there was no man with string. There was a woman, Arachnid. She challenged Athena to a sewing or weaving competition. Athena was mad at Arachnid and turned her into a spider. Arachnid's string helped one of the heroes navigate through the Labyrinth.
Morpheus
In Greek mythology, the person who used the navigation string (Ariadne's thread) to find his way out of the labyrinth after defeating the Minotaur was Theseus.
Phineus and Tiresias are a couple of prudent old men depicted in Greek mythology.
Prometheus made mankind from clay in Greek mythology. Prometheus shaped man from mud.
Pandora was the first woman in greek mythology, wife of Epimetheus and she released all of man's faults
Charon, ferry man of the dead,
Prometheus shaped man out of mud.
merman Triton
Horses
That would be King Midas.
a saytr is a half man half goat from greek mythology also known as a faun in roman mythology
"He" is inconclusive. There were more then one "he" who gave qualities to man in Greek Myth - there was even more then one race of man!