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In Greek antiquity, Hermione (/ h ɜːr ˈ m aɪ. ə n i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. [2] Prior to the Trojan War , Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus , her grandfather, [ 3 ] to her cousin Orestes , son of her uncle, Agamemnon .
Hermione (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) is a feminine given name derived from the Greek messenger god Hermes. Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology . It was also the name of an early Christian martyr, Hermione of Ephesus , and of a character in William Shakespeare ’s play The Winter's Tale . [ 2 ]
He married Hyrmine, sister of Alector, and gave his daughter Diogeneia in marriage to Alector. [2] His sons with Hyrmine were Augeas, [3] Actor [4] and Tiphys, [5] all three were Argonauts. [6] Phorbas was said to have been a lover of Apollo. [7] [failed verification]
Hermione most commonly refers to: Hermione (given name) , a female given name Hermione (mythology) , only daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology and original bearer of the name
Clinging to the altar of the sea-goddess Thetis for sanctuary, Andromache delivers the play's prologue, in which she mourns her misfortune (the destruction of Troy, the deaths of her husband Hector and their child Astyanax, and her enslavement to Neoptolemos) and her persecution at the hands of Neoptolemos' new wife Hermione and her father Menelaus, King of Sparta.
In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus (/ ˌ n iː ə p ˈ t ɒ l ɪ m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Νεοπτόλεμος, romanized: Neoptólemos, lit. 'new warrior'), originally called Pyrrhus at birth ( / ˈ p ɪ r ə s / ; Πύρρος , Pýrrhos , 'red'), was the son of the mythical warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia , and the brother of ...
When it was time for Helen of Troy to marry, many kings and princes from around the world came to seek her hand, bringing rich gifts with them, or sent emissaries to do so on their behalf. During the contest, Castor and Pollux had a prominent role in dealing with the suitors, although the final decision was in the hands of Tyndareus . [ 1 ]
Polynices offering Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia; Attic red-figure oenochoe ca. 450–440 BC. Louvre museum. The Necklace of Harmonia, also called the Necklace of Eriphyle, was a fabled object in Greek mythology that, according to legend, brought great misfortune to all of its wearers or owners, who were primarily queens and princesses of the ill-fated House of Thebes.