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Sir Girflet

Girflet was the son of Do (Doon) of Carduel. Girflet was mentioned as one of the knights who sought the Grail (by Chretien de Troyes in Perceval). ...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Lucan the Butler

Lucan was better known as Lucan the Butler (some sources said that Bedivere was the butler). Lucan was the wine-steward in Chretien de Troyes' Erec...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Sir Bedivere

Bedivere was called Bedevere by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Bedivere was the butler or the cup-bearer and the constable of King Arthur. Bedivere was the ...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Sir Kay

Foster-brother of Arthur. Kay was the son of Ector, or according to Robert de Boron's Merlin, the son of Sir Anton. When Arthur became king, Arthur...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Sir Galahad

A Grail knight. He was the son of Lancelot and Elaine. According to the Grail legend, Galahad was was the descendant of King David of Israel throug...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Thamyris

Thamyris was a mythical bard. Thamyris was the son of Philammon and a nymph named Argiope. He was the grandson of Apollo and Chione. Thamyris was s...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Arachne

Arachne was the greatest spinner and weaver from Maeonia, a region in Asia Minor. Arachne was no princess, but the daughter of a humble dyer from C...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Midas

Midas was the famous king with the golden touch. Midas was possibly a historical or semi-historical figure who appeared in Herodotus' History. Mida...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Marsyas

In Greek myths, most of the musical instruments were invented by the gods. Pan invented the reed pipe. Hermes invented the lyre, which he gave to A...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Ixion

King of the Lapiths in Thessaly. Ixion was the son of Antion, the son of Periphas, and of Perimela, the daughter of Amythaon and sister of the seer...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Melanippus and Comaetho

In an Achaean town called Patrae, there was a sanctuary to Artemis that practiced human sacrifices for generations. It all started at the time when...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Myrrha or Smyrna

There are two complete versions of the tragedy of Myrrha or Smyrna, told by the Greek Apollodorus or by Ovid, the Roman poet in his Metamorphoses. ...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe