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The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
"Mustapha" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and recorded by British rock band Queen. It is the first track of their 1978 album Jazz , [ 1 ] categorized as "an up-tempo Arabic rocker" by Circus magazine.
Many inauspicious events were reported in the days before the king's death. Vultures were seen on the roofs of the left wing of the palace and the Byedaik (Privy Council) Building; bees swarmed around the southern part of the Great Audience Hall; continuous earthquakes rumbled; the turrets of the palace wall suddenly collapsed; water seeped out of the wall of the Kuthodaw Pagoda, built by the ...
She is a manipulative woman and is Minthe's former toxic best friend. She originally was Zeus' personal secretary and one of his mistresses. She wanted him to leave Hera for her. She later becomes a queen when Zeus banishes both her and Thanatos from Olympus, and he marries her off to Peleus. Together, both she and the king have a son named ...
Britomartis (/ b r ɪ t oʊ ˈ m ɑːr t ɪ s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Βριτόμαρτις) was a Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete.
In a crowning achievement (thank you, tip your waiter everybody!), Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story made its debut on Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals in the No. 1 spot ...
Silver decadrachm of Arethusa, minted in Syracuse, Sicily (405–400 BCE). In Greek mythology, Arethusa (/ ˌ ær ɪ ˈ θj uː z ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα) was a nymph who fled from her home in Arcadia beneath the sea and came up as a fresh water fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.
She became queen of Athens after marrying King Erechtheus by whom she Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, [2] Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia. [3] Praxithea's other possible children were Orneus , [ 4 ] Thespius , [ 5 ] Eupalamus , [ 6 ] Sicyon [ 7 ] and Merope .