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Although Hades was a major deity in the Greek pantheon and was the brother of Zeus and the other first generation of Olympians, his realm was far away from Olympus in the underworld, and thus he was not usually considered to be one of the Olympians. [4] Olympic gods can be contrasted to chthonic gods [5] including Hades and his wife Persephone ...
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BC) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Aphareus was the son of Gorgophone and Perieres and brother of Leucippus.He was the husband of Arene (Arena or Arenae), daughter of Oebalus, [1] and by her fathered Lynceus, Idas [2] and Peisus, though some report that Idas' actual father was Poseidon [3] while Pisus was identified as the son of his father Perieres and thus his brother according to another author. [4]
A pantheon is an overview of a given culture's gods and goddesses and reflects not only the society's values but also its sense of itself. A pantheon directed by a thunderbolt wielding autocrat might suggest a patriarchy and the valuing of warrior skills. A pantheon headed by a great-mother goddess could suggest a village-based agricultural ...
Dionysus in Greek mythology is a god of foreign origin, and while Mount Nysa is a mythological location, it is invariably set far away to the east or to the south. The Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysus places it "far from Phoenicia , near to the Egyptian stream ". [ 245 ]
In Greek mythology, Ganymede is the son of Tros of Dardania, [6] [7] [8] from whose name "Troy" is supposedly derived, either by his wife Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, [9] [10] or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. [11] Depending on the author, he is the brother of either Ilus, Assaracus, Cleopatra, or Cleomestra. [12]