enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Antiope (mother of Amphion) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiope_(mother_of_Amphion)

    In Greek mythology, Antiope (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə p i /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting" [1]) was the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer; [2] in later sources [3] she is called the daughter of the "nocturnal" king Nycteus ...

  3. Antiope (Amazon) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiope_(Amazon)

    Theseus carries Antiope off, from the pediment of Apollo's temple at Eretria, 500s BC.. In Greek mythology, Antiope (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə p i /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη, derived from αντι anti, "against, compared to, like," and οψ ops, "voice" or "confronting" [1]) was an Amazon, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe, Hippolyta, Penthesilea and possibly Orithyia, queens of the ...

  4. Antiope (mythology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiope_(mythology)

    In Greek mythology, Antiope / æ n ˈ t aɪ. ə p i / or Antiopa (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting" [1]) may refer to the following Antiope, daughter of King Belus of Egypt and possibly, Achiroe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nilus. [2]

  5. Antiope (daughter of Pylon) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiope_(daughter_of_Pylon)

    Ιn Greek mythology, Antiope (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ. ə p i /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting" [1]) was the daughter of Pylon or Pylaon.

  6. Arete - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

    Arete (Ancient Greek: ἀρετή, romanized: aretḗ) is a concept in ancient Greek thought that, in its most basic sense, refers to "excellence" of any kind [1] —especially a person or thing's "full realization of potential or inherent function." [2] The term may also refer to excellence in "moral virtue." [1]

  7. Virtue ethics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_ethics

    Virtue ethics (also aretaic ethics, [a] [1] from Greek ἀρετή ) is a philosophical approach that treats virtue and character as the primary subjects of ethics, in contrast to other ethical systems that put consequences of voluntary acts, principles or rules of conduct, or obedience to divine authority in the primary role.

  8. 50 Aristotle Quotes on Philosophy, Virtue and Education - AOL

    www.aol.com/50-aristotle-quotes-philosophy...

    Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.” 42. “It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of ...

  9. Antiope - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiope

    Antiope (Greek myth), several figures in Greek mythology including: Antiope (Amazon), daughter of Ares; Antiope (mother of Amphion), mother of Amphion by Zeus, associated with the mythology of Thebes, Greece; Antiope (daughter of Pylon), also called Antioche, a daughter of Pylon and wife of Eurytus