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Daphne. Daphne (/ ˈdæfni /; DAFF-nee; Greek: Δάφνη, Dáphnē, lit. ' laurel '), [1] a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but the general narrative, found in ...
Apollo and Daphne is an Ancient Greek transformation or metamorphosis myth. No written or artistic versions survive from ancient Greek mythology , so it is likely Hellenistic in origin. [ 1 ] It was retold by Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette .
Daphnis. Statue of Daphnis, 1st-2nd century CE, Parian marble. In Greek mythology, Daphnis (/ ˈdæfnɪs /; Ancient Greek: Δάφνις, from δάφνη, daphne, "Bay Laurel" [1]) was a legendary Sicilian cowherd who was said to be the inventor of pastoral poetry. [2][3] According to Diodorus the Sicilian (1st century BC), Daphnis was born in ...
Daphnis and Chloe is the story of a boy (Daphnis) and a girl (Chloe), each of whom is abandoned at birth along with some identifying tokens. A goatherd named Lamon discovers Daphnis, and a shepherd called Dryas finds Chloe. Each decides to raise the child he finds as his own. Daphnis and Chloe grow up together, herding the flocks for their ...
The Sibylline Oracles in their existing form are a chaotic medley. They consist of 12 books (or 14) of various authorship, date, and religious conception. The final arrangement, thought to be due to an unknown editor of the 6th century AD (Alexandre), does not determine identity of authorship, time, or religious belief; many of the books are merely arbitrary groupings of unrelated fragments.
Echetus, a king of Epirus. Eetion, a king of Cilician Thebe and father of Andromache. Electryon, a king of Tiryns and Mycenae; son of Perseus and Andromeda. Elephenor, a king of the Abantes of Euboea. Eleusis, eponym and king of Eleusis, Attica. Epaphus, a king of Egypt and founder of Memphis, Egypt.
Title page of 1556 edition published by Joannes Gryphius (decorative border added subsequently). Hayden White Rare Book Collection, University of California, Santa Cruz. [1] The Metamorphoses(Latin: Metamorphōsēs, from Ancient Greek: μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latinnarrative poemfrom 8 CEby the Romanpoet Ovid.
e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ ˈhiːliəs, - ɒs /; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the god who personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining").