Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hades. In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Minthe (also spelled Menthe, Mintha or Mentha; Ancient Greek: Μίνθη or Μένθη or Μίντη) is an Underworld Naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was beloved by Hades, the King of the Underworld, and became his mistress. But she was transformed into a mint plant by either ...
Semystra. Thriae. v. t. e. In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx / ˈsɪrɪŋks / (Greek Σύριγξ) was an Arcadian nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Being pursued by Pan, she fled into the river Ladon, and at her own request was metamorphosed into a reed from which Pan then made his panpipes.
Greek mythology. Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities ...
t. e. In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymene (/ ˈklɪmɪniː, ˈklaɪ -/; [1][2] Ancient Greek: Κλυμένη, Kluménē) was the name of an Oceanid nymph loved by the sun god Helios and the mother by him of Phaethon and the Heliades. [3] In most versions, Clymene is the one to reveal to Phaethon his divine parentage and encourage him to seek ...
v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymene (/ ˈklɪmɪniː, ˈklaɪ -/; [1][2] Ancient Greek: Κλυμένη, Kluménē, feminine form of Κλύμενος, meaning "famous" [3]) is the name of one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs, usually the wife of Iapetus and mother by him of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Menoetius.
According to one version recorded by Hyginus, there were seven Heliades: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Lampetia, Phoebe, Aetherie and Dioxippe. [2] Aeschylus's fragmentary Heliades[3] names Phaethousa and Lampetia, who are otherwise called daughters of Neaera. [4] A scholiast on the Odyssey gives their names as Phaethusa, Lampetia and Aegle.
Throughout history, the Metamorphoses has been used not only as a compendium of information on Ancient Greek and Roman lore, but also as a vehicle for allegorical exposition, exegesis, commentaries and adaptations. True enough, in the medieval West, Ovid's work was the principal conduit of Greek myths.
Dríope transformed into a lotus tree illustration extracted out of Ovid 's Metamorphoses. In Greek mythology, Dryope (/ ˈdraɪ.əpiː /; Greek: Δρυόπη derived from δρῦς drys, "oak"; dryope "woodpecker" [1]) is the daughter of Dryops, king of Oeta ("oak-man") [2] or of Eurytus (and hence half-sister to Iole). [3] Dryope mothered ...