2023年3月9日 · The Erinyes (“Furies”) were terrifying sisters who acted as goddesses of vengeance and retribution. From their grim home in the Underworld, the Erinyes punished …

2023年5月2日 · The title Eumenides (Greek Εὐμενίδες, translit. Eumenídes ) comes from a euphemistic name for the Erinyes, or “Furies”—Orestes’ tormentors in the play. Significantly, …

Greek Mortals. Human beings doomed to die who lived at the mercy of the gods. The mortals of Greek mythology included kings and queens, prophets, healers, warriors, and peasants. …

2022年11月29日 · Overview. Ancient Greek mythology contained a small pantheon of gods associated with death and the Underworld. Their ruler was Hades, elder brother of Zeus and …

2023年3月10日 · Mythology. Like many Titans, Phoebe seldom appeared in Greek texts. Her role in the Titanomachy and its aftermath, for example, is unsung and unknown. Hesiod’s …

Greek Titans. The generation of Greek gods who directly preceded the Olympians. The Titans were the first children of the primordial Greek deities Uranus and Gaia. Two of these Titans, …

2023年3月9日 · Tartarus continues to feature in modern adaptations of Greek mythology, including Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians novels and the TV series Hercules: …

2023年8月18日 · Clytemnestra was a Greek queen and one of the most famous murderers of Greek mythology. As a daughter of the Spartan king Tyndareus and his wife Leda , her …

2023年3月8日 · Gantz, Timothy. “Perseus and the Gorgons.” In Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, 304–7. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. …

2023年3月9日 · Dietrich, Bernard C. Death, Fate, and the Gods: The Development of a Religious Idea in Greek Popular Belief and in Homer. University of London Classical Studies 3. London: …