Mythology & Beliefs
（*Ta/ntalos).
1. A son of Zeus by Pluto, or according to others (Schol. ad
Eur. Orest. 5 ; Tzetz. Chil. 5.444; Apostol. Cent. 18.7) a
son of Tmolus. (Hygin. Fab. 82, 154; Ant. Lib. 36.) His wife
is called by some Euryanassa (Schol. ad Eurip. l.c. ; Tzetz.
ad Lycoph. 52), by others Taygete or Dione (Hygin. Fab. 82;
Ov. Met. 6.174), and by other...
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The River Styx (Greek: Στύξ, Stux, also meaning "hate" and
"detestation") (adjectival form: Stygian (pronounced /
ˈstɪdʒi.ən/) was a river in Greek mythology which formed the
boundary between Earth and the Underworld (often called Hades
which is also the name of this domain's ruler). It circles the
Underworld nine times. The rivers Styx, Phlege...
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In Greek mythology, Sterope (pronounced /ˈstɛrəpiː/, Greek:
Στερόπη [sterópɛː]), also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one
of the seven Pleiades (the daughters of Atlas and Pleione,
born to them at Mount Cyllene in Arcadia) and the wife of
Oenomaus (or, according to some accounts, his mother by Ares).
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography...
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an Arcadian nymph, who being pursued by Pan, fled into the
river Ladon. and at her own request was metamorphosed into a
reed. which Pan then made his flute. (Ov. Met. 1.690. &c.;
comp. Voss. Virg. Ecl. p. 33.) - A Dictionary of Greek and
Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....
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A sphinx (Ancient Greek: Σφίγξ /sphinx, sometimes Φίξ /Phix)
is a mythological creature that is depicted as a recumbent
feline with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted
figures of lionesses with female human heads (unless the
pharaoh was depicted as the son of the deity) of Old Kingdom
Egypt in association with their solar deities, Bas...
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（Σφίγξ 1), a monstrous being of Greek mythology, is said to
have been a daughter of Orthus and Chimaera, born in the
country of the Arimi (Hes. Theog. 326), or of Typhon and
Echidna (Apollod. 3.5.8; Schol. ad Enrip. Phoen. 46), or
lastly of Typhon and Chimaera (Schol. ad Hes. and Eurip. l.
.c.). Some call her a natural daughter of Laius (Paus....
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Stheino
or STHENO (Σθεινώ or Σθενώ), one of the Gorgons. (Hes. Theog.
276 ; Apollod. 2.4.2.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman
biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....
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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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The Symplegades (pronounced /sɪmˈplɛɡədiːz/; Greek:
Συμπληγάδες, Sumplēgades) or Clashing Rocks, also known as the
Cyanean Rocks, were, according to Greek mythology, a pair of
rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together randomly. They
were defeated by Jason and the Argonauts, who would have been
lost and killed by the rocks except for Phineas...
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