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Euippe
Euippe or Evippe (Ancient Greek: Εὐίππη; English translation: "good mare") is the name of eight women in Greek mythology: * Euippe, a daughter of Danaus and the naiad Polyxo. She married (and murdered) Imbrus, son of Aegyptus and Caliadne.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'170/ref> * Euippe, another daughter of Danaus, this time by an Ethiopian woman. She married either Argius, son of Aegyptus and a Phoenician woman, or Agenor, son of Aegyptus. * Euippe, another name for Hippe, daughter of Chiron. * Euippe of Paionia, the mother, by Pierus, of the Pierides, nine sisters who challenged the Muses and, on their defeat, were turned into magpies. * Euippe (daughter of Tyrimmas). She bore Odysseus a son, Euryalus, who was later mistakenly slain by his father. * Euippe, daughter of Leucon. She bore Andreus a son, Eteocles, king of Orchomenus (not to be confused with Eteocles, son of Oedipus). * Euippe, daughter of Daunus, the king of a people in Italy. She was loved by Alaenus, half-brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierus (king Of Macedonia)
In Greek mythology, Pierus ( grc, Πίερος), was the king of EmathiaAntoninus Liberalis9as cited in Nicander, Nicander's ''Metamorphoses'' in Macedonia. He was the eponym of Pieria (regional unit), Pieria and Mt. Pierus. Pierus was credited to be the first to write in the praise of the Muses. Family According to Marsyas of Pella (c. 330 BC), Pierus was the son of Makednos by a local woman and brother of Emathus, Amathus (Emathus), eponym of Emathia but Gaius Julius Solinus, Solinus (9.10) contradicts this idea because according to him Pierus was unrelated and older than Makednos. In the ''Suda'', he was described as a son of Linus (mythology), Linus, the son of Thracians, Thracian Aethusa and in turn Pierus was the father of Oeagrus making him the grandfather of the musician Orpheus. His wife was known to be Methone (Greek myth), Methone, a nymph while others called her Pierus' sister. In the account of Antoninus Liberalis, Pierus sprung from the soil (an Autochthon (ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euippe (daughter Of Tyrimmas)
Euippe or Evippe (Ancient Greek: Εὐίππη; English translation: "good mare"), daughter of Tyrimmas, King of Dodona, She bore Odysseus a son, Euryalus, who was later mistakenly slain by his father.Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or co ..., ''Euryalus'' as cited in Parthenius, ''Erotica Pathemata'' 3 Note References * Parthenius, ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.Online version at the Topos Text Project.* Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Princesses in Greek mythology {{Greek-myth-stub Epirotic mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odysseus
Odysseus ( ; grc-gre, Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, OdysseúsOdyseús, ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; lat, UlyssesUlixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the ''Odyssey''. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's ''Iliad'' and other works in that same epic cycle. Son of Laërtes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus and Acusilaus, Odysseus is renowned for his intellectual brilliance, guile, and versatility (''polytropos''), and is thus known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning ( grc-gre, μῆτις, mêtis, cunning intelligence). He is most famous for his ''nostos'', or "homecoming", which took him ten eventful years after the decade-long Trojan War. Name, etymology, and epithets The form ''Odys(s)eus'' is used starting in the epic period and through the classical period, but various other forms are also found. In vase inscriptions, we find the variants ''Oliseus'' (), ''Olyseus'' (), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euryalus
Euryalus (; grc, Εὐρύαλος, Eurýalos, broad) refers to the Euryalus fortress, the main citadel of Ancient Syracuse, and to several different characters from Greek mythology and classical literature: Classical mythology *Euryalus, named on sixth and fifth century BC pottery as being one of the Giants who fought the Olympian gods in the Gigantomachy. *Euryalus, a suitor of Hippodamia who, like all the suitors before Pelops, was killed by Oenomaus.Pausanias, 6.21.10 *Euryalus, one of the eight sons of Melas, who plotted against their uncle Oeneus and were slain by Tydeus. * Euryalus, the Argive son of Mecisteus and Astyoche and one of the Argonauts. He attacked the city of Thebes as one of the Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In Homer's ''Iliad'', he fought in the Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to Epei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierides (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Pierides (Ancient Greek: Πιερίδες) or Emathides (Ἠμαθίδες) were the nine sisters who defied the Muses in a contest of song and, having been defeated, were turned into birds. The Muses themselves are sometimes called by this name. Names and Family The Pierides were the daughters of Pierus, king of Emathia in Macedon, by Antiope of Pieria or Euippe of Paionia. The sisters were also called Emathides, named after their paternal uncle Emathus. In other sources, they are recounted to be seven in number and named them as Achelois, Neilo, Tritone, Asopo, Heptapora, Tipoplo, and Rhodia. Mythology Ovid's Account In Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', Urania, one of the Muses recounts their contest with the Pierides to Athena in the following excerpts:So spoke the Muse. And now was heard the sound of pennons in the air, and voices, too, gave salutations from the lofty trees. Minerva (Athena), thinking they were human tongues, looked up in ques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthenius Of Nicaea
Parthenius of Nicaea ( el, Παρθένιος ὁ Νικαεύς) or Myrlea ( el, ὁ Μυρλεανός) in Bithynia was a Greeks, Greek Philologist, grammarian and poet. According to the ''Suda'', he was the son of Heraclides and Eudora, or according to Hermippus of Berytus, his mother's name was Tetha. He was taken prisoner by Helvius Cinna in the Mithridatic Wars and carried to Rome in 72 BC. He subsequently visited Naples, Neapolis, where he taught Greek language, Greek to Virgil, according to Macrobius. Parthenius is said to have lived until the accession of Tiberius in 14 AD. Parthenius was a writer of elegy, elegies, especially dirges, and of short epic poems. He is sometimes called "the last of the Alexandrians". ''Erotica Pathemata'' His only surviving work, the ''Erotica Pathemata'' (, ''Of the Sorrows of Love''), was set out, the poet says in his preface, "in the shortest possible form" and dedicated to the poet Cornelius Gallus, as "a storehouse from which to draw mate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiron
In Greek mythology, Chiron ( ; also Cheiron or Kheiron; ) was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren since he was called the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs". Biography Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology for his youth-nurturing nature. His personal skills tend to match those of his foster father Apollo, who taught the young centaur the art of medicine, herbs, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics and prophecy, and made him rise above his beastly nature. Chiron was known for his knowledge and skill with medicine, and thus was credited with the discovery of botany and pharmacy, the science of herbs and medicine.Pliny the Elder, ''Naturalis Historia'7.56.3/ref> Like satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild, lusty, overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, violent when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents. Chiron, by contrast, was intelligent, civilized and kind, because he was not related directly to the other centaurs due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippe
In Greek mythology, Hippe (; Ancient Greek: ''Ἵππη''; English translation: "mare (horse)"), also known as Melanippe (; ''Μελανίππη)'' or Euippe (; ''Εὐίππη),'' was the daughter of the Centaur Chiron and Chariclo. She was seduced by, and bore a daughter, Melanippe or Arne, to Aeolus, and was ashamed to tell her father. Artemis took pity on her and, according to one account, turned her into the constellation Pegasus originally called the Horse.Hard 2015, pp.49–52. Note References * Hard, Robin (2015), ''Eratosthenes and Hyginus: Constellation Myths, With Aratus's Phaenomena'', Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ..., 2015. . Women in Greek mythology Thessalian characters in Greek mythology Thessalian mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucon
In Greek mythology, the name Leucon (; Ancient Greek: Λεύκων) may refer to: *Leucon, a son of Themisto by either Athamas or Poseidon. His children were Erythras, Pisidice, Hyperippe and Euippe (mother of Eteocles by Andreus). He was said to have died of a sickness. *Leucon, one of Actaeon's dogs. *Leucon, in Plutarch's ''Life of Aristides'', one of the seven heroes to whom the Athenians, according to an oracle, had to sacrifice if they wanted to overcome their foes in the imminent battle. The other six were Androcrates, Peisandrus, Damocrates, Hypsion, Actaeon and Polyeidus.Plutarch, ''Aristides'' 11.3 Notes References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreus
In Greek mythology, Andreus (; grc, Ἀνδρεύς) may refer to two distinct individuals: * Andreus, son of the river-god Peneus in Thessaly, from whom the district about Orchomenos in Boeotia was called ''Andreis''. With Evippe, daughter of Leucon, Andreus had a son Eteocles, his successor. * Andreus, in another passage Pausanias speaks of Andreus (it is, however, uncertain whether he means the same man as the former) as the person who first colonized the island of Andros. According to Diodorus Siculus, Andreus was one of the generals of Rhadamanthys, from whom he received the island afterwards called Andros as a present. Stephanus of Byzantium, Conon and Ovid call this first colonizer "Andrus" (son of Anius) and not Andreus. Notes References * Conon'', Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople'' translated from the Greek by Brady KieslingOnline version at the Topos Text Project.* Diodorus S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imbrus
In Greek mythology, Imbrus (; Ancient Greek: Ἴμβρος) was an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 Family Imbrus's mother was the naiad Caliadne and thus full brother of Eurylochus, Peristhenes, Hermus, Dryas, Phantes, Cisseus, Potamon, Lixus, Bromius, Polyctor and Chthonius. In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by Eurryroe, daughter of the river-god Nilus, or Isaie, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica'' Notes on Book 3.1689 Mythology Imbrus suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King Danaus of Libya. He married the Danaid Euippe, daughter of Danaus and the naiad Polyxo. Notes References * Apollodorus Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyxo
Polyxo (; Ancient Greek: Πολυξώ ''Poluxṓ'') is the name of several figures in Greek mythology: *Polyxo, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. *Polyxo, one of the Hyades.''Hyginus, ''De'' ''Astronomica'' 2.21'' *Polyxo, a Naiad of the river Nile, presumably one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus. She was one of the wives of King Danaus of Libya and bore him twelve daughters: Autonoe, Theano, Electra, Cleopatra, Eurydice, Glaucippe, Anthelea, Cleodora, Euippe, Erato, Stygne, and Bryce. They married twelve sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and Caliadne, Polyxo's sister, and murdered them on their wedding night. According to Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europe, also daughter of Nilus. In some accounts, he married Melia, daughter of his uncle Agenor, king of Tyre. *Polyxo, mother of Antiope and possibly Nycteis by Nycteus. *Polyxo, mother of Actorion. She came to invi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
