Mythology & Beliefs

Eos in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(Ἠώς), in Latin Aurora, the goddess of the morning red, who brings up the light of day from the east. She was a daughter of Hyperion and Theia or Euryphassa, and a sister of Helios and Selene. (Hes. Th. 371, &c.; Hom. Hymn in Sol. ii.) Ovid (Ov. Met. 9.420, Fast. 4.373) calls her a daughter of Pallas. At the close of night she rose front t...

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Erinyes in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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

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Eumenides in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(*Eu)meni/des), also called ERINNYES, and by the Romans FURIAE or DIRAE, were originally nothing but a personification of curses pronounced upon a guilty criminal. The name Erinnys, which is the more ancient one, was derived by the Greeks from the ἐρίνω ορ ἐρευνάω, I hunt up or persecute, or from the Arcadian word ἐρινύω, I am angry; so that ...

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Cupid in Wikipedia

In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido, meaning "desire") is the god of desire, affection erotic love. He is also known by another one of his Latin names, Amor (cognate with Kama). He is the son of goddess Venus and god Mars. In popular culture Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's...

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Cupido in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

was, like Amor and Voluptas, a modification of the Greek Eros, whose worship was carried to Rome from Greece. (Cic. apud Lactant. 1.20. 14; Plaut. Cure. 1.1, 3; see EROS.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Creon in Wikipedia

Creon (Attic Greek: Κρέων - Kreōn, meaning "ruler") is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had three children: Megareus, Menoeceus, and Haemon with his wife, Eurydice. Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi. Creon figures prominently in the plays Oedip...

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Danae in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Danae (Ancient Greek: Δανάη, English translation: "parched"[citation needed]) was a daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice (no relation to Orpheus' Eurydice). She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus. She was sometimes credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium. Disappointed by his lack of male heirs, Acrisius...

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Demeter in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Demeter (ancient Greek Δημήτηρ, Dēmētēr) was the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, the seasons (personified by the Hours), and the harvest.One of her surnames is Sito (σίτος: wheat) as the giver of food or corn.[1] Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the har...

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Dione in Wikipedia

Dione, (Greek: Διώνη) pronounced /daɪˈoʊni/, in Greek mythology is a vague goddess presence who has her most concrete form in Book V of Homer's Iliad as the mother of Aphrodite. Aphrodite journeys to Dione's side after she has been wounded in battle while protecting her favorite son Aeneas. In this episode, Dione seems to be the equivalent of ...

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Creon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(Κρέων). 1. A mythical king of Corinth, a son of Lycaethus. (Hyg. Fab. 25, calls him a son of Menoecus, and thus confounds him with Creon of Thebes.) His daughter, Glauce, married Jason, and Medeia, who found herself forsaken, took vengeance by sending Glauce a garment which destroyed her by fire when she put it on. (Apollod. 1.9.28; Schol. ad...

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