The Alseid category is attested in classical Greek literature and commentary: a scholium on the Iliad explicitly defines 'Alseids' as the name given to nymphs who occupy groves, and the term appears in Hellenistic epic contexts (e.g., citations in Apollonius of Rhodes). The designation functions as part of the Greek practice of assigning specialized local nymph-types to distinct natural features rather than as a single founding mythic individual.
Classical attestations give only the category label and contextual references and do not provide a consistent physical description for Alseids. Modern reuses of the term present varied visualizations — for example, the 5th-edition SRD and related role-playing material depict an 'alseid' race with humanoid upper bodies and deer-like lower bodies (source: 5e SRD / Kobold Press), Magic: The Gathering cards and associated art label certain figures 'Alseid' or 'Nymph' with artist-specific designs (Todd Lockwood; MTG card entries), and speculative-fiction sources (Orion's Arm) portray an 'Alseid' as a sophont plant provolve — all of which are later creative reinterpretations rather than classical descriptions.
Classical sources do not ascribe distinctive supernatural powers to Alseids beyond their occupation and personification of groves. Modern and derivative sources attribute varied abilities in their respective contexts: the 5e SRD depiction implies woodland affinity and fantasy-race traits (5e SRD, Kobold Press), a chess-variant named 'Alseid' grants a non-capturing 'kidnapping' relocation mechanic (Chess Variant Pages), Magic: The Gathering cards use the label for game mechanics tied to card text (MTG entries), and Orion's Arm frames an Alseid as a sentient plant provolve with implied sophont traits (Orion's Arm). These later abilities are products of their modern settings and are not part of the classical record.
Agreus
Agreus (also spelled Argeus) is attested in modern compilations as one of the Pans — a class of rustic, pan-like rural deities in classical Greek mythology. In modern database records he is additionally listed as a son of Apollo; beyond classificatory notes, surviving citations provide no detailed cultic or narrative material for him.
Alkyonides
In classical Greek mythology the Alkyonides (Alcyonides) are the seven daughters of the giant Alcyoneus. Classical summaries record that, in grief at their father's death, the daughters threw themselves into the sea; the mythic name survives in modern Greek toponymy as the Alkyonides Gulf.
Amphinome
Amphinome is an ancient Greek proper name attested for multiple distinct female figures in myth — chiefly a Nereid (sea-nymph) and several mortal women (including a wife of Aeson and one of the Peliades). The name is also reused in modern taxonomic and creative contexts (annelid genus, butterfly species, and contemporary fantasy), but these are later reuses rather than continuations of a single mythic being.
Androgeos
Androgeos (Greek Ἀνδρόγεως, Latin Androgeus) is a personal name borne by mortal figures in classical Greek and Roman literary tradition, most notably a son of Minos and Pasiphaë whose death in mythic narratives precipitates Athenian tribute to Crete. A separate, less-detailed bearer of the name is listed as a Greek soldier present at the sack of Troy in some sources.
Arge
Arge (Ancient Greek: Ἄργη, Árgē) is a name applied to several distinct female personages in Greek mythic traditions — a boastful huntress transformed by a god, one of the Hyperborean maidens honored at Delos, and a Cretan nymph attested in a rare variant of Dionysus’ birth. The name functions as an individuated personal name across local narratives rather than as a coherent supernatural taxon.
Butes
Boutes (Ancient Greek: Βούτης, Boútēs, literally 'herdsman') is a personal name applied to several distinct figures in Greek mythology — mortal princes, Argonauts, warriors, and local cult-heroes — rather than a single supernatural species. Bearers of the name appear across multiple heroic cycles and locales, notably an Athenian priest-hero, an Argonaut rescued by Aphrodite, and a Thracian punished by Dionysus.
Cilix
Cilix is a figure from Greek myth presented as a Phoenician prince and eponymous founder whose settlement in Asia Minor explains the place-name Cilicia. In modern usage the name is also applied to a genus of insects and to an impact structure on Jupiter's moon Europa, but those are scientific reuses of the name.
Cleite (Clite / Κλείτη)
Cleite (Ancient Greek: Κλείτη) is a personal name borne by several mortal women in Greek myth rather than a single supernatural class. Figures called Cleite appear in different epic cycles—Argonautica, the Danaid traditions, the Trojan cycle, and Nonnus' Dionysiaca—typically as wives, mourners, maenads, or mothers whose narrative fates include grief, filial ties, and in one tradition metamorphosis into a spring.
Eileithyia
Eileithyia is a Greek divine figure principally associated with childbirth and midwifery. Invoked to ease labour pains and ensure successful delivery, she appears in classical poetry, mythic episodes, and in long-lived local cults (notably cave-sanctuaries in Crete and sanctuaries in Aigion and other locales).
Lacedaemon
Lacedaemon (Lakedaimon, Lacaedemon) is a mythic eponymous king in classical Greek tradition: the legendary founder whose name is given to the region and polis of Lacedaemon/Sparta. He is presented genealogically as a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Taygete and as husband of Sparta, serving an etiological function linking the city to divine ancestry.
Manto (daughter of Teiresias)
Manto is a named figure in classical mythological lists identified in the supplied sources as a daughter of the seer Teiresias. The provided materials record her genealogical identity but do not supply narratives, descriptions, or ritual material concerning her.
Meganeira
Meganeira (Μεγάνειρα, Megáneira) is a personal name borne by mortal women in Greek mythic genealogies and narratives. The name, glossed as 'great lady' or 'woman of high status,' appears attached to several human figures who function as daughters, wives, or mothers within Arcadian, Eleusinian, and local Parnassian stories.
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- [2]Wikidata: Alseid. Wikidata entry for Alseidother
- [3]Apollonius of Rhodes and scholia references (as reported). Archive collection referencing classical occurrences and scholium that defines Alseids as nymphs of grovesliterary
- [4]Orion's Arm — Alseid. Orion's Arm Encyclopedia Galactica article 'Alseid' (modern speculative-fiction reuse portraying a sophont plant provolve)other
- [5]Alseid Chess — Chess Variant Pages. Chess Variant Pages entry describing an 'Alseid' piece with a non-capturing relocation 'kidnapping' powerother
- [6]Alseid of Life's Bounty — Magic: The Gathering (Scryfall entries). Scryfall MTG card entry 'Alseid of Life's Bounty' (usage of the Alseid label in card art and mechanics)other
- [7]Observant Alseid — Todd Lockwood (art). Todd Lockwood artwork titled 'Observant Alseid' (modern artistic depiction)other
- [8]Alseid – 5th Edition SRD. 5e SRD entry 'Alseid' describing a fantasy race (humanoid/deer hybrid) — modern role-playing reinterpretationother
- [9]Tome Unleashed: Alseid — Kobold Press. Kobold Press discussion/adaptation of the Alseid race for tabletop role-playingother