The following is a list of mortals inGreek mythology, includingheroes, mythical kings, and notable women. In Greek mythology, humans are created by theTitanPrometheus, who fashions them in the likeness of the gods.[1] While the Greek gods are immortal and unaffected by aging, the mortality of humans forces them to move through the stages of life, before reaching death.[2] The group of figures referred to as "heroes" (or "demigods"), unique to Greek religion and mythology, are (after the time ofHomer) individuals who have died but continue to exert power in the world,[3] and who were worshipped inhero cults.[4]
"...book 18 (84-87): [...] "If this man beats you and proves himself the stronger, I will send you toward the mainland, having thrown you on a black ship, to King Echetos, a scourge for all men, who will cut off your nose and ears with pitiless bronze and, tearing off your genitals, give them raw to the dogs to divide among themselves."
"I agree with Malkin (1998: 153) that the "mainland" here must refer to mainland Greece."