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So, in the back-story of the myth of Aristaeus, Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths, married Chlidanope, a naiad, who bore him Cyrene. Aristaeus had more than ordinary mortal experience with the naiads: when his bees died in Thessaly, he went to consult them. His aunt Arethusa invited him below the water's surface, where he was washed with water ...
To make amends, Aristaeus needed to sacrifice 12 animals (or four bulls and four cows) to the gods, and in memory of Eurydice, leave the carcasses in the place of sacrifice, and to return 3-days later. He followed these instructions, establishing sacrificial altars before a fountain, as advised, sacrificed the aforementioned cattle, and left ...
This story however is not found in any ancient writer. [39] [40] Amethyste ("non-drunk") Amethyst: Artemis Amethyste in a story by French poet Remy Belleau is a nymph who fled from Dionysus' unwanted embrace, and was transformed into a white stone by Diana/Artemis, which was later turned purple when Dionysus poured wine on it. [41] [42] Antirrhinon
Anaxarete sees the dead Iphis, 1602–7 engraving. In Greek mythology, Arsinoë (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη, romanized: Arsinóē, lit. 'elevated-minded' pronounced [arsinóɛː]) is a Cypriot princess who was punished by being turned into stone at the hand of the goddess of love Aphrodite for turning down a potential suitor named Arceophon. [1]
In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie (/ ə ˈ s t ɪər i ə / as-TEAR-ee-ə; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερία or Ἀστερίη, romanized: Astería, Asteríē, lit. 'of the stars, starry one') is a daughter of the Titans Coeus (Polus) and Phoebe and the sister of Leto.
The story of Comaetho has been compared to that of the river-god Alpheus and the nymph Arethusa, owing to their shared theme of contrast of the water and the fire of love. [4] It also bears similarities with another fragmentary text by Parthenius regarding the story of Byblis ; both myths feature maidens sufffering from their incestuous ...
Human remains found in a desert in 1992 have now been identified as a missing 15-year-old girl, Arizona officials said. The “decomposed remains were found in a remote desert area” of Apache ...
Cyrene and Cattle by Edward Calvert, 1830s or 1840s. Cyrene (/ s aɪ ˈ r iː n i /, sy-REE-nee), also spelled Kyrene (/ k aɪ ˈ r iː n i /, ky-REE-nee; Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kurḗnē) is a figure in Greek mythology considered the etymon of the Greek colony of Cyrene in eastern Libya in North Africa.