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In Greek mythology, Kymopoleia, Cymopoleia, or Cymopolia (/ ˌ s ɪ m ə p ə ˈ l aɪ. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κυμοπόλεια, romanized: Kymopoleia) was a daughter of the sea god Poseidon, and the wife of Briareus, one of the three Hundred-Handers. [2] Her only known mention occurs in the Hesiodic Theogony. [3]
Cybele enthroned, with lion, cornucopia, and mural crown.Roman marble, c. 50 AD.Getty Museum. Cybele (/ ˈ s ɪ b əl iː / SIB-ə-lee; [1] Phrygian: Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; [2] Lydian: Kuvava; Greek: Κυβέλη Kybélē, Κυβήβη Kybēbē, Κύβελις Kybelis) is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the ...
The goddess' meteoric stone may have been kept on a pedestal within the temple cella; or incorporated into the face of a statue and set on a pediment. [4] This stone was known as the acus Matris Deum or the needle of Cybele, described by Servius as being "conical in shape, of a deep brown color" with the appearance of molten rock and sharp to a ...
Ceto, goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters. Charybdis, a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide. Cymopoleia, a daughter of Poseidon and goddess of giant storm waves. Doris, goddess of the sea's bounty and wife of Nereus. Dynamene sea nymph and daughter of Nereus, associated with the power and might of ocean waves.
In Greek mythology, Benthesikyme or Benthesicyme (/ b ɛ n θ ə ˈ s ɪ s ɪ m iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Βενθεσικύμη, romanized: Benthesikýmē) was, according to the mythographer Apollodorus, a daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite, and the foster mother of Eumolpus. [2]
an old woman who jested with Demeter while the goddess was mourning the loss of Persephone Baucis: Βαυκίς a virtuous old woman whose hospitality the gods rewarded Bianna: Βίαννα a Cretan woman who migrated to Gaul and disappeared in a chasm of the earth Bienor: Βιήνωρ the name of several mythological figures Biston: Βίστων
In the parody, Mnesilochus is shaved and dressed as a woman to gain entrance to the women's secret rites, held in honour of the fertility goddess Demeter. Euripides swoops mock-heroically across the stage as Perseus on a theatrical crane, trying and failing to rescue Mnesilochus, who responds by acting out the role of Andromeda. [38]
Dindymene [pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Δινδυμήνη), [1] in ancient Phrygian mythology, is one of the names of Cybele, mother of the gods.Temples to Dindymene were built in parts of ancient Ionia, such as Magnesia on the Maeander.