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In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse (Greek: δούρειος ίππος, romanized: doureios hippos, lit. 'wooden horse') was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war.
Sinon as a captive in front of the walls of Troy, in the Vergilius Romanus, 5th century AD. In Greek mythology, Sinon (Ancient Greek: Σίνων, [1] from the verb "σίνομαι"—sinomai, "to harm, to hurt" [2]) or Sinopos [3] was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War.
In myth and ritual, the labyrinth, and hence the lusus, has been interpreted as "a return from danger, a triumph of life over death", [12] or more specifically as an initiation ritual. [13] The geranos of Theseus serves as a "mythic prototype for the escape of initiates from the rigors of initiation"; the feet of the shield-bearers on the Truia ...
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 ...
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (Ancient Greek: λαβύρινθος, romanized: Labúrinthos) [a] is an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly ...
Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeius, relief from Samothrace, ca. 560 BC, Louvre. Epeius (/ ɪ ˈ p aɪ. ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐπειός Epeiós) or Epeus was a mythological Greek soldier during the Trojan War or, in some accounts, one of the Achaean Leaders, at the head of a contingent of 30 ships from the islands of the Cyclades. [1]
Participants on the Greek side ... Trojan Battle Order; Trojan Horse; ... The Legend of the Trojan War; Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton ...
With Machaon, his brother, he led thirty ships from Tricca, Thessaly in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. [1] Like Machaon, he was a legendary healer. He healed Philoctetes, holder of the bow and arrows of Heracles required to end the war. [2] He was one of those who entered the Trojan Horse. [3]