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The name of the legendary winged horse, Pegasus, assigned by the Etruscans to the Trojan Horse. [35] Puanea: Etruscan name of a satyr. [40] Sime: An Etruscan satyr who has a Greek name. [41] Thevrumines: Minotaur: Tuchulcha: An Etruscan daemon. [52] Tusna: Perhaps from *Turansna, "of Turan." The swan of Turan. [52] Vanth
In Greek mythology, Uranus (/ ˈ j ʊər ə n ə s / YOOR-ə-nəs, also / j ʊ ˈ r eɪ n ə s / yoo-RAY-nəs), [2] sometimes written Ouranos (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός, lit. 'sky', ), is the personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities.
In Greek mythology and religion, Eurus (Ancient Greek: Εὖρος, romanized: Euros, lit. 'east wind') is the god and personification of the east wind, although sometimes he is also said to be southeast specifically. [1] He is one of the four principal wind gods, the Anemoi, alongside Boreas (north wind), Zephyrus (west wind) and Notus (south ...
Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the culture, arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in the themes. [4]: 43
The name suggests a connection with the Aegean Sea. [9] Poseidon was sometimes called Aegaeon or Aegaeus (Αἰγαῖος). [10] Aegaeon could be a patronymic, i.e. "son of Aegaeus", [11] or it could instead mean "the man from Aegae". [12] The name Hecatoncheires derives from the Greek ἑκατόν (hekaton, "hundred") and χείρ (cheir ...
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") [3] is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene (MEH-neh), she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and ...
Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent (1925).. The etymology of the name Atlas is uncertain. Virgil took pleasure in translating etymologies of Greek names by combining them with adjectives that explained them: for Atlas his adjective is durus, "hard, enduring", [9] which suggested to George Doig that Virgil was aware of the Greek τλῆναι "to endure"; Doig offers the further ...
In Greek mythology, Nyx (/ n ɪ k s / NIX; [2] Ancient Greek: Νύξ Nýx, , "Night") [3] is the goddess and personification of the night. [4] In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness). By herself, she produces a brood of children which are mainly personifications of ...