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Theseus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Θησεύς), the great legendary hero of Attica, is one of those mythological personages, whose legends it is by no means easy to disentangle, and represent in their original shape. The later belief of the Athenians, adopted and strengthened by writers of authority, represented him as a very much more historical person than he really was; and, in...

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Tisiphone in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Τισιφόνη). 1. The name of one of the Erinnyes (the avenger of murder, Orph. Arg. 966 ; comp. ERINNYES). 2. A daughter of Alcmaeon and Manto. (Apollod. 3.7.7.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Turnus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Tu/rnos), a son of Daunus and Venilia, and king of the Rutulians at the time of the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. (Verg. A. 10.76, 616.) He was a brother of Juturna and related to Amata, the wife of king Latinus. (12.138.) Alecto, by the command of Hera, stirred him up to fight against Aeneas after his landing in Italy. (7.408, &c.) He app...

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Telemachus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Thle/maxos), the son of Odysseus and Penelope (Hom. Od. 1.216). He was still an infant at the time when his father went to Troy, and in his absence of nearly twenty years he grew up to manhood. After the gods in council had determined that Odysseus should return home from the island of Ogygia, Athena, assuming the appearance of Mentes, king ...

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Thalia in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Thalia (Θαλία / Thalía, "Abundance") was one of the three Graces or Charites with her sisters Aglaea and Euphrosyne, and a daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome or the hour Eunomia. She presided over festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets......

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Pyramus and Thisbe in Wikipedia

The love story of Pyramus and Thisbe, is a part of Roman mythology, and is also a sentimental romance. The tale is told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses......

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Ulysses in Wikipedia

Odysseus (pronounced /oʊˈdɪsiəs/ or /oʊˈdɪsjuːs/; Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς, Odusseus) or Ulysses (pronounced /juːˈlɪsiːz/; Latin: Ulyssēs, Ulixēs) was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle......

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Titans in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν - Ti-tan; plural: Τιτᾶνες - Ti-tânes) were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. In the first generation of twelve[1] Titans the males were Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius and Iapetus and the females were Mnemosyne, Tethys, Th...

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Silenus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Silenus (in Greek, Σειληνός) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. The plural Seleni (in Greek, Σειληνοί) usually refers to drunken followers of Dionysus......

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Sisyphus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Si/sufos), a son of Aeolus and Enarete, whence he is called Aeolides (Hom. Il. 6.154; Hor. Carm. 2.14. 20). He was accordingly a brother of Cretheus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, Canace, Alcyone, Peisidice, Calyce and Perimede (Apollod. 1.7.3; Paus. 10.31.2). He was married to Merope, a daughter of Atlas or a Pleiad (Apollod....

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