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This Macaria is attested in a single source, the 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia Suda, according to which she is a daughter of Hades, the king of the Underworld; [3] no mother is mentioned. Nothing else is known about her, as she is neither explicitly stated to be an immortal goddess nor a mortal woman, nor confirmed to live in the ...
'blessed one, blessedness' [1]) is the name of two figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology: Macaria, daughter of Heracles and Deianira who willingly accepted to be sacrificed in order to save her people. [2] Macaria, daughter of Hades, king of the Underworld. [3]
The Naiad nymph 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')".
In this version of the story, Aidoneus (i.e., "Hades") is the mortal king of the Molossians, with a wife named Persephone, a daughter named Kore (another name for the goddess Persephone) and a large mortal dog named Cerberus, with whom all suitors of his daughter were required to fight. After having stolen Helen, to be Theseus' wife, Theseus ...
Arethusa, a naiad like Kyane, is associated with a spring and pool in Syracuse (Siracusa); Kyane is said to dwell in a river bearing her name in southeastern Sicily. [3] She had as a partner the river god Anapus. [4] [5] She cited their love as an example of consensual relationship while trying to convince Hades not to take Persephone by force. [6]
Melinoë is the protagonist of the video game Hades II, developed and published by Supergiant Games. [17] [18] [19] In the game, Melinoë is the Princess of the Underworld and sister of Zagreus, the protagonist of the first game. She seeks to defeat Chronos with help from Hecate, the Olympian gods, and other figures from Greek mythology. [20 ...
Leto is the daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus. [16] Her sister is Asteria, who is, by the Titan Perses, the mother of Hecate. [17] Leto is also sometimes called the daughter of Coeus with no mother specified. [18] The island of Kos, in the southeast Aegean Sea, is claimed to be her birthplace. [19]