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Sisyphus. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ ˈsɪsɪfəs /; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was a devious tyrant who killed visitors to show off his power. This violation of the sacred hospitality tradition greatly angered the gods.
Myrmidons. In Greek mythology, the Myrmidons (or Myrmidones; Ancient Greek: Μυρμῐδόνες, Murmidónes, singular: Μυρμῐδών, Murmidṓn) were an ancient Thessalian tribe. [1][2] In Homer's Iliad, the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. [3] Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis, who was a son of ...
In Greek mythology, Hypnos (/ ˈhɪpnɒs /; Ancient Greek: Ὕπνος, 'sleep'), [3] also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. [4] Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the dearest friend of the Muses. [5]
Pandion I, a king of Athens. Pandion II, a king of Athens. Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aeson's rightful throne. Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus.
In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.
Ancient Greek religion. In Greek mythology, Tartarus (/ ˈtɑːrtərəs /; Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος, romanized: Tártaros) [1] is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato 's Gorgias (c. 400 BC), souls are judged after ...
t. e. In Greek mythology, the Greek underworld, or Hades, is a distinct realm (one of the three realms that make up the cosmos) where an individual goes after death. The earliest idea of afterlife in Greek myth is that, at the moment of death, an individual's essence (psyche) is separated from the corpse and transported to the underworld. [1]
e. In Greek mythology, the Keres (/ˈkɪriːz/; Ancient Greek: Κῆρες) were female death-spirits. They were the goddesses who personified violent death and who were drawn to bloody deaths on battlefields. [citation needed] Although they were present during death and dying, they did not have the power to kill. All they could do was wait and ...