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  2. Gaia - Wikipedia

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    Aside from her temples, Gaia had altars as well as sacred spaces in the sanctuaries of other gods. Close to the sanctuary of Eileithyia in Tegea was an altar of Ge; [ 102 ] Phlya and Myrrhinos had an altar to Ge under the name Thea Megale (Great goddess); [ 83 ] as well as Olympia which additionally, similar to Delphi, also said to have had an ...

  3. Alcyoneus - Wikipedia

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    Alcyoneus (?), Athena, Gaia, and Nike, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin. In Greek mythology, Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus (/ æ l ˈ s aɪ. ə ˌ nj uː s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυονεύς, romanized: Alkyoneús) was a traditional opponent of the hero Heracles.

  4. Greek primordial deities - Wikipedia

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    Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...

  5. Theia - Wikipedia

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    Early accounts gave her a primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). [4] She is thus the sister of the Titans (Oceanus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronus, and sometimes of Dione), the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Giants, the Meliae, the Erinyes, and is the half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions ...

  6. Lycosura - Wikipedia

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    Three small, stone altars were found in the area c. 15 m to the east of the temple dedicated to Despoina, Demeter, and Gaia, the Great Mother, respectively. [13] Many votive gifts and offerings also were found in the excavation of the sanctuary.

  7. List of nature deities - Wikipedia

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    Gaia, primal mother goddess and goddess of the earth and its personification; Hamadryades, oak tree dryads; Hegemone, goddess of plants, specifically making them bloom and bear fruit as they were supposed to; Helios, Titan-god of the sun; Horae, goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time; Meliae, nymphs of honey and the ash tree

  8. Porphyrion - Wikipedia

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    Zeus (center left) against Porphyrion (far right), detail from the Pergamon Altar Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Museum Berlin. In Greek mythology, Porphyrion (Ancient Greek: Πορφυρίων) was one of the Gigantes (), who according to Hesiod, were the offspring of Gaia, born from the blood that fell when Ouranos (Sky) was castrated by their son Cronus.

  9. Laocoön and His Sons - Wikipedia

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    Alcyoneus (?), Athena, Gaia, and Nike, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin. The figure of Alcyoneus is shown in a pose and situation (including serpents) which is very similar to those of Laocoön, though the style is "looser and wilder in its principles" than the altar. [21]

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