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10 mars 2023 · Adonis, son of the Eastern king Cinyras and his daughter Myrrha, was an exceptionally handsome young man. He was so handsome, in fact, that the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone competed for his love. Though they were ultimately forced to share the young man, Adonis favored Aphrodite and was best known as her lover.
9 mars 2023 · Persephone, often known simply as Kore (“Maiden”), was a daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Her mythology tells of how she was abducted by her uncle Hades one day while picking flowers. Demeter, distraught, wandered the entire world in search of her daughter. When Demeter at last located Persephone in the Underworld, she demanded that her ...
8 mars 2023 · Borrowed directly from Greek mythology, Apollo was a Roman god that inspired music, poetry, and artistic creativity. A law-giver and healer, Apollo brought order to humankind and was the source of all medical knowledge. Furthermore, Apollo served as the chief patron of prophets, the source of the gift of prophecy.
18 sept. 2023 · In myth, Hyacinthus was usually said to be a prince of Sparta, the son of King Amyclas and his wife Diomede. He was noted for his physical beauty and became a lover of the god Apollo. But Hyacinthus was killed prematurely when Apollo accidentally struck him with a discus; in his grief, Apollo turned the blood that flowed from the boy’s body ...
2 oct. 2023 · Daphnis was a herdsman who lived on the island of Sicily. Often said to be a son of Hermes, he was known for his good looks. There were different versions of the myth of Daphnis, but most told of how he lost his eyesight (or even his life) as a punishment for betraying his nymph lover. Daphnis invented pastoral poetry and spent the rest of his ...
27 sept. 2023 · Cybele (“Cybebe” in Lydian) was the great mother goddess of Phrygia, in Anatolia. A goddess of fertility, nature, healing, prophecy, and city protection, Cybele was worshipped throughout the ancient world, often in association with her consort Attis. Cybele was known in Greece from an early period and was often identified with other mother ...
19 sept. 2023 · Hermaphroditus (as the name suggests) was a hermaphroditic deity, half-male and half-female. In myth, he was said to have been born to the gods Hermes and Aphrodite; indeed, his name is a portmanteau of his parents’ names. According to the best-known origin myth, Hermaphroditus was originally a handsome young man from Anatolia.
13 avr. 2023 · Artemis was also involved in the death of Adonis, a mortal lover of Aphrodite. Aphrodite had been responsible for the death of Hippolytus, a virginal young man whom Artemis loved dearly. In revenge, Artemis plotted the death of Aphrodite’s darling Adonis (in most versions, by sending a wild boar to gore him).
11 sept. 2023 · Endymion was a handsome mortal of Greek mythology. In what seems to have been the earliest account, he was the son of Aethlius and Calyce and eventually became the king of Elis. However, other accounts made him a hunter or shepherd from Mount Latmus in the Anatolian region of Caria. The myth of Endymion took a few different forms, including one ...
30 juin 2023 · Orpheus, the “father of songs,” was a musician and hero of Greek mythology. He was the son of the Thracian mortal Oeagrus (or of the god Apollo) and one of the nine Muses. Orpheus was a larger-than-life musician: his songs had the ability to move animals, rocks, and trees, and Orpheus himself was regarded not only as a musical innovator but ...
