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In Greek antiquity, Hermione (/ h ɜːr ˈ m aɪ. ə n i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. [2] Prior to the Trojan War , Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus , her grandfather, [ 3 ] to her cousin Orestes , son of her uncle, Agamemnon .
Harmonia is also rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia. [ 2 ]
Hermione most commonly refers to: Hermione (given name) , a female given name Hermione (mythology) , only daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology and original bearer of the name
Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. It was also the name of an early Christian martyr, Hermione of Ephesus , and of a character in William Shakespeare ’s play The Winter's Tale . [ 2 ]
Norse mythology comes to life in The Weaver and the Witch Queen, about sisters Oddny and Signy and their friend, Gunnhild. After Signy is kidnapped, Oddny sets out to rescue her, as Gunnhild ...
Clinging to the altar of the sea-goddess Thetis for sanctuary, Andromache delivers the play's prologue, in which she mourns her misfortune (the destruction of Troy, the deaths of her husband Hector and their child Astyanax, and her enslavement to Neoptolemos) and her persecution at the hands of Neoptolemos' new wife Hermione and her father Menelaus, King of Sparta.
Hera is the goddess of marriage and childbirth rather than motherhood, and much of her mythology revolves around her marriage with her brother Zeus. She is charmed by him and she seduces him; he cheats on her and has many children with other goddesses and mortal women; she is intensely jealous and vindictive towards his children and their ...
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē [a]), also known as Helen of Troy, [2] [3] Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, [4] and in Latin as Helena, [5] was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world.