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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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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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Danae in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Δανάη). See ACRISIUS. We may add here the story which we meet with at a later time in Italy, and according to which Danae went to Italy, built the town of Ardea, and married Pilumnus, by whom she became the mother of Daunus, the ancestor of Turnus. (Verg. A. 7.372, 409, with Servius's note.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and my...

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Demeter in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Δημήτηρ), one of the great divinities of the Greeks. Tho name Demeter is supposed by some to be the same as γῆ μήτηρ, that is, mother earth, while others consider Deo, which is synonymous with Demeter, as connected with δάις and δαίνυμι, and as derived from the Cretan word dha/i, barley, so that Demeter would be the mother or giver of barley ...

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Dione in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Διώνη), a female Titan, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hesiod. Theog. 353), and, according to others, of Uranus and Ge, or of Aether and Ge. (Hygin. Fab. Praef.; Apollod. 1.1.3.) She was beloved by Zeus, by whom she became the mother of Aphrodite. (Apollod. 1.3. sec; i.; Hornm. Il. 5.370, &c.) When Aphrodite was wounded by Diomedes, Di...

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Creusa in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa (or Kreousa - Κρέουσα); the name means simply "princess". Naiad According to Pindar's 9th Pythian Ode, Creusa was a naiad and daughter of Gaia who bore Hypseus, King of the Lapiths to the river god Peneus. Hypseus had one daughter, Cyrene. When a lion attacked her father's sheep, Cyrene wrest...

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Cybele in Wikipedia

Cybele (Phrygian: Matar Kubileya/Kubeleya "Kubeleyan Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Greek: Κυβέλη Kybele, Κυβήβη Kybebe, Κύβελις Kybelis; pronounced /ˈkɪbəliː/), was the Phrygian deification of the Earth Mother. As with Greek Gaia (the "Earth"), or her Minoan equivalent Rhea, Cybele embodies the fertile Earth, a goddess of caverns and mou...

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