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A 1772 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Niobe attempting to shield her children from Artemis and Apollo. In Greek mythology, Niobe (/ ˈ n aɪ. ə. b iː /; Ancient Greek: Νιόβη: Nióbē) was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione (as most frequently cited) or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa.
Her father, Ares, came to her aid, and killed Halirrhothius. Poseidon demanded justice for his son, and Ares was judged by the Court of the Gods in what, according to the myth, was the first trial in history. The trial had place on Areopagus, a hill adjacent to the Acropolis of Athens who taken its name by this event. [2] [3]
In the mythology of ancient Rome, the city is founded as the result of a fratricide, with the twins Romulus and Remus quarreling over who has the favour of the gods and over each other's plans to build Rome, with Romulus becoming Rome's first king and namesake after killing his brother.
In Greek mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring with those of Leto, Apollo's and Artemis' mother: a classic example of hubris. [1]
The King Must Die is a 1958 bildungsroman and historical novel by Mary Renault that traces the early life and adventures of Theseus, a hero in Greek mythology. It is set in locations throughout Ancient Greece: Troizen, Corinth, Eleusis, Athens, Knossos in Crete, and Naxos. Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.
The Execution of Sambhaji was a significant event in 17th-century Deccan India, where the second Maratha King was put to death by order of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.The conflicts between the Mughals and the Deccan Sultanates, which resulted in the downfall of the Sultanates, paved the way for tensions between the Marathas and the Mughals.
Aegisthus (/ ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ s θ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Αἴγισθος; also transliterated as Aigisthos, [ǎi̯ɡistʰos]) was a figure in Greek mythology. Aegisthus is known from two primary sources: the first is Homer 's Odyssey , believed to have been first written down by Homer at the end of the 8th century BC, and the second from ...
Halirrhothius (/ ˌ h æ l ɪ ˈ r oʊ θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἁλιρρόθιος, romanized: Halirrhóthios, lit. 'sea-foam' [1]) was the Athenian son of Poseidon and Euryte [2] or Bathycleia [3] in Greek mythology. He was also called the son of Perieres and husband of Alcyone who bore him two sons, Serus and Alazygus. [4]