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Antigone on the side of Polynices, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1868. In Greek mythology, Polynices (also Polyneices) (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ n aɪ s iː z /; Ancient Greek: Πολυνείκης, romanized: Polyneíkes, lit. 'manifold strife' or 'much strife' [1]) was the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia and the older brother of ...
List of Greek primordial deities; Ancient Greek name English name Description Ἀχλύς (Akhlús) Achlys: The goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness. Said to have existed before Chaos itself. Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr) Aether: The god of light and the upper atmosphere. Αἰών (Aiōn) Aion
Proto-Uralic mythology. Komi mythology; Finnic mythology. Estonian mythology; Finnish mythology; Mari mythology; Sami mythology; Germanic mythology. Anglo-Saxon mythology; Continental Germanic mythology; English mythology; Frankish mythology; Norse mythology; Swiss folklore; Scottish mythology; Welsh mythology; Irish mythology. Northern/modern ...
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 ...
The complete list given by Euripides is the same list of Seven given by Aeschylus: Tydeus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Amphiaraus and Polynices. [111] As for the recovered corpses, Theseus says that Capaneus, who was "struck down by the fire of Zeus", will be burned apart, on a separate funeral-pyre from the rest, who will be ...
Name Description Aaru: The heavenly paradise often referred to as the Field Of Reeds, is an underworld realm where Osiris rules in ancient Egyptian mythology. Akhet: An Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "horizon" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises". [1] Benben
'tamer of the people') refers to five different people in Greek mythology. Laodamas, son of Eteocles, inherited Thebes from his father. [2] In one version of the myth (different from the one recounted in Sophocles' Antigone), he was responsible for the deaths of his aunts Antigone and Ismene, whom he prosecuted for having buried Polynices.
In Greek mythology, Argia / ɑːr ˈ dʒ aɪ ə / or Argea / ɑːr ˈ dʒ iː ə / (Ancient Greek: Ἀργεία Argeia) was a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos, and of Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She was married to Polynices, the exiled king of Thebes, and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus, and Timeas. [1] [2] [3] [4]