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  1. Aethra (Greek mythology)

    other uses Aethra disambiguation Image Demophon Aithra Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2687.jpg thumb right Demophon King of Athens Demophon ? freeing Aethra, Attica Attic white ground kylix drinking cup kylix , 470 460 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen Inv. 2687 . In Greek mythology , Aethra or Aithra Ancient Greek , the bright sky ref Robert Graves , The Greek Myths , 1955 1960 index, s.v. Aethra . ref was a name applied to the following individuals Mother of Theseus Aethra was a daughter of King ... their son would grow up, he should move the rock and bring his weapons back. Aethra did as she was told ... the Minotaur , among other adventures. Later, when Theseus kidnapped Helen , he gave her to Aethra for safekeeping. Helen s brothers, the Dioscuri , took Helen back and kidnapped Aethra in revenge ... of the city. With significant alterations to the character, a version of this Aethra appears as Aithra ... , Aethra is killed by King Hyperion during one of his raids in her village and is played by Anne Day Jones. Oceanid Aethra is also the name of one of the Oceanids , the 3000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys mythology Tethys . She is sometimes called the wife of Atlas mythology Atlas and mother of the Pleiades Greek mythology Pleiades and the Hyades mythology Hyades more usually the offspring of Pleione mythology Pleione . ref Gaius Julius Hyginus Hyginus . Astronomica , http www.theoi.com Text HyginusAstronomica2.html 21 2.21 . ref Wife of Hyperion A figure called Aethra possibly the Oceanid is, in one source, called the wife of Hyperion mythology Hyperion , rather than Theia , and mother of Helios ... Preface . ref Wife of Palanthus Another Aethra was the wife of the Spartan Palanthus ... dmdhist Pausaniasdelphi.htm Book 10 . ref References reflist 2 Commonscat Aethra Troezen Category Greek mythology Category Oceanids Category Mortal parents of demigods in Classical mythology Category Theseus Category Troezenian mythology cs Aithra de Aithra el es Etra eo Etro fr ...   more details



  1. Aethra

    Aethra or AETHRA may refer to Aethra Greek mythology thra , Greek mythology Aethra genus Aethra , a genus of crab in the family Aethridae AETHRA Componentes Automotivos AETHRA , a Brazil ian auto testing company Aethra, a fictional moon in the Colony Wars franchise. It is the eighth and outermost satellite of the gas giant Galatea Fact date December 2008 Category Videotelephony disambig br Etra dishe velout de Aethra el fr thra nl Aethra pl Ajtra ...   more details



  1. 132 Aethra

    implies an elongated or irregular shape for its body. It is named after Aethra Greek mythology Aethra , the mother of Theseus in Greek mythology . References references Minor planets navigator 131 Vala 133 Cyrene Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Aethra Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named from Greek mythology Category M type asteroids Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1873 Category Mars crosser asteroids Beltasteroid stub ast 132 Aethra de 132 Aethra el 132 es 132 Aethra eo 132 Etro eu 132 Aethra fa fr 132 thra it 132 Aethra la 132 Aethra hu 132 Aethra ja no 132 Aethra nn 132 Aethra pl 132 Aethra ru 132 sk 132 Aethra sl 132 Etra sr 132 Aethra sv 132 Aethra tl 132 Aethra th 132 Aethra uk 132 vi 132 Aethra zh ... 168 kelvin K Discovered by James Craig Watson in 1873 , 132 Aethra is an M type asteroid M .... 132 Aethra was a lost asteroid between 1873 and 1922. ref name price http books.google.com books ...   more details



  1. Aethra (genus)

    Italic title Taxobox name Aethra regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a subphylum Crustacean Crustacea classis Malacostraca ordo Decapoda infraordo Crab Brachyura familia Aethridae genus Aethra genus authority Latreille in Cuvier, 1816 Aethra is a genus of crab s in the family Aethridae , containing the following species ref cite web author P. Davie year 2010 title Aethra Latreille in Cuvier, 1816 publisher World Register of Marine Species url http www.marinespecies.org aphia.php?p taxdetails&id 439183 accessdate December 6, 2010 ref Aethra edentata small Edmondson, 1951 small Aethra scruposa small Linnaeus, 1764 small Aethra scutata small Smith, 1869 small Aethra seychellensis small Takeda, 1975 small References reflist Category Crabs Crab stub ...   more details



  1. Kurtzia aethra

    Italic title Taxobox name Kurtzia aethra image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked familia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Neogastropoda superfamilia Conoidea familia Conidae subfamilia Mangeliinae genus Kurtzia species K. aethra binomial Kurtzia aethra binomial authority Dall, 1919 synonyms ref ref name WoRMS synonyms Philbertia aethra small Dall, 1919 small Kurtzia aethra is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Conidae , the Conus cone snails and their allies. ref name WoRMS WRMS species 434164 Kurtzia aethra Dall, 1919 29 March 2010 ref Description Empty section date March 2010 Distribution Empty section date March 2010 References reflist External links Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Kurtzia Aethra Category Mangeliinae conidae stub pt Kurtzia aethra vi Kurtzia aethra ...   more details



  1. Greek mythology

    myth Greek mythology is the body of myth s and legend s belonging to the Ancient Greece ancient Greeks ... of myth making itself. ref name Helios cite encyclopedia title Volume Hellas, Article Greek Mythology encyclopedia Encyclopaedia The Helios year 1952 ref Greek mythology is embodied explicitly ... source of detail about Greek mythology, with gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration ... title Greek Mythology encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica year 2002 ref Greek mythology has ... to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance ... ref Sources of Greek mythology Greek mythology is known today primarily from Greek literature and representations .... ref name Graf200 F. Graf, Greek Mythology , 200 ref Literary sources File Gustave Moreau 006.jpg ... mythology and heroic legends. ref name Hard1 R. Hard, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology ... Greek myths, dealing with the creation of the world the origin of the gods, Titan mythology ... Klatt Brazouski, Ancient Greek nad Roman Mythology , xii ref Additionally, myth was central ... Romanus , preserved details of Greek mythology in many of his writings The discovery of the Mycenaean ... literary evidence. ref name Br Survey of mythic history Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate ..., is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology s surviving literary forms, as found mostly ..., to develop a new sense of mythological chronology. Thus Greek mythology unfolds as a phase in the development of the world and of humans. ref name Dowden11 K. Dowden, The Uses of Greek Mythology ... encyclopedia title Greek Mythology encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica year 2002 br K. Algra, The Beginnings ... G. Nagy, Greek Mythology and Poetics , 54 ref In the wide variety of myths and legends that Greek mythology consists of, the gods that were native to the Greek peoples are described as having essentially ... KelseyRose30 F.W. Kelsey, An Outline of Greek and Roman Mythology , 30 br H. J. Rose , A Handbook of Greek ...   more details



  1. AETHRA Componentes Automotivos

    orphan date December 2008 This article is about a Brazil ian auto testing company. For Greek mythology , see Aethra Greek mythology Aethra . AETHRA is a Brazil ian company, founded in 1974 in Minas Gerais , that attempts to progress and advance the auto industry in Brazil. External links http www.aethra.com.br index.php?get nivel apl 380&get codaplicacao 82 Official website Category Companies of Brazil Brazil company stub ...   more details



  1. Ops (Greek mythology)

    for the Roman goddess Ops In Greek mythology , the name Ops may refer to Ops male , son of Peisenor and father of Eurycleia . ref Homer , Odyssey , 1. 429 2. 347 20. 148 ref He may or may not be the same as Ops , father of Melas mythology Melas . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 28. 5 ref Ops female , mother of Eurypylus by Euaemon. ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 97 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology ...   more details



  1. Chelone (Greek mythology)

    Other uses Chelone disambiguation Chelone , Khel n , an Oread nymph of Arcadia in Greek mythology , invented to provide an etiology etiological myth for the tortoise in one of Aesop s Fables , she refused to attend or was very naughty and disrespectful at the marriage of Zeus and Hera , and as a result she was transformed into a tortoise , condemning her to eternal silence. Certain parts of the myth tell that Chelone was taking too long to be ready for the feast, which caused Zeus to become angry. In retribution, he crashed her house over her, and thus condemned her to drag her house forever as a tortoise. Khel n means tortoise in Greek language Greek , and the tortoise was a symbol of silence in ancient times. The fourth century CE grammarian Servius , On Virgil s Aeneid, intrudes Mercury mythology Mercury into the episode. Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology de Chelone Mythologie el es Quelona pt Quelone ro Chelone ru ...   more details



  1. Acacus (Greek mythology)

    Acacus , in Greek mythology , was a king of Acacesium in Arcadia , the son of Lycaon mythology Lycaon , and the foster father of the infant Hermes . Maia mythology Maia gave birth to Hermes at dawn in a sacred cave on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, and he was raised by Acacus. He was believed to be the founder of the Arcadia n town of Acacesium where he was king. ref Pausanias. Description of Greece , viii. 3. 1 ref References reflist Category Mythological kings of Arcadia Greek myth stub ar ca Acacos es Acaco fr Acacos it Acaco lt Akakas pt Acaco ...   more details



  1. Miasma (Greek mythology)

    orphan date March 2010 In Greek mythology, a miasma is a contagious power that has an independent life of its own. Until purged by the sacrificial death of the wrongdoer, society would be chronically infected by catastrophe. ref Armstrong, chapter 2. ref An example is Atreus who invited his brother Thyestes to a delicious stew containing the bodies of his own sons. A miasma contaminated the entire family of Atreus, where one violent crime led to another, providing fodder for many of the Greek heroic tales. However, attempts to cleanse a city or a society from miasma may have the opposite effect, that of reinforcing the miasma. References references DEFAULTSORT Miasma Greek Mythology Category Greek mythology hu miazma ...   more details



  1. Thero (Greek mythology)

    In Greek mythology , the name Thero may refer to A reputed nurse of Ares . Local inhabitants of Therapne in Sparta believed that Theriates , a surname of Ares, had been derived from her name. Pausanias remarks that outside Therapne, Thero was completely unknown to the Greeks, and supposes that this mythological figure could have been of Colchian origin, considering the fact that the statue of Ares Theriates was believed to have been brought from Colchis by the Dioscuri . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 3. 19. 8 ref Daughter of Phylas and Leipephilene , and sister of Hippotes . By Apollo she became mother of Chaeron, eponym of Chaeronea . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 40. 6 ref References reflist External links http www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheThero.html Theoi Project Thero nurse of Ares Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Mortal parents of demigods in Classical mythology ...   more details



  1. Nana (Greek mythology)

    otheruses Nana disambiguation According to Greek mythology, Nana was a daughter of the Phrygia n water deity river god Sangarius mythology Sangarius , the river Sakarya River Sakarya is located in present day Turkey . She became pregnant when an almond from an almond tree fell on her lap. The almond tree had sprung from the spot where the hermaphroditic Agdistis was castrated, becoming Cybele , the Mother of the Gods. Nana abandoned the baby boy, who was tended by a He goat Religion.2C mythology.2C and folklore he goat . The baby, Attis , grew up to become Cybele s consort and lover. External links http www.theoi.com Phrygios Attis.html Theoi project Attis, Nana and Cybele http macedonianissues.blogspot.com 2010 04 macedonian names and makedonski pseudo 14.html Macedonianissues.blogspot.com Nana Category Nymphs Category Greek mythology Category Cybele Category Phrygian goddesses Greek deity stub de Nana Mythologie el fr Nana mythologie it Nana mitologia uk ...   more details



  1. Modern understanding of Greek mythology

    orphan date March 2010 The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars ... to Jane Ellen Harrison s A Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion , xv ref In Germany , by about 1795, there was a growing interest in Homer and Greek mythology. In G ttingen Johann Matthias ... exerted an intense influence on intellectual life in Germany. ref name Graf9 F. Graf, Greek Mythology ... and mythology. ref name Burkert24 W. Burkert, Greek Religion , 24 ref Psychoanalytic interpretations ... out of it. ref name Br cite encyclopedia title Greek Mythology encyclopedia Encyclopaedia Britannica ... mythology, gave up his early views of myth, in order to apply Jung s theories of archetypes to Greek myth. ref name Graf38 F. Graf, Greek Mythology , 38 ref Origin theories see also Similarities between Roman, Greek, and Etruscan mythologies The origins of Greek mythology remain a fascinating and open ... including Greek mythology are derived from the narratives of the Scriptures , though the real facts ... for Jonah etc. ref name Bulfinch241 T. Bulfinch, Bulfinch s Greek and Roman Mythology , 241 ref ... Sea . ref name Bulfinch241 242 T. Bulfinch, Bulfinch s Greek and Roman Mythology , 241 242 ref ... T. Bulfinch, Bulfinch s Greek and Roman Mythology , 242 ref Image IngresJupiterAndThetis.jpg ... and linguistics have been applied to the origins of Greek mythology with some interesting results. Historical ... Greek Zeus Latin Jupiter mythology Jupiter Old Norse Tyr . ref name Allen12 D. Allen, Religion , 12 ... for power, found their way the route is not certain into Greek mythology. Our prime source is the great ... have speculated on the debts of Greek mythology to the still poorly understood pre Hellenic societies ... Thebes and Orchomenus Boeotia Orchomenus figure so large in later Greek mythology. ref name Burkert23 ... References Reflist 2 DEFAULTSORT Modern Understanding Of Greek Mythology Category Greek mythology Category Greek mythology understanding and criticism ...   more details



  1. Pleiades (Greek mythology)

    This article is about Greek mythology. The Pleiades star cluster Pleiades star cluster also appears in Pleiades in folklore and literature many other mythologies . Image Pleiades Elihu Vedder.jpg thumb 300px 1885 The Pleiades by symbolist painter Elihu Vedder The Pleiades pron en pla . di z , also IPA en pli di z from the Greek language Greek IPA el ple ades , Modern IPA el pli a es , companions of Artemis , were the seven daughters of the Titan mythology titan Atlas mythology Atlas and the sea nymph Pleione mythology Pleione born on Mount Kyllini Mount Cyllene . They are the sisters of Calypso mythology Calypso , Hyas , the Hyades mythology Hyades , and the Hesperides . The Pleiades were nymph s in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades mythology Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Dionysus Bacchus . There is some debate as to the origin of the name Pleiades. Previously, it was accepted the name is derived from the name of their mother, Pleione. However, the name Pleiades may derive from polytonic ... doi accessdate 2007 05 01 refend DEFAULTSORT Pleiades Greek Mythology Category Greek mythology ... of their children. Maia mythology Maia , eldest of the seven Pleiades, was mother of Hermes by Zeus ... by Ares . Merope Pleiades Merope , youngest of the seven Pleiades, was wooed by Orion mythology Orion ... several sons. Mythology Image William Adolphe Bouguereau 1825 1905 Lost Pleiad 1884 .jpg thumb ... shoulders, Orion mythology Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, and Zeus transformed them ... the fate of their father, Atlas, or the loss of their siblings, the Hyades mythology Hyades . In turn Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, immortalized the sisters by placing them in the sky. There these seven stars formed the constellation known thereafter as the Pleiades. The Greek poet Hesiod ... of fire flies tangled in a silver braid. See also Commons category Pleiades mythology Peleiades ...   more details



  1. Alcippe (Greek mythology)

    Alcippe or Alkipp was a name attributed to a number of figures in Greek mythology . ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink title Alciphron editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 103 104 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0112.html ref Alcippe, the daughter of Ares and Aglaulus . When Halirrhotius , son of Poseidon , raped her or merely attempted to , Ares killed him, a crime for which he was tried in a court, the first trial in history, which took place on the hill near the Acropolis of Athens named Areopagus , named, according to this etiology etiological myth , after Ares. He was acquitted in court by all of the other Olympian gods . ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece 1. 21. 7 ref ref Apollodorus , 3. 14. 2 ref Alcippe, a daughter of Poseidon who had sex with her own brother, Astraeus, unwittingly. When Astraeus became aware of what he had done, he threw himself into a river, which received from him the name of Astraeus, but was in later times called Caicus after Caicus, son of Hermes and Ocyrhoe , who killed a nobleman Timander and, in fear of his victim s relatives, threw himself into the river . ref Pseudo Plutarch , On Rivers 21 ref Alcippe, an Amazons Amazon who vowed to remain a virgin. She was killed by Heracles during his ninth labor. ref Diodorus Siculus . Library of History , http www.theoi.com Text DiodorusSiculus4A.html 24 4.16.3 . ref Alcippe ... Category Greek mythology Category Greek mythological Amazons Category Offspring of Ares Category Offspring of Poseidon Category Demigods of Classical mythology Greek deity stub de Alkippe es Alcipe fa ... Text HomerOdyssey4.html 4.120 . ref Alcippe, daughter of Oenomaus . She married Evenus mythology Evenus , son of Ares and Sterope and bore a daughter Marpessa . ref Pseudo Plutarch . Greek and Roman Parallel ...   more details



  1. Dragons in Greek mythology

    greek myth Dragons play a role in Greek mythology . Ladon Main Ladon mythology Ladon was the serpent like dragon that twined round the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples. Ladon was also said to have as many as one hundred heads. He was overcome and slain by Atlas. After a few years, the Argonauts passed by the same spot, on their chthonic return journey from Colchis at the opposite end of the world, and heard the lament of shining Aigle, one of the Hesperides, and viewed the still twitching Ladon Argonautica , book iv . The creature is associated with the constellation Draco constellation Draco . Ladon was given several parentages, each of which placed him at an archaic level in Greek myth the offspring of Ceto , joined in love with Phorcys Hesiod , Theogony 333 or of Typhon , who was himself serpent like from the waist down, and Echidna Bibliotheke 2.113 Hyginus , Preface to Fabulae or of Gaia mythology Gaia herself, or in her Olympian manifestation, Hera The Dragon which guarded the golden apples was the brother of the Nemean lion asserted Ptolemy Hephaestion ... as the constellation Centaurus . Pytho or Python Main Python mythology In Greek mythology Python was the earth ... A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ref It was said to never sleep, rest, or lower ... with fatally venomous breath, blood and fangs, a daughter of Typhon and Echidna mythology Echidna ... symbolism serpent . Various myths represented Python as being either male or female a drakaina mythology ... and Echidna mythology Echidna , guarded the Golden Fleece at Colchis . ref http books.google.com ... cite book last Morford first Mark coauthors Robert Lenardon title Classical Mythology publisher Oxford ... http www.theoi.com Ther DrakonIsmenios.html Theoi.com Drakon Ismenios excerpts of Greek myth in translation ... also European dragon Drakaina mythology Drakaina References references External links http www.theoi.com Ther DrakonHesperios.html Theoi Project Drakon Hesperios Greek religion Category Greek legendary ...   more details



  1. Apis (Greek mythology)

    Apis in Greek mythology can refer to King of Argos Apis was a king of Argos . He was a son of Phoroneus by the nymph Laodice , and brother of Niobe. During his reign he established a tyrannical government and called the Peloponnesus after his own name Apia but he was killed in a conspiracy headed by Thelxion, king of Sparta, and Telchis ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 1. 1 ref . Argus Panoptes , the descendant of his sister Niobe , avenged his murder by putting Thelxion and Telchis to death ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 1. 2 ref . In another tradition, Apis is said to have given up his kingdom to his brother Argeus and to have gone to to Egypt where he reigned for a number of years ref Eusebius , Chronicon Eusebius Chronicle , n. 271 ref ref Augustine of Hippo Augustine , De Civitate Dei , 18. 5 ref . This statement shows that Egyptian myths were mixed up with the story of Apis, see Apis Egyptian mythology . King of Sicyon A son of Telchis, and father of Thelxion. He was king at Sicyon , and is said to have been such a powerful prince, that previous to the arrival of Pelops , Peloponnesus was called after him Apia. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 5. 6 7 ref Apis the Healer According to Aeschylus ref The Suppliants Aeschylus The Suppliants 249 70 ref , Apis was a healer, a son of Apollo . He came from Naupactus and freed the Apian land from the plagues throngs of snakes , which Earth, defiled by the pollution of bloody deeds of old, had caused to spring up. This Apian land stretches out from Paeonia as far as the region of Dodona . When relating this, Pelasgus ... S end DEFAULTSORT Apis Greek Mythology Category Kings in Greek mythology Category Kings of Argos Category Sicyon Category Offspring of Apollo Category Epirotic mythology Category Aetolian mythology Category Mythological Greek physicians Greek myth stub ca Apis rei de Apis griechische Mythologie es Apis ... games of Azan mythology Azan and was accidentally killed by Aetolus , who ran him over with the chariot ...   more details



  1. Antimachus in Greek mythology

    Antimachus may refer to these persons in Greek mythology Antimachus, son of Heracles and Nicippe , one of the fifty daughters of Thespius . ref http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html Apollodorus, Library, 2.7.8 ref Antimachus, one of the Heracleidae Heraclides . He was the son of Thrasyanor and father of Deiphontes ref http www.theoi.com Text Pausanias2B.html Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.19.1 ref Antimachus, one of the suitors of Penelope , from Dulichium , and slain, along with the others, by Odysseus ref http www.theoi.com Text ApollodorusE.html Apollodorus, E.7.27 ref Antimachus, a Centaur . He attended the wedding of Pirithous and was slain by Caeneus . ref http www.theoi.com Text OvidMetamorphoses12.html Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.459 ref Antimachus, a Trojan. Bribed by Paris , he was against returning Helen to Menelaus . He was the father of Pisander and Hippolochus both killed by Agamemnon , Hippomachus , killed by Leonteus , descendant of Ares , and Tisiphone , wife of Meneptolemus ref http www.gutenberg.org dirs etext00 iliad10.txt Homer, Iliad ref ref http www.theoi.com Text QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy 1.545 ref Antimachus, a Cretan warrior who came with Idomeneus to fight on the Greeks side in the Trojan war . He was one of the warriors hidden in the Trojan horse . ref http www.theoi.com Text QuintusSmyrnaeus12.html Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. 12.337 ref He was killed by Aeneas ref http www.theoi.com Text QuintusSmyrnaeus6.html Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. 6.673 ref Antimachus, one of the sons of Aegyptus . He married the Danaid Mideia who murdered him on their wedding night. ref http www.theoi.com Text HyginusFabulae4.html Hyginus, Fabulae, 170 ref References reflist SIA DEFAULTSORT Antimachus In Greek Mythology Category Greek mythology Category Trojans Category Characters in the Iliad Category People of the Trojan War Category Heracleidae el it Antimaco ja ...   more details



  1. Busiris (Greek mythology)

    and Anippe , ref Anippe plays no other role in Greek mythology . ref daughter of the river god Nilus mythology Nilus , ref According to a fragment of Pherecydes In Isocates, Busiris 10, a genealogy ... Busiris DEFAULTSORT Busiris Greek Mythology Category Greek mythology Category Mythological kings Category ... a son of Poseidon and Libya mythology Libya , a personification of Libya. ref In Isocrates rhetorical ... his shackles at the last minute and killed Busiris. This part of the mythology concerning Herakles ... text to be relevant The annual sacrifice appears to be a Greek metaphor, representing the apparent ...   more details



  1. Pygmy (Greek mythology)

    Pygmy Greek Mythology Category Greek legendary creatures Category Asia in Greek mythology Category Africa in Greek mythology Category Classical elements Category Mythological peoples Category Legendary ... needed date February 2007 Later Greek geographers and writers attempted to place the Pygmies in a geographical ... named after the Greek mythological creatures by European explorers in the 19th century. See also Chalybes Dactyl mythology Telchines References reflist Sources Kubi ovych, Volodymyr and Shevchenka, Naukove ...   more details



  1. Centaurus (Greek mythology)

    Centaurus.html . Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Centaurus Greek Mythology Category Greek legendary creatures Category Centaurs Category Mythological hybrids Category Mythological horses Category Greek mythology Category Roman mythology br Kentauros fr Centauros id Kentauros ... was out on a visit to his dear friend Pholus house. Pholus mythology Pholus was a centaur and was having ...   more details



  1. Ino (Greek mythology)

    , 1951. The Gods of the Greeks Thames and Hudson . Argive genealogy in Greek mythology Commonscat Ino Category Greek mythology Category Theban mythology br Ino ca Ino cs n da Ino de Ino et Ino el ... identified? Ino, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia Greek goddess Harmonia , had an end just as tragic ... of trust in her lover Agave mythology Agave killed her own son, King Pentheus , while struck with Dionysian ... on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age Cambridge Harvard University Press . Karl Kerenyi Kerenyi ...   more details



  1. Theban kings in Greek mythology

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Greek myth The dynastic history of Ancient Thebes Boeotia Thebes in Greek mythology is crowded with a bewildering number of kings between the city s new foundation by Cadmus and the Trojan War see Ogyges . This suggests several competing traditions, which mythographers were forced to reconcile. ref name hard2004 Hard, Robin Rose, Herbert Jennings 2004 . The mythical history of Thebes. In. The Routledge handbook of Greek mythology , pp. 294 ff. Psychology Press, ISBN 9780415186360 ref The rulers The first king of Thebes was Cadmus, after whom the city was originally called Cadmeia. It only became known as Thebes during the reign of Amphion and Zethus , after the latter s wife Thebe . The first kings of Boeotia before Cadmus and the flood of Deucalion were Calydnos and Ogyges Ogygos . When Cadmus died, his son Polydorus was still a minor and hence Pentheus , a son of Cadmus daughter Agaue and one of the Spartoi , became king. He met a tragic end after falling foul of the young god Dionysus . Polydorus succeeded his nephew but only reigned for a short while. At his death, the kingdom was entrusted to his father in law, Nycteus , who acted as guardian for the young Labdacus, the son of Polydorus and Nycteis. During the regency of Nycteus, Thebes Cadmea made war against Epopeus , the king of Sicyon , who had abducted Nycteus daughter, Antiope mother of Amphion Antiope . However, an alternate account says that Antiope fled Thebes to evade her father s wrath, and sought refuge with King Epopeus after finding herself pregnant by the god Zeus . Nycteus and the Thebans were defeated, and Nycteus himself died of his battle ... was killed died during this war. Thersander joined the Greek forces in the Trojan War, but he was killed ... Xanthos See also Queen of Thebes References reflist Theban Kings DEFAULTSORT Theban Kings In Greek Mythology Category Theban kings da Thebanske sagnkreds et Teeba kuningas ko pt Rei de Tebas ...   more details



  1. Greek mythology in popular culture

    Multiple issues verylong December 2010 refimprove May 2010 trivia November 2009 Elements of Greek mythology ... of Greek mythology, like Brontes, one of the Cyclopes. In chapter 57 of the Margaret Mitchell novel ... Cerberus is one of five characters from Greek mythology featured in the episode Here Comes Trubble ... , there are many references to Greek mythology it is said that Greek mythology was, in fact, heavily ... Greek god or goddess. In the computer game Zeus Master of Olympus , Demeter is one of the gods ... to rejoice over the wedding of Flora and Zephyr. Euphrosyne mythology Euphrosyne Euphrosyne appears ... to the Girl Genius Comic ref Flora mythology Flora Flora is the main character of the ballet ... mythology Hebe Hebe is invoked in John Milton s L Allegro . ref name milton Hecate Hekate is the main ... groups. Iris mythology Iris see also Iris mythology Fictional adaptations In Rick Riordan s Percy ... War, and brings them to his time where the gods are weakened. Morpheus mythology Morpheus see also Morpheus mythology Appearances In The Last Olympian , Morpheus puts the all of Manhattan to sleep ... by Umbrella. In The Game Eve Online , T there is a gallente ship known as the Nyx. Pan mythology ... Comics Huntsman in Marvel Comics who is an adversary of Hercules Marvel Comics Hercules . Endymion mythology ... about Eumaeus on its 2005 album Atavism . Galatea mythology Galatea Isaac Asimov s Azazel Asimov Azazel ... Pink and the international human rights organization Global Exchange , renamed herself after the Greek ... number, Comedy Tonight , contains the line, Nothing that s grim nothing that s Greek. She plays Medea ... and recognizes his own story. ref http www.mlahanas.de Greeks Mythology Orpheus.html Orpheus ref In L ... s Box which he also created and comes to regard Pandora as his daughter. Paris see also Paris mythology ... ref Philoctetes main Philoctetes Modern literature Psyche mythology Psyche In C. S. Lewis s retelling ... 4847 Shimmering Splendor ref Pygmalion mythology Pygmalion Pygmalion effect is used in psychology ...   more details




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