Abarbaree (pronounced a-ber-BAR-ee-ee) is one of the Greek Naiades. The Naiades were generally thought to be daughters of an Okeanid mother (the 3000 daughters of Tethys and Okeanos, Goddesses of fresh water sources) and a Potamoi father (the 3000 sons of Tethys and Okeanos, Gods of the rivers). Naiades were particularly responsible for water that came up from the earth, such as springs, fountains, and wells. Abarbaree watched over the River Aisepos in Anatolia. With the Trojan Prince Boukolion, she bore two sons, Aisepos and Pedasos. Abarbaree’s name, which means “non-barbaric,” is also seen as Abarbarea.

Adikia (pronounced ah-DEE-kee-uh) is the Greek Goddess of injustice. She is the opposite of Dike, Goddess of justice, and is depicted as an ugly woman being beaten by the beautiful Dike. Adikia’s name, which means “injustice,” is also seen as Adicia.

Amphiro (pronounced am-PHEE-ro) is the Greek Goddess of the rising tide. She is one of the Okeanides, the 3000 daughters of Tethys and Okeanos, Goddess and God of the oceans. The Okeanides were responsible for fresh water sources, whether from the earth (such as springs and rivers) or from the sky (such as clouds and rain). Amphiro’s name means “the surrounding flow.”

Adrasteia (pronounced ad-ras-TIE-uh) is one of the Greek Nymphs. She and her sister Ide were the daughters of Amaltheia, another Nymph, and King Melisseus of Crete. They lived on Mount Ida, and it was to them that the Goddess Rhea came with her baby son Zeus to hide him from his father, Kronos. Adrasteia and Ide hid the baby in a cave and cared for him for a year, feeding him goat’s milk and honey. After he had gained his full power, Zeus immortalized his two nurses by placing them in the sky as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Adrasteia was renamed as Kynosoura, and became Ursa Minor. Her name, which means “not escaping,” is also seen as Adrastea.

Aba is one of the Greek Naiades. The Naiades were generally thought to be daughters of an Okeanid mother (the 3000 daughters of Tethys and Okeanos, Goddesses of fresh water sources) and a Potamoi father (the 3000 sons of Tethys and Okeanos, Gods of the rivers). Naiades were particularly responsible for water that came up from the earth, such as springs, fountains, and wells. Aba watched over a spring in Thrace, and after a dalliance with Poseidon, God of the sea, she had a son named Ergiskos, who founded the city of Ergiske near his mother’s spring.

Thanks to reader Michael pointing out that I was missing one of Athena’s epithets, I sat down and found a whole bunch more! The updated post now has 123 epithets for her, instead of a puny 70. It was only my third post, after all—I hadn’t quite got the hang of epithet-hunting yet.

Eris (pronounced EAR-iss) is the Greek Goddess of strife. According to most sources, she is the daughter of Nyx, Goddess of night, and Erebos, God of darkness, although Homer calls her the daughter of Zeus and Hera, twin sister to Ares, the God of war. Eris delights in causing trouble wherever she goes, and she is the last to leave the battlefield, soaking up all of the suffering that she has caused. It was an act of Eris that ended up causing the Trojan War—in revenge for not being invited to the marriage of Thetis, Goddess of the sea, and Peleus, a mortal, she cast a golden apple inscribed with the word kallisti (“for the fairest”) among the guests. The apple was claimed by the three Goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, and they asked Zeus to decide which one of them it should belong to. Not wanting to get into the middle of that particular argument, Zeus gave the task to Paris, a mortal prince from Troy. Each of the Goddesses tried to bribe him—Hera with power over all other men, Athena with skill in war, and Aphrodite with the most beautiful woman in the world—and Paris chose Aphrodite. Unfortunately, the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, was already married, and when Paris kidnapped her (with Aphrodite’s help), the Trojan War began.

Eris is the mother of a whole host of evil spirits or Kakodaimones, including Lethe (forgetfulness), Limos (hunger), Ponos (labor), Dysnomia (lawlessness), Ate (ruin and recklessness), Horkos (oaths), the Algea (pain), the Amphilogiai (disputes), the Androktasiai (slaughter on the battlefield), the Hysminai (fights), the Makhai (battles), the Neikea (quarrels), the Phonoi (murder), and the Pseudologoi (lies). It was these Kakodaimones who inhabited the jar that Pandora later opened, releasing them into the world. Eris’s name means “strife,” and epithets used to describe her include Hard-hearted, Abhorred, Frightful, Terrible, and Deadly.

Admete (pronounced ad-MEET-ee) is the Greek Goddess of unmarried women. She is one of the Okeanides, the 3000 daughters of Tethys and Okeanos, Goddess and God of the oceans. Admete was one of the Okeanides who were attending Persephone when she was abducted by Hades. Her name means “unwedded.”

Keto is the Greek Goddess of sea monsters and large sea creatures, such as whales and sharks. She is the daughter of Gaia, Goddess of the earth, and Pontos, God of the sea, and is the sister-wife of Phorkys, God of the dangers of the sea. As befits such fearsome parents, the children of Keto and Phorkys were truly horrors—the Gorgons (Medousa, Sthenno, and Euryale—winged sea demons with serpents for hair, whose gaze could turn a person or creature to stone); the Graiai (Pemphredo, Enyo, and Deino—three gray-skinned sea demons who shared a single eye and a single tooth between them); Ekhidna (a half-woman half-dragon sea monster); Skylla (a sea monster with six dog heads and twelve feet); and Ladon (the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides). Keto’s name, which means “sea monster,” is also seen as Ceto, and other names for her include Lamia (shark), Trienos (three times), and Krataiis (of the rocks), also spelled Krataeis or Crataeis.

Akaste (pronounced a-CAST-ee) is the Greek Goddess of unpredictable behavior. She is one of the Okeanides, the 3000 daughters of Tethys and Okeanos, Goddess and God of the oceans. While many of the Okeanides were anonymous, some were mentioned by name and given dominion over something other than a spring or body of water. Akaste was one of the Okeanides who were attending Persephone when she was abducted by Hades. Her name, which means “unstable,” is also seen as Acaste.