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In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Erebus is used to refer to Hades, the location in which the god Hades and his wife Persephone reside, [29] while in Euripides' play Orestes, it is where the goddess Nyx lives. [30] Later, in Roman literature, Ovid calls Proserpina the "queen of Erebus", [31] and other authors use Erebus as a name for Hades. [32]
In the 11th book of the Odyssey, Odysseus follows the advice of Circe to consult Tiresias in Hades, the land of the dead. [3] Odysseus sets out an offering of honey, milk, wine, water, and barley before slaughtering two sheep to add fresh blood to the meal. The souls of many then appear to him.
Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly mythology television series that premiered on August 3, 2009 on the History Channel. The program covers many of the ancient Greek and Norse Gods , monsters and heroes including Hades , Hercules , Medusa , Minotaur , Odysseus and Zeus .
Rivers are a fundamental part of the topography of the underworld and are found in the earliest source materials: [12] In Homer's Iliad, the "ghost" of Patroclus makes specific mention of gates and a river (unnamed) in Hades; [13] in Homer's Odyssey, the "ghost" of Odysseus's mother, Anticlea, describes there being many "great rivers and appalling streams", and reference is made to at least ...
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
But then, Demeter transformed Ascalaphus into an eagle owl. According to another myth, Persephone herself changed him into an eagle owl by sprinkling him with water of the river Phlegethon. [3] Ovid mentions: "So he became the vilest bird; a messenger of grief; the lazy owl; sad omen to mankind."
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Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter. Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be. He appears to be very spiteful in the Odyssey and actively causes problems for Odysseus on sight ...