Rare
Names from Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology
[
Q to Z]
The Names below are
listed alphabetically. The names in Parenthesis indicate the Roman
Equivalent of the Name. Some of the names are exclusively Roman. Words in
Bold
indicate Cross
References to other names.
Quirinus:
Roman war god.
Remus:
Brother of Romulus; slain by him.
Rhadamanthus:
One of three judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus and Europa.
Rhea
(Ops):
Daughter of Uranus and Gaea; wife of Cronus; mother of Zeus; identified
with Cybele.
Rivers of
Underworld: Acheron (woe), Cocytus (wailing), Lethe (forgetfulness),
Phlegethon (fire), Styx (across which souls of dead were ferried by Charon).
Romulus:
Founder of Rome; he and Remus suckled in infancy by she-wolf; slew Remus;
deified by Romans.
Sarpedon:
King of Lycia; son of Zeus and Europa; slain by Patroclus at Troy.
Sphinx:
Monster of Thebes; killed those who could not answer her riddle; slain by
Oedipus. Name also refers to other monsters having body of lion, wings,
and head and bust of woman.
Styx:
One of several Rivers of Underworld. The souls of the dead were
ferried across the Styx by Charon.
Symplegades:
Clashing rocks at entrance to Black Sea; Argo passed through, causing them
to become forever fixed.
Syrinx:
Nymph pursued by Pan; changed to reeds, from which he made his pipes.
Tantalus:
Cruel king; father of Pelops and Niobe; condemned in Tartarus to stand
chin-deep in lake surrounded by fruit branches; as he tried to eat or
drink, water or fruit always receded.
Tartarus:
Underworld below Hades; often refers to Hades.
