Ino - Mythopedia
2023年9月19日 · Ino, daughter of Cadmus, was a princess of Thebes who later became a queen and even a goddess. Ino married the Boeotian ruler Athamas and proceeded to relentlessly persecute his children, Phrixus and Helle. Later, Ino and Athamas incurred the wrath of the jealous Hera by rearing the god Dionysus, who was the son of Zeus by his adulterous affair ...
Cadmus - Mythopedia
2023年7月10日 · Cadmus was a prince and hero born in the eastern Mediterranean. As a young man, he was forced to leave home in search of his sister (or niece) Europa, who had been carried off by Zeus. After Cadmus had scoured the earth and finally exhausted his search, he decided to settle in Greece. On a fertile site in the region of Boeotia, he fought and ...
Athamas – Mythopedia
2023年10月4日 · Overview. Athamas was the son of Aeolus, a king of Thessaly, and his wife Enarete. After migrating from Thessaly to Boeotia, Athamas ruled over the kingdoms of Orchomenus and Halos. Athamas’ first wife was a woman named Nephele, with whom he had two children: Phrixus and Helle. But Athamas soon abandoned Nephele and married Ino, the …
Nereids - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · However, since Nereus’ only significant act in Greek mythology was fathering the Nereids, it is likely that the term “Nereid” is actually older than the name “Nereus.” If this is the case, then the etymology of the term is obscure; it may be related to the rare Greek words νῆρις ( nêris , “hollow rock”) and νηρός ...
Iole – Mythopedia
2023年9月21日 · Iole was a princess of Oechalia, the daughter of King Eurytus and his wife Antiope. She is best remembered as an object of lust for the hero Heracles. Though Heracles won Iole fair and square in an archery contest, Eurytus refused to give up his daughter. According to most accounts, this was because Heracles had killed his own children from his ...
Sisyphus – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Sisyphus was a Greek king usually associated with Corinth. He was famously cunning, but unfortunately also deceitful and impious. In the most common version of the myth, Sisyphus managed to cheat Death and thereby extend his life (the details of how he accomplished this vary across different sources). Eventually, however, Sisyphus did die.
Geryon – Mythopedia
2023年3月22日 · Gantz, Timothy. “Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus.” In Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, 402–8. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Smith, William. “Heracles or Hercules.” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873. Perseus Digital Library.
Greek Titans - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Overview. The Titans were immortal deities who ruled the cosmos before the Olympians. The original twelve Titans—the children of the primordial gods Gaia (earth) and Uranus (heaven)—assumed power by overthrowing their tyrannical father, only to become tyrants themselves. Cronus, the youngest Titan, became king after usurping Uranus.
Aeetes - Mythopedia
2023年8月17日 · Greek. Aeetes belongs to a very early stratum of Greek mythology. The earliest literary reference to him can be found in Homer (eighth century BCE), where he is mentioned as the wicked brother of Circe in Book 10 of the Odyssey (135ff). Aeetes’ genealogy was also outlined by Hesiod (eighth/seventh century BCE) in his Theogony (956ff).
Pandora – Mythopedia
2022年12月9日 · The name “Pandora” (Greek Πανδώρα, translit. Pandōra) is derived from the Greek words pan, meaning “all,” and dōron, meaning “gift.”. The name can thus be translated as “all-gifted” or “all-giving.”. According to Hesiod, Pandora received this name because, when she was created, “all they who dwelt on Olympus gave ...