Showing posts with label goddesses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goddesses. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Io.

Io (Ἰώ) was a character in Greek myths and legends.

She was Zeus' lover. Then he turned Io into a cow.

Argus Panoptes guarded Io.

She met with other gods and goddesses.



Thursday, August 7, 2025

Argus Panoptes.

Argus (Argos) Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης) (Argus) was a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. Also, he was known as "All-seeing Argos".

Arestor (Ἀρέστωρ) was the father of Argus.

Some of his eyes were asleep and some were open, so Argus could be a guard.

He was the guardian of Io (Ἰώ). Hera asked Argus about this.

Argus was killed by Hermes. Then Hera placed his eyes on the peacock's tail.




Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Epione.

Epoione (Ἠπιόνη) (Ēpiónē) was a wife of Asclepius in Greek myths and legends. She was the goddess of the soothing of pain.

Machaon, Podalirius, Panacea, Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, and Aegle were their children.

There are different types of art that show Epione.



Saturday, May 10, 2025

Panacea.

Panacea (Πανάκεια) was a goddess of healing in Greek mythology. Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) (Aesculapius) was her father and Epione (Ἠπιόνη) (Ēpiónē) her mother.

Machaon (Μαχάων) (Macháōn) and Podalirius (Ποδαλείριος) were Panacea's brothers. Hygieia (Ὑγιεία) (Hygēa), Iaso (Ἰασώ), and Aceso (Ἀκεσώ) (Akesó) were her sisters.

Panacea had the ability to transform ordinary plants into medicines. She and her father Asclepius helped warriors during battles.

The word "panacea" figuratively means "a cure for all diseases".




Saturday, April 12, 2025

Naiad.

The naiads (Νηϊάδες) (Ναΐδες) (Ναϊάδες) (naïádes), also known as hydriads were nymphs of springs in Greek mythology. 

Zeus was their father.

Nereids (Νηρηΐδες) (Nērēḯdes) (Νηρηΐς) (Nērēḯs) and Oceanids (Ὠκεανίδες) (Ōkeanídes) (Ὠκεανίς) (Ōkeanís) were relatives of naiads.

They met with other gods and goddesses.

There are different paintings and sculptures about these creatures.




Sunday, March 23, 2025

Rhodos.

Rhodos (Ῥόδος) (Rhódos), or Rhode (Ῥόδη) (Rhódē) was a wife of Helios (Ἥλιος) (Helius) in Greek myths and legends. Goddess had her own symbol: rose.

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) (Posidon) and Aphrodite (Αφροδίτη) were her parents.

Helios and Rhodos had several children.

Triton (Τρίτων) (Trítōn) was her sibling.



Thursday, February 20, 2025

Terpsichore.

Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη) was one of the Muses (Μοῦσαι) (Moûsai) (Μούσες) (Múses) in Greek myths and legends. She was a goddess of dance and chorus in Ancient Greece. Her name means "of relating to dance.

Zeus and Mnemosyne (Μνημοσύνη) were Terpsichore's parents.

Lyre was her symbol.

Terpsichore had several siblings and consorts.

Linus (Λῖνος) (Linos), Biston (Βίστων), and Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) were her children.



Monday, January 20, 2025

Atalanta.

Atalanta (Ἀταλάντη) (Atalántē) was a heroine in Greek myths and legends. Her parents were Iasus (Ἴασος) and Clymene (Κλυμένη) (Kluménē).

Golden apple, bear, and lion were Atalalnta's symbols.

She was a good hunter. Also, Atalanta had the voyage with the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûtai).

Meleager (Μελέαγρος) (Meléagros) was her consort. They had a son named Parthenopaeus (Παρθενοπαῖος) (Parthenopaîos).



Saturday, January 11, 2025

Danaïdes.

Danaïdes (Δᾰνᾰΐδες), or Danaides and Danaids were daughters of Danaus (Δαναός) (Danaós), king of Argos (Άργος). They had different mothers.

Danaïdes killed their husbands. Only one of them didn't kill her husband.

In Tartarus killers carry a jug to fill a pithos without bottom.

There are arts about these characters.




Friday, December 6, 2024

Gordian Knot.

Gordian Knot (Γόρδιος δεσμός) (Nodus Gordianus) was a very difficult knot in Greek myths and legends.

Phrygia (Φρυγία) (Phrygía) was a kingdom without king. Simple man named Gordias (Γορδιάς, Γόρδιος) (Gordias, Gordius) became a king of Phrygia. He called the capital after himself: Gordion (Γόρδιον) (Górdion, Gordium). Also, Gordias created the knot.

Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot.

There is a metaphor that means solve difficult problem about the Gordian Knot.




Monday, November 18, 2024

Hesperides.

Hesperides (Ἑσπερίδες) were the nymphs of evening in Greek mythology.

There are different descriptions of these characters.

The eleventh labor of Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) (Hercules) was one of legends. The son of Zeus went to the Garden of the Hesperides and took the golden apples.



Sunday, November 3, 2024

Niobe.

Niobe (Νιόβη) (Nióbē) was a daughter of Tantalus (Τάνταλος) (Tántalos) and Dione (Διώνη) (Diṓnē).

She and her husband Amphion (Ἀμφίων) (Amphīōn) had many children.

Niobe met with other gods and goddesses.

There are many myths and legends about this character. Also, there are different arts about Niobe.






Sunday, October 20, 2024

Aeneas.

Aeneas (Αἰνείας) (Aineíās) was a hero in Greek myths and legends. His parents were Anchises (Ἀγχίσης) (Ankhísēs) and Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) (Aphrodítē).

Aeneas was an ancestor of Romulus and Remus.

He helped the Trojans during the war.

Aeneas was saved from Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς) (Achilleús).

Creusa (Κρέουσα) (Kreousa) was his wife. They had an offspring Ascanius (Ἀσκάνιος).



Monday, September 16, 2024

Cornucopia.

Cornucopia (Αμαλθείας κέρας) (cornu copiae), or horn of plenty was a symbol of Plutus (Πλοῦτος) (Ploûtos), god of wealth in Greek mythology.

It was a symbol of abundance and wealth. According to legend, the cornucopia was the horn of the goat Amalthea (Ἀμάλθεια) or Achelous (Ἀχελώϊος) (Ἀχελῷος) (Akhelôios), who turned into a bull.

Many gods and goddesses were represented with a cornucopia.

Also, this symbol represented on some coats of arms.


Thursday, September 5, 2024

Erinyes.

Erinyes (Ἐρινύες) (Ἐρινύς) were goddesses of revenge in Greek myths and legends. Uranus (Οὐρανός) and Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa) or Nyx (Νύξ) (Nýx) were their parents.

There were three Erinyes: Alecto (Ἀληκτώ) (Alēktṓ), Megaera (Μέγαιρα) (Mégaira), and Tisiphone (Τισιφόνη) (Tisiphónē).

These goddesses persecuted Orestes (Ὀρέστης) (Orestēs) after he killed his mother Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) (Klytaimnḗstrā).





Friday, August 9, 2024

Cecrops I.

Cecrops (Κέκροψ) (Kekrops) (Κέκροπος) (Kékropos) was a king of Attica in Greek myths and legends. His parents were Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa) or Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος) (Hḗphaistos).

Aglaurus (Ἄγλαυρος) was wife of Cecrops I. They had several offspring: Erysichthon (Ἐρυσίχθων), Aglaurus, Pandrosos (Πάνδροσος), and Herse (Ἕρση).

Cecrops I did various things during his reign. Also, in this time was a dispute between Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) and Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) (Ἀθηναία) (Παλλὰς Ἀθηνᾶ). The capital was called Athena after the goddess.





Saturday, July 6, 2024

Ixion.

Ixion (Ἰξίων) (Ἰξίονος) was a king of the Lapiths (Λαπίθαι) (Λαπίθης) (Lapithai) in Greek myths and legends. His parents were Phlegyas (Φλεγύας) and Perimele (Περιμήλη). Also, Ixion was the ancestor of the centaurs (Κένταυρος) (kéntauros) (centaurus).

Dia (Δία) was his wife. They had children.

Ixion was dishonest. But Zeus granted him purification.

Ixion was in love with Hera (Ἥρα) (Hḗrā) (Ἥρη) (Hḗrē). But instead of her gods and goddesses gave him Nephela (Νεφέλη). 

Then Ixion told people about his relationship with the wife of Zeus.

At the end Ixion was tied to a spinning wheel and sent to the underworld (Tartarus).

There are many pieces of art about this story.




Sunday, June 23, 2024

Hypsilyle.

Hypsilyle (Ὑψιπύλη) (Hypsipýlē) was a queen of island Lemnos in Greek mythology. Her father was king Thoas (Θόας). Dionysus (Διόνυσος) (Dionysos) and Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) (Ariadne) were Hypsilyle's grandparents.

She saved her father.

Jason (Ἰάσων) (Iásōn), the leader of the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûta) was Hypsipyle's husband. They had twin sons: Euneus (Εὔνηος) and Thoas (Θόας).

Also, Hypsilyle was a nurse of Opheltes (Ὀφέλτης).



Sunday, May 19, 2024

Hebe.

Hebe (Ἥβη) was a goddess of youth, prime of life, and old age in Ancient Greece. Her parents were Zeus and Hera (Ἥρα) (Hḗrē).

Ares (Ἄρης) (Árēs), Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος,) (Hḗphaistos), and Eileithyia (Ἐλευθώ) (Eleuthō) were Hebe's siblings.

Her symbols were: wine-cup, eagle, and wings.

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) (Hercules) was Hebe's consort. They had two children named Anicetus (Ἀνίκητος) (Aníkētos) and Alexiares (Ἀλεξιάρης) (Alexiárēs).

Hebe was Aphrodite's (Ἀφροδίτη) assistant. She accompanied the goddess.

Also, Hebe gave youth to Iolaus (Ἰόλαος) (Iólaos).




Sunday, April 21, 2024

Ceto.

Ceto (Κητώ) (Kētṓ) means 'sea monster'. She was a sea goddess in Greek myths and legends. Ceto's parents were Pontus (Πόντος) (Póntos) and Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa).

Phorcys (Φόρκυς) (Phórkos) was her consort. They had children: the Gorgons (Γοργώνες) (Gorgones), the Graeae (Γραῖαι) (graîa), Echidna (Ἔχιδνα) (Ékhidna), and Ladon (Λάδωνος) (Ladonos). The Nemean lion (Νεμέος λέων) (Leo Nemeaeus) and the Sphinx (σφίγξ) (phíx) were Ceto's children, too.

Also, Ceto had several siblings.