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In Greek mythology, Limos (Ancient Greek: Λιμός, romanized: Līmós, lit. 'Famine, Hunger, Starvation') [1] is the personification of famine or hunger. Of uncertain sex, Limos was, according to Hesiod's Theogony, the offspring of Eris (Strife), with no father mentioned. [2]
Erysichthon was the son of King Triopas [3] possibly by Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon and thus, brother of Iphimedeia [4] and Phorbas. [5]In some accounts, however, he was called instead the son of Myrmidon [6] possibly by Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and thus, brother to Antiphus, Actor, [7] Dioplethes, [8] Eupolemeia [9] and possibly Hiscilla as well.
Since the Metamorphoses is derived from literary texts, productions of Zimmerman's may be classified in the genre of Readers Theater. [8]: 157–158 According to Miriam Chirico, Readers Theater presents a narrative text to an audience, for instance a poem rather than action that follows a typical play script. Readers Theater generally follows ...
Demeter orders Famine to strike Erysichthon, Elisha Whittelsey Collection Another myth involving Demeter's rage resulting in famine is that of Erysichthon , king of Thessaly . [ 27 ] The myth tells of Erysichthon ordering all of the trees in one of Demeter's sacred groves to be cut down, as he wanted to build an extension of his palace and hold ...
Skibbereen 1847 by Cork artist James Mahony (1810–1879), commissioned by Illustrated London News 1847.. The song traces back from at least 1869, in The Wearing Of The Green Songbook, where it was sung with the melody of the music "The Wearing of the Green", and not with the more melancholic melody we know today. [2]
The tablet contains a balbale (a kind of Sumerian poem) which is known by the titles "Bridegroom, Spend the Night in Our House Till Dawn" or "A Love Song of Shu-Suen (Shu-Suen B)". Composed of 29 lines, [ 5 ] this poem is a monologue directed to king Shu-Sin (ruled 1972–1964 BC, short chronology , or 2037–2029 BC, long chronology [ 4 ] ).
Erysichthon or Erisichthon may refer to: Erysichthon of Thessaly , the Aeolid Erysichthon, the son of Triopas Erysichthon (son of Cecrops) , the Cecropid Erysichthon, the son of Cecrops I
Front matter of Boswell's copy of the 1732 edition of the Heroides, edited by Peter Burmann. Note the title Heroides sive Epistolae, The Heroides or the Letters.. The Heroides (The Heroines), [1] or Epistulae Heroidum (Letters of Heroines), is a collection of fifteen epistolary poems composed by Ovid in Latin elegiac couplets and presented as though written by a selection of aggrieved heroines ...