the sea
- son of Cronus
- kingdom given to
- Deluge controlled by,
- horse created by
- Delos created by
- walls built by
- Mars punished by
- girl protected by
- Vesta wooed by
- Minos punished by
- Pegasus created by
- Hippolytus slain by
- Thetis wooed by
- Trojans punished by,
- Polyphemus, son of
- Ulysses’ men slain by,
- Aeneas saved by Nereides: Water nymphs; daughters of Nereus and Doris,
Nereus: God of the sea; the personification of its pleasant aspect,
- father of Thetis
Nessus: The Centaur who carries Deianeira across the river; slain by Hercules,
Nestor: Greek hero during Trojan war; noted for wise counsel
Nike: Greek goddess of victory, Roman counterpart Victoria; attendant of Jupiter
Night: Same as Nyx or Nox,
Nightmares: Attendants of Somnus, crouching in his cave
Niobe: Daughter of Tantalus, whose children are slain by Apollo and Diana,
Nisus: Youth who accompanies Euryalus to summon Aeneas back to camp
Noman: Name assumed by Ulysses to mislead Polyphemus,
Notus: Greek god of the South wind, Roman counterpart Auster. Southwest wind; son of Aeolus and Aurora
Nox: Same as Nyx, goddess of night; marries Chaos and Erebus
Numa Pompilius: Second king of Rome; built Vesta’s temple
Nymphs: Name given to female minor divinities
Nysiades: Nymphs who cared for Bacchus, and form a constellation
Nyx: Same as Nox, goddess of night; mother of Day and Light |
