Tag: Mythology

Thaumas

The early Greeks, with their extraordinary power of personifying all and every attribute of Nature, gave a distinct personality to those…
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Themis

Themis Θέμις (Themis), was the goddess of Justice, Law, and Order. Themis, who has already been alluded to as the wife…
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Theseus

Theseus (Θησεύς) Aegeus, king of Athens, being twice married, and having no children, was so desirous of an heir to his…
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Theseus and the Minotaur

The Minotaur The Minotaur was a terrible monster with the body of a man, and the head of a bull, born…
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Triton

Triton and the Tritons. Triton was the only son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, but he possessed little influence, being altogether a…
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Tyche & Ananke

Tyche personified that peculiar combination of circumstances which we call luck or fortune, and was considered to be the source of…
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Uranus and Gea

The ancient Greeks had several different theories with regard to the origin of the world, but the generally accepted notion was…
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Winds

Aeolus Table of Contents According to the oldest accounts, Æolus was a king of the Æolian Islands, to whom Zeus gave…
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Zeus

Ruler of Heaven and Earth Zeus, (Jupiter, Ζεύς, Δίας) the great presiding deity of the universe, the ruler of heaven and…
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