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Marsyas in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas (gr. Μαρσύας) is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double flute (aulos) that had been abandoned by Athena and played it;[1] in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life. In Antiquity, literary sources often emphasise the hubris ...

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Meleager in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Meleager (Ancient Greek: Μελέαγρος Meléagros) was a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer.[2] Meleager was the son of Althaea and the vintner Oeneus and, according to some accounts father of Parthenop...

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Lavinia in Wikipedia

In Roman mythology, Lavinia (Latin: Lāuīnĭa) was the daughter of Latinus and Amata and the wife of Aeneas. Lavinia, the only child of the king and "ripe for marriage", had been courted by many men in Ausonia who hoped to become the king of Latium. Turnus, ruler of the Rutuli, was the most likely of the suitors, having the favor of Queen Amata. ...

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Lethe in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Λήθη), the personification of oblivion, is called by Hesiod (Hes. Th. 227) a daughter of Eris. A river in the lower world likewise bore the name of Lethe. [HADES.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Maia in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Mai=a or Μαιάς), a daughter of Atlas and Pleiono (whence she is called Atlantis and Pleias), was the eldest of the Pleiades, and in a grotto of mount Cyllene in Arcadia she became by Zeus the mother of Hermes. Areas, the son of Zeus by Callisto, was given to her to be reared. (Hom. Od. 14.435, Hymn. in Merc. 3; Hes. Th. 938; Apollod. 3.10.2,...

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Lavinia in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

a daughter of Latinus and Amata, and the wife of Aeneas, by whom she became the mother of Ascanius or Silvius. (Liv. 1.1; Verg. A. 7.52, &c., 6.761; Dionys. A. R. 1.70.) Some traditions describe her as the daughter of the priest Anius, in Delos. (Dionys. A. R. 1.50; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 9.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biograph...

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Maia in Wikipedia

In Roman mythology, Maia was identified with Maia Maiestas (also called Fauna, Bona Dea (the 'Good Goddess') and Ops), a goddess who may be equivalent to an old Italic goddess of spring. The month of May was named for her;[7] the first and fifteenth of May were sacred to her. On the first of May the flamen of Vulcan sacrificed to her a pregnan...

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Marsyas in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Marsu/as), a mythological personage, connected with the earliest period of Greek music. He is variously called the son of Hyagnis, or of Oeagrus, or of Olympus. Some make him a satyr, others a peasant. All agree in placing him in Phrygia. The following is the outline of his story, according to the mythographers. Athena having, while playing ...

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Leto in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Leto (Greek: Λητώ, Λατώ, Lato in Dorian Greek, etymology and meaning disputed) is a daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe:[1]. Leto was the titan goddess of being unseen. Kos claimed her birthplace.[2] In the Olympian scheme, Zeus is the father of her twins,[3] Apollo and Artemis, the Letoides, which Leto conceived after ...

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Meleager in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Mele/agros), a son of Oeneus (whence he is called Οἰνεΐδης), and Althaea, the daughter of Thestius, and was married to Cleopatra, by whom he became the father of Polydora. (Apollod. 1.8.2; Paus. 4.2 in fin.; Orph. Argon. 157.) Other accounts call Meleager a son of Ares, by Althaea (Plut. Parall. Min. 26; Ov. Met. 8.437; Hyg. Fab. 171); and ...

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