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Adrastus (Άδραστος), a king of Argos and one of the Seven against Thebes; Aeacus (Αιακός), a king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf; after he died, he became one of the three judges of the dead in the Underworld; Aeëtes, a king of Colchis and father of Medea; Aegeus (Αιγεύς), a king of Athens and father of Theseus
The motif of Zeus swallowing Metis can be seen as a continuation of the succession myth: it is prophesied that a son of Zeus will overthrow him, just as he overthrew his father, but whereas Cronos met his end because he did not swallow the real Zeus, Zeus holds onto his power because he successfully swallows the threat, in the form of the ...
In Greek mythology, Io (/ ˈ aɪ. oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἰώ) was one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes, such as Perseus, Cadmus, Heracles, Minos, Lynceus, Cepheus, and Danaus. The astronomer Simon Marius named a moon of Jupiter after Io in 1614.
Acanthis was the daughter of Autonous and Hippodamia, the sister of Acanthus, Anthus, Erodius and Schoeneus. One day that her brother Anthus led the family's mare outside their usual pasture, they attacked and devoured Anthus. The whole family, in distress, tried but failed to save him. Zeus and Apollo pitied them and changed them all into birds.
The mortal Ariadne ("Ari") has received the same prophecy as Zeus. She helps her father President Minos of Krete to investigate the desecration of the monument. Minos interrogates six of the seven implicated Trojans , threatening that the Minotaur will kill them all unless their leader, Astyanax ("Nax"), surrenders.
Lance Reddick as Zeus in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians.’ Disney/David Bukach The late Lance Reddick turned in an electric performance as Zeus on the season 1 finale of Disney+’s Percy ...
The painting was one of the "poesie" series painted by Titian for Philip II of Spain.With Diana and Callisto and Diana and Actaeon, both now shared by London and Edinburgh; it was one of three Titian poesie given by Philip V of Spain to the French ambassador, the Duke of Gramont, who in turn presented them to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France from 1715 to 1723.
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