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The son made immortal, Aeacus, was the king of Aegina, and was known to have contributed help to Poseidon and Apollo in building the walls of Troy. Through him, Aegina was the great-grandmother of Achilles, who was son of Peleus, son of Aeacus. In one account, Aegina was also called the mother of Sinope by Ares. [4]
Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff.Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios, the film features an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Saffron Burrows and Orlando Bloom.
Zeus Olympios (Ολύμπιος): Zeus as king of the gods and patron of the Panhellenic Games at Olympia; Zeus Panhellenios ("Zeus of All the Greeks"): worshipped at Aeacus's temple on Aegina; Zeus Xenios (Ξένιος), Philoxenon, or Hospites: Zeus as the patron of hospitality and guests, avenger of wrongs done to strangers; A bust of Zeus ...
Aeacus was born on the island of Oenone or Oenopia, where his mother Aegina had been carried by Zeus to secure her from the anger of her parents; afterward, this island became known as Aegina. [2] He was the father of Peleus , Telamon and Phocus and was the grandfather of the Trojan war warriors Achilles and Telemonian Ajax .
Aeacus was also a son of Zeus. Bellerophon was descended from the nymph Orseis. Oenomaus, king of Pisa, in the Peloponnese, was the son of Ares. Perseus, son of Zeus, after beheading Medusa. Among these early heroes the three - Cadmus, Perseus and Bellerophon - were considered the greatest Greek heroes and slayers of monsters before the days of ...
Athenaeus recorded a version of the myth where Ganymede was abducted by the legendary King Minos to serve as his cup-bearer instead of Zeus. [31] Some authors have equated this version of the myth to Cretan pederasty practices, as recorded by Strabo and Ephoros , which involved abduction of a youth by an older lover for a period of two months ...
The almighty spokesman for Apartments.com is now the almighty Zeus — and you don’t want to cross him. Netflix on Thursday released a new trailer for KAOS, a darkly comedic and contemporary ...
In Greek mythology, Tros (/ ˈ t r ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Τρώς, Ancient Greek:) was the founder of the kingdom of Troy, of which the city of Ilios, founded by his son Ilus took the same name, and the son of Erichthonius by Astyoche (daughter of the river god Simoeis) [1] or of Ilus I [citation needed], from whom he inherited the throne.