Hygiea 10
Hygiea was a daughter of Asclepius, god of healing, and was herself a minor deity governing health, cleanliness and hygiene, which term derives from her name.
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Hylonome 10370
Hylonome was a female centaur, wife of Cyllarus, and the couple enjoyed a legendary closeness, relating as equals.
Icarus 1566
Icarus was the son of the inventor and craftsman Daedalus, who had designed the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete.
Iris 7
Iris is most noted latterly as the goddess of the rainbow, but originally she was the messenger of the pre-Olympian gods, the Titans like Cronos and Rhea, a function later performed by Hermes and his Roman counterpart Mercury.
Isis 42
Isis was the chief goddess of ancient Egypt, daughter of Geb (the earth) and Nut (the sky), wife of Osiris (who was also her brother) and mother of Horus. She was a patron of motherhood, special protectress of slaves and the poor.
Ixion 28978
Ixion was a king of ancient Greece, a son of the god Ares, and the first murderer in Greek myth. His story is a complicated one, involving many crimes and infractions of rules, especially of the social contract between hosts and guests.
