"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!
Morpheus
Phineus and Tiresias are a couple of prudent old men depicted in Greek mythology.
Pandora was the first woman in greek mythology, wife of Epimetheus and she released all of man's faults
Prometheus made mankind from clay in Greek mythology. Prometheus shaped man from mud.
Charon, ferry man of the dead,
merman Triton
Prometheus shaped man out of mud.
That would be King Midas.
Horses
a saytr is a half man half goat from greek mythology also known as a faun in roman mythology
A centaur is a half man/half horse creature found in Greek Mythology.
well in Greek mythology Medusa could turn people to stone by looking at them.