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Map showing the major regions of mainland ancient Greece, and adjacent "barbarian" lands. The regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the Ancient Greeks of antiquity, shown by their presence in the works of ancient historians and geographers or in surviving legends and myths.
A place where immortals lived according to Chinese mythology. Longmen: A legendary waterfall in Chinese mythology. Mount Buzhou: An ancient Chinese mythological mountain which, according to old texts, lay to the northwest of the Kunlun Mountains, in a location today referred to as the Pamir Mountains. Mount Penglai
Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods The Muses Clio, Euterpe, and Thalia, the inspirational Goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology (by Eustache Le Sueur, oil on panel, c. 1650s) A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th ...
Ancient Greek myths took inspiration from folkloric portrayals of the Olympian gods, as well as Dorian and Ionian deities and their associated folk tales. [ 70 ] In Ancient Roman times, a new Roman mythology was born through syncretization of numerous Greek and other foreign gods.
Characters in Greek mythology by location (39 C) A. Africa in Greek mythology (3 C, 6 P) Asia in Greek mythology (3 C, 12 P) C. Colchis in mythology (3 C, 2 P) E.
In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈ æ t l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy.Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
An arctic continent on the Gerardus Mercator map of 1595.. In Greek mythology, the Hyperboreans (Ancient Greek: ὑπερβόρε(ι)οι, romanized: hyperbóre(i)oi, pronounced [hyperbóre(ː)oi̯]; Latin: Hyperborei) were a mythical people who lived in the far northern part of the known world.
Arcadia (Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized: Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese.It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan.