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In Greek mythology, Chelônê (Ancient Greek: Χελώνη from khelônê which means tortoise) was an oread of Mount Khelydorea ("rich in tortoises") in Arkadia. [ 1 ] Mythology
There it is a mountain nymph called Chelone (Χελώνη, the Greek for tortoise) who did not deign to be present at the wedding of Zeus. The divine messenger Hermes was then sent to throw her and her house into the river, where she was changed into the animal now bearing her name.
Chelone may refer to: Chelone, commonly known as turtleheads; Chelone (mythology), a mountain nymph in Greek mythology, who appears in the Aesop's fable Zeus and the Tortoise. Chelone formation, Greek term for Testudo formation; Chelone, a genus of sea turtle in the Cheloniidae family.
Polybotes was one of the Gigantes (), the offspring of Gaia, born from the blood that fell when Uranus was castrated by their son Cronus. [3]According to the mythographer Apollodorus, during the Gigantomachy, the cosmic battle of the Giants with the Olympian gods, Polybotes was crushed under Nisyros, a piece of the island of Kos broken off and thrown by Poseidon: [4]
In Greek mythology, Erodius (Ancient Greek: Ἐροδιός, romanized: Erodios, lit. 'heron') is the son of Autonous (son of Melaneus) and Hippodamia. He was the brother of Acanthis, Acanthus, Anthus and Schoeneus. [1] He was transformed into a heron by Zeus and Apollo.
In Greek mythology, Ascalaphus (/ ə ˈ s k æ l ə f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάλαφος Askalaphos) was the son of Acheron and Orphne. Mythology
Following Greek mythology, Charon ferries souls across the Acheron to Hell. Those who were neutral in life sit on the banks. He claimed that Acheron flowed in the opposite direction from Oceanus beneath the earth under desert places. The word is also occasionally used as a synecdoche for Hades itself.
In Greek mythology, Scylla [1] (/ ˈ s ɪ l ə / SIL-ə; Ancient Greek: Σκύλλα, romanized: Skýlla, pronounced) was a princess of Megara as daughter of King Nisus. Family [ edit ]