Greek & Roman Mythology starting with 'L'

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The Greek and Roman Mythology guide provides definitions of gods, people, places and events starting with 'L'

Greek and Roman Mythology - Starting with 'L'
The Greek and Roman Mythology guide provides a short glossary of terms starting with 'L' that relate to the gods, goddesses, people, places and events that feature in Roman and Greek myths and legends. A fast, at-a-glance list of short definitions starting with 'L' are provided in this section on Greek and Roman Mythology. A who's-who of the heroes, villains, gods, goddesses, monsters and mythical creatures in classical Roman and Greek mythology starting with 'L'.

Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'
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Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'
This section of the Greek and Roman Mythology provides short definitions of the gods, goddesses, people, places and events that feature in Roman and Greek myths and legends. Short definitions in the Greek and Roman Mythology Dictionary and glossary of terms starting with the letter 'L'.

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Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'
Kakia: Goddess of vice; tries to mislead Hercules
Khione Greek goddess of snow, Roman counterpart Chione

Labyrinth: A maze in Crete, constructed by Daedalus for the Minotaur

Lacedaemonia: Province in Peloponnesus; capital Sparta, also name of Sparta

Lacedaemonians: Inhabitants of Lacedaemonia, or Sparta

Lachesis: One of the Fates; twists the thread of life

Ladon: Dragon which guarded golden apples of Hesperides

Laertes: Father of Ulysses,
 - Penelope weaves his shroud

Laestrygonians: Cannibals visited by Ulysses

Laius: Father of Oedipus
 - slain by him

Lampetia: One of the Heliades
 - guards the cattle of the sun,

Laocoon: Trojan priest; crushed to death by two serpents

Laodamia: Wife of Protesilaus; dies of grief,

Laomedon: King of Troy; employs Neptune and Apollo to build walls,

Lapithae: People who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs,
 - Ixion, king of
 - Pirithous, king of

Lara: Wife of Mercury; mother of the two Lares

Lares: Two tutelary divinities of ancient Roman households
 - saved by Anchises

Latin: Names of days in

Latins: People of Latinus and Aeneas
 - Aeneas fights

Latinus: King of Latium
 - welcomes and then wars against Aeneas
 - Aeneas makes peace with

Latium: Province of Italy, ruled by Latinus
 - Aeneas comes to

Latmus: Mountain in Asia Minor, where Endymion lies asleep

Latona: Same as Leto; wife of Jupiter; mother of Apollo and Diana,
 - boast of

Lausus: Hero slain by Aeneas during wars against the Rutules

Lavinia: Daughter of Latinus,
 - Aeneas’ second wife,

Leander: Youth of Abydus; Hero’s lover, who swam the Hellespont

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Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'

Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'
This section of the Greek and Roman Mythology provides short definitions of the gods, goddesses, people, places and events that feature in Roman and Greek myths and legends. Short definitions in the Greek and Roman Mythology Dictionary and glossary of terms starting with the letter 'L'.

Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'
Learchus: Son of Athamas and Ino; slain by his father

Leda: Mother of Castor and Pollux, Helen and Clytaemnestra

Lelaps: The tireless hunting dog given by Procris to Cephalus

 Lemnos: Island in the Grecian Archipelago; Vulcan landed there
 - Philoctetes on

Lerna: Marsh where the Hydra lay concealed

Lethe: River of forgetfulness, which separated the Elysian Fields from Hades,

Leto: Greek goddess of motherhood, Roman counterpart Latona; mother of Apollo and Diana
  
Leucothea: Same as Ino, Athamas’ wife; sea goddess
 - Ulysses rescued by

Liber: Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry

Liberalia: Festivals in honor of Liber, or Bacchus, held in the autumn

Libya: Ancient name of Africa; coast upon which Aeneas landed,

Lichas: Bearer of the Nessus robe; slain by Hercules

Light: Same as Aether

Lipari Islands: Same as Aeolian Islands, where Ulysses landed

Little Bear: Arcas changed into the constellation of the

Lotis: Nymph changed into a lotus blossom

Lotophagi: People whose food was the lotus; the Lotuseaters

Love: Same as Eros, Cupid, etc: Psyche courted by

Loves: Attendants of Venus

Lower Regions: Visited by Aeneas

Lunae: Same as Diana

Lycia: Land ruled by Iobates, who sends Bellerophon to slay the Chimera,

Lycomedes: King of Scyros; treacherously slays Theseus
 - shelters Achilles,

Lycus: Antiope’s second husband; slain by Amphion and Zethus

Lydia: Kingdom of Midas, in Asia Minor,

Lynceus: Husband of Hypermnestra, who spared his life

Lyncus: King of Scythia; changed into a lynx by Ceres

Lyra: Orpheus’ lute; placed in heavens as a constellation

Achilles dragging Hector during the Trojan War

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Discover interesting information and facts about Roman and Greek mythology and legend in the Greek and Roman Mythology starting with 'L'. The Greek and Roman Mythology guide provides a short glossary of terms relating to the gods, goddesses, people, places and events that feature in Roman and Greek legends and myths that begin with 'L'. A fast, at-a-glance list of short definitions starting with 'L' are provided in this section on Greek and Roman Mythology. A who's-who of the heroes, villains, gods, goddesses, monsters and mythical creatures in classical Roman and Greek mythology.

 

 
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