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Daphne. Daphne (/ ˈdæfni /; DAFF-nee; Greek: Δάφνη, Dáphnē, lit. ' laurel '), [1] a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but the general narrative, found in ...
Daphnis. Statue of Daphnis, 1st-2nd century CE, Parian marble. In Greek mythology, Daphnis (/ ˈdæfnɪs /; Ancient Greek: Δάφνις, from δάφνη, daphne, "Bay Laurel" [1]) was a legendary Sicilian cowherd who was said to be the inventor of pastoral poetry. [2][3] According to Diodorus the Sicilian (1st century BC), Daphnis was born in ...
Daphnis and Chloe is the story of a boy (Daphnis) and a girl (Chloe), each of whom is abandoned at birth along with some identifying tokens. A goatherd named Lamon discovers Daphnis, and a shepherd called Dryas finds Chloe. Each decides to raise the child he finds as his own. Daphnis and Chloe grow up together, herding the flocks for their ...
Echetus, a king of Epirus. Eetion, a king of Cilician Thebe and father of Andromache. Electryon, a king of Tiryns and Mycenae; son of Perseus and Andromeda. Elephenor, a king of the Abantes of Euboea. Eleusis, eponym and king of Eleusis, Attica. Epaphus, a king of Egypt and founder of Memphis, Egypt.
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities ...
Zephyrus. In Greek mythology and religion, Zephyrus (Ancient Greek: Ζέφυρος, romanized:Zéphuros, lit. 'westerly wind'), also spelled in English as Zephyr, is the god and personification of the West wind, one of the several wind gods, the Anemoi. The son of Eos, the goddess of the dawn, and Astraeus, Zephyrus is the most gentle and ...
Naiad. A Naiad by John William Waterhouse, 1893; a water nymph approaches the sleeping Hylas. In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈnaɪædz, ˈneɪædz, - ədz /; Greek: ναϊάδες, translit. naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other ...
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n iː /; Greek: Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") [2] is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and the dawn goddess ...