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Daphne in Wikipedia

According to Greek myth, Apollo chased the nymph Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη, meaning "laurel"), daughter either of Peneus and Creusa in Thessaly,[1] or of the river Ladon in Arcadia.[2] The pursuit of a local nymph by an Olympian god, part of the archaic adjustment of religious cult in Greece, was given an arch anecdotal turn in Ovid's Metamorphoses...

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Diomedes in Wikipedia

Diomedes or Diomed (Greek: Διομήδης, Diomēdēs; English translation: "God-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus") is a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War. He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his maternal grandfather, Adrastus. In Homer's 'Iliad' Diomedes is regarded...

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Clytaemnestra in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Klutaimnh/stra ), a daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, and sister of Castor, Timandra, and Philonoe, and half-sister of Polydeuces and Helena. She was married to Agamemnon. (Apollod. 3.10.6, &c.) For the particulars of the stories about her see AGAMEMNON, AEGISTHUS, ORESTES. - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William...

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Cronus in Wikipedia

Cronus or Kronos[1] (Ancient Greek Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, and imprisoned in Tartarus. C...

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Daedalus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos, Greek Daidalos (Δαίδαλος) meaning "cunning worker", and Etruscan Taitale) was a skillful craftsman and artisan.[1] Daedalus had two sons: Icarus and Iapyx, along with a nephew, whose name is Perdix. He is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ar...

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Diomedes in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

3. A son of Ares and Cyrene, was king of the Bistones in Thrace, and was killed by Heracles on account of his mares, which he fed with human flesh. (Apollod. 2.5.8; Diod. 4.15; Serv. ad Aen. 1.756.) Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 250) calls him a son of Atlas by his own daughter Asteria. - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William ...

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Cocytus in Wikipedia

Cocytus or Kokytos, meaning "the river of wailing" (from the Greek κωκυτός, "lamentation"), is a river in the underworld in Greek mythology. Cocytus flows into the river Acheron, across which dwells the underworld, the mythological abode of the dead. There are five rivers encircling Hades. The River Styx is perhaps the most famous; the other r...

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Daedalus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Dai/dalos). 1. A mythical personage, under whose name the Greek writers personified the earliest development of the arts of sculpture and architecture, especially among the Athenians and Cretans. Though he is represented as living in the early heroic period, the age of Minos and of Theseus, he is not mentioned by Homer, except in one doubtf...

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Daphne in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Δάφνη), a fair maiden who is mixed up with various traditions about Apollo. According to Pausanias (10.5.3) she was an Oreas and an ancient priestess of the Delphic oracle to which she had been appointed by Ge. Diodorus (4.66) describes her as the daughter of Teiresias, who is better known by the name of Manto. She was made prisoner in the wa...

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Cronus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Kro/nos), a son of Uranus and Ge, and the youngest among the Titans. He was married to Rhea, by whom he became the father of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cheiron is also called a son of Cronus. (Hesiod. Theog. 137, 452, &c.; Apollod. 1.1.3, &c.) At the instigation of his mother, Cronus unmanned his father for hav...

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