Pandora – Mythopedia
2022年12月9日 · Pandora was sometimes known by the alternate name “Anesidora,” meaning “she who sends up gifts.” Attributes and Iconography. Pandora, perhaps more than any other …
Epimetheus – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus, was a Greek Titan, known for being as slow-witted as Prometheus was quick. Neglecting his wiser brother’s warnings, Epimetheus …
Works and Days – Mythopedia
2023年3月21日 · Hesiod, then, seems to treat mythology as something that is adaptable, malleable, and evolving. Sometimes Hesiod’s contradictory use of myth is less self-conscious. …
Greek Gods - Mythopedia
Greek Titans. The generation of Greek gods who directly preceded the Olympians. The Titans were the first children of the primordial Greek deities Uranus and Gaia. Two of these Titans, …
Andromeda - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish …
Charites (Graces) - Mythopedia
2023年2月9日 · Greek. In Greek literature, the Charites appear first in the epics of Homer (eighth century BCE), where their number is ambiguous; the two individual Charites named by Homer, …
Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · The Hecatoncheires, also called the “Hundred-Handers,” were three children of Gaia and Uranus, named Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges. With fifty heads and one hundred arms …
Daphnis – Mythopedia
2023年10月2日 · Daphnis, often said to have been a son of Hermes, was a handsome herdsman who lived in Sicily. When he was blinded by a jealous nymph for his infidelity, he invented …
Titans - Mythopedia
2023年3月13日 · Greek. The Titans are mentioned (albeit allusively) as early as Homer (eighth century BCE). They would have also played a central role in the Titanomachy, an early epic …
Mars - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · According to Roman mythology, Mars raped the innocent Rhea Silvia and sired Romulus and Remus, twins who would go on to establish the fabled city. Mars was largely …