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Aristaeus (/ ær ɪ ˈ s t iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταῖος Aristaios) was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts, including bee-keeping; [1] he was the son of the huntress Cyrene and Apollo.
Aristaeus had to seize Proteus and hold him, no matter what he would change into. Aristaeus did so, and Proteus eventually gave up and told him that the bees' death was a punishment for causing the death of Eurydice. To make amends, Aristaeus needed to sacrifice 12 animals to the gods, leave the carcasses in the place of sacrifice, and return ...
So, in the back-story of the myth of Aristaeus, Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths, married Chlidanope, a naiad, who bore him Cyrene. Aristaeus had more than ordinary mortal experience with the naiads: when his bees died in Thessaly, he went to consult them. His aunt Arethusa invited him below the water's surface, where he was washed with water ...
The meaning of the epithet "Lyceus" later became associated with Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddess of Lycia (Λυκία) and who was identified with the wolf (λύκος). [ 31 ] Phanaeus ( / f ə ˈ n iː ə s / fə- NEE -əs ; Φαναῖος , Phanaios ), literally "giving or bringing light"
In Greek mythology, Aganippe (/ægə'nɪpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγανίππη means 'mare who kills mercifully' [1]) was the name of both a spring and the Naiad (a Crinaea) associated with it. [2] The spring is in Boeotia, near Thespiae, at the base of Mount Helicon, [3] and was associated with the Muses who were sometimes called Aganippides ...
All is fair in the Dick Wolf universe, including character crossovers and actors popping up on more than one series at a time. After getting his start as a writer on Hill Street Blues in 1985 ...
Lycaon ("wolf") Wolf: Zeus A king of Arcadia, Lycaon, once invited Zeus over for dinner. Lycaon butchered and served Zeus one of his own sons, or alternatively Arcas, Zeus’ own son by Lycaon's daughter Callisto. Zeus punished Lycaon by turning him into a wolf. Lycian peasants: Frogs: Leto
In Greek mythology, Cyllene (/ s aɪ ˈ l iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Κυλλήνη, romanized: Kullḗnē pronounced [kyllɛ̌ːnɛ]), also spelled Kyllene (/ k aɪ ˈ l iː n iː /), is the Naiad [1] or Oread nymph [citation needed] and the personification of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, the region in Greece where the god of travelers and shepherds Hermes was born and brought up.