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Proserpina in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

[PERSEPHONE.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Pyramus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

[THISBE.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Rhadamanthus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*(Rada/manqos), a son of Zeus and Europa, and brother of king Minos of Crete (Hom. Il. 14.322), or, according to others, a son of Hephaestus (Paus. 8.53.2). From fear of his brother he fled to Ocaleia in Boeotia, and there married Alcmene. In consequence of his justice throughout life, he became, after his death, one of the judges in the lowe...

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Saturnus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

a mythical king of Italy to whom was ascribed the introduction of agriculture and the habits of civilised life in general. The name is, notwithstanding the different quantity, connected with the verb sero, sevi, saturn, and although the ancients themselves invariably identify Saturnus with the Greek Cronos, there is no resemblance whatever be...

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Procrustes in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology Procrustes (Προκρούστης) or "the stretcher [who hammers out the metal]", also known as Prokoptas or Damastes (Δαμαστής) "subduer", was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who physically attacked people, stretching them, or cutting off their legs so as to make them fit an iron bed's size. In general, when something is Procru...

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Rhea in Wikipedia

Rhea (pronounced /ˈriː.ə/; ancient Greek Ῥέα) was the Titaness daughter of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, in Greek mythology. She was known as "the mother of gods." In earlier traditions, she was strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, the Great Goddess, and was later seen by the classical Greeks as the mother of the Olympian gods and...

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Proteus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς) is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea"[1], whose name suggests the "first" (from Greek "πρῶτος" - protos, "first"), as protogonos (πρωτόγονος) is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony (Odyssey iv. 432), or ...

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Python in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology Python (Greek: Πύθων, gen.: Πύθωνος) was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. She[1] presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for her mother, Gaia, "Earth," Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa.[2] Hellenes ...

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Satyrs in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, satyrs (Ancient Greek: Σάτυροι, Satyroi) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus - "satyresses" were a late invention of poets - that roamed the woods and mountains. In mythology they are often associated with pipe playing. The satyrs' chief was Silenus, a minor deity associated (like Hermes and Priapus) with fer...

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Procrustes in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Προκρούστης), that is, "the Stretcher," is a surname of the famous robber Polypemon or Damastes. He used to force all the strangers that fell into his hands into a bed which was either too small or too large, and in which he had their limbs stretched by force until they died. He was slain by Theseus, on the Cephissus in Attica; the bed of Pro...

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