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This passage associates Zagreus with the cult of Zeus at Cretan Mount Ida, where the infant Zeus was guarded by the Cretan Curetes. According to West, Zagreus here is "a god of nocturnal mystery-rites, associated with a sacramental feast of raw flesh (and thus with the dismemberment of an animal victim)" and infers from this Euripidean passage ...
[3] Although named several times in the gospels, the only times he actually appears are in Matthew 4:21-22 and Mark 1:19–20, where he is left in the boat after Jesus called James and John. Mark's note that Zebedee was left with the "hired men" implies the family had some wealth. [ 4 ]
The Orphic Hymn to the Graces says they are the daughters of Zeus and Eunomia (goddess of good order and lawful conduct), [6] and Pindar says that they are daughters of the strongest god (i.e. Zeus) without naming their mother. [7] Hesiod says also that Aglaea is the youngest of the Charites. [8] [1] [4] [9] [10]
According to the Orphic Hymns, they were the daughters of Zeus and Eunomia, [5] while Cornutus records other possible names of their mother by Zeus as Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe. [6] Rarely, they were said to be daughters of Dionysus and Coronis [ 7 ] or of Helios and the naiad Aegle [ 8 ] [ 9 ] or of Hera by an unnamed father. [ 10 ]
This is paralleled with another Orphic myth, the birth of Zagreus, who was conceived when Zeus, disguised as a serpent, deceived and mated with Persephone. [7] Melinoë is born at the mouth of the Cocytus, one of the rivers of the underworld, where the Chthonic Hermes is stationed in his role as psychopomp. [8]
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In 2020's Hades, Tisiphone appears, along with Megaera and Alecto, as one of the three potential Fury boss fights during an escape attempt.She is depicted wearing a mask and can initially only speak the words "murder" or "murderer", though she eventually learns protagonist Zagreus's name if confronted enough times.
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".