2023年8月8日 · Io, daughter of Inachus, was an Argive priestess of Hera who was turned into a cow as a consequence of her affair with Zeus. After various misadventures, she wound up in …

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2023年3月11日 · Argus was a monster whose numerous eyes and ability to survive without sleep earned him the moniker “Panoptes,” meaning “all-seeing.” Hera appointed him the guardian of …

2023年1月9日 · Dryads and Hamadryads were the most famous tree nymphs of ancient Greek mythology. Hamadryads in particular were closely connected with the trees in which they lived, …

2023年4月7日 · When the guard, Argus Panoptes, was killed at Zeus’ behest, Hera had Io pursued across the world by an unrelenting gadfly. In the end, Io reached Egypt, where she …

2023年4月11日 · Mythology Origins. The mythology of Apollo began with his remarkable birth from the union of Zeus and Leto (the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe). Leto became …

2023年9月19日 · Ino, daughter of Cadmus, was the wife of King Athamas of Boeotia. She was driven mad by Hera as a punishment for rearing Dionysus, the illegitimate son of Hera’s …

2023年9月11日 · According to some traditions, Iasus went on to father Io, another lover of Zeus. ↩; Hesiod, Aegimus frag. 294 Merkelbach-West. See also Apollodorus, Library 2.1.3, who …

2023年3月11日 · Further valuable information on the mythology and cult of the Nereids comes from works such as the Library, a mythological handbook attributed to Apollodorus or “Pseudo …

2023年4月17日 · One famous myth featured Hermes rescuing Zeus’ lover Io from the vengeful designs of Hera and the watchful gaze of Argus. Zeus had fallen for Io, a young, mortal …