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Danaus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Δαναός), a son of Belus and Anchinoe, and a grandson of Poseidon and Libya. He was brother of Aegyptus, and farther of fifty daughters, and the mythical ancestor of the Danai. (Apollod. 2.1.4, &c.) According to the common story he was a native of Chemnis, in the Thebais in Upper Egypt, and migrated from thence into Greece. (Hdt. 2.91.) Be...

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Clytemnestra in Wikipedia

Clytemnestra or Clytaemnestra (Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, English pronunciation [klaɪtəm'nɛstɹə]), in ancient Greek legend, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae or Argos. In the Oresteia by Aeschylus, she was a femme fatale who murdered her husband, Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the ...

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Creusa in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Kre/ousa). 1. A daughter of Oceanus and Ge. She was a Naid, and became by Peneius the mother of Hypseus, king of the Lapithae, and of Stilbe. (Pind. P. 9.30; Diod. 4.69.)2. A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, was married to Xuthus, by whom she became the mother of Achaeus and Ion. (Apollod. 1.7.3, 3.15.1; Paus. 7.1.1.) She is also said t...

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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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Dido in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Διδώ), also called Elissa, which is probably her more genuine name in the eastern traditions, was a Phoenician princess, and the reputed founder of Carthage. The substance of her story is given by Justin (18.4, &c.), which has been embellished and variously modified by other writers, especially by Virgil, who has used the story very freel...

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Cyclopes in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Ku/klwpes), that is, creatures with round or circular eyes. The tradition about these beings has undergone several changes and modifications in its development in Greek mythology, though some traces of their identity remain visible throughout. According to the ancient cosmogonies, the Cyclopes were the sons of Uranus and Ge; they belonged t...

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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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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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