The dryad Penelope, “wild duck”, resides on mount Kyllene in Arcadia. Penelope is the daughter of Dryops and she is the mother of the god Pan.

La nymphe Pénélope, “canard sauvage”, réside sur le mont Cyllène en Arcadie. Pénélope est la fille de Dryops et elle est la mère du dieu Pan.

The dryad Penelope

Thucydides wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War.

Thucydides

Danaë is the mother of Perseus. Zeus came to her in the form of golden rain.

Danaë

Alcestis is a tragedy by Euripides. The Moirae promise that if anyone would want to die instead of Admetus, they would allow it. Since no one volunteers, not even his elderly parents, his wife Alcestis steppes forth. Heracles decides to confront Hades when the funerary sacrifices are made at Alcestis’ tomb, to bring her back from the dead.

Alcestis