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Melinoë is the daughter of Persephone and was fathered by Zeus, [6] who tricked her via "wily plots" by taking the form of Hades, indicating that in the hymn Persephone is already married to Hades. This is paralleled with another Orphic myth, the birth of Melinoë's brother Zagreus , who was conceived when Zeus, disguised as a serpent ...
Eileithyia or Ilithyia (/ ɪlɪˈθaɪ.ə /; [1] Greek: Εἰλείθυια; Ἐλεύθυια (Eleuthyia) in Crete, also Ἐλευθία (Eleuthia) or Ἐλυσία (Elysia) in Laconia and Messene, and Ἐλευθώ (Eleuthō) in literature) [2] was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, [3] and the daughter of Zeus and Hera. In the ...
Potamides. v. t. e. In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/ æmfɪˈtraɪtiː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanized: Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. [1] She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). [2]
Merope (Pleiad) In Greek mythology, Merope / ˈmɛrəpiː / [1] (Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. [2] Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of various myths.
Thetis (/ ˈ θ iː t ɪ s / THEEH-tiss, / ˈ θ ɛ t ɪ s / THEH-tiss; Greek: Θέτις) is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus.
Proteus, prophetic sea-god. According to Homer (Odyssey iv: 355), the sandy island of Pharos situated off the coast of the Nile Delta was the home of Proteus, the oracular Old Man of the Sea and herdsman of the sea-beasts. In the Odyssey, Menelaus relates to Telemachus that he had been becalmed here on his journey home from the Trojan War.
Chthonic. A relief from grave of Lysimachides, 320 BC. Two men and two women sit together as Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, approaches to take him to the land of the dead. The word chthonic (/ ˈθɒnɪk /), or chthonian, is derived from the Ancient Greek word χθών, "khthon", meaning earth or soil. It translates more directly from ...
In Greek mythology, Melaena or Melena / mɪˈliːnə / (Ancient Greek: Μέλαινα, romanized: Mélaina, feminine Ancient Greek: μέλᾱς, romanized: mélās "black, dark"), [1] Melane / ˈmɛləniː / (Koinē Greek: Μελανή, romanized: Melanḗ) or Melanis[2] was a Corycian nymph, or member of the prophetic Thriae, of the springs of ...