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Deidamia was one of King Lycomedes' seven daughters with whom Achilles was concealed. [2] Some versions of this story state that Achilles was hidden in Lycomedes' court as one of the king's daughters, some say as a lady-in-waiting under the name "Pyrrha".
Catalogue of Women; Celtine; Celusa; Cerebia; Chalcomedusa; Chelidon (Greek myth) Chelidon (mythology) Chione (Greek myth) Chloris; Chrysanthis; Chrysogeneia; Chrysopeleia; Cleoboea; Cleolla; Cleopatra (Danaid) Cleopatra (Greek myth) Cleophyle (mythology) Cleothera; Comaetho; Corone (crow) Coronis (mythology) Crocale; Crommyonian Sow; Ctesylla
In Greek mythology, Phaedra (/ ˈ f iː d r ə, ˈ f ɛ d r ə /; Ancient Greek: Φαίδρα, romanized: Phaídra) is a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word φαιδρός (phaidros), which means "bright". According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Phaedra fell in love with her ...
In Greek mythology, Myrina or perhaps more correctly Myrtea [a] (Ancient Greek: Μυρτέα, romanized: Murtéa, lit. 'myrtle') is a minor mythological figure, a young priestess connected to myrtle and Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love.
The story was the basis for the 1963 film Μικρές Αφροδίτες (Mikres Afrodites), or Young Aphrodites, by the Greek filmmaker Nikos Koundouros, based on a script of Vassilis Vassilikos. The story was adapted into a movie in 1993 by the Russian filmmaker Yuri Kuzmenko. It starred Lyubov Polishchuk as Daphnis' biological mother. [9]
Latona transforms the Lycian peasants into frogs, Palazzo dei Musei ().. The Lycian peasants, also known as Latona and the Lycian peasants, is a short tale from Greek mythology centered around Leto (known to the Romans as Latona), the mother of the Olympian twin gods Artemis and Apollo, who was prohibited from drinking from a pond in Lycia by the people there.
In Greek mythology Smilax (/ s m ɪ. l ɑː k s /; Greek pronunciation:; Ancient Greek: Σμῖλαξ, romanized: Smílax, lit. 'bindweed' [1]) was the name of a nymph who was in love with Crocus [2] and was turned into the plant bearing her name (the bindweed). Ancient sources with information about her and her tale are few and far between.