enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Dragons in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_in_Greek_mythology

   The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco.Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. [2] The Greek drakōn was far more associated with poisonous spit or breath than the modern Western dragon, though fiery breath is still attested in a few myths.

3. Cleostratus (mythology) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleostratus_(mythology)

   'renowned army') is a teenage boy from Thespiae, a town in Boeotia, who is chosen to be offered to a dragon in a yearly sacrifice to the monster, until he is saved by his lover Menestratus. His and Menestratus's myth is known thanks to the Description of Greece, a second-century work by Greek traveller and geographer Pausanias. Cleostratus ...

4. Ladon (mythology) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladon_(mythology)

   The dragon (Ladon) image coiled around the tree, originally adopted by the Hellenes from Near Eastern and Minoan sources [citation needed], is familiar from surviving Greek vase-painting. In the 2nd century CE, Pausanias saw among the treasuries at Olympia an archaic cult image in cedar-wood of Heracles and the apple-tree of the Hesperides with ...

5. Category:Greek dragons - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Greek_dragons

   Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more

6. Drakaina (mythology) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakaina_(mythology)

   Python, slain by Apollo, and the earliest representations of Delphyne are shown as simply gigantic serpents, similar to other Greek dragons. [1] [2] However, although the word "drakaina" is literally the feminine form of drakon (Ancient Greek for dragon or serpent), most drakainas had some features of a human woman.

7. List of films set in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_set_in...

   Goliath and the Dragon: 1960 peplum film: Helen of Troy: 1956 Helen of Troy: 2003 Helena: 1924 Hercules: 1958 Its success paved the way for the dozens of 1960s peplum (or "sword and sandal") films Hercules: 1983 Hercules: 1997 Animated Disney film Hercules: 2014 Iphigenia: 1977 Immortals: 2011 Jason and the Argonauts: 1963 Minotaur: 2006 ...

8. 9 Best Streaming Services To Watch Free Movies Online - AOL

   www.aol.com/9-best-streaming-services-watch...

   There just might be — many streaming services allow you to watch movies and TV shows for free. Here are 10 of the best. Here are 10 of the best. Websites To Watch Full Movies for Free: 9 Safe ...

9. Illuyanka - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuyanka

   Once drunk, the dragon is bound by Hupasiyas with a rope. Then the Storm God appears with the other gods and kills the dragon. [2] In the second version, after the two gods fight and the Hurrian Storm God Teshub loses, Illuyanka takes the Storm God's eyes and heart. To avenge himself upon the dragon, the Storm God marries the daughter of a poor ...