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Zeus's fourth wife is his sister Demeter, with whom he has Persephone. [104] Zeus's next consort is the Titan Mnemosyne; as described at the beginning of the Theogony, Zeus lies with Mnemosyne in Piera each night for nine nights, producing the nine Muses. [105]
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (/ ˈkroʊnəs / or / ˈkroʊnɒs /, from Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological ...
Metis (/ ˈmiːtɪs /; Ancient Greek: Μῆτις, romanized: Mêtis, lit. 'Wisdom', 'Skill', or 'Craft'; Modern Greek: Μέτης), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, was one of the Oceanids. [1] She is notable for being the first wife and advisor of Zeus, the King of the Gods. She helped him to free his siblings from their father Cronus ...
Lamia (/ ˈleɪmiə /; Greek: Λάμια, translit. Lámia), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or " daimon ". In the earliest stories, Lamia was a beautiful queen of ancient Libya who had an affair with Zeus. Upon learning this, Zeus's wife Hera robbed ...
Baucis and Philemon are characters in the fifth act of Goethe's Faust II (1832). Gogol wrote an ironic and bittersweet reworking of the legend in his 1835 novella The Old World Landowners. Charles Gounod wrote his opéra comique Philémon et Baucis in 1860. The Lanchester Marionettes created a puppet show Philemon and Baucis in 1952 [4]
v. t. e. Child cannibalism or fetal cannibalism is the act of eating a child or fetus. Children who are eaten or at risk of being eaten are a recurrent topic in myths, legends, and folktales from many parts of the world. False accusations of the murder and consumption of children were made repeatedly against minorities and groups considered ...
Zeus. Telegonus. Children. Keroessa. Epaphus. In Greek mythology, Io (/ ˈaɪ.oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἰώ [iːɔ̌ː]) was one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes, such as Perseus, Cadmus, Heracles, Minos, Lynceus, Cepheus, and Danaus. The astronomer Simon Marius named a moon of Jupiter ...
Hḗrā; Ἥρη, Hḗrē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she is queen of the twelve Olympians and Mount Olympus, sister and wife of Zeus, and daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea.