Megaera. Megaira is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on . The name is from the root κλέω/κλείω, meaning "recount" or "make.
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- Astrology Alphabet: ERINYES (Furies), asteroid #889. Hieroglyphics character sign (single symbol).
- Forensic Astrology - CASE BRIEFINGS only - # 2
- Insects described in 1841
Any placements of the asteroids such as Chiron in signs and astrological houses, and any aspects involving them in the natal chart. In addition, as the 12th house is connected with our fears, Chiron tends to induce phobias that sometimes are difficult to get rid of. The twelfth house is the ocean of our dreams, the deepest layers of our consciousness. It is there where our traumas and fears hide, and also our secret enemies. The house is ruled by Neptune and Pisces. That is why there also lay our inspiration and our chord that connects us with the collective subconscious.
From here we can download information…. Chiron in the eleventh house can also signify an early disappointment in childhood concerning group activities, as the native may have felt rejected by children communities. In case that the asteroid is negatively aspected, especially by Mars, Saturn or Pluto, the native may have experienced quite a lot of suffering. On the other hand, a well-aspected Chiron indicates abilities to heal other….
Natal Chiron in the 10th house of a natal chart indicates some emotional wounds connected with how the native perceives his reputation, and how he feels in front of the eyes of others. Aegeus had Meta as his first wife, then later on married Chalciope. He was considered to be sterile, which was due to the anger of Aphrodite. He sought advice from the Delphic oracle and was given the advice not to open a wine bottle until he reached the highest point of Athens. Aegeus sought assistance from Pittheus the King of Troezen, who understood the oracle's advice and made Aegeus drunk then left him with his daughter Aethra.
When Aegeus left he told Aethra not to tell the child who his father is if she became pregnant. He left his sword and sandals under a rock and told Aethra when the child was big enough to move the rock he would discover who is father is, the child is Theseus. Medea promised Aegeus that his sterility would end if he married her. After they had married Medea had a son with Aegeus called Medus. Theseus arrived in time to help Aegeus fight and defeat the sons of Pallas who tried to dethrone Aegeus. Aegeus was responsible for the death of Androgeos and as a consequence Minos invaded Attica, which led to Theseus' expedition against the Minotaur.
Theseus said the sails of his ship would be changed from black to white if he was victorious. Although Theseus was victorious he forgot to change the sails on his ship. Aegeus thought his son was dead and threw himself into the sea, hence the name Aegean Sea. The daughter of Adrastus, wife of Diomedes.
When Diomedes left to fight against Thebes and Troy, Aegialea was faithful to him for a long time but after a while her loyalty waned. She gained revenge by forcing Aegialea to be unfaithful. Nauplius made false claims that the husbands that were sent to fight at Troy would bring back concubines who would replace their wives. He made these claims in revenge for the stoning of his son Palamedes. When Aegialea's husband Diomedes returned he had to escape from traps that had been set by Aegialea and fled to Hesperia.
When the Dorians were driven out by the Lapiths, Aegimius asked Hercules for his assistance which ensured victory. Aegimius adopted Hercules's son Hyllus and gave him a share of the country that was divided equally between Hyllus and Aegimius' sons Dymas and Pamphylus. Daughter of the river god Asopus. Mother of Aeacus who was fathered by Zeus and mother of Menoetius who was fathered by Actor. She was abducted by Zeus and taken to an island near Attica.
Her father searched for her and discovered what happened from Sisyphus. Asopus gave Sisyphus the Spring of Pirene as a reward for his assistance, but Sisyphus paid for his treachery in the Underworld. When Asopus returned Zeus struck him with lightning and Asopus found lumps of coal in the river bed. Zeus took Aegina to the island of Oenone and their son Aeacus was born; the island was re-named Aegina.
She later travelled to Thessaly where she married Actor and gave birth to Menoetius. The son of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia. Thyestes' sons were killed by his brother Atreus and Thyestes was also banished by Atreus. An oracle told Thyestes that he would have someone who would avenge what happened to him if he fathered a son with his daughter Pelopia. Thyestes raped Pelopia during the night; she managed to steal his sword and Thyestes disappeared after he raped her. Atreus married Pelopia without knowing she was Thyestes' daughter. After the marriage Pelopia gave birth to Aegisthus, the son she had conceived with her father, shortly after the birth she abandoned Aegisthus.
Atreus discovered Aegisthus when he saw him with the shepherds who had looked after him and fed him goats milk. When Aegisthus became a young man Atreus sent him to Delphi to capture Thyestes, bring him back and kill him. Aegisthus was wearing the sword Pelopia had stolen from Thyestes. When Thyestes had discovered what happened to his sword he begged Pelopia to tell Aegisthus he was his father and Pelopia was his mother; Pelopia then stabbed herself with the sword.
Aegisthus pulled out the sword, searched for Atreus and killed him. Aegisthus and his father Thyestes then jointly ruled at Mycenae. On Agamemnon's return a feast was prepared for him, but during the feast Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon. Aegisthus ruled for seven years after Agamemnon's death until Aegisthus was killed by Agamemnon's son Orestes. Aegyptus conquered the land of Melampodes and renamed it Egypt.
Melampodes is an ancient Greek word when translated means black feet. Aegyptus had fifty sons and his brother Danaus had fifty daughters. After Danaus quarreled with Aegyptus he travelled to Argos; all fifty of Aegyptus' sons went to Argos to ask permission from Danaus to marry his daughters. Danaus gave his consent for the marriages, but he told his daughters to kill Aegyptus's sons. All of the sons were killed, except for Lynceus who was spared by Danaus's daughter Hypermestra. To avoid fighting his brother Danaus fled to Aroe.
He was brought up in the mountains until he was five, then his father took him to the city where he was educated and cared for by his brother in law Alcathus. When Aeneas was older he was considered to be one of the bravest Trojans. Aeneas was also injured by Diomedes; Aphrodite was also injured when she tried to save Aeneas. Apollo hid Aeneas in a cloud and took him away from the battlefield.
Aeneas returned to kill Crethon and Orsilochus, attack the Achaean camp, confront Idomeneus, kill some Greek fighters and assist Hector when he forced the Achaeans to flee. Aeneas was among those who fought around Patroclus' body and fought with Achilles. Poseidon saved Aeneas by creating a mist to rise and carry Aeneas behind his own battle lines. After Hector died Aeneas took on his role to defend the city after the fall of Troy. When Laocoon died Aeneas knew the city he tried to protect could no longer be defended, so he escaped with Anchises, Creusa and his son Ascanius.
They fled to Mount Ida with the other surviving Trojans and created a new city over which Aenea reigned. The son of Hellen and Orseis. The descendants of Aeolus are known as the Aeolians. He was the king of Magnesia in Thessaly. He also had a daughter Melanippe with Hellen. The grandson of Aeolus, his mother is Arne or Melanippe, his father is Poseidon and he is a twin; his twin brother is Boeotus. When Aeolus and Boeotus were born their grandfather Aeolus blinded and imprisoned Melanippe, he had the twins taken away from their mother and abandoned in a field.
A cow fed the twins milk until some shepherds took them in. King Metapontus was unable to have a child with his wife Theano and he threatened to divorce her. She asked the shepherds to give the twins to her so she could pretend they were her own children in order to avoid the possibility of divorce. Theano convinced Metapontus they were their children, but she later gave birth to twins and she decided to get rid of Aeolus and Boeotus.
She told her sons about how she found Aeolus and Boeotus instead of giving birth to them, with the intention her sons would get rid of them. When all of the twins fought Poseidon intervened to help Aeolus and Boeotus kill Theano's sons. Poseidon then told them he was their father and told them who their mother was and that she was kept as a prisoner by her father.
Aeolus and Boeotus rescued their mother and Poseidon restored her sight. Melanippe, Aeolus and Boeotus then travelled to Metapontum where they told king Metapontus what Theano had done. The great grandson of Cresphontes and Aepytus after whom he was named. Son of Merope. His father and brothers were killed during a riot which was led by Polyphontes; but Aepytus managed to escape and find refuge with his grandfather Cypselus.
When Aepytus had grown into a man he had to return to the location where the riot had taken place to find his mother Merope who had been forcibly married to Polyphontes. With help from the sons of Aristodemus and Isthmius, Aepytus freed his mother and reigned over the country. The reputation Aepytus had for virtue and wisdom led to his descendants changing how they were referred to as the Heraclids to the Aepytidae.
Aepytus was an Arcadian who forced his entry into the temple of Posiedon at Mantinea, where Posiedon blinded Aepytus and killed him. The daughter of Catreus. An oracle told Catreus that one of his children would kill him, so he gave Aerope and her sister Clymene to Nauplius who took them to Argos. Aerope married Atreus and gave birth to Agamemnon and Menelaus. Her brother in law Thyestes seduced her and that created a feud between Atreus and Thyestes.
Atreus kept his throne and punished Aerope by throwing her into the sea. Catreus Gave Aerope to Nauplius and told him to drown her because she had been seduced by a slave. Aerope married Pleisthenes the king of Argos. After Pleisthenes died Aerope married Atreus, the son of Pleisthenes. The son of Priam and Arisbe, grandson of Merops. Aesacus inherited the ability to interpret dreams from Merops. When Aeacus's wife died from a snake bite he threw himself in the sea.
To free Aesacus from his grief Thetis turned Aesacus into a bird. Greek physician, god of the healing arts. Son of Apollo and Coronis. He had the ability to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life. Zeus was unhappy about Aesculapius' ability to bring the dead back into the realm of the living because he didn't want mortals to learn of this ability and become immortal, so Zeus killed Aesculapius with a thunderbolt. There was a temple dedicated to Aesculapius in Epidaurus in Greece.
Those who visited the temple would sleep there in the hope that they would learn how to heal themselves through the messages they would receive in their dreams. Aeson was the half-brother of Pelias and the father of Jason. When Jason was away Pelias forced Aeson to commit suicide by drinking poisoned bull's blood. He was an archer who was included in the Argonauts' expedition.
He inherited his excellent memory from his father Hermes. Aethalides had the ability to retain his memory after his death; he didn't stay deceased though, he returned to the realm of the living for short amounts of time. Daughter of Pittheus the king of Troezen. The mother of Theseus. Aethra was to marry Bellerophon, but when Aegeus arrived at Troezen Pittheus arranged for Aegeus to meet Aethra with the potential of them marrying each other.
Aegeus seduced Aethra and as a result Theseus was born. The day before Aegeus was to arrive Athena sent Aethra a message in a dream to travel to the neighboring island and offer a sacrifice to Sphaerus. She did so, but when she was at the island she was raped by Poseidon; on the same night she was seduced by Aegeus; her son Theseus was conceived on that night. When Aegeus returned to Athens, Aethra stayed at Troezen to look after Theseus, who at a later time became the king of Athens. Theseus asked his mother to take care of Helen, whom he had abducted.
Helen's brothers, the Dioscuri rescured her and took Aethra as their prisoner. Aethra was Helen's slave until Aethra's grandsons Demophon and Acamas recognised her and gave her back her freedom. Otherwise known as Etna. The daughter of Uranus and Gaia or the daughter or Uranus and Briareus. When Hephaestus and Demeter were in conflict over who should own Sicily, Aetna decided to be an arbitrator in an effort to calm down the dispute. When Endymion had to decide which of his sons would become king he made them run a race at Olympia; the winner gained the throne.
Epeius won the race but Aetolus inherited the throne when Epeius died. Aetolus accidentally killed Apis when Aetolus was riding his chariot. After the unfortunate event Aetolus went into exile and was welcomed at the River Achelous by Dorus, Laodocus and Polypoetes. Aetolus killed them and seized the throne, threw out the Curetes and called the land Aetolia. He married Pronoe and they had two children called Pleuron and Calydon. Agamedes was an architect. He had a son called by Epicaste who was called Cercyon and had a stepson called Trophonius.
Cercyon and Trophonius were also architects. He was said to have designed the marriage chamber of Alcmen at Thebes, the temples of Apollo at Delphi and or Poseidon at Mantinea. Agamedes and Trophonius also designed the treasury for King Hyrieus which had a stone that could be easily removed that enabled them to steal the king's treasures. King Hyrieus had Daedalus arrange a trap that caught Agamedes; Trophonius cut Agamedes' head off so he would not tell of Trophonius' involvement.
The earth swallowed up Trophonius near Lebadeia. In Lebadeia there was a monument stone that bore Agamede's name and there was also the oracle of Trophonius. Agamedes, Cercyon and Trophonius tried to steal some of King Augia's treasures. When Agamedes and Trophonius built the temple to Apollo they were promised by Apollo that he would pay them at the end of the week. Apollo also told them to spend some time to enjoy themselves. On the eighth day Agamedes and Trophonius died peacefully, which Apollo saw as a form of payment. This is because Apollo thought that an enjoyable life with a peaceful death would be the best payment they could receive.
He married Clytemnestra after he killed her husband Tantalus. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra had three daughters called Chrysothemis, Laodice and Iphianassa; they also had a son called Orestes. In another variation the three daughters are Iphigenia, Mycenae and Electra. When there were a large number of potential suitors for Helen, her father Tyndareus told them on oath to respect who she chose as a suitor and to protect her suitor if he was attacked. Paris abducted Helen and in repsonse Menelaus asked Agamemnon for his assistance.
Agamemnon reminded the suitors of their obligations to Helen. They formed an army, which later went on to attack Troy. Agamemnon as a result was chosen as the commander. Agamemnon had promised Artemis that he would sacrifice the best produce of the year to her in the year Iphigenia was born to honour the goddess. He didn't fulfil his promise, so Artemis demanded that he sacrifice Iphigenia which he agreed to do to avoid Artemis' anger. Agamemnon refused to negotiate the release of Chryseis and demanded that Achilles should release Briseis.
Achilles was angry but refused to fight, but Agamemnon fought, although he was wounded and had to retreat. To avoid defeat Agamemnon restored Briseis to Achilles, gave him one of his daughters and gave him gifts. When Agamemnon returned home from fighting a battle his wife's lover, Aegisthus invited him to a feast where Aegisthus with the assistance of twenty men killed him. Agapenor took part in the Trojan expedition. When he returned his ship was wrecked and he found himself at Cyprus.
Whilst he was there he founded Paphos and built a temple in honour of Aphrodite. When Agapenor lived at Tegea, Agenor and Pronous who were Alcmaeon's sons killed Agapenor in revenge for their father's death. The daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, wife of Echion with whom she had a son called Pentheus. Sister of Ino and Semele. When Agave's sister Semele was killed by a thunderbolt when she asked here lover Zeus how strong he could be, Agave made the accusation that Zeus killed her because she had seduced a mortal and conceived his child.
Semele's son, Dionysus punished Agave for her false accusation. When Dionysus returned to Thebes, where Agave's son Pentheus ruled, he told all of the women to gather on Mount Cithaeron for a ritual. Pentheus secretly followed the women to see what the ritual involved; this is where his mother Agave under the influence of the ritual mistook her son for a wild beast and killed him.
When she had realized what she had done she fled to Illyria, where she later married King Lycotherses who ruled over Illyria. She killed the king so her father Cadmus could rule over Illyria. Known as "the brilliant shining one". The youngest of the three graces. When he was defeated by Odysseus in the contest for the armour or Achilles, he became insane with anger and killed himself. Prince of the Locrians. He drowned after the fall of Troy due to his defiance to Poseidon. Whilst her husband was away from home, fighting a battle, Zeus visited her in disguise as Amphitryon and seduced her.
As a result she later gave birth to Hercules. Deity of the river of the same name. He chased the Nereid Arethusa and in distress she begged Artemis to save her. Artemis changed her into a fountain in Sicily. It was believed that the water from the river Alpheus flowed underground to meet the waters of Arethusa. Amaltheia is the goat that suckled Zeus when he was an infant.
When one of Amaltheia's horns broke off Zeus gave it the power to be filled with whatever its owner desired; it became the horn of plenty, Cornucopia. In another myth Amaltheia is a nymph who fed goat's milk to Zeus when he was an infant using a goat's horn, which later became the Cornucopia.
A race of warrior women who were ruled by a queen. They had their right breasts removed so it was easier for them to use a bow. At about BC during the expansion of the empire ruled by a group of nobles from Thebes, after each victory the Egyptians praised Amen and regarded him to be above all gods. He was named Amen-Ra as they thought he was as important as the god Ra. One of the names for the afterworld in ancient Egypt.
One of the Nerieds, wife of Poseidon and mother or Triton. Poseidon chased her and she tried to hide from him but she was found by a dolphin that carried her on its back to Poseidon. When Amphion and Zethus became adults they marched against Thebes and conquered it. They took revenge on Lycus the king and his wife Dirce, who had mistreated their mother Antiope. Hermes gave Amphion a golden lyre and taught him how to play music.
Due to his handsome appearance he attracted the attention of Aphrodite. She had a son with him called Aeneas. After Anchises had boasted of seducing Aphrodite he was struck by lightning which made him blind. When Troy had been destroyed Aenea carried his blind elderly father Anchises to safety away from the city. Wife of hector the prince of Troy, mother of Astyanax otherwise known as Scamandrius who was thrown from the walls of Troy after its capture. Andromache was given as a slave to Neoptolemus the son of Achilles.
Daughter of Cepheus king of Ethiopia and queen Cassiopeia. Wife of Perseus. Cassiopeia boasted of her beauty to the Nereids. The Nereids then asked Poseidon to send a sea monster to destroy the country. The Oracle of Ammon said the land could be saved if Andromeda was sacrified to the sea monster. Cepheus chained Andromeda to the rocks in the sea so she could be sacrificed, but she was rescued by Perseus who killed the monster before it could kill her.
Perseus later married Andromeda. A pair of ancient Sumero-Babylonian dieties who preceeded Tiamat and Apsu. Anshar was the "sky king" and Kishar was the "earth king". He could not be injured or killed as long as he was in contact with Gaia. Hercules managed to kill Anteros by throwing him in the air and crushing him. Daughter of Ares and Penthesilea the queen of the Amazons.
Sister or Hippolyte. Ancient Egyptian god associated the afterworld, embalming and funerary rites. Anubis supervised the judgement of the deceased where the heart was weighed against the feather of truth. He is represented as a jackal or a man with the head of a jackal. During the journey in his boat from east to west in the 12 daylight hours Ra managed to avoid Apep.
She was born from the castration of Ouranos by Kronos. The severed genitals were thrown into the sea, Aphrodite arose from the sea foam and was taken to Cyprus. Son of Zeus and Leto. Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were born on the island Delos where Leto had fled to escape from Hera the wife of Zeus.
He was the god of prophecy, patron of poetry and music, leader of the Muses, patron of medicine and the healing arts. A Sumero-Akkadian god of the primordial abyss of sweet waters under the earth, he is the consort of Tiamat the primordial abyss of salt waters of chaos. Greek god of war, son of Zeus and Hera.
He was said to have inherited his mother's temper. He is attended by his sister Eris strife , his sons Deimos and Phobos fear and fright and Enyo a war goddess. Beloved by the river god Alpheus, she begged Artemis to save her from him, so she was transformed into a fountain. The hundred eyed giant sent by Hera to guard Io after Io had been turned into a heifer.
Zeus sent Hermes to kill Argus. After Argus had been killed Hera took all of his eyes and placed them on the tail of a peacock.
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The daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, the king and queen of Crete. When Theseus arrived at Knossos as one of the seven youths with seven maidens who were to be given to the Minotaur, Ariadne fell in love with him and gave him a ball of thread to find his way back out of the labyrinth. After Theseus killed the Minotaur he escaped from the labyrinth with the youths and maiden; he also took Ariadne with him. He soon lost interest in Ariadne and left her on the island of Naxos. She was found by the god Dionysus and he made her his wife. Greek goddess associated with birth and fertility, a goddess of war, the great mother.
She lived during the golden age when the gods lived with men. When evil behaviour among mortals increased the gods decided to separate from those who were mortal. Astraea was the last to leave and live among the stars. Also known as Scamandrius. The infant son of Hector and Andromache of Troy. When Troy was captured Astyanax was thrown from the walls of Troy and killed, so there would not be a heir to the throne of Troy. She was taken from birth and abandoned by her mortal father. A she bear, that was one of the animals of Artemis, suckled Atalanta.
She grew up to become an athlete and huntress. Artemis eliminated some of her potential suitors by conquering them in a race where if they won she would give herself to them, but if they lost she would kill them. Atalanta was conquered in a challenge by Hippomenes who decided to marry her. He won the challenge because Aphrodite gave him three golden apples and each time he dropped on Atalanta stopped to pick it up.
After she entrapped Zeus he threw her from Olympus and left her to wander over the Earth to torment men. Hera told him to marry Nephele, which he agreed to do. With Nephele he became the father of Phrixus and Helle. Athamas was in love with Ino the daughter of Cadmus the king of Thebes. With Ino he fathered Learchus and Melicertes. When Hera and Nephele discovered his involvement with Ino he suffered their wrath and driven with madness killed his son Learchus. Ino threw herself with Melicertes into the sea, where Ino was transformed into the marine diety Leucothea and Melicertes was transformed into the marine diety Palameon.
After the Titans were defeated in their battle against the Olympians, Atlas was condemned to carry the heavens upon his shoulders. One of the three Fates. She cuts off the tread of human life with her shears. The thread of human life is spun by Clotho and it's measured by Lachesis. He was loved by Cybele, but when he fell in love with a mortal Cybele decided to make him go insane.
Due to his insanity he castrated himself and violets grew from his blood as he died. Three days later Cybele resurrected his body. Daughter of Cadmus, mother of Actaeon, sister or Ino and Agave. When she and her sisters Ino and Agave were in a Bacchic rage they tore Agave's son Pentheus to pieces.
Female devotees to the god Bacchus, also known as Bacchantes or maenads. Also known as Bastet, an ancient Egyptian goddess represented as a cat or a woman with the head of a cat. When he was a guest of King Proetus of Argos, the king's wife Antea tried to seduce Bellerophon but he resisted her advances. She became furious an accused Bellerophon of attempting to seduce her. Proetus sent him to Iobates the king of Lycia with a message to put Bellerophon to death, so Iobates sent him to fight the Chimaera.
Athena helped Bellerophon to catch the winged horse Pegasus, which helped Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera. After the killing, Bellerophon tried to reach the heavens on the back of Pegasus, but he fell off and landed back on earth. Pegasus kept flying to the heavens where he was placed among the stars. Ancient Egyptian dwarf god. A god of pleasure, music and childbirth. In mythology he is credited with inventing the plow which was attached to oxen.
Demeter placed him with his plow among the stars. She was a captive given to Achilles as one of the spoils of war. Agamemnon took her from him as compensation for the loss of his captive Chryseis who had to be returned to her father. This was the cause of the feud between Achilles and Agamemnon. Ancient Cretan fertility goddess associated with the sea.
When Hercules was taking care of the cattle that belonged to Geryon, Cacus stole some of the cattle whilst Hercules was sleeping. Cacus dragged the cattle by their tails to his cave so their tracks in the ground would be facing away from the entrance of the cave. However, the cattle were so noisy that Hercules awoke and found out where they were located.
He killed Cacus and retrieved the cattle. Son of Agenor and Telephassa or Agenor and Argiope. Brother of Cilix, Phoenix and Europa. Married Harmonia. After Europa was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull, Agenor sent Telephassa and Cadmus to search for her. Agenor told them not to return until they found her. Telephassa and Cadmus couldn't find Europa, so they travelled to Thrace. When Telephassa died, Cadmus consulted the Delphic oracle which told him to follow a certain cow to a spot where it would collapse; on that spot he should create a new city.
Cadmus left and as he was crossing Phocis he saw a cow that belonged to Pelagon which led him to the spot and collapsed where Cadmus was to create Thebes. He saw the oracle had been fulfilled and he wanted to offer a sacrifice to Athena.
So he sent some of his companions to fetch some water for the sacrifice from the Spring of Ares which was guarded by a dragon. The dragon killed most of the companions before Cadmus could kill the dragon. Athena arrived and told Cadmus to remove half of the dragon's teeth and plant them into the ground; she later gave the other half of the dragon's teeth to Aeetes. Armed men grew from the teeth and became known as the Spartoi.
The threatened Cadmus, so he reacted by throwing stones at them.
Astrology Alphabet: ERINYES (Furies), asteroid #889. Hieroglyphics character sign (single symbol).
The Spartoi were didn't know who threw the stones and reacted by attacking each other. Most of them were killed and only five survived; they were Echion, Oudaeus, Chthonius, Hyperenor and Pelorus. Cadmus let them enter the town to help him build the Cadmeia, the citadel of Thebes. To pay back the debt to Ares for killling his dragon, Cadmus was Ares' slave for eight years. When the eight years ended Cadmus was made king of Thebes. The gods and Muses attended the wedding and gave a robe woven by the Charities and a golden necklace created by Hephaestus to Harmonia.
Cadmus and Harmonia much later on had to leave Thebes and give the throne to their grandson Pentheus. They lived with the Encheleans who were promised victory in battle by an oracle if Cadmus and Harmonia would lead them. After they won the battle Cadmus ruled over the Illyrians and had another son called Illyrius. At a later time Cadmus and Harmonia were turned into serpents and reached the Elysian Fields.
After Odysseus's ship was wrecked on the island, he spent eight years with Calypso. She tried to persuade him to stay for longer with the promise of immortality and eternal youth, but he was homesick and wanted to return to his home.
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Zeus told Calypso to release Odysseus, which she did reluctantly. Daughter of Priam the king of Troy and his wife and queen Hecuba. Apollo loved her and gave her the gift of prophecy on the condition that she gave herself to him. After she had received her gift of prophecy she didn't keep her side of the deal. Apollo was unable to take back the gift he gave her, but also added the condition that no one would believe her prophecies. When Troy was captured she was taken by Anthea and violated by Ajax. During the reaping of the spoils of the Trojan war seh was taken by Agamemnon who took her with him to Mycenae, where she was killed by Clytemnestra.
The wife of Cepheus the king of Ethiopia, mother of Andromeda. After she boasted of being more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sent a sea monster to destroy the country which according to an oracle could only be saved if Andromeda was sacrificed to the sea monster. Just before Andromeda was about to be killed by the sea monster she was saved by Perseus. The twin brother of Pollux. Whilst he was king, Poseidon and Athena competed against each other for the lordship of Attica.
The king of Ethiopia, married to Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda, son of Belus. It's described as having fifty, one hundred, or more commonly three heads. It has also been described as having a tail in the form of a serpent. Daughter of Oeanus and Gaia. Sometimes she is referred to as the mother of Phorcydes. Corn goddess who was worshipped in a temple on the Aventine. Games and a spring festival called the Ceriala were held in honour of her.
Greek underworld diety and the son of Erebus who ferries the dead in his boat across the river Styx to Hades. Son of Cronus and the Oceanid Philyra. Cronus in the form of a stallion seduced Philyra whom he tranformed her into the form of a mare, and Chiron was conceived. He was considered to the the wisest of all the centaurs.
Chiron was known for his kindness towards humans.
Chiron showed Peleus to coerce Thetis into marriage by preventing her from assuming another form. After Achilles had his heel burned as a result of his mother's efforts to burn away the mortal elements of him that would reveal that Peleus was Achilles' father; Peleus managed to save Achilles at the last moment. The bone in Achilles' heel was badly damaged, so Peleus took Achilles to be healed by Chiron.
When Chiron saw the injury he removed the damaged bone and replaced it with a bone from a giant. Apollo and Artemis taught Chiron music, medicene, how to hunt and the ability to use prophecy. When Chiron was hunting with other Centaurs he was accidentally hit by one of Hercules' poisoned arrows.
The pain was so severe that Chiron gave up his immortality to Prometheus. When he died Zeus placed him in the sky among the stars. Daughter of Chryses the priest of Apollo in a town near Troy. She was captured by the Achaeans an taken as one of the spoils of the Trojan war by Agamemnon. Chryses went to the Achaean camp to ransom his daughter, but it was refused. In response, Apollo sent a plague to the camp which would only cease when Chryseis was returned to her father. Daughter of Helios and Perseis.
Mother of Telegronus who was conceived when Odysseus stayed of a year on Circe's island. She had a magic cup which she would encourage the men who visited her island to drink from; the contents of the cup would turn the men into swine. When Odysseus and his companions arrived on her island she persuaded the men to drink from the magic cup. All the men except Odysseus turned into swine; Odysseus was protected by the herb moly which protected him from the effect of the contents of the cup.
After the event he stayed with Circe and became the father of her child Telegronus. One of the three fates. She was a spinner who spun the thread of human life. Clymene and Iapetus are the mother and father of Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. Daughter or Tyndareus and Leda or Zeus and Leda. Sister of Castor and Pollux, and Helen. Wife of Agammemnon with whom she conceived Iphigenia and Electra. Originally a god who protected grain that was in storage. Thessalian princess.
Mother of Aesculapius; Apollo is Aesculapius' father. She was killed by Artemis for being unfaithful to Apollo. When Coronis was on the funeral pyre, Apollo rescued the unborn Aesculapius from the fire. Fertility goddess known ad Magna Mater "the great mother". With the intention of escaping from Crete with his son Icarus, Deadalus made wings for them so they could fly away. Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax that held the wings together melted and Icarus fell into the sea. Acrisius confined her to a tower to prevent the conception of a grandson. Twin brother of Aegyptus, son of Belus, father of fifty daughters who were forced by Aegyptus to marry his fifty sons.
When she was chased by Apollo she prayed that he would never own her. Daphne was transformed into a laurel which became Apollo's favourite tree. She unwittingly gave Heracles the poisoned shirt that belonged to the Centaur Nessus, which caused her husband's death. Her grief was so great that she killed herself.
Greek earth goddess. The goddess of the fertile soil and of the fruits of the earth, especially the grains. When Persephone was taken by Hades to the underworld, Demeter searched the earth for her. During this time the crops didn't grow. Zeus sent Hermes to the underworld to order Hades to return Persephone to her mother so the earth would again become fertile. But Hades had given Persephone a pomegranate to eat which was enough to bind her to the underworld for ever.
Zeus intervened and allowed Persephone to spend part of the year with her mother, but she had to spend the rest of the year in the underworld with Hades. Son of Prometheus and Clymene. Husband of Pyrrha the daughter of Epimetheus. When Zeus destroyed the first race of men with a flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha were survived because Deucalion on his father's advice built an ark to carry himself and his wife.
After the flood Deucalion and Pyrrha gave thanks to Zeus. The oracle of Themis told them to throw the bones of their mother behind them to bring more people into existance. They realized this mean't the mother earth, so they threw stones behind them. The stones thrown by Deucalion became men and the stones thrown by Pyrrha became women.
Minos chased her and she managed to escape from him by jumping from a cliff and landing in the sea. She was caught in a fisherman's net and saved from drowning. She fell in love with Aeneas when he arrived at Carthage. When he left to travel to Italy she felt she couldn't live without him and she killed herself on a funeral pyre. Dionysus is the son of Zeus and Semele who is the daughter or Cadmus the founder and king of Thebes. Hera persuaded Semele during her pregnancy to persuade Zeus to show himself to her in all of his glory.
Zeus was unaware of what Hera had planned; he appeared to Semele in the form of lightning and Semele was engulfed in flames. Zeus took the child that Semele had been carrying and sewed him into his thigh; the child was Dionysus. Dionysus took Ariadne the daughter of Minos of Crete as his wife after she was abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos.
Wife of Lycus the king of Thebes. She married Lycus after he was married to Antiope. Dirce was cruel to Antiope; as an act of revenge Antiope's sons Amphion and Zethus tied Dirce to the horns of a bull and let it drag her on the ground until she died. One of the Oceanids, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. With her brother Nereus she bore the fifty Nereids. A jackal headed figure who guarded the canopic jar that contained the stomach of the deceased. An ancient Egyptian name for the afterworld that was thought to be below the Earth, which the Sun passed during the night from west to east.
Also known as Enki, an ancient Sumero-Babylonian god of the waters on the Earth. Daughter of Ceto. She would distract Hera by constantly talking to her to allow Zeus to persue those he wanted to seduce. When Hera discovered what Echo's motive was Hera punished Echo and made her repeat the words that were spoken but not her own. Echo loved Narcissus but it was not reciprocated. She pined until nothing was left except for her voice. One of the Camenae or nymphs who guided Numa Pompilius the successor of Romulus in the kingship of Rome. Numa Pompilius would meet her in a sacred grove where she taught him how to use wisdom in legislation and religious practice.
When he died she cried so much that she turned into a spring. Ancient Greek goddess who was thought to aid women through labour and childbirth. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister or Iphgenia and Orestes. After Agamemnon was murdered by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, she saved her brother Orestes and grew up to avenge the murder of her father. She assisted Orestes in killing Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
Some time after the slaying, Orestes gave her as a wife to his best friend Pylades. One of the hundred armed giants, son of Tatarus and Gaia. She put him in a deep sleep so she could continuously embrace him. In ancient Mesopotamiam mythology, a wild creature that was half man and half bull that was intended to distract Gilgamesh from his tyrannic behaviour towards the people of Uruk. Enkidu was as strong as Gilgamesh; after they struggled to conquer the other they decided to become allies. Ishtar killed Enkidu in an act of revenge against Gilgamesh because he rejected her advances.
A group of the nine chief deities of the Osirian cycle in ancient Egyptian mythology. On of the two giant Aloidae who tried to reach the heavens to dethrone Zeus. The primeval darkness born with Nox Night from the primordial Chaos. He was a result of Hephaestus' attempt to rape Athena; she managed to resist him and the semen from Hephaestus fell onto Earth Gaia. Erechtheus was conceived by Gaia. Athena secretly nurtured Erechtheus when he was a child and kept him in a chest.
She told the three daughters of Cecrops to guard the chest but not to open it, the disobeyed the order and opened the chest. When they saw Erechtheus they threw themselves down from the Acropolis. An ancient Sumero-Babylonian goddess who was violent and ruled over the nether world. She had Ishtar stripped and hung when she went to the nether world in her quest to bring back Tammuz. Ishtar was released when Ea tricked Ereshkigak to release her.
She threw the apple of discord among the guests at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. This act was held to be responsible for the start of the Trojan War. He is considered to be one of the earliest deities who emerged from the primeval Chaos and one of the oldest gods. Eos is shown as a boy or a young male with wings. He also has a bow, from which he shoots arrows of desire at gods and mortals. One of the three Graces who are otherwise known as the Charities.
Daughter of Agenor the king of Tyre in Phoenicia, sister of Cadmus. She was loved by Zeus, who in the form of a white bull appeared from the waves when Europa and her maidens were sitting by the shore. Europa jumped on his back and he took her into the sea. He swam to Crete with her on his back. She later became the mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon. She was killed by a serpent bite on her wedding day when she was fleeing one of her suitors. Orpheus was inconsolable and went to the underworld to find her.
He played music to charm the rulers of the shades so he could lead Eurydice away from the underworld on the condition she would not look back until they left the underworld behind. Unfortunately, Orpheus looked back and Eurydice was taken back to the realms of Hades. She is a Roman goddess who would repeat what was spoken in her presence. At first she would whisper, then she would be louder and louder until she could be heard across Earth and up to the heavens.
Clotho was the spinner of the thread of life; Lachesis the Disposer, who chose the length an course of the thread; Atropos the Inflexible, who would cut the thread. Roman goddess of good fortune and good fortune associated with fertility. Avenging goddesses of guilt due to crimes that had been committed.
They were Alecto the unease, Tisiphone the blood avenger and Megaera the denier. The sprung from the blood of Ouranos and from the earth Gaia upon which the blood of Ouranos fell, when Ouranos was castrated by his son Kronos. Greek goddess who represented the Earth. She came from primeval Chaos and bore Ouranos Sky. With Ouranos she bore the Titans, the Cyclopes and the Hekatoncheires otherwise known as the hundred armed giants.
She made the Titans revolt against Ouranos. One of the Titans called Kronos castrated Ouranos and gained his position of power.
She is one of the Nereids who was loved by Acis. Out of jealousy the Cyclops called Polyphemus killed Acis. Zeus in the form of an eagle carried Ganymede to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods. Ancient Egyptian god of the Earth, son of Shu and Tefnut. Nut was his sister and consort.
He is the father of Osiris, isis, Set and Nephthys. There was an ancient Roman belief that each man had a genius with them from the moment of birth, which was treated as a tutelary deity that accompanied them through their life. He was a three-bodied and winged giant who had a herd of cattle that was protected by a two headed dog called Orthrus. Heracles killed Geryon and took his cattle as one of the twelve labours he had to complete. They were giants that sprung from the blood of Ouranos when it fell upon Gaia.
When they attacked the heavens the gods destroyed them and the Gigantes were buried under Mt. The gods created a Bull-man called Enkidu to distract him so he didn't have time to express tyrannical behaviour over the people of Uruk. Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and struggled with each other at first, but eventually they became good friends. When he refused the attention of Ishtar he reminded her of the fate that came to his previous lovers and told her the same could happen to her. She was furious at the rejection and in retaliation she sent the Bull of Heaven to kill Gilgamesh.
With his friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh killed the bull; Ishtar then in an act of revenge killed Enkidu. To avoid the possibility of his own death Gilgamesh sought his ancestor Utnapishtim who had survived a flood and was given immortality. Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh of a plant that could restore youth. Gilgamesh managed to find it but it was stolen by a serpent. Three sisters called Sthenno, Euryale and Medusa. They're daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. Sthenno and Euryale were immortal, Medusa was mortal and she had the power to turn those who looked at her into stone.
Greek Goddesses whose names were Euphrosyne joy , Thalia bloom and Aglaia brilliance. The "three old women" otherwise known as "the gray ones". They are called Enyo horror , Deino dread and Pemphredo alarm. They're the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. It's a mythical creature that had the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Ancient Sumero-Babylonian storm god. He is represented as holding a lightning bolt and a mace. Hades rules over the underworld, the shades of the dead and also the resources that are contained in the earth such as metals and precious stones.
For this reason he was also referred to as Ploutos wealth ; the Romans called him Pluto. When mortals entered his realm they had little chance of returning to the realm of the living. After Ceyx was killed in a shipwreck Halcyone threw herself into the sea. The gods in a gesture of compassion changed Halcyone and Ceyx into the halcyon birds. While the halcyon birds are breeding, Aeolus calms the winds and the seas are calm.
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This led to the term "halcyon days". They are Greek nymphs that live in trees and are the life spirit of the tree in which they live. If a tree died the Hamadryads in the same tree were believed to die. Ancient Egyptian god. He is represented as having the head of an ape. Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. Wife of Cadmus the king and founder of Thebes. When she married Cadmus, she received a jewelled necklace and garment made by Hephaestus that would kill anyone who tried to steal and keep them.
They were originally represented as winged maidens, but later were represented as ugly winged creatures with the heads of maidens. An ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, love and beauty. Hathor is also the goddess of slaughter and destruction. When Ra wanted a large number of people to be killed he asked Hathor to carry out the slaughter. He was able to prevent her from killing all of humanity by making her become drunk.