The Greek Mythology

Notable Women

Alcestis (Άλκηστις), daughter of Pelias and wife of Admetus, who was known for her devotion to her husband Amymone, the one daughter of Danaus who refused to murder her husband, thus escaping her sisters' punishment

Andromache (Ανδρομάχη), wife of Hector

Andromeda (Ανδρομέδα), wife of Perseus, who was placed among the constellations after her death

Antigone (Αντιγόνη), daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

Arachne (Αράχνη), a skilled weaver, transformed by Athena into a spider for her blasphemy

Ariadne (Αριάδνη), daughter of Minos, king of Crete, who aided Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur and became the wife of Dionysus

Atalanta (Αταλάντη), fleet-footed heroine who participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt

Briseis, a princess of Lyrnessus, taken by Achilles as a war prize

Caeneus, formerly Caenis, a woman who was transformed into a man and became a mighty warrior

Cassandra, a princess of Troy cursed to see the future but never to be believed

Clytemnestra, sister of Helen and unfaithful wife of Agamemnon

Danaë, the mother of Perseus by Zeus

Deianeira, the third wife and unwitting killer of Heracles

Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, she aided her brother Orestes in plotting revenge against their mother for the murder of their father

Europa, a Phoenician woman, abducted by Zeus

Hecuba (Ἑκάβη), wife of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of nineteen of his children

Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose abduction brought about the Trojan War

Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη), daughter of Menelaus and Helen; wife of Neoptolemus, and later Orestes

Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; Agamemnon sacrificed her to Artemis in order to appease the goddess

Ismene, sister of Antigone

Jocasta, mother and wife of Oedipus

Medea, a sorceress and wife of Jason, who killed her own children to punish Jason for his infidelity

Medusa, a mortal woman transformed into a hideous gorgon by Athena

Niobe, a daughter of Tantalus who declared herself to be superior to Leto, causing Artemis and Apollo to kill her fourteen children

Pandora, the first woman

Penelope, loyal wife of Odysseus

Phaedra, daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus

Polyxena, the youngest daughter of Priam, sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles

Semele, mortal mother of Dionysus