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Eridanos in March 2008 Greek tortoise. The Eridanos / ə ˈ r ɪ d ə ˌ n ɒ s / or Eridanus (/ ə ˈ r ɪ d ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) was a river in Athens mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography.
Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.
It was once held that Dionysius was a later addition to the Greek pantheon, but the discovery of Linear B tablets confirm his status as a deity from an early period. Bacchus was another name for him in Greek, and came into common usage among the Romans. [7] His sacred animals include dolphins, serpents, tigers, and donkeys.
Theseus (UK: / ˈ θ iː sj uː s /, US: / ˈ θ iː s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur.The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages.
Cranaus married Pedias, a Spartan woman and daughter of Mynes, with whom he had three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis. [2] Atthis gave her name to Attica after dying, possibly as a young girl, [3] although in other traditions she was the mother, by Hephaestus, of Erichthonius.
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.His name is cognate with the first syllable of his Roman equivalent Jupiter.
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Another story tells that Atthis, a daughter of Cranaos, the king succeeding Cecrops in Athens, was Attica's namesake. According to the Bibliotheca, on the other hand, Cecrops was the first king of Athens, and the three daughters were his own. [7] When King Aktaion saw Artemis bathing, she changed him into a stag.