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Poseidon's punishment: Cassiopeia as a constellation sitting in the heavens tied to a chair. Hyginus, Poeticon Astronomicon. "U.S. Naval Observatory Library" Cassiopeia (/ ˌ k æ s i. oʊ ˈ p iː. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κασσιόπεια Kassiópeia, Modern Greek: Κασσιόπη Kassiópē) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια Kassiépeia), a figure in Greek mythology, was Queen of ...
But in another version of the myth, she fled from his advances to Atlas, [11] at the farthest ends of the sea; there the dolphin of Poseidon sought her through the islands of the sea, and finding her, spoke persuasively on behalf of Poseidon, if we may believe Hyginus [12] and was rewarded by being placed among the stars as the constellation ...
Bellerophon [1] or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower"), [2] was a divine Corinthian hero of Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, and the foster son of Glaukos.
Eurynome was the daughter of King Nisus of Megara and possibly, Abrota of Onchestus, [2] thus sister to Scylla [3] and Iphinoe. [4] She became the mother of the hero Bellerophon by Poseidon [5] even if she was wed to the Corinthian king Glaucus.
In Greek mythology, Thoosa (/ θ oʊ ˈ oʊ s ə /, Ancient Greek: Θόωσα, romanized: Thóōsa), also spelled Thoösa, was, according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
In Greek mythology, Theano (/ θ i ˈ eɪ n oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Θεανώ, romanized: Theanṓ, lit. 'goddess') is the wife of King Metapontus and queen of Icaria, a small island in the eastern Aegean Sea. The childless Theano adopted the twin sons of Poseidon and Melanippe, claiming to her husband that they were her own. The truth behind ...
In Greek mythology, Melanippe (/ m ɛ l ə ˈ n ɪ p iː /; Ancient Greek: Μελανίππη, "black mare"), also known as Arne [1] or Antiopa, [2] was the daughter of Aeolus and the precedent Melanippe (or else daughter of Hippotes or of Desmontes). [3] She was the mother by Poseidon, of the twins Aeolus and Boeotus.
In Greek mythology, Lamia (/ ˈ l eɪ m i ə /; Ancient Greek: Λάμια) was a daughter of Poseidon, and mother, by Zeus, of the Libyan Sibyl. [1] It was perhaps this Lamia who, according to Stesichorus, was the mother of Scylla. [2]