Bible History
Bible History
Choose a Category

Mythology & Beliefs

Arion in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀρίων). 1. An ancient Greek bard and great master on the cithara, was a native of Methymna in Lesbos, and, according to some accounts, a son of Cyclon or of Poseidon and the nymph Oncaea. He is called the inventor of the dithyrambic poetry, and of the name dithyramb. (Hdt. 1.23; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 13.25.) All traditions about him agree in de...

Read More

Asterope in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀστερόπη), two mythical personages: see ACRAGAS and AESACUS. - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

Read More

Avernus in Wikipedia

Avernus was an ancient name for a crater near Cumae (Cuma), Italy, in the Region of Campania west of Naples. It is approximately 2 miles in circumference. Within the crater is Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno).[1] Avernus was believed to be the entrance to the underworld, and is portrayed as such in the Aeneid of Virgil. The name is coming from the...

Read More

Bacchus in Wikipedia

Bacchus may refer to: Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and intoxication, known as Bacchus to Romans...

Read More

Briareus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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

Read More

Atlas in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)/Atlas), according to Hesiod (Hes. Th. 507, &c.), a son of Japetus and Clymene, and a brother of Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus; according to Apollodorus (1.2.3), his mother's name was Asia; and, according to Hyginus (Fab. Pracf.), he was a son of Aether and Gaea. For other accounts see Diod. 3.60, 4.27; Plat. Critias, p. 114; S...

Read More

Boreas in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Bore/as or Βορᾶς), the North wind, was, according to Hesiod (Hes. Th. 379), a son of Astraeus and Eos, and brother of Hesperus, Zephyrus, and Notus. He dwelt in a cave of mount Haemus in Thrace. (Callim. hymn. in Del. 63.) He is mixed up with the early legends of Attica in the story of his having carried off Oreithyia, the daughter of Erech...

Read More

Artemis in Wikipedia

Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Some scholars believe that the name, and indeed the goddess herself, was originally pre-Greek.[1] Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals".[2] In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis (Greek: (nomin...

Read More

Astraea in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Astræa or Astrea (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραῖα;[1] English translation: "star-maiden") was a daughter of Zeus and Themis or of Eos and Astraeus. She and her mother were both personifications of justice, though Astræa was also associated with innocence and purity. She's always associated with the Greek Goddess of justice, Dike, wh...

Read More

Atreus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Atreus (Ἀτρεύς) was a king of Mycenae, the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Collectively, his descendants are known as Atreidai or Atreidae. Atreus and his twin brother Thyestes were exiled by their father for murdering their half-brother Chrysippus in their desire for the throne of Ol...

Read More

61 Bible Translations

Popular Articles

Explore the Bible Like Never Before!

Bible History Online

Bible Study Tools

Top Tags