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Hḗrā; Ἥρη, Hḗrē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she is queen of the twelve Olympians and Mount Olympus, sister and wife of Zeus, and daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea.
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 ...
Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because ...
The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. [ 2 ] They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus ' son Polynices to the Theban throne. Adrastus, although always the leader of the expedition against Thebes, was not always ...
Calyce (mythology) Cassandra (mythology) Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda) Cassiopeia (wife of Phoenix) Cerdo (mythology) Chalciope. Chalcomedusa. Chloris. Chloris of Pylos.
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles. Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
Antique fresco from Pompeii. Heracles (/ ˈhɛrəkliːz / HERR-ə-kleez; Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, lit. "glory/fame of Hera "), born Alcaeus[ 2 ] (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides[ 3 ] (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus [ 4 ] and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon. [ 5 ]
Apparently, Queen Elizabeth didn’t hold a grudge when it came to Leith’s tea snafu. In 2021, Leith was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to food ...