![]() ![]() There were the Potamoi, 3000 sons, and the Oceanids, 3000 daughters, who would give their names to many rivers. He married his sister Tethys and together they gave birth to many many children. Oceanus was the son of Uranus, the sky God, and Gaia, Goddess of the Earth. They were the sisters of the Hours and the Muses, and together they would attend all the festivities held on Mt. They were said to make life comfortable and to improve day to day enjoyment of life. They symbolised beauty, charm and of course grace. Their names were Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia. The Graces were the daughters of Zeus and Euphrosyne. Pan was also useful during the Titanomachy, as his war cry was able to paralyse anyone who heard it. It was also said that when the Persians panicked and fled during the battle of Marathon, it was because Pan had made panic. He was also involved in a music contest with the God Apollo and won, the judge was given the features of an donkey as punishment. In the myths, Pan was always trying to seduce some nymph or another. Many myths say he is the eldest God of all, older than Zeus. He was also said to have a human upper body and the legs, ears and horns of a goat. He was said to be the God of shepherds, flocks and pastures. Pan was the son of the Olympian god Hermes. Charon did so but he was punished by the lord of the underworld Hades and put in chains. To get there Heracles had to ask Charon to ferry him across the river. Heracles had been tasked with kidnapping the 3-headed god Cerberus from the underworld. The most famous myth involves Charon meeting Heracles. This was the reason why the Greeks would place a gold coin in the mouth or sometimes in the eyes of the dead. Charon would demand a payment for each person he took across, this would usually be one gold coin. But most people might have heard of him because of his occupation - he was the boatman who ferried the dead across the River Styx. CharonĬharon was the son of Erebus, the God of Darkness and Nyx the Goddess of Night. The Most Random, Obscure, and Unknown Greek Gods and Goddesses 1. The Most Random, Obscure, and Unknown Greek Gods and Goddesses. ![]()
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