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Though the original etymology and meaning are "uncertain", [2] the name Ogyges may be related to the Greek Okeanos (Ὠκεανός), the Titan who personified the great world ocean. [3] The Greek word Ogygios (Ὠγύγιος), meaning Ogygian , came to mean "primeval, primal," or "from earliest ages" and also "gigantic".
Ophiuchus (/ ˌ ɒ f i ˈ juː k ə s /) is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος ( ophioûkhos ), meaning "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake.
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ ˈ s ɪ s ɪ f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus's abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus's wrath.
In Greek mythology, Pentheus (/ ˈ p ɛ n θj uː s /; Ancient Greek: Πενθεύς, romanized: Pentheús) was a king of Thebes. His father was Echion, the wisest of the Spartoi. His mother was Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, and grandson of the goddess Harmonia. His sister was Epeiros and his son was Menoeceus.
In Greek mythology, the Ophiotaurus (Ancient Greek: Ὀφιόταυρος) was a creature that was part bull and part serpent. Its only known appearance in an ancient work was in Ovid's Fasti. In this poem, it was the subject of a prophecy which warned that whoever burned its innards would defeat the gods.
In Greek mythology, Oicles or Oecles (/ ˈ ɛ k l iː z /; Ancient Greek: Οἰκλῆς), also Oicleus or Oecleus (/ ˈ ɛ k lj uː s /; Οἰκλεύς), was the father of the seer Amphiaraus. [1] He accompanied Heracles on his campaign against Troy .
In some versions of Greek mythology, Ophion (/ oʊ ˈ f aɪ ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ὀφίων "serpent"; gen.: Ὀφίωνος), also called Ophioneus (Ὀφιονεύς) ruled the world with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Cronus and Rhea.
Cydippe with Acontius's apple by Paulus Bor, Rijksmuseum. In Greek mythology, Acontius (Ancient Greek: Ἀκόντιος) was a beautiful youth of the island of Ceos, the hero of a love-story told by Callimachus in a poem of which only fragments remain, and which forms the subject of two of Ovid's Heroides. [1]