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According to this summary, Orion was the son of the sea-god Poseidon and Euryale, a daughter of Minos, King of Crete. Orion could walk on the waves because of his father; he walked to the island of Chios where he got drunk and raped Merope, daughter of Oenopion, the ruler there. In vengeance, Oenopion blinded Orion and drove him away.
Neleus: son of Poseidon and Tyro and king of Pylos. He was the twin brother of Pelias, who played a key role in the story of the Argonauts. He and most of his sons were killed by Heracles, leaving only one survivor. [15] Orion: son of Poseidon (the sea god) and Euryale, a Cretan princess. Along with Hippolytus, he is one of the only male ...
'sea-foam' [1]) was the Athenian son of Poseidon and Euryte [2] or Bathycleia [3] in Greek mythology. He was also called the son of Perieres and husband of Alcyone who bore him two sons, Serus and Alazygus. [4] Another son of Halirrhothius, Samos of Mantinea was the victor of the four-horse chariot during the first Olympic games established by ...
Hyrieus was the son of Alcyone and Poseidon, brother of Hyperenor and Aethusa. By the nymph Clonia, he became the father of Nycteus and Lycus. [5] According to later sources, Hyrieus was also the father of Orion, [6] but according to Ovid, his wife had died chidless. One source calls Hyrieus the father of Crinacus, father of King Macareus of ...
Euphemus was a son of Poseidon, [5] granted by his father the power to walk on water. [6] His mother is variously named: (1) Europe, daughter of the giant Tityos; [7] (2) Doris (Oris), [8] (3) Mecionice, [9] daughter of either Eurotas or Orion [8] or (4) lastly, Macionassa. [10] In some accounts he is said to have been married to Laonome ...
Theseus (UK: / ˈ θ iː sj uː s /, US: / ˈ θ iː s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur.The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages.
“Tears in Heaven” was written about the star’s son Conor, who died at 4 years old after falling from the window of a New York City apartment building in March 1991.
Poseidon was enraged over the murder of his son, and Ares was thus held in hold, which eventually acquitted him. [ 181 ] The contest of Athena and Poseidon was the subject of the reliefs on the western pediment of the Parthenon , the first sight that greeted the arriving visitor.