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Polyphemus in Wikipedia

Polyphemus (Greek: Πολύφημος, Polyphēmos) is the gigantic one- eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes. His name means "very famous".[1] Polyphemus plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey......

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Poseidon in Wikipedia

Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea, storms, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon. Linear B tablets show that Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes i...

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Pirithous in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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

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Castor and Pollux in Wikipedia

Castor (pronounced /ˈkæstər/; Latin: Castōr; Greek: Κάστωρ, Kastōr, "beaver") and Pollux (/ˈpɒləks/; Latin: Pollūx) or Polydeuces (/ˌpɒlɨˈdjuːsiːz/; Greek: Πολυδεύκης, Poludeukēs, "much sweet wine"[1]) were twin brothers in Greek and Roman mythology and collectively known as the Dioskouroi. They were the sons of Leda by Tyndareus and Zeus resp...

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Polyphemus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Polu/fhmos). 1. The celebrated Cyclops in the island of Thrinacia, was a son of Poseidon, and the nymph Thoosa. For an account of him see the article CYCLOPES. 2. A son of Elatus or Poseidon and Hippea, was one of the Lapithae at Larissa in Thessaly. He was married to Laonome, a sister of Heracles, with whom he was connected by friendship. H...

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Poseidon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ποσειδῶν), the god of the Mediterranean sea. His name seems to be connected with πότος, πόντος and ποταμός, according to which he is the god of the fluid element. (Müller, Proleg. p. 290.) He was a son of Cronos and Rhea (whence he is called Κρόνιος and by Latin poets Saturnius, Pind. O. 6.48; Verg. A. 5.799.) He was accordingly a brother of...

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Peirithous in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Peiri/qoos), a son of Ixion or Zeus by Dia, of Larissa in Thessaly (Hom. Il. 2.741, 14.17; Apollod. 1.8 § 2; Eustath. ad hom. p. 101 i. He was one of the Lapithae, and married to Hippodameia, by whom he became the father of Polypoetes (Hom. Il. 2.740, &100.12.129). When Peirithous was celebrating his marriage with Hippodameia, the intoxi...

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Pollux in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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

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Phineus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Φινεύς). 1. A son of Belis and Anchinoe, and brother of Aegyptus, Danaus, and Cepheus. (Apollod. 2.1.4; conip. PERSEUS.） 2. One of the sons of Lycaon. (Apollod. 3.8.1.)3. A son of Agenor, and king of Salmydessus in Thrace (Apollon. 2.178, 237; Schol. ad eund. 2.177). Some traditions called himl a son of Phoenix and Cassiepeia, and a grandson ...

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Polyxena in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Polyxena (pronounced /pəˈlɪksɨnə/), Greek Πολυξένη, was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba.[1] She is considered the Trojan version of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Polyxena is not in Homer's Iliad, appearing in works by later poets, perhaps to add romance to Homer's auste...

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