2023年9月4日 · Ceto is even more obscure in Roman literature, though Pliny the Elder (23/24–79 CE) did make a passing reference to an ancient Near Eastern cult of Ceto in his Natural History (5.14.69). Additional information on Ceto, including her role in works that are now lost, can be found in texts, reference works, and commentaries produced during the ...

2023年9月6日 · Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god. He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto. Among these terrifying children—sometimes collectively known as the “Phorcides”—were the Gorgons and the Graeae.

2023年3月8日 · In Hyginus, Fabulae pref.9, the Gorgons are the offspring of Ceto and Gorgon, rather than Ceto and Phorcys, and are thus the half-sisters of the Graeae. ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 333–35. ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 295–97 (though the reading of these lines is disputed). ↩; Only according to the scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica 4.1399 ...

2023年3月22日 · Echidna was a female serpent-monster of Greek mythology, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto. She was usually represented with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a serpent. Echidna mated with another monster, Typhoeus, and together they spawned a new generation of monsters, including Cerberus, the Chimera, the Hydra, and Orthus

2023年3月11日 · Medusa, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, was the most feared of the Gorgons. It was said that anyone who looked directly at her was immediately turned to stone. Medusa was often depicted as a terrifying winged female with snakes instead of hair.

2023年1月18日 · Hesiod, Theogony 270ff; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 798ff; Apollodorus, Library 2.4.2; in Hyginus, Fabulae pref.9, the Gorgons are the offspring of Ceto and Gorgon rather than Ceto and Phorcys (and thus the half-sisters of the Graeae). ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 333–35. ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 295–97 (though the reading of these lines is disputed ...

2023年3月8日 · His siblings were Phorcys, Thaumas, Eurybia, and Ceto. In an Orphic tradition, however, Nereus is one of the Titans , born to Gaia and Uranus (“Sky”) rather than Gaia and Pontus, [14] and there were also sources that made Nereus the father of Pontus [15] or even the brother of Zeus and Poseidon.

2022年11月29日 · Greek mythology is full of strange and often terrifying creatures, some born at the very beginning of the cosmos. Many of these creatures terrorized mortals until they were slain by brave gods or heroes.

2023年3月25日 · However, it is possible to interpret the passage differently, with the mother of the Sphinx being Echidna or even Ceto. ↩; Apollodorus, Library 3.5.8; Hyginus, preface to the Fabulae, 151. ↩; Scholia on Hesiod’s Theogony 326. ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 326ff. ↩; Hyginus, preface to the Fabulae, 151. ↩; Scholia on Hesiod’s Theogony 326. ↩

2023年9月4日 · Phineus was a king of Thrace, famous for his skill as a prophet. He was blinded, however, for angering the gods. Phineus is best remembered for his role in the myth of the Argonauts: he gave them life-saving counsel in exchange for their help in defeating the Harpies.