Showing posts with label golden apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label golden apples. Show all posts

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).



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.



Thursday, January 4, 2024

Literature. Part hundred six.

                                                  Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren.

Bo Vilhelm Olsson or Bosse lives with people who dislike him.

Bosse gets the golden apple and finds the Genie. Then he finds himself in a magical land and finds out that his name is Mio, his father is the king of the country, and he is a prince.

Jum-Jum is Mio's friend. Also, his father gives the horse Miramis.

The characters met with evil knight Kato in this country.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Steal the apples of the Hesperides.

Eurystheus asked Heracles to bring the golden apples. These fruits were in the Garden of the Hesperides. The Hesperides were nymphs of evening. Also, they were seven sisters.

During the way Zeus's son met a lot of different mythology characters. One of them, King Busiris, in Egypt.

At the end when Heracles went to the Garden of the Hesperides, he took the golden apples. It was the eleventh labour of Heracles.