Mythology & Beliefs
Sol was the solar deity in Ancient Roman religion. He became
identified with Janus at an early period, and only in the late
Roman Empire re-appears as an independent Sun god, as Sol
Invictus......
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a Latin divinity of the fields and forests, to whom in the
very earliest times the Tyrrhenian Pelasgians are said to
have dedicated a grove and a festival (Verg. A. 8.600). He
is described as a god watching over the fields and
husbandmen, and is also called the protector of the
boundaries of fields (Horat. Epod. 2.22). Hyginus (De Limit.
Cons...
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or SINNIS (Σίνις or Σιννις), a son of Polypemon, Pemon or
Poseidon by Sylea, the daughter of Corinthus. He was surnamed
according to some Pityocamptes, and according to others
Procrustes. He dwelt on the isthmus of Corinth as a robber,
destroying the travellers whom he had conquered, by fastening
them to the top of a fir-tree, which he curbed,...
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In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: Σειρήν Seirēn;
Greek plural: Σειρῆνες Seirēnes) were three dangerous bird-
women, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with
their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky
coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on an island
called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, r...
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Sire'nes
or SEIRE'>NES (Σειρῆνες), mythical beings who were believed
to have the power of enchanting and charming, by their song,
any one who heard them. When Odysseus, in his wanderings
through the Mediterranean, came near the island on the
lovely beach of which the Sirens were sitting, and
endeavouring to allure him and his companions, h...
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Silvanus (Latin: "of the woods") was a Roman tutelary spirit
or deity of woods and fields. As protector of forests
(sylvestris deus), he especially presided over plantations and
delighted in trees growing wild.[1][2][3][4] He is also
described as a god watching over the fields and husbandmen,
protecting in particular the boundaries of fields.[...
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[HELIOS.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and
mythology, William Smith, Ed....
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In Greek mythology, Hypnos (Ὕπνος, "sleep") was the
personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent was known as
Somnus. His twin was Thánatos (Θάνατος, "death"); their mother
was the primordial goddess Nyx (Νύξ, "night"). His palace was
a dark cave where the sun never shines. At the entrance were a
number of poppies and other hypnogogic plants...
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（*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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the personification and god of sleep, the Greek Hypnos, is
described by the ancients as a brother of Death (θάνατος), and
as a son of Night (Hes. Theog. 211, &c.; Verg. A. 6.277). At
Sicyon there was a statue of Sleep surnamed ἐπιδώτης, the
giver (Paus. 2.10.2). In works of art Sleep and Death are
represented alike as two youths sleeping o...
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