Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Priapus was described in varying sources as the son of Aphrodite by Dionysus; [2] as the son of Dionysus and Chione; [3] as perhaps the father or son of Hermes; [4] or as the son of Zeus or Pan. [5]
Daedalion's daughter Chione was said to be so beautiful that she was the object of a thousand men's desire the moment she turned fourteen. As it transpired, Chione's admirers were not limited to mortal men. Whilst returning from visits to earth, both Apollo and Hermes caught sight of Chione and were filled with a burning lust. Apollo decided to ...
In their "Introduction" to the Priapeia, Smithers and Burton claim that "The worship of Priapus amongst the Romans was derived from the Egyptians, who, under the form of Apis, the Sacred Bull, adored the generative Power of Nature," adding that "the Phallus was the ancient emblem of creation, and representative of the gods Bacchus, Priapus ...
In Greek mythology, Chione (/ k aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Χιόνη Khione from χιών chiōn, "snow") [2] was the daughter of Boreas, the god of the north wind, and Orithyia a daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens. Chione was the sister of Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace) and the Argonauts, Calaïs and Zetes. [3]
In Greek mythology, Chione or Khionê (/ k aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Χιόνη, romanized: Khiónē, from χιών, khiṓn, 'snow') may refer to the following women: Chione, daughter of Boreas and mother of Eumolpus by Poseidon. [2] Chione, daughter of Daedalion, and mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes ...
In other sources, the god Priapus is understood as a son of Hermes. [196] According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Autolycus, the Prince of Thieves, was a son of Hermes and Chione, making Hermes a great-grandfather of Odysseus. [197] Hermes and a young warrior. Bendis Painter, c. 370 BC.
The son of Leicester City FC’s former chair has hit out at the manufacturer of a “death trap” helicopter that crashed and killed his father. Five people died when the Leonardo AW169 ...
The Death of Chione is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1622 by the French artist Nicolas Poussin, his first known surviving work. He produced it during a stay in Lyon and in February 2016 it was acquired by that city's Museum of Fine Arts. The painting is based off of a Greek myth about Chione. Chione, the daughter of king Daedalion ...