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In Greek mythology, Pergamus (/ ˈ p ɜːr ɡ ə m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πέργαμος) was the son of the warrior Neoptolemus and Andromache.Pergamus's parents both figure in the Trojan War, described in Homer's The Iliad: Neoptolemus was the son of Achilles and fought on the Greek side, while Andromache was the Trojan prince Hector's wife.
Pergamon, which traced its founding back to Telephus, the son of Heracles, is not mentioned in Greek myth or epic of the archaic or classical periods. However, in the Epic Cycle the Telephus myth is already connected with the area of Mysia. Searching for his mother, Telephus visits Mysia on the advice of an oracle.
Pergamus or Pergamos (Ancient Greek: Πέργαμος), or Pergamia [1] or Pergamea, [2] was a town of ancient Crete, to which a mythical origin was ascribed.According to Virgil, it was founded by Aeneas (see Pergamea), [2] according to Velleius Paterculus by Agamemnon, [3] and according to Servius by the Trojan prisoners belonging to the fleet of Agamemnon. [4]
The reconstructed Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Side view Carl Humann's 1881 plan of the Pergamon acropolis. The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of Pergamon in Asia Minor ...
The Kingdom of Pergamon, Pergamene Kingdom, or Attalid kingdom was a Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled much of the Western part of Asia Minor from its capital city of Pergamon. It was ruled by the Attalid dynasty ( / ˈ æ t əl ɪ d / ; Greek : Δυναστεία των Ατταλιδών , romanized : Dynasteía ton ...
In Greek mythology, Hiera (Ancient Greek: Ἱέρα) is the wife of Telephus, the mythic founder of the city of Pergamum. [1] She is depicted in the frieze on the interior of the Altar of Pergamum. [2]
The Library of Pergamum (Greek: Βιβλιοθήκη του Πέργαμον) is an ancient Greek building in Pergamon, Anatolia, today located nearby the modern town of Bergama, in the İzmir Province of western Turkey. It was one of the most important libraries in the ancient world. [2]
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus [2] (Greek: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l ən /) or Galen of Pergamon, [3] was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher.