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Philoctetes in Wikipedia

Philoctetes (Greek: Φιλοκτήτης, Philoctētēs) or Philocthetes according to Greek mythology, the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War. He was the subject of at least two plays by Sophocles, one of which is named after him, and one each by both Aeschylus and Eu...

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Pan in Wikipedia

Pan (Greek Πάν, genitive Πανός), in Greek religion and mythology, is the god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, as well as the companion of the nymphs.[1] His name originates within the Greek language, from the word paein (Πάειν), meaning "to pasture."[2] He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in...

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Patroclus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos (Gr. Πάτροκλος "glory of the father"), was the son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus, and was Achilles' beloved comrade. Menoetius was a member of the Argonauts in his youth. He had several marriages, and in different versions of the tale four different ...

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Penates in Wikipedia

In ancient Roman religion, the Di Penates or Penates were among the dii familiares, or household deities, invoked most often in domestic rituals. When the family had a meal, they threw a bit into the fire on the hearth for the Penates.[1] They were thus associated with Vesta, the Lares, and the Genius of the paterfamilias in the "little univer...

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Persephone in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Περσεφόνη), in Latin Proserpina, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. (Hom. Il. 14.326, Od. 11.216; Hes. Theog. 912, &c. ; Apollod. 1.5.1.) Her name is commonly derived from φερειν φόνον, "to bring" or "cause death," and the form Persephone occurs first in Hesiod (Hes. Th. 913; comp. Horn. Hymm. in Cer. 56), the Homeric form being Persephone...

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Philoctetes in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Φιλοκτήτης), a son of Poeas (whence he is called Poeantiades, Ov. Met. 13.313) and Demonassa, the most celebrated archer in the Trojan war (Hom. Od. 3.190, 8.219 ; Hyg. Fab. 102). He led the warriors from Methone, Thaumacia, Meliboea, and Olizon, against Troy, in seven ships. But on his voyage thither he was left behind by his men in the isl...

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Perseus in Wikipedia

Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς),[note 1] the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians. Perseus was the Greek hero who killed the Gorgon Medusa, and claimed Andromeda, havi...

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Pan in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Πάν), the great god of flocks and shepherds among the Greeks; his name is probably connected with the verb πάω. Lat. pasco, so that his name and character are perfectly in accordance with each other. Later speculations, according to which Pan is the same as τὸ πᾶν, or the universe, and the god the symbol of the universe, cannot be taken into ...

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Patroclus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

2. The celebrated friend of Achilles. was a son of Menoetius of Opus (Hom. Il. 11.608; Ov. Ep. 1.17), and a grandson of Actor and Aegina, whence he is called Actorides. (Ov. Met. 13.273.) His mother is commonly called Sthenele, but some mention her under the name of Periapis or Polymele. (Hyg. Fab. 91; Eusitath. ad Hom. p. 1498.) Aeacus, the g...

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Penates in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

the household gods of the Romans, both in regard to a private family and to the state, as the great family of citizens : hence we shall have to distinguish between private and public Penates. The name is unquestionably connected with penus, they being the gods who were worshipped, and whose images were kept in the central part of the house, o...

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