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Apotheosis. The apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the raid on Chatham in the background. Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from Latin deificatio 'making divine'), is the glorification of a subject ...
Greek mythology. Bellerophon [1] or Bellerophontes ( Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous ( Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower"), [2] was a divine Corinthian hero of Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, and the foster son of Glaukos.
Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes or Corybantes (also Corybants) ( / ˌkɒrɪˈbæntiːz /; Greek: Κορύβαντες) were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia .
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece ( Ancient Greek: Χρυσόμαλλον δέρας, romanized : Khrysómallon déras, lit. 'Golden-haired pelt') is the fleece of the golden -woolled, [a] winged ram, Chrysomallos, that rescued Phrixus and brought him to Colchis, where Phrixus then sacrificed it to Zeus. Phrixus gave the fleece to King ...
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them precisely. Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye.
Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Cadmus ( / ˈkædməs /; Greek: Κάδμος, translit. Kádmos) was the legendary Greek hero and founder of Boeotian Thebes. [1] He was, alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, the greatest hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. [2]
In Greek mythology, Proteus ( / ˈproʊtiəs, ˈproʊt.juːs / PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; [1] Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, romanized : Prōteús) is an early prophetic sea god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" ( hálios gérôn ). [2] Some who ascribe a specific ...
In Oedipus Rex, Creon is a brother of queen Jocasta, the wife of King Laius as well as Oedipus. Laius, a previous king of Thebes, had given the rule to Creon while he went to consult the oracle at Delphi. During Laius's absence, the Sphinx came to Thebes. When word came of Laius's death, Creon offered the throne of Thebes as well as the hand of ...