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Arcadia (Greek: Αρκαδία) refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature.The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later caused the word Arcadia to develop into a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.
Zeus turning Lycaon into a wolf; engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, romanized: Lukáōn, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see whether the god was sufficiently all-knowing to recognize human flesh.
In Greek mythology, Cepheus (/ ˈ s iː f i ə s,-f j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς Kephéus) was a king of Tegea in Arcadia.He was an Argonaut, and was, along with most of his twenty sons, killed in Heracles' war against Hippocoon, king of Sparta. [1]
Palaestra (mythology) Pallas (son of Lycaon) Parrhasius (Greek myth) Parthenope (mythology) Peraethus; Peucetius (mythology) Phassus (mythology) Phigalus; Phineus (mythology) Phthius (son of Lycaon) Physius; Plato (mythology) Pleiades (Greek mythology) Plexippus; Polichus; Portheus; Prothous
Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly mythology television series that premiered on August 3, 2009 on the History Channel. The program covers many of the ancient Greek and Norse Gods, monsters and heroes including Hades, Hercules, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus and Zeus.
Arcadia or Arcania [1], was one of the Danaides, daughters of King Danaos of Libya and later of Argos. She married and killed her groom, Xanthus, son of Aegyptus, king of Egypt. [2] Arcadia, wife of Nyctimus, son of the impious Lycaon, and became the mother of a daughter Phylonome who consorted with Ares. [3]
In Greek mythology, Arcas (/ ˈ ɑːr k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia. He was remembered for having taught people the arts of weaving and baking bread and for spreading agriculture to Arcadia.
He was reigning at the time when Orestes, in consequence of an oracle, left Mycenae and settled in Arcadia. There was at Mantineia a sanctuary, which down to the latest time no mortal was ever allowed to enter. Aepytus disregarding the sacred custom crossed the threshold, but was immediately struck with blindness, and died soon after.