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The Greek name Aithiopia (Αἰθιοπία, from Αἰθίοψ, Aithíops) is a compound derived of two Greek words: αἴθω, aíthō, 'I burn' + ὤψ, ṓps, 'face'. According to the Perseus Project , this designation properly translates in noun form as burnt-face and in adjectival form as red-brown .
Cepheus was the son of either Belus, [1] Agenor [2] or Phoenix. [3] When Belus is described as his father, Achiroe, daughter of Nilus, is given as his mother, and Danaus, Aegyptus, and Phineus as his brothers. [citation needed] He was called Iasid Cepheus, pertaining to his Argive ancestry through King Iasus of Argus, father of Io. [4]
According to Richard L. Hunter, . The Emesenes were a culturally complex group, including Arab, Phoenician and Greek elements, and, since the third century at any rate, having a connection with the Roman imperial household (the empress Julia Domna was from Emesa, as was the cult of Elagabal which inspired the emperor Heliogabalus).
In Greek mythology, Memnon (/ ˈ m ɛ m n ə n /; Ancient Greek: Μέμνων, lit. ' resolute ' [1]) was a king of Aethiopia and son of Tithonus and Eos. During the Trojan War, he brought an army to Troy's defense and killed Antilochus, Nestor's son, during a fierce battle. Nestor challenged Memnon to a fight, but Memnon refused, being there ...
Cepheus is a constellation in the deep northern sky, named after Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology.It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the second century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 constellations in the modern times.
In Greek mythology, Cepheus (/ ˈ s iː f i ə s,-f j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς Kepheús) may refer to the following personages: Cepheus, king of Ethiopia and father of Andromeda. [1] Cepheus, king of Tegea in Arcadia and one of the Argonauts. [2] Cepheus, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus. [3]
In Greek mythology, the name Emathion (Ancient Greek: Ἠμαθίων) refers to four individuals. Emathion, king of Aethiopia or Arabia, the son of Tithonus and Eos, and brother of Memnon. Heracles killed him. Herakles had to fight Emathion, who came across the valley of the Nile on his way to steal the golden apples of the Hesperis, and ...
1 See also. Toggle the table of contents. Aethiops. ... Aethiopia, an ancient term for ... Aethiopis, a lost epic of ancient Greek literature;