Mythology

Metis

METIS, Zeus’ first wife, was one of the Oceanides or sea-nymphs. She was the personification of prudence and…

MNEMOSYNE, one of Zeus’ wives, was the daughter of Uranus and Gæa, was the goddess of Memory and…

Momus, the son of Nyx, was the god of raillery and ridicule, who delighted to criticise, with bitter…

Morpheus, the son of Hypnus, was the god of Dreams. He is always represented winged, and appears sometimes…

Daughters of Zeus | Κόρες του Δία Of all the Olympic deities, none occupy a more distinguished position…

The ancients believed that the duration of human existence and the destinies of mortals were regulated by three…

Nemesis, the daughter of Nyx, represents that power which adjusts the balance of human affairs, by awarding to…

Nereus appears to have been the personification of the sea in its calm and placid moods, and was,…

The Goddess of Victory Nike, the goddess of victory, was the daughter of the Titan Pallas, and of…

THE NYMPHS. The graceful beings called the Nymphs were the presiding deities of the woods, grottoes, streams, meadows,…

Nyx Νύξ (Nyx), the daughter of Chaos, being the personification of Night, was, according to the poetic ideas…

Oceanus was the son of Uranus and Gæa. He was the personification of the ever-flowing stream, which, according…