Pandora
In Greek mythology, there are two versions of the story of Pandora's Box. In one, the box is a jar
containing all kinds of misery and evil. When Pandora opens it all the miseries and evils escape and
fly all over the earth. In the other, the box contains all kinds of blessings which were subsequently
lost to humans when she opened the box.
 

Penelope

Image cropped from a
 painting by
 John William Waterhouse
 titled "Penelope and the suitors".

In Greek mythology, she was the wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus, and a model
of fidelity. Pursued by suitors during Odysseus' absence at the Trojan War, she agreed to
marry after she finished weaving her father-in-law's (Laertes) shroud, but she unraveled her work each night. Each night, for three years, she undid what she had woven during the day, but one of her maids discovered this secret and told the suitors. She finally promised
to marry the man who could bend Odysseus' bow, but none could. Odysseus returned a this time disguised as a beggar, bent the bow, and slew the suitors.
 

Psyche
A beautiful princess loved by Cupid. Venus, jealous of Psyche's beauty, ordered her son Cupid, god of love, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world. Instead, he fell in love with her, and spirited her away to a secluded palace where he visited her only at night, unseen and unrecognized by her. He forbade her to ever look upon his face, but one night while he was asleep she lit a lamp and looked at him. Cupid then abandoned her and she was left to wander the world, in misery, searching  for him. Finally Cupid repented and had Jupiter make her immortal so they could be together forever.
She was the Goddess of the Soul. She was the wife of Eros (God of Love, son of Aphrodite) and their myth is about how Love and the Soul came together.
  Story of Psyche
 
 
 
 
 

The Heliades/Heliadae
The Heliades were the sisters of Phaeton (son ofApollo). Well, when Phaeton died on that fateful chariot ride, they wept uncontrollably for four months. After that the gods took pity on them and turned the maidens into poplar trees and changed their tears to amber.

The female descendants of Helios, the sun god. The prominent myth featuring them is the one concerning the driving of Helios'
sun chariot across the sky by Phaeton, his half-mortal son. The Heliadae yoked the horses to the chariot for him, and when the
disastrous ride was over and Phaeton was dead, they felt at fault and wept uncontrollably and unceasingly until Zeus changed
them into poplar trees. Their tears became pieces of amber. The male descendants of Helios were called Heliades. Both male
and female descendants are listed here:

By Rhodos:
Actis, Candalus, Cercaphus, Electryone, Macareus, Ochimus, Tenages, and Triopas.

By Clymene:
Aegiale, Aetheria, Dioxippe, Merope, Phaeton, Lampethusa, Phaethusa, and Phatusa.
 
 

 

                                                  
 
 

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