Tag: Mythology

Daedalus and Icarus

Daedalus Dædalus [Δαίδαλος], a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician. He was the first {212} to introduce…
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Danae

Danae was the mother of the renown hero Perseus. Her father was Acrisius, king of Argos. Perseus, one of the most…
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Dionysus (Bacchus)

Dionysus, also called Bacchus (from bacca, berry), was the god of wine, and the personification of the blessings of Nature in…
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Eros (Cupid)

Eros, the god of love, could stir desire into the hearts of anyone he pleased with a simple draw and release…
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Europa

The mortal consorts of Zeus In addition to the seven immortal wives of Zeus, he was also allied to a number…
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Eurynome

Eurynome was mother to the Charities (the Three Graces) with Zeus. She was daughter of the titan Oceanus. In the myths…
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Furies

The three Furies—Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto—were deities of vengeance. The Iliad depicts them as residing below Earth in the underworld where they punish…
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Ganemedes

This handsome youth was the prince of Troy, son of Tros (or Laomedon). Because of his unusual beauty, Zeus transformed himself…
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Ge

Earth goddess or Mother Goddess Deity worshiped mainly in Mainland Greece during prehistoric times (aprox. 14th – 11th c.)
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Gigantomachy

The Division of the World Zeus and his brothers, who, having gained a complete victory over their enemies, began to consider…
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Glaucus

Several deities in Greek mythology possessed the name Glaucus. He was a minor god of the sea endowed with the gift…
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Gorgons

The Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, were the three daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, and were the personification of those benumbing,…
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