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In Greek mythology, Chios (/ ˈ k aɪ. ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Χίος) may refer to two possible eponyms of the island of Chios: Chios, one of the Oceanids as a daughter of the Titan Oceanus possibly by his sister-wife, Tethys. [1] Chios, son of Poseidon and an unnamed Chian nymph.
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Dionysus teaching the art of wine-drinking to his son Oenopion, on an Attic black-figured amphora from Vulci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias. In Greek mythology, Oenopion / ɪ ˈ n oʊ p i ə n / (Ancient Greek: Οἰνοπίων, Oinopíōn, English translation: "wine drinker", "wine-rich" or "wine face" [1]) was a legendary king of Chios, and was said to have brought winemaking to the island ...
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos
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 ...
Deities in ancient Greece were immortal, anthropomorphic, and powerful. [1] They were conceived of as individual persons, rather than abstract concepts or ideas, [2] and were described as being similar to humans in appearance, though they were considered larger and more beautiful. [3]
Thalassa (/ θ ə ˈ l æ s ə /; Ancient Greek: Θάλασσα, romanized: Thálassa, lit. 'sea'; [2] Attic Greek: Θάλαττα, Thálatta [3]) was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology. The word may have been of Pre-Greek origin [4] and connected to the name of the Mesopotamian primordial ...
Chione was the sister of Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace) and the Argonauts, Calaïs and Zetes. [3] According to a late, though generally accepted tradition, Chione was the mother of Poseidon's son Eumolpus whom she threw into the ocean for fear of her father's reaction; however, Eumolpus is rescued and raised by Poseidon.