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Zeus Eleutherios (Ἐλευθέριος): "Zeus the freedom giver" a cult worshiped in Athens [277] Zeus Horkios: Zeus as keeper of oaths. Exposed liars were made to dedicate a votive statue to Zeus, often at the sanctuary at Olympia; Zeus Olympios (Ολύμπιος): Zeus as king of the gods and patron of the Panhellenic Games at Olympia
When the Monkey King appeared in a Buddhist novel, he attained a higher recognition in the cultural ethos of ancient China; temples were built in his honor and his biography was established. [1] The birthday of the Monkey King is observed as the New Year Day, [ 4 ] and also as trickster day as he had immeasurable talent and cunning wit.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. Character in Chinese mythology For other uses, see Monkey King (disambiguation). "Wukong" redirects here. For other uses, see Wukong (disambiguation). "Qi Tian Da Sheng" redirects here. For Pu Songling's story, see The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal. In this Chinese name, the family name is ...
Most historians generally agree that Gilgamesh was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, [14] [13] who probably ruled sometime during the early part of the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900–2350 BCE). [14] [13] It is certain that, during the later Early Dynastic Period, Gilgamesh was worshipped as a god at various locations ...
Zeus turning Lycaon into a wolf; engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, romanized: Lukáōn, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see whether the god was sufficiently all-knowing to recognize human flesh.
In particular Iacchus was identified with Dionysus Zagreus, who was a son of Zeus and Persephone. [45] This Orphic Dionysus was, as an infant, attacked and dismembered by the Titans, but later reborn as Dionysus, the wine-god son of Zeus and Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, the first king of Thebes.
Ixion was the son of Ares, or Leonteus, [2] or Antion and Perimele, [3] or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". [4] Pirithous [ 5 ] was his son [ 6 ] (or stepson, if Zeus were his father, as Zeus claims to Hera in Iliad 14).
The son made immortal, Aeacus, was the king of Aegina, and was known to have contributed help to Poseidon and Apollo in building the walls of Troy. Through him, Aegina was the great-grandmother of Achilles, who was son of Peleus, son of Aeacus. In one account, Aegina was also called the mother of Sinope by Ares. [4]