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The naiad Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
Minthe is a water naiad of the Cocytus River, found in the Underworld by Persephone. In Persephone the Grateful, Persephone helps Minthe with the Cocytus River, but the rest of the MOA think she smells bad, like the river. Minthe is briefly jealous of Persephone but in the end she becomes Persephone's friend and stays with her in the Underworld.
When the god Apollo saw her and fell in love with her, he pursued her with the aim of making her his bride, but she ran away from him, wishing to stay a virgin eternally. After much pursuing, Daphne began to tire; when Apollo was about to catch her, she prayed to the gods to save her, and she was turned (either by her father, Gaia or Zeus) into ...
Persephone was born so deformed that Rhea ran away from her frightened, and did not breastfeed Persephone. [56] Zeus then mates with Persephone, who gives birth to Dionysus. She later stays in her mother's house, guarded by the Curetes. Rhea-Demeter prophecies that Persephone will marry Apollo.
Orphic nymph, daughter of Persephone and "Zeus disguised as Pluto". [48] Her name is a possible epithet of Hecate. • Minthe Cocytus River probably a daughter of Cocytus, lover of Hades and rival of Persephone [49] [50] Other nymphs: Lampades: torch bearers in the retinue of Hecate [51] Hecaterides (rustic dance)
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
Jupiter-like deity in Liber Linteus, the name seems to be from an Umbrian local deity Grabouie. [15] Culsans, Culsu: Two-faced god of doors and doorways, corresponding to the two-faced Roman god Janus. Cul is Etruscan for "door." [16] [circular reference] Eita: Greek Hades seen on the Golini Tomb with Persephone (here Phersipnei) [17] See Aita ...
Hyacinthus chose Apollo over the others. He visited all of Apollo's sacred lands with the god in a chariot drawn by swans. So fiercely was Apollo in love with Hyacinthus that he abandoned his sanctuary in Delphi to enjoy Hyacinthus' company by the river Eurotas. He taught Hyacinthus the use of the bow and the lyre, the art of prophecy, and ...