Pontus was one of the protogenoi, an ancient, sea-god long before Olympus was conquered by Zeus. He was the son of Gaia who brought forth Pontus out of herself, without coupling. He and Gaia had five children, Nereus, Thaumas, the embodiment of the sea's dangerous aspects, Phorcys and his sister-consort Ceto, and the Goddess Eurybia.
He also had children with Thalassa called the Telchines. Compared to the Titan Oceanus, who girdled the earth, Pontus was less vividly realized among the Hellenes.
In Greek mythology the Horae were the three daughters of Zeus and Themis, Eunomia, Diké, and Eirene, who were law-and-order goddesses.
The Hyades were the daughters of Atlas and or Aethra, and sisters to the Pleiades and the Hesperides. They were a sisterhood of nine nymphs responsible for bringing rain.
The Moirae in Greek mythology are the personifications of destiny. Same as the Charites and the Hesperides, they were three, Clotho, Atropos and Laxesis. They controlled the thread of life of every mortal from birth to the end.
Morpheus is the son of Nyx, the primordial goddess of the Night. He is the god of dreams, the older and master of the Oneiroi.
The Naiads, probably daughters of sea god Poseidon, were nymphs who presided over fountains, springs and streams. The Naiads were neither river goddesses nor ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris