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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide In Orphic literature, Eupheme (/ j uː ˈ f iː m iː /) was one ...
Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.
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.
Latona transforms the Lycian peasants into frogs, Palazzo dei Musei ().. The Lycian peasants, also known as Latona and the Lycian peasants, is a short tale from Greek mythology centered around Leto (known to the Romans as Latona), the mother of the Olympian twin gods Artemis and Apollo, who was prohibited from drinking from a pond in Lycia by the people there.
The Theogony (Ancient Greek: Θεογονία, Theogonía, [2] i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods" [3]) is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC. [4] It is written in the Epic dialect of Ancient Greek and contains 1022 lines.
Alcestis (/ æ l ˈ s ɛ s t ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄλκηστις, Álkēstis) or Alceste, was a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her husband. Her life story was told by pseudo-Apollodorus in his Bibliotheca, [1] and a version of her death and return from the dead was also popularized in Euripides's tragedy Alcestis.
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Erysichthon was the son of King Triopas [3] possibly by Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon and thus, brother of Iphimedeia [4] and Phorbas. [5]In some accounts, however, he was called instead the son of Myrmidon [6] possibly by Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and thus, brother to Antiphus, Actor, [7] Dioplethes, [8] Eupolemeia [9] and possibly Hiscilla as well.