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The Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn nēsoi) [3] were semi-legendary islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology.
In the time of the Greek poet Hesiod, Elysium would also be known as the "Fortunate Isles", or the "Isles (or Islands) of the Blessed", located in the western ocean at the end of the earth. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Isles of the Blessed would be reduced to a single island by the Theban poet Pindar , describing it as having shady parks, with ...
In Greek mythology, the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. Fortunate Isles (Islands of the Blessed) Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology. Garden of the Hesperides
Characters in Greek mythology by location (39 C) A. ... Pages in category "Locations in Greek mythology" ... Islands of Diomedes; Ismarus (Thrace)
In Greek mythology, Lycus (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə s / LY-kəs; Ancient Greek: Λύκος, romanized: Lúkos, lit. 'wolf'), also called Lycaon, [1] was a son of Poseidon and Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. Together with his brother Eurypylus, they ruled over the Isles of the Fortunate which their father blessed. [2]
Mythological islands are legendary places from a relatively cohesive set of myths. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic Gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea; the North Aegean islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey; the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the ...
Macareus was the son of King Crinacus of Olenus.His grandfather was either Zeus [2] or Hyrieus, [3] eponymous king of Hyria in Boeotia.. Lesbos [], son of Lapithes and grandson of Aeolus, after whom the island came to be named, married Macareus' daughter, Methymna [es; sv] (eponym of Methymna, a city at Lesbos). [4]