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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.
Aristaeus (/ ær ɪ ˈ s t iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταῖος Aristaios) was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts, including bee-keeping; [1] he was the son of the huntress Cyrene and Apollo.
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 ...
The Aristaeus of was one of the Giants, thus presumably a child of Gaia, the race that attacked the gods during the war that came to be known as the Gigantomachy. [1] He is probably named on an Attic black-figure dinos by Lydos (Akropolis 607) dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC, where he is depicted fighting his opponent Hephaestus, the god of the forge. [2]
Aristaeus had to seize Proteus and hold him, no matter what he would change into. Aristaeus did so, and Proteus eventually gave up and told him that the bees' death was a punishment for causing the death of Eurydice. To make amends, Aristaeus needed to sacrifice 12 animals to the gods, leave the carcasses in the place of sacrifice, and return ...
The story in this form belongs to the time of Virgil, who first introduces the name of Aristaeus and the tragic outcome. [8] Other ancient sources, however, speak of Orpheus's visit to the underworld in a more negative light; according to Phaedrus in Plato's Symposium, [9] the infernal deities only "presented an apparition" of Eurydice to him ...
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
En-Naddāha (Egyptian Arabic: النداهة "the caller") is an Egyptian legend of a naiad-like female spirit who calls men to the Nile, leading to their death or disappearance. It is especially well known in the rural and agriculture-based areas of Egypt along the Nile and the Nile's water canals.