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In Greek mythology, Niobe ( / ˈnaɪ.ə.biː /; Greek: Νιόβη [ni.óbɛː]: Nióbē) was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione (as most frequently cited) or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa. Niobe was the wife of Amphion and the sister of Pelops and Broteas .
In Greek mythology, Phoebe ( / ˈfiːbi / FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized : Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was the name or epithet of the following characters: Phoebe (Titaness), one of the Titans, grandmother of Apollo and Artemis. [1] Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus), daughter of Leucippus. [2]
Phoebe is a Titaness, one of the twelve (or thirteen) divine children born to Uranus ( Sky) and Gaia ( Earth ). Phoebe's consort was her brother Coeus, with whom she had two daughters, first Leto, who bore Apollo and Artemis, and then Asteria, a star goddess who bore an only daughter, Hecate. [ 5] Hesiod in the Theogony describes Phoebe as ...
t. e. In Greek mythology, Prometheus ( / prəˈmiːθiəs /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [ 1] is one of the Titans and a god of fire. [ 2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and ...
According to Hesiod 's Theogony ( c. 8th – 7th century BC), Typhon was the son of Gaia (Earth) and Tartarus: "when Zeus had driven the Titans from heaven, huge Earth bore her youngest child Typhoeus of the love of Tartarus, by the aid of golden Aphrodite ". [2] The mythographer Apollodorus (1st or 2nd century AD) adds that Gaia bore Typhon in ...
Mythic humanoids are legendary, folkloric, or mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character. Each culture has different mythical creatures that come from many different origins, and many of these creatures are humanoids. They are often able to talk and in many stories they guide the hero on ...
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
In Greek mythology, Ganymede ( / ˈɡænɪmiːd / [1]) or Ganymedes ( / ɡænɪˈmiːdiːz /; [2] Ancient Greek: Γανυμήδης Ganymēdēs) is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most handsome of mortals and tells the story of how he was abducted by the gods to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus .