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| 1 | Ceres | |
| 2 | Pallas | War-like appellation of Athene {see planet (881)} or Minerva {see planet (93)}, goddess of wisdom, |
| 3 | Juno | Named after the queen of all the gods, daughter of Saturn and Rhea {see planet (577)}, wife of Jupi |
| 4 | Vesta | Named for the patroness of the vestal virgins, goddess of fire and sister of Ceres {see planet (1)} |
| 5 | Astraea | This is the Latin name for the Greek Astraia. This was the goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus and |
| 6 | Hebe | Named after the Greek goddess of youth and cupbearer to all the gods, daughter of Zeus and Hera {see |
| 7 | Iris | Named after the messenger of the gods, especially Juno {see planet (3)}, daughter of Thaumas and El |
| 8 | Flora | Named for the goddess of flowers and gardens, wife of Zephyrus. (H 2) Named by J. Herschel (AN 26, 2 |
| 9 | Metis | Named after an Oceanid, daughter of Tethys and Oceanus, and first wife of Jupiter. He devoured her l |
| 10 | Hygiea | Named for the goddess of health, daughter of Aesculapius {see planet (1027)}. (H 2) Named by M. Cap |
| 11 | Parthenope | Named for a Siren, sometimes described as having a fish’s body, who, cast upon the shore, founded th |
| 12 | Victoria | Named after the Roman goddess of victory, daughter of the giant Pallas {see planet (2)}, or Titan a |
| 13 | Egeria | Named for the nymph of Aricia in Italy, wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome. (H 3) Named by |
| 14 | Irene | Named for one of the Hours, personification of peace, daughter of Jupiter and Themis {see planet (2 |
| 15 | Eunomia | Named for one of the Hours, personification of order and the law. The others are Irene and Dike {see |
| 16 | Psyche | Named after the nymph whom Cupid married. Venus put her to death because she had robbed the world of |
| 17 | Thetis | Named after the wife of Peleus {see planet (11311)}, king of Thessaly, daughter of Nereus and Doris |
| 18 | Melpomene | Named for the Muse of tragedy. All the Muses were offspring of Jupiter and Mnemosyne {see planet (5 |
| 19 | Fortuna | Named after a powerful deity among the ancients, goddess of fortune, dispenser of riches and poverty |
| 20 | Massalia | Independently discovered 1852 Sept. 20 by J. Chacornac at Marseilles. This is the Greek name of the |
| 21 | Lutetia | This planet is named for the city of Paris by its Latin name. The discoverer was a German painter li |
| 22 | Kalliope | Named for the Muse of heroic poetry {see also planet (18)}. (H 4) Named by J. C. Adams, president o |
| 23 | Thalia | Named for the Muse of comedy {see also planet (18)}. Thalia is also one of the three Graces, daught |
| 24 | Themis | Named for one of the Titans, goddess of justice, daughter of Uranus and Gaea {see planet (1184)}, m |
| 25 | Phocaea | Named after a maritime town of Ionia in Asia Minor with colonies in Italy, Spain, and France. Beset |
| 26 | Proserpina | Named after the daughter of Ceres {see planet (1)} and Jupiter, carried away by Pluto to become que |
| 27 | Euterpe | Named for the Muse of music and lyric poetry {see also planet (18)}. Her symbol was the flute. Some |
| 28 | Bellona | Named for the war goddess, wife, sister, nurse or mother of Mars. (H 5) Named by J. F. Encke. The pl |
| 29 | Amphitrite | Independently discovered 1854 Mar. 2 by N. R. Pogson at Oxford and Mar. 3 by J. Chacornac at Paris. |
| 30 | Urania | Named for the Muse of astronomy {see also planet (18)}. (H 5; AN 39, 92 (1854)) Named by A. de Morg |
| 31 | Euphrosyne | Named for one of the three Graces. The others are Thalia and Aglaja {see planets (23) and (47)}. ( |
| 32 | Pomona | Named for a nymph at Rome, goddess of the fruit trees and gardens and wife of Vertumnus. (H 5) Named |
| 33 | Polyhymnia | Named for the Muse of singing and rhetoric {see also planet (18)}. (H 6) Named by U. J. J. Leverrie |
| 34 | Circe | Named for the enchantress, daughter of the Sun, celebrated for her knowledge of magic and venomous h |
| 35 | Leukothea | Named for the daughter of Cadmus and Hermione {see planet (121)} who was also called Ino {see plane |
| 36 | Atalante | Named for a girl of Arcadia {see planet (1020)} whose hand was won by Hippomenes who defeated her i |
| 37 | Fides | Named after the Roman goddess of faith, oaths and honesty. (H 6) Named by the Düsseldorf municipal c |
| 38 | Leda | Named for the wife of the king of Sparta. By Jupiter, who had taken the form of a swan, she produced |
| 39 | Laetitia | Named for the secondary Roman goddess of gaiety. (H 6) Named by U. J. J. Leverrier. |
| 40 | Harmonia | Named after the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite {see planet (1388)}, wife of Cadmus {see planet (70 |
| 41 | Daphne | Named after the daughter of Terra. She entreated the gods to save her from the pursuit of Apollo {se |
| 42 | Isis | Named after the Egyptian goddess. Isis (the Moon) and her brother-husband Osiris {the Sun, see plane |
| 43 | Ariadne | Named for the daughter of Minos {see planet (6239)}, second king of Crete, and Pasiphae. Ariadne fe |
| 44 | Nysa | It was to the nymphs of Nysa that the education of the young Bacchus {see planet (2063)} was entrus |
| 45 | Eugenia | Named by the discoverer in honor of the French empress and Spanish noblewoman Eugenia de Montijo de |
| 46 | Hestia | This is the Greek name for Vesta {see planet (4)}, here considered as one of the Hesperides, daught |
| 47 | Aglaja | Named for one of the three Graces. The others are Thalia and Euphrosyne {see planets (23) and (31) |
| 48 | Doris | Named for one of the sea nymphs, called Oceanides, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Doris married her |
| 49 | Pales | Named for the Roman goddess of sheepfolds and pastures. (H 8) See also the remarks on planet (48). |
| 50 | Virginia | Independently discovered 1857 Oct. 19 by R. Luther at Düsseldorf. Two possible interpretations for t |
| 53 | Kalypso | Named for one of the Oceanides, goddess of silence and daughter of Oceanus and Tethis. Kalypso recei |
| 55 | Pandora | Named after the first mortal female. Pandora was made from clay by Vulcan at the request of Jupiter |
| 56 | Melete | Named for one of the three ancient Muses worshipped on Mount Helicon, daughter of Uranus. (H 9) Name |
| 57 | Mnemosyne | Named after the daughter of Coleus and Terra, mother of the nine Muses {see also planet (18)} by Ju |
| 58 | Concordia | Named for the Roman goddess of peace and concord, daughter of Jupiter and Themis {see planet (24)}. |
| 60 | Echo | Named for an Oread, daughter of the Air and Tellus, condemned by Juno {see planet (3)} for her chat |
| 61 | Danae | Named after the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos, and Eurydike {see planet (75)}. Danaë was conf |
| 67 | Asia | Asia was the wife of Iapetus and the mother of Atlas and Prometheus {see planet (1809)}. The discov |
| 68 | Leto | Named for the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe and mother of Artemis {see planet (105)} and Apollo {see |
| 70 | Panopaea | Named for a sea nymph, one of the Nereids, whom sailors invoked during storms. (H 11) Named (AN 55, |
| 71 | Niobe | Named for the daughter of Tantalus {see planet (2102)} and sister of Pelops, the king of Phrygia. S |
| 72 | Feronia | Named for the Roman goddess of groves and freedmen. (H 11) Named by T. H. Safford, assistant at Harv |
| 73 | Klytia | Named for the nymph loved by and later despised by Apollo {see planet (1862)}. She was changed into |
| 74 | Galatea | Two possible interpretations of the name are published. Galatea probably refers to the name given by |
| 75 | Eurydike | Named for the wife of Orpheus {see planet (3361)} who descended into Hades to secure her return whi |
| 78 | Diana | Named for the goddess of the hunt and daughter of Jupiter and Latona {see planet (639)}. The Greek |
| 79 | Eurynome | Named after a nymph, daughter of the Ocean and Thetis {see planet (17)} and mother of Leukothea {se |
| 82 | Alkmene | Named after the mother of Hercules by Jupiter who had assumed the shape of her husband Amphitryon. ( |
| 85 | Io | Named after the daughter of the river god Inachus, son of Oceanus. She was changed into a heifer by |
| 86 | Semele | Named for the daughter of Cadmus and mother of Bacchus {see planet (2063)} by Jupiter. (H 12) |
| 90 | Antiope | The name appears twice in the mythology. Antiope was the daughter of Nycteus, king of Thebes, and Po |
| 93 | Minerva | Minerva is the Latin name of the goddess Athene or Pallas {see planets (881) and (2)}. (H 13) Name |
| 94 | Aurora | Aurora is the Latin name for Eos {see planet (221)}, the goddess of the dawn. (H 13) Named by the A |
| 95 | Arethusa | Named after one of the Hesperides {see also planet (46)}. (H 13) Named by J. Galle, the discoverer |
| 96 | Aegle | Named after one of the Hesperides {see also planet (46)}. (H 13) |
| 97 | Klotho | Named after one of the three Fates. The others are Lachesis and Atropos {see planets (120) and (27 |
| 98 | Ianthe | Named for the young girl who became betrothed to Iphis, a Cretan girl who was changed by Isis {see p |
| 99 | Dike | Dike represents the human justice who with the divine justice Themis {see planet (24)} sat beside Z |
| 100 | Hekate | Named after the goddess of the lower world and of darkness in the upper world. (H 14) The naming was |
| 101 | Helena | Named after the daughter of Zeus and Leda {see planets (5731) and (38)}, and cause for the Trojan |
| 103 | Hera | Named after the Greek goddess, daughter of Cronus and Rhea {see planet (577)}, sister and at the sa |
| 104 | Klymene | There are about ten mythological characters by this name. In the Iliad Clymene is a female servant o |
| 105 | Artemis | Artemis (Roman name Diana, see planet (78)) was the daughter of Zeus by Leto {see planets (5731) a |
| 106 | Dione | Named for the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus {see planets (1388) and (5731)}. When Aphrodite was woun |
| 107 | Camilla | Named possibly for a daughter of Metabus. When she was young, her father dedicated her to the servic |
| 108 | Hecuba | Named for the wife of Priam {see planet (884)} at the time of the Trojan War. She was a most unfort |
| 109 | Felicitas | Named for the divinity personifying happiness. She is portrayed seated in a throne with a caduceus a |
| 111 | Ate | Named for the goddess of all evil, infatuation, and mischief. Ate (or Eris) was a daughter of Zeus { |
| 112 | Iphigenia | Named for the daughter of Agamemnon {see planet (911)} and Clytemnestra {see planet (179)} and sis |
| 113 | Amalthea | Named for the daughter of King Melissus of Crete, who nourished Zeus {see planet (5731)} with the m |
| 114 | Kassandra | Named after one of the twelve daughters of Priam {see planet (884)} and Hecuba {see planet (108)} |
| 118 | Peitho | Named for a daughter of Hermes and Aphrodite {see planet (1388)}, goddess of persuasion among the G |
| 119 | Althaea | Named after the mother of Meleager, who, having killed his mother’s two brothers, was himself killed |
| 120 | Lachesis | Named for one the three Fates. The other two are Clotho {see planet (97)} and Atropos {see planet |
| 121 | Hermione | Named after the daughter of Menelaus and Helen {see planets (1647) and (101)}. She was promised in |
| 124 | Alkeste | Named after the daughter of Pelias and Anaxibia and wife of Admetus. She volunteered to die for her |
| 128 | Nemesis | Independently discovered 1872 Dec. 5 by A. Borrelly at Marseilles. Named for the goddess of vengeanc |
| 129 | Antigone | Named after the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes. She guided her father when he was blind and exi |
| 130 | Elektra | There are several meanings known in classical mythology. After Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, E |
| 132 | Aethra | Named (in the Iliad) after the mother of Theseus, the Greek hero. After another legend Aethra was on |
| 133 | Cyrene | Named after a daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapithae. She loved to hunt and wrestle with lions. A |
| 144 | Vibilia | Named for the Roman goddess and patroness of journeyings. The planet was discovered immediately afte |
| 145 | Adeona | Named for the Roman divinity and patroness of homecomings. See also the remarks to planet (144) whi |
| 146 | Lucina | Named for the Roman goddess of the travails of women and of childbirth. For the Greek counterpart se |
| 149 | Medusa | Named for one of the three Gorgons. Medusa was mortal whereas the other two, Euryale and Stheno, wer |
| 155 | Scylla | Named for the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto and sister of Gorgons, Sirens and Graeae. The sea nymph S |
| 157 | Dejanira | Named for the second wife Dejanira (Greek: Deianeira) of Heracles; Megara was the first. She unwitti |
| 158 | Koronis | There exist several interpretations of this name among mythologists. After Pausanias, Coronis was th |
| 163 | Erigone | Apollodorus mentioned Erigone as daughter of Icarus {see planet (1566)}, who hanged herself when sh |
| 168 | Sibylla | Named probably for the Sibyls collectively. The Sibyls were women, young and old, inspired by heaven |
| 172 | Baucis | Baucis and her husband Philemon entertained the gods Zeus {see planet (5731)} and Hermes most hospi |
| 173 | Ino | Named after the daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia {see planet (40)}, sister of Agave, Autonoe, Polydo |
| 174 | Phaedra | Named for the daughter of Minos {see planet (6239)}, king of Crete, and Pasiphae, sister of Ariadne |
| 175 | Andromache | Named for the devoted and faithful wife of Hector {see planet (624)}. Andromache warned Hector agai |
| 179 | Klytaemnestra | Named after the daughter of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, by Leda {see planet (38)}. She became the wi |
| 181 | Eucharis | Named for a nymph of the goddess Calypso {see planet (53)}. (H 22) |
| 184 | Dejopeja | Named for the fairest of the 14 nymphs who attended Juno {see planet (3)} who promised her in marri |
| 185 | Eunike | Named for one of the Nereids meaning “happy victory”, commemorating the treaty of San Stefano, signe |
| 188 | Menippe | Named after a daughter of the celebrated hunter Orion who offered to die with her sister Metioche wh |
| 189 | Phthia | Many explanations are given in Greek mythology: (1) Phthia was a daughter of Niobe {see planet (71) |
| 192 | Nausikaa | Named after the daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians. She befriended the shipwrecked Odysseu |
| 193 | Ambrosia | Named for the food of the gods. Their drink was nectar. Ambrosia gives the gods immortality. This is |
| 194 | Prokne | Named for the daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, and wife of Tereus, king of Thrace. She sent her |
| 195 | Eurykleia | Named for Odysseus’ {see planet (1143)} aged nurse. When, after twenty years away, Odysseus returne |
| 196 | Philomela | Named for the sister of Prokne {see planet (194)}. Philomela was changed into a nightingale. See th |
| 198 | Ampella | Named probably after Ampelos, a friend of Dionysus {see planet (3671)}, god of wine and revelry. (R |
| 199 | Byblis | Named after the daughter of Miletus and Idothea, who was in love with her brother Caunus who she pur |
| 200 | Dynamene | The meaning is twofold: Dynamene is one of the Nereids and the Greek prefix “di” stands for number t |
| 201 | Penelope | Named after the celebrated princess of Greece, daughter of Icarius and Periboea. She was the wife of |
| 202 | Chryseis | Named for the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo {see planet (1862)}. She was captured by Achi |
| 204 | Kallisto | Named for the mother of Arcas, king of Arcadia, by Zeus {see planets (1020) and (5731)}. She was c |
| 206 | Hersilia | Named after one of the Sabines carried away by the Romans. She was given and married to Romulus. Aft |
| 212 | Medea | Named for the daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis {see planet (1135)} and niece of Circe {see plane |
| 215 | Oenone | Named for a nymph of Mount Ida in Phrygia. Oenone was the wife of Paris {see planet (3317)}. She fo |
| 217 | Eudora | Eudora is the name for (1) one of the Nereides, (2) one of the Atlantides, and (3) one of the Hyades |
| 221 | Eos | Named for the Greek goddess of the dawn (also Aurora, see planet (94)). (H 27; A. Schnell) Named (B |
| 230 | Athamantis | Athamantis or Helle was the daughter of Athamas, king of Thebes, and Nephele {see planet (431)} and |
| 233 | Asterope | Named for one the seven Pleiades (also Sterope), daughters of Atlas by Pleione, greatly beloved by t |
| 236 | Honoria | Named possibly for the goddess personifying honor, worshiped at Rome. (H 28) Named (BAJ Circ., No. 2 |
| 239 | Adrastea | Named for a nymph of Crete to whose care Rhea {see planet (577)} entrusted the infant Zeus {see pla |
| 243 | Ida | Named for a nymph of Crete who nursed the young Zeus {see planet (5731)}. See also the remarks to p |
| 248 | Lameia | Named for the daughter of Belus loved by Zeus {see planet (5731)}. Hera {see planet (103)}, out of |
| 258 | Tyche | Named for the Greek goddess of fortune. Tyche is also the name of one of the Oceanids. (H 31) Name p |
| 261 | Prymno | |
| 269 | Justitia | Named for the goddess of justice, daughter of Jupiter and Astraea {see planet (5)}. She and her mot |
| 270 | Anahita | Named for the Persian Great Mother, goddess of fertility. (H 32) The discoverer proposed the name an |
| 271 | Penthesilea | Named for the queen of the Amazones {see planet (1042)} and ally of Troy in the Trojan War. She fou |
| 273 | Atropos | Named after one of the three Fates. The others are Clotho and Lachesis {see planets (97) and (120) |
| 280 | Philia | This name belongs to the nymph who, with Koronis {see planet (158)} and Clyda educated the young Di |
| 288 | Glauke | Named for the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, whom Jason {see planet (6063)} planned to marry. |
| 296 | Phaetusa | Named for one of the daughters of Apollo and Klymene {see planets (1862) and (104)}, changed by Ze |
| 307 | Nike | Named for the Greek goddess of victory corresponding to the Roman Victoria {see planet (12)}. The n |
| 308 | Polyxo | Named for a priestress of Apollo’s {see planet (1862)} temple in Lemnos and the nurse of Queen Hyps |
| 322 | Phaeo | Named for one of the Hyades which were said to have been originally nymphs, daughters of Atlas and a |
| 342 | Endymion | Named for the youthful shepherd who so enchanted Selene (the Moon) by his unsurpassed beauty as he l |
| 381 | Myrrha | Named for a woman in Greek mythology who was changed into a myrrh tree. Her son Adonis {see planet |
| 388 | Charybdis | Named for a daughter of Poseidon and Gaea who was thrown into the sea off Sicily by Zeus {see planet |
| 393 | Lampetia | There are two characters in Greek mythology with this name: (1) Lampetia was a daughter of Apollo {s |
| 395 | Delia | Delia is another name for Artemis, Cynthia, Diana, Hecate, Luna, Phoebe, or Selene — the goddess of |
| 398 | Admete | Named for a daughter of Eurystheus who appointed the Twelve Labors of Heracles {see planet (5143)}. |
| 399 | Persephone | The Greek word means maiden. Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter {see planets (5731) an |
| 402 | Chloe | Named for the pretty, sportive shepherdess in an old Greek pastoral romance of Daphnis and Chloë att |
| 403 | Cyane | Named for a nymph of Sicily who tried to prevent Hades from taking Persephone (or Proserpina, see pl |
| 405 | Thia | Named for one of the Titans, daughter of Uranus and Gaea {see planet (1184)}. Her attribute was lig |
| 407 | Arachne | Named for a daughter of Idmon, a dyer. She was so skillful in weaving that she challenged Athena {se |
| 408 | Fama | Named for a daughter of Titan and the Earth. Fama was a powerful goddess worshipped by the ancients, |
| 410 | Chloris | Named for the goddess of flowers who married Zephyrus. Chloris was daughter of Amphion and Niobe {se |
| 411 | Xanthe | Xanthe is the name of an Oceanid, one of more than 40 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. (H 45; R. Bre |
| 414 | Liriope | Named for an Oceanid, wife of Cephissus and mother of Narcissus. (Z 152) |
| 427 | Galene | Named for a Nereid, one of the many daughters of Nereus and Doris (see planet (48)), and grand-daug |
| 429 | Lotis | Named for a beautiful nymph and daughter of Poseidon {see planet (4341)}. Pursued by Priapus, she f |
| 430 | Hybris | Named for the personification of insolent justice in Greek mythology. (H 46) |
| 431 | Nephele | Named after the first wife of Athamas, king of Thebes. She was the mother of Phrixus and Helle. See |
| 432 | Pythia | Named after the famous priestess of Apollo {see planet (1862)} at Delphi (which is another name for |
| 438 | Zeuxo | Named for one of the Oceanid nymphs, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. (H 48) |
| 446 | Aeternitas | This name is a personification of eternity among the Romans, that is represented by a snake biting i |
| 462 | Eriphyla | Named for the sister of Adrastus, king of Argos, and wife of Amphiaraus who foretold the disastrous |
| 464 | Megaira | Named for one of the three Erinyes or Furiae, daughters of Nox and Acheron, avenging spirits who bri |
| 465 | Alekto | Named for one of the three Furies. Alecto is represented with flaming torches, her head covered with |
| 466 | Tisiphone | Named for one of the three Furies. Tisiphone was represented with a whip in her hand and with snakes |
| 488 | Kreusa | The name Kreusa exists in some variations in Greek mythology: (1) Kreusa (also Glauke, see planet ( |
| 490 | Veritas | The word means “truth”. It was personified by the ancients as a deity and called the daughter of Cro |
| 494 | Virtus | Named for the personification of virtue. The ancient Romans made deities of all the major virtues an |
| 507 | Laodica | Named for a daughter of Priam and Hecuba {see planets (884) and (108)}. She fell in love with Acam |
| 567 | Eleutheria | Named after the Greek goddess of liberty. (H 60) |
| 569 | Misa | Named after Misa, or Mise, a mytic divinity that appears in the Orphic mysteries. Misa is known as t |
| 577 | Rhea | Named for the daughter of Uranus and Gaea {see planet (1184)}, sister and wife of Cronus, and mothe |
| 580 | Selene | This name personified the Moon among the Greeks. See also the remarks to planet (105). (H 61) The n |
| 587 | Hypsipyle | Named after the queen of Lemnos. The women of Lemnos put to death all other males, but Hypsipyle sav |
| 595 | Polyxena | Named for the daughter of Priam and Hecuba {see planets (884) and (108)}. Beautiful and accomplish |
| 600 | Musa | Named for the nine goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and scie |
| 603 | Timandra | Named for the daughter of Tindareus and Leda in Greek mythology. Timandra was the wife of Equemus an |
| 604 | Tekmessa | Named for the daughter of the Phrygian prince Teubrantes, captive of Ajax {see planet (1404)}, by w |
| 623 | Chimaera | Named for the mount in Lycia whose summit emits flames and produces lions. Half way up there are pas |
| 627 | Charis | Named for the Greek goddess and wife of Hephaistos {see planet (2212)}. The Charites were the three |
| 632 | Pyrrha | Named after the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora {see planets (1810) and (55), respectively}. Sh |
| 638 | Moira | Named for the Greek goddess of fate. Hesiod mentioned three goddesses of fate, daughters of Zeus, Kl |
| 639 | Latona | This is the Latin name for Leto {see planet (68)}, the mother of Apollo {see planet (1862)} and Ar |
| 651 | Antikleia | Named for the wife of Laertes, king of Ithaca, who died of an affliction caused by the prolonged abs |
| 655 | Briseis | Named after the Trojan girl captured by the Greeks and given to Achilles {see planet (588)}. When A |
| 658 | Asteria | The name appears with different meanings in Greek mythology: (1) Asteria was the daughter of the Tit |
| 681 | Gorgo | Gorgo is the German word for Gorgon. In the Greek mythology by Homer {see planet (5700)} only one G |
| 692 | Hippodamia | Named for a daughter of Oenomaus, king of Pisa, wife of Pelops and mother of Atreus and Thyestes. Sh |
| 836 | Jole | Named for Jole or Iole, the daughter of Eurytos and by force wife of Hercules. (LDS) |
| 870 | Manto | Named for the famous soothsayer and daughter of Teresias Thebanus. She erected Apollo’s {see planet |
| 875 | Nymphe | Named for the minor divinities of nature in ancient mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwell |
| 880 | Herba | Named for the Greek god of misery and poverty. (H86) |
| 881 | Athene | Named for the Greek goddess of wisdom, comparable to the Roman Minerva {see planet (93)}. Athene is |
| 889 | Erynia | Named after one of the avenging deities who according to Greek mythology tormented criminals and inf |
| 896 | Sphinx | Named for a female monster having, according to Greek mythology, a winged lion’s body and a human he |
| 899 | Jokaste | Named for the mother of Oedipus. She married her son without recognizing him, and by him had sons Po |
| 946 | Poesia | Named after the goddess of poetry. (H 91) Name proposed by N. Komendantov. |
| 1009 | Sirene | |
| 1011 | Laodamia | This name has two meanings in the Greek mythology: (1) Laodamia, the daughter of Akastos, was the wi |
| 1027 | Aesculapia | Named for Aesculapius, the Roman god of medicine, son of Apollo {see planet (1862)} and Koronis {se |
| 1035 | Amata | Named possibly after the wife of king Latinus and mother of Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas {see planet |
| 1051 | Merope | Named for one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. |
| 1108 | Demeter | Named for the Greek goddess of the fruitful soil and of agriculture. The Romans identified Demeter w |
| 1184 | Gaea | Named after the Greek Earth goddess. After Chaos, Gaea appeared and bore Uranus, the personification |
| 1808 | Bellerophon | Named after the hero of a Greek saga, who vanquished the Chimaera {see planet (623)}, a monster whi |
| 1809 | Prometheus | Named after the hero of a Greek saga, who stole the fire from the gods. (M 3934) The name Prometheus |
| 1810 | Epimetheus | Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus {see planet (1809)}, opened the Pandora {see planet (55)} bo |
| 1981 | Midas | Named for the Phrygian king supposed to have the gift of transforming all that he touched to gold. A |
| 2103 | Laverna | Laverna was the protecting divinity of thieves and imposters. Her name was probably connected with t |
| 2150 | Nyctimene | Nyctimene was a daughter of Epopeus, King of Lesbos. Pursued and raped by her father, she concealed |
| 2736 | Ops | Named for the Roman goddess of abundance. (M 7621) |
| 2878 | Panacea | Named for the Roman goddess of health, daughter of Aesculapius {see planet (1027)} and sister of Ma |
| 5335 | Damocles | Legend has it that Damocles, a courtier of the tyrant Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, was invited t |
| 6261 | Chione | Named for the Greek princess Chione, who had the misfortune of having both Apollo {see planet (1862 |
| 6604 | Ilias | Named for the greatest of the Greek epics, the Iliad of Homer {see planet (5700)}. This work was la |
| 9009 | Tirso | Tirso, the scepter of Dionysus, aided the enjoyment of life. As an acronym meaning, in Italian, “al |
| 9142 | Rhesus | Named for the king of the Thracians and ally of the Trojans. He and his twelve companions were stea |
| 10295 | Hippolyta | Hippolyta was one of the greatest queens of the Amazons. She wore a beautiful golden girdle, a gift |
| 37117 | Narcissus | In Greek mythology Narcissus was a hero from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned f |
| 52872 | Okyrhoe | Okyrhoe was the daughter of Chiron and Chariklo. The name means “swift running” or “fast flowing”. |
| 60558 | Echeclus | The centaur Echeclus was killed by Ampyx in the battle with the Lapiths. |
| 69230 | Hermes | Hermes was the messenger of the gods, son of Zeus and Maia. His attributes are the most complex and |
| 96189 | Pygmalion | Pygmalion, a vegetation god in ancient Greek mythology, is also the name of the Greek sculptor who f |
| 99942 | Apophis | Also known as Apep, the Destroyer, Apophis is the Egyptian god of evil and destruction who dwelled i |
| 99950 | Euchenor | The Greek hero Euchenor, who came from Corinth, was killed in the Trojan War by Paris. |
| 101955 | Bennu | Bennu was an Egyptian mythological figure associated with Osiris, Atum and Ra. This minor planet is |
| 120347 | Salacia | Salacia is the Roman goddess of the calm and sunlit ocean. At first afraid of Neptune's advances, s |
| 121725 | Aphidas | During the battle between the Centaurs and Lapiths, the centaur Aphidas remained in a drunken sleep. |
| 129137 | Hippolochos | Hippolochos was the son of Antimachos, the Trojan councillor responsible for preventing Helen from b |
| 134329 | Cycnos | Cycnos, an ally of Priam, was a son of Poseidon by a nymph. His body was firm as iron; he was invul |
| 134340 | Pluto | |
| 134419 | Hippothous | Hippothous, one of the sons of King Priam, was cursed together with his brothers by their angry fath |
| 136199 | Eris | Eris is the Greek goddess of discord and strife. She stirs up jealousy and envy to cause fighting an |
| 136557 | Neleus | Neleus was the father of the Greek Nestor, known for his wisdom. Neleus and his wife Chloris and th |
| 161989 | Cacus | The fire-breathing monster Cacus, son of Vulcan, stole cattle Hercules had acquired as his tenth lab |
| 164585 | Oenomaos | In Greek mythology, King Oenomaus of Pisa was the son of Ares by Harpina and father of Hippodamia. |
| 171433 | Prothous | Prothous, leader of Magnesia, son of Tenthredon, was one of the suitors of Helen. He brought 40 shi |
| 173086 | Nireus | Nireus, the king of Syme island, fought for the Greeks during the Trojan war. Although of low birth |
| 173117 | Promachus | Promachus was a Greek warrior in the Iliad who was killed by the Trojan hero Acamas. |
| 181279 | Iapyx | Son of Iasus and favorite of Apollo, Iapyx was the healer of Aneas during the Trojan War. He escape |
| 181751 | Phaenops | Phaenops, the father of Xanthos and Thouon, was left in bitter grief and anguish, after hearing that |
| 184280 | Yperion | According to Apollodorus, Yperion was a son of Priam and therefore a Trojan. Millennia later a watch |
| 188847 | Rhipeus | According to Virgil, Rhipeus died fighting alongside Aeneas in the fall of Troy. The poet says that |
| 189004 | Capys | Capys was the son of Assaracus and the father of the Anchises. He was the grandfather of the Trojan |
| 189310 | Polydamas | Polydamas was a Trojan commander whose battle strategy was more cautious than that of his friend Hek |
| 192220 | Oicles | Oicles was an Argive king, father of Amphiaraus and son of Mantius. He accompanied Heracles on the m |
| 200069 | Alastor | Alastor, a Greek hero, was leader of the Pylian contingent before Troy. He twice carried wounded Gre |
| 216462 | Polyphontes | Polyphontes, a Greek hero, son of Autophonos, was one of the leaders of an ambush against Tydeus nea |
| 221908 | Agastrophus | In Homer's Iliad, Agastrophus was a Paionian hero, famed for his spear, who fought with the T |
| 221917 | Opites | Opites was a Greek soldier, a ruler of the Danaans, who was killed by Hektor in the battle for Troy. |
| 225276 | Leïtos | Leïtos, son of Alektryon, leader of the Boeotians, was wounded by Hektor in the Trojan War. The nam |
| 228110 | Eudorus | Eudorus (“Good Gift”) was one of the captains of Achilles' fierce Myrmidon troops. He was an excell |
| 231666 | Aisymnos | Aisymnos was a ruler of the Danaans, a Greek soldier who was killed by Hektor. This Trojan was dete |
| 248183 | Peisandros | Peisandros was the son of Antimachos. This Trojan warrior and his brother Hippolochos were killed b |
| 264150 | Dolops | Dolops, son of Klythios (Clytius), was killed by Hektor, son of Priam, in the Trojan War. Name sugg |
| 314082 | Dryope | Dryope was the daughter of King Dryops. She became the lover of Apollo. Her son Amphissus built a t |
| 330836 | Orius | The centaur Orius, who lived in the mountains, was killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the win |
| 341520 | Mors-Somnus | Mors and Somnus are twin gods of the underworld and offspring of Nox. Mors is the Roman personificat |
| 346889 | Rhiphonos | Rhiphonos (Riphonus) was one of the commanders of the Centaurs who joined Dionysus in his campaign a |
| 353189 | Iasus | Iasus was a Greek hero in the Trojan War. A leader of the Athenians and the son of Sphelus, he foug |
| 356217 | Clymene | Clymene was the wife of Nauplius, and mother of Palamedes, Oeax and Nausimedon. Palamedes joined th |
| 360072 | Alcimedon | Alcimedon was the son of Laerceus, and one of the commanders of the Myrmidons under Patroclus. Name |
| 382238 | Euphemus | Euphemus, son of Troezenus, was a leader of the Thracian Cicones, and an ally of the Trojans. He was |
| 385571 | Otrera | Otrera was the first queen of the Amazons. She was involved with Ares and was the mother of the Ama |