
Ceto – Mythopedia
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 …
Phorcys - Mythopedia
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 …
Gorgons – Mythopedia
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, …
Medusa - Mythopedia
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 …
Echidna - Mythopedia
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 …
Graeae - Mythopedia
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 …
Nereus – Mythopedia
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 …
Cerberus – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Cerberus, the terror-inspiring offspring of the primordial monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was the guard dog of the Greek Underworld. In most literary and artistic …
Harpies – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · Etymology. In antiquity, the term “Harpy” (Greek ἅρπυια, translit. hárpyia; pl. “Harpies,” Greek ἅρπυιαι, translit.
Sphinx – Mythopedia
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 …