A TO Z OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY - D

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  • Daedalus – Mortal craftsman, possibly son of Metion and Alcippe, father of Icarus. Legendary craftsman, designer of the Labyrinth and first man to fly. 
  • Danaans - Greek people, descendants of Danaus, synonymous with Achaeans and Argives. 
  • Danae - Mortal princess, daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice, lover of Zeus, mother of Perseus. Princess of Argos.
  • Danaids - Mortal princesses, 50 daughters of King Danaus by various wives, including Hypermnestra. 
  • Danaus - Mortal King, son of Belus and Anchinoe, brother of Aegyptus, father of the 50 Danaids. King of Libya and Argos. 
  • Daphne - Naiad daughter of Ladon, beloved by Apollo. 
  • Dardanus - Mortal son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra. Founding King of Dardania and ancestor of the line of Troy. 
  • Deianira - Mortal princess, daughter of Oeneus and Althaea, sister of Meleager, wife of Heracles. 
  • Deidamia – Mortal princess, daughter of Lycomedes, lover of Achilles, and mother of Neoptolemus. Later married to Helenus. 
  • ​Demeter - Olympian goddess, daughter of Cronus and Rhea, mother of Persephone. Greek goddess of Agriculture.
  • Despoena - Olympian era goddess, daughter of Poseidon and Demeter. Greek fertility goddess. 
  • Deucalion (i) – Mortal king, son of Prometheus and Pronoia, husband of Pyrrha. Survivor of the Great Flood, and mythical ancestor of most Greeks.
  • Deucalion (ii) – Greek hero, son of Minos and Pasiphae, father of Idomeneus and Crete. Argonaut and Calydonian Hunter. 
  • ​Dike – Horai goddess, daughter of Zeus and Themis. Greek goddess of Justice
  • Dione (i) -Alternate name of the Titan goddess Phoebe, thus daughter of Ouranos and Gaia, closely associated with the Oracle at Dodona. 
  • Dione (ii) – Oceanid Nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, occasionally named wife of Zeus.
  • Dione (iii) – Hyades Nymph, daughter of Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione, wife of Tantalus, mother of Pelops, Broteas and Niobe.
  • Dione (iv) – Naiad Nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris. 
  • Dionysus – Olympian god, son of Zeus and Semele, husband of Ariadne. Greek god of Wine. 
  • Dodona - Oceanid daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, with the settlement of Dodona possibly named after her. 
  • Doris – Oceanid daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Wife of Nereus, and mother to the Nereids.
  • Dysis - Horai goddess, daughter of Helios. Horai associated with the sunset. 
  • Dysnomia – Daughter of Eris. Greek goddess of Lawlessness. 
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Demeter Mourning for Persephone - Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919) - PD-art-100
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