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Aristaeus (/ ær ɪ ˈ s t iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταῖος Aristaios) was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts, including bee-keeping; [1] he was the son of the huntress Cyrene and Apollo.
So, in the back-story of the myth of Aristaeus, Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths, married Chlidanope, a naiad, who bore him Cyrene. Aristaeus had more than ordinary mortal experience with the naiads: when his bees died in Thessaly, he went to consult them. His aunt Arethusa invited him below the water's surface, where he was washed with water ...
Cyrene and Cattle by Edward Calvert, 1830s or 1840s. Cyrene (/ s aɪ ˈ r iː n i /, sy-REE-nee), also spelled Kyrene (/ k aɪ ˈ r iː n i /, ky-REE-nee; Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kurḗnē) is a figure in Greek mythology considered the etymon of the Greek colony of Cyrene in eastern Libya in North Africa.
The Aristaeus of was one of the Giants, thus presumably a child of Gaia, the race that attacked the gods during the war that came to be known as the Gigantomachy. [1] He is probably named on an Attic black-figure dinos by Lydos (Akropolis 607) dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC, where he is depicted fighting his opponent Hephaestus, the god of the forge. [2]
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...
Battus was born on the Greek island of Thera.What is known of Battus’ family background is from the Greek historian Herodotus.His father, Polymnestus, was a Therean nobleman; Herodotus reports that the Cyrenes identify his mother as Phronima, daughter of Etearchus or Eteachos by his first wife, was King of Oaxus (a city on the Greek island of Crete).
Desert of Desolation includes a 128-page adventure booklet, a sixteen-page maps booklet, and a large A1 size sheet containing maps and player handouts. [3] The compilation module contains new maps, including an isometric map depicting the tomb of Amun-Re. [13] The revision also introduces ancient inscriptions that the players can decipher. [13]
In Greek mythology, Nicaea (/ n aɪ ˈ s iː ə / nye-SEE-ə) or Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, romanized: Níkaia, pronounced [nǐːkai̯a]) is a Naiad nymph ("the Astacid nymph", as referred to by Nonnus) of the springs or fountain of the ancient Greek colony of Nicaea in Bithynia (in northwestern Asia Minor) or else the goddess of the adjacent lake Ascanius.