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In Greek mythology, Coronis (/ k ɒ ˈ r ə ʊ n ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Κορωνίς, romanized: Korōnís) is a Thessalian princess and a lover of the god Apollo.She was the daughter of Phlegyas, [1] king of the Lapiths, and Cleophema.
In fact, in the analysis of Greek tragedy made by Sarah Iles Johnston, the revenge of Medea serves "as a means of reasserting her identity and ensuring that her enemies pay for their betrayal". [35] Having killed Jason's new bride and their children, she made his betrayal cause suffering and not success.
An insane Heracles is depicted killing his son while Megara stands horrified on the right side of the scene (National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, c. 350-320 B.C.E.)In Greek mythology, Megara (/ ˈ m ɛ ɡ ə r ə /; Ancient Greek: Μεγάρα) was a Theban princess and the first wife of the hero Heracles.
Jocasta, mother and wife of Oedipus; Medea, a sorceress and wife of Jason, who killed her own children to punish Jason for his infidelity; Medusa, a mortal woman transformed into a hideous gorgon by Athena; Niobe, a daughter of Tantalus who declared herself to be superior to Leto, causing Artemis and Apollo to kill her fourteen children
Clytemnestra (/ ˌ k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n ɛ s t r ə /, [1] UK also / k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n iː s t r ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, romanized: Klutaimnḗstra, pronounced [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Sparta.
Deianira, Deïanira, or Deianeira [1] (/ ˌ d iː ə ˈ n aɪ r ə / DEE-ə-NY-rə; [2] Ancient Greek: Δηϊάνειρα, romanized: Dēiáneira, or Δῃάνειρα, Dēáneira, IPA: [dɛːiáneːra]), also known as Dejanira, [3] is a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translates as "man-destroyer" [4] or "destroyer of her husband".
The Glory of Hera : Greek Mythology and the Greek Family (Boston: Beacon Press) 1968 (Princeton University 1992 ISBN 0-691-00222-3) Concentrating on family structure in 5th-century Athens; some of the crude usage of myth and drama for psychological interpreting of "neuroses" is dated.
The only myth in which Apate appeared was that of the affair between Zeus, king of the gods, and Semele, a Theban princess who bore him the god of wine, Dionysus. After knowing this infidelity of her husband, Hera sought the help of Apate in her scheme of punishing the mortal paramour of Zeus. Apate then willingly gave her a magical girdle ...