Greek Creatures - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Greek mythology is full of fantastic and terrifying creatures, many of whom were born at the dawn of creation. The one-eyed Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires (“Hundred …
Greek Heroes – Mythopedia
2023年6月20日 · Hesiod, Works and Days 160. ↩; Hesiod, Works and Days 109–79.Cf. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.89–112. ↩; Cf. Gregory Nagy, The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the …
Hydra - Mythopedia
2023年5月21日 · The Hydra, also called the Lernean Hydra (because it lived near Lerna in Greece), was part of a brood of ancient mythical monsters. Its parents were the creatures …
Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
Greek Text Theogony. The Theogony, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is an early Greek epic. It describes in detail the beginnings of the cosmos, the origins and genealogies of the …
Greek Mythology - Mythopedia
Greek mythology is the body of work detailing the origins of the ancient Hellenic world and the many deities who ruled over it. It includes the histories of gods and goddesses, heroes and …
Greek Mortals - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Indeed, it can be hard to distinguish between “mortals” and “heroes” in Greek mythology: all Greek heroes, after all, were also mortal. In ancient mythical narratives, …
Gorgons – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · There are various references to other Gorgons in early Greek literature, or to other versions of the myth of the Gorgons. In fact, it seems likely that the Gorgons originally …
Ceto – Mythopedia
2023年9月4日 · Their children—collectively known as the “Phorcides” (after their father)—were some of the most dreaded monsters of Greek mythology. Among these offspring were the …
Minotaur - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · The Minotaur was a hybrid monster (half-bull, half-man) born of the unorthodox union between the queen of Crete and a beautiful bull. The Minotaur was hidden from the …
Typhoeus - Mythopedia
2023年3月25日 · Typhoeus (or Typhon) was an enormous monster, often imagined with multiple fire-breathing dragon heads. According to most traditions, Gaia bore him to be a challenger to …