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The eudaemon, eudaimon, or eudemon (Ancient Greek: εὐδαίμων) in Greek mythology was a type of daemon or genius (deity), which in turn was a kind of spirit. [1] A eudaemon was regarded as a good spirit or angel, and the evil cacodaemon was its opposing spirit. [2]
Emerging from a tradition of writing going back to the poems of Homer, the Aetia provides the earliest source for almost every myth it relates. The stories of Books 1 and 2 have a dialectic structure, wherein characters engage in a discussion or debate. Books 3 and 4 offer a diverse range of linked dramatic settings.
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. G. Golden apples (1 C, 9 P) M. Metamorphoses into plants in Greek mythology (2 C, 8 P)
The story may have started from goose barnacles growing on driftwood. Fern flower: A magic plant in Baltic mythology thought to only bloom one night, sought by lovers. Lotus tree: A plant in Greek mythology bearing a fruit that causes pleasant drowsiness. Moly: A magic herb in Greek mythology with a black root and white blossoms.
According to the "New History" of Ptolemy Hephaestion (according to Photius) and Eustathius, the plant mentioned by Homer grew from the blood of the Giant Picolous killed on Circe's island, by Helios, father and ally of Circe, when the Giant tried to attack Circe. In this description the flower had a black root, for the colour of the blood of ...
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 ...
Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942) Myths of the Ancient Greeks by Richard P. Martin (2003) The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March (2008) The Gods of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1951) The Heroes of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1959) A Handbook of Greek Mythology by H. J. Rose (1928) The Complete World of Greek Mythology by ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne repeated the story of Baucis and Philemon in "The Miraculous Pitcher," a story in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, 1851. Jean de la Fontaine's poem follows Ovid closely. John Dryden translated Ovid's poem in 1693. Jonathan Swift wrote a poem on the subject of Baucis and Philemon in 1709.