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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Ancient Greek: Ἶρις, romanized: Îris, lit. 'rainbow,' [2] [3] Ancient Greek:) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, [4] the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera.
Jungian archetypes are a concept from psychology that refers to a universal, inherited idea, pattern of thought, or image that is present in the collective unconscious of all human beings. The psychic counterpart of instinct , archetypes are thought to be the basis of many of the common themes and symbols that appear in stories, myths, and ...
His Roman counterpart was Cupid (desire). [citation needed] In later myths, he was the son of the deities Aphrodite and Ares: It is the Eros of these later myths who is one of the erotes. Eros was associated with athleticism, with statues erected in gymnasia, [5]: 132 and "was often regarded as the protector of homosexual love between men."
Psyche is known from the novel The Golden Ass, also known as Metamorphoses, written by the Roman philosopher and orator Apuleius in the 2nd century. [8] In the myth, she was given multiple trials to be with her beloved, Cupid (the Roman counterpart of the Greek Eros ), god of physical love and desire and son of Venus . [ 7 ]
Harmonia is also rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia. [ 2 ]
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes. Minerva, goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industries and trades, and one of the Dii Consentes. Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena. Mithras, god worshipped in the Roman empire; popular with soldiers. Molae, daughters of Mars, probably goddesses of grinding of the grain.
A Roman wall painting showing the Egyptian goddess Isis (seated right) welcoming the Greek heroine Io to Egypt. Interpretatio graeca (Latin for 'Greek translation'), or "interpretation by means of Greek [models]", refers to the tendency of the ancient Greeks to identify foreign deities with their own gods.