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Phalanx (mythology)
Phalanx ( grc, Φάλαγξ, Phálanx, spider) is a minor Attic figure in Greek mythology who features in a lesser-known narrative of the myth of Arachne, the girl who enraged the goddess Athena by boasting of being a better weaver than her and was thus transformed into a spider by Athena. In this version of the story, Phalanx is Arachne's brother, and they are both punished by the goddess when they break a societal taboo. Etymology In ''A Greek-English Lexicon, Liddell & Scott'' the Greek word , usually used to mean the ''phalanx'' (a clustered mass of infantry), can refer among other things to beams, the bone between joints in fingers and toes, round pieces of wood, trunk or logs and generally beam-shaped objects (like a spider's legs). It is related to the word (''phalángion'', literally 'little phalanx') which is the ancient Greek word for the venomous Solifugae, barrel spider. According to Robert S. P. Beekes, Robert Beekes the ending formation in ''-nx'' (also found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idmon
In Greek mythology, Idmon (Ancient Greek: Ἴδμων means "having knowledge of" or "the knowing") may refer to the following individuals: *Idmon, one of the fifty sons of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Pylarge. * Idmon, father of Arachne. *Idmon, an Argonaut seer and son of Apollo or Abas. * Idmon, herald of Turnus. * Idmon, a figure briefly mentioned in Statius' ''Thebaid''. He came from Epidaurus and was portrayed in the poem cleansing Tydeus' wounds after a battle.Statius, ''Thebaid'3.399/ref> Notes References * Apollodorus, ''Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes.'' Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921Online version at the Perseus Digital Library *Vergil Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |