of Pontus and Cappadocia in northern Anatolia. Curetes, legendary people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian Boar. Cynocephaly, dog-headed people. Dactyls, mythical race of small phallic male beings. Acmon Gargareans, were an all-male tribe. Halizones, people that appear in Homer's Iliad as allies of Troy during the Trojan War. Hemicynes, half-dog people. Hyperboreans, mythical people who lived "beyond the North Wind". Korybantes, were armed and crested dancers. Lapiths Corythus, a Lapith killed by the centaur Rhoetus at the Centauromachy. Crantor Dryas, a Lapith who fought against the centaurs at the Centauromachy. Elatus, a Lapith chieftain of Larissa. Euagrus or Evagrus, a Lapith killed by the centaur Rhoetus at the Centauromachy. Ixion, king of the Lapiths. Pirithous, king of the Lapiths. Lotus-eaters, people living on an island dominated by lotus plants. The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were narcotic, causing the people to sleep in peaceful apathy. Machlyes, hermaphrodites whose bodies were male on one side and female on the other. Minyans Monopodes or Skiapodes, a tribe of one-legged Libyan men who used their gigantic foot as shade against the midday sun. Myrmidons, legendary warriors commanded by Achilles. Panotii, a tribe of northern men with gigantic, body-length ears. Pygmies, a tribe of one and a half foot tall African men who rode goats into battle against migrating cranes. Gerana Oenoe Spartoi, mythical warriors who sprang up from the dragon's teeth. Telchines Troglodytae Deified human beings In addition to the famous deities, the ancient Greeks also worshiped a number of deified human beings. For example, Alabandus at Alabanda, Tenes at Tenedos, Leucothea and her son Palaemon were worshiped throughout Greece. See also List of Greek mythological figures - primordial deities, Titans, Olympians, Moirai, Charites, Muses, Nymphs and others List of minor Greek mythological figures List of legendary creatures List of legendary creatures by type References Sources Morford, Mark; Robert Lenardon (2003). Classical Mythology (7 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Greek legendary creatures Greek mythological creatures creatures