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Arcadia (Greek: Αρκαδία) refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature.The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later caused the word Arcadia to develop into a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.
Zeus turning Lycaon into a wolf; engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, romanized: Lukáōn, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see whether the god was sufficiently all-knowing to recognize human flesh.
Arcadia (Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized: Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas , and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan .
In Greek mythology, Harpalyce (/ h ɑːr ˈ p æ l ə s iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἁρπαλύκη, romanized: Harpalúkē) is a Peloponnesian princess from either Argos or Arcadia, daughter of King Clymenus. Clymenus desired and raped Harpalyce, who then avenged herself by making him unwittingly feast on his own blood.
In Greek mythology, Arcadia (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκαδία) may refer to the following personages: Arcadia or Arcania [1], was one of the Danaides, daughters of King Danaos of Libya and later of Argos. She married and killed her groom, Xanthus, son of Aegyptus, king of Egypt. [2]
In Greek mythology, Arcas (/ ˈ ɑːr k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia. He was remembered for having taught people the arts of weaving and baking bread and for spreading agriculture to Arcadia.
In Ancient Greece, the Lykaia (Greek: Λυκαία) was an archaic festival with a secret ritual on the slopes of Mount Lykaion ("Wolf Mountain"), the tallest peak in Arcadia. The rituals and myths of this primitive rite of passage centered upon an ancient threat of cannibalism and the possibility of a werewolf transformation for the epheboi ...
Evander from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum. In Roman mythology, Evander (from Greek Εὔανδρος meaning "good man" or "strong man": an etymology used by poets to emphasize the hero's virtue) [1] was a culture hero from Arcadia, Greece, who was said to have brought the pantheon, laws, and alphabet of Greece to ancient Italy, where he founded the city of Pallantium on the future site of ...