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It depicts three crowned goddesses, each with her head pointing at an angle and her feet pointing toward the center. The name of the goddess appears above her head: Dione (ΔΙⲰΝΗ), Phoebe (ΦΟΙΒΙΗ), and the obscure Nyche (ΝΥΧΙΗ). Amibousa, a word referring to
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
'blessed one, blessedness') is an obscure figure in ancient Greek mythology and religion, reportedly the daughter of Hades, god and king of the Underworld. Macaria is only passingly mentioned in a medieval source of the tenth century, which offers little to no documentation on her character, function and personhood.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. Children of the Greek goddess Persephone. Subcategories. This category ...
In Greek mythology, Meline (Ancient Greek: Μηλίνη, romanized: Mēlínē, lit. 'apple-ish') is a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede, daughter of Arneus [1] (or by one of his many wives [2]). She bore Laomedon to the hero Heracles. [3]
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
'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]
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.