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In Greek mythology, Theseus, mythical king of the city Athens, rescued the children of Athens from King Minos after slaying the minotaur and then escaped onto a ship going to Delos. Each year, the Athenians would commemorate this by taking the ship on a pilgrimage to Delos to honour Apollo. A question was raised by ancient philosophers: After ...
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes ( Greek: Γίγαντες, Gígantes, singular: Γίγας, Gígas ), were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size. They were known for the Gigantomachy (or Gigantomachia ), their battle with the Olympian gods. [2]
e. Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities ...
Echetus, a king of Epirus. Eetion, a king of Cilician Thebe and father of Andromache. Electryon, a king of Tiryns and Mycenae; son of Perseus and Andromeda. Elephenor, a king of the Abantes of Euboea. Eleusis, eponym and king of Eleusis, Attica. Epaphus, a king of Egypt and founder of Memphis, Egypt.
In Greek mythology Agreus or Argeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγρεύς, Ἀργεύς means 'hunter' or 'wild') and his brother Nomios (Νόμιος means "shepherd") are two of the Pans, creatures multiplied from the god Pan. Mythology. They are human in shape, but have the horns of goats.
ʼĒl (/ ɛ l / EL; also ' Il, Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; Hebrew: אֵל ʾēl; Syriac: ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; Arabic: إل ʾil or إله ʾilāh [clarification needed]; cognate to Akkadian: 𒀭, romanized: ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities.
Clotho ( / ˈkloʊθoʊ /; Greek: Κλωθώ) or Klotho, is a mythological figure. She is the youngest goddess of the Three Fates or Moirai. In ancient Greek mythology, she spins the thread of human life, her sisters draw out ( Lachesis) and cut ( Atropos) the thread. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( / pərˈsɛfəniː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized :Persephónē ), also called Kore ( / ˈkɔːriː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized :Kórē, lit. 'the maiden') or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.