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Archers in Greek mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ... Pages in category "Mythological Greek archers"
In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx / ˈ s ɪ r ɪ ŋ k s / (Greek Σύριγξ) was an Arcadian nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity.Being pursued by Pan, she fled into the river Ladon, and at her own request was metamorphosed into a reed from which Pan then made his panpipes.
Archē (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχή) in ancient Greek religion was the muse of origins and beginnings. [1] She was one of the 4 (alternatively) identified Boeotian muses recognized in Delphi, [2] also known as the Mouse Titanides. [1] [3]
Melaneus was a noted archer, inheriting Apollo's archery skills. Apollo, his father, carried his bride-to-be Stratonice away from her father's home to marry his son. Stratonice was a Calydonian princess, the daughter of King Porthaon by his wife Laothoe . [ 2 ]
Kama (left) with Rati on a temple wall of Chennakesava Temple, Belur, India Eos by Evelyn De Morgan (1895) depicts Eos, a Greek dawn goddess. A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with romance, sex, lust, or sexuality. Love deities are common in mythology and are found in many polytheistic religions. Female sex goddesses are often ...
Philoctetes at Lemnos, on an Attic red-figure lekythos, ca. 420 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης Philoktētēs; English pronunciation: / ˌ f ɪ l ə k ˈ t iː t iː z /, stressed on the third syllable, -tet-[1]), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Poeas, king of Meliboea in Thessaly, and Demonassa [2] or Methone. [3]
Diana (mythology) (4 C, 41 P) G. Mythological Greek archers (4 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Mythological archers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of ...
As an Argonaut, Poeas is identified as the greatest archer of the group. When facing the giant Talos, some accounts say Medea drugged the bronze giant and Poeas shot an arrow to poison him in his heel. [4] Other sources cited his son Philoctetes as one of the Argonauts instead of him. [5]