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Asclepius (/ æ s ˈ k l iː p i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós [asklɛːpiós]; Latin: Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, or Arsinoe, or of Apollo alone.
Anius, Apollo's son by Rhoeo, was abandoned by his mother soon after his birth. Apollo brought him up and educated him in mantic arts. Anius later became the priest of Apollo and the king of Delos. Iamus was the son of Apollo and Evadne. When Evadne went into labour, Apollo sent the Moirai to assist his lover. After the child was born, Apollo ...
In Greek mythology, Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος "swan") or Cygnus was the Aetolian son of Apollo by Hyrie or Thyrie, daughter of Amphinomus. Mythology
Phaethon's myth was the preeminent myth involving amber in classical antiquity, and according to Celtic tradition, Apollo shed tears of amber for Asclepius' death; while Apollo's association with amber is not extraordinary, the context of it (mourning for his son) is significant. [71]
Linus (mythology) Linus (son of Apollo) Linus of Thrace; Lycomedes (mythology) Lycorus; M. Melaneus (son of Apollo) Melite (heroine) Miletus (mythology) Mopsus (son ...
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 ] By her, Melaneus became the father of Eurytus , the famous archer whose reputation overshadowed his father, and of Ambracia , eponym of Ambracia in ...
Miletus was son of Apollo and Areia, nymph-daughter of Cleochus, of Crete. [1] His mother in other accounts was Acacallis, a daughter of Minos who consorted with Apollo. [2] Yet another source calls Miletus' mother Deïone, and himself by the matronymic Deionides. [3]
Pindar, however, seems to call Orpheus the son of Apollo in his Pythian Odes, [47] and a scholium on this passage adds that the mythographer Asclepiades of Tragilus considered Orpheus to be the son of Apollo and Calliope. [48] According to Tzetzes, he was from Bisaltia. [49] His birthplace and place of residence was Pimpleia [50] [51] close to ...