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Tara (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Tara was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Kalypso, Donakis, Mermesa and Nelisa In Greek mythology, Nelisa was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Kalypso, Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides In Greek mythology, t .... Note Reference * Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2'', London, J. Murray, 1905. {{Greek-deity-stub Hesperides Nymphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, nature of the world, the lives and activities of List of Greek mythological figures, deities, Greek hero cult, heroes, and List of Greek mythological creatures, mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult (religious practice), cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, and to better understand the nature of myth-making itself. The Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral tradition, oral-poetic tradition most likely by Minoan civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean singers starting in the 18th century BC; eventually the myths of the heroes of the Trojan War and its after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperides
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides () from their reputed father, the Titan Atlas.Diodorus Siculus. ''Library4.27.2' Etymology The name means ''originating from Hesperos'' (evening). ''Hesperos'', or ''Vesper'' in Latin, is the origin of the name Hesperus, the evening star (i.e. the planet Venus) as well as having a shared root with the English word "west". Mythology The nymphs of the evening Ordinarily, the Hesperides number three, like the other Greek triads (the Three Graces and the Three Fates). "Since the Hesperides themselves are mere symbols of the gifts the apples embody, they cannot be actors in a human drama. Their abstract, interchangeable names are a symptom of their impersonality", classicist Evelyn Byrd Harrison has observed. They are sometimes portrayed as the evening daughters of Night ( Nyx) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiopis
In Greek mythology, Aiopis was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Antheia, Kalypso, Donakis, Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" ..., Nelisa and Tara. Note Reference * Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2'', London, J. Murray, 1905. {{Greek-deity-stub Hesperides Nymphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antheia
Antheia ( grc, Ἀνθεία) was one of the Charites, or Graces, of Greek mythology and was the goddess of swamps and flowery wreaths. She is the daughter of Zeus and Eurynome. She was depicted in Athenian vase painting as one of the attendants of Aphrodite. Her name Antheia is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἄνθος means "flower" or "blossom". Her symbols are gold colored items. She was known to the Romans as Anthea. Her center of worship was on the island of Crete. The name Antheia was also given to Hera and connected to the Horae, under which she had a temple at Argos. It was also an epithet of Aphrodite at Knossos. She was the goddess of vegetation, gardens, blossoms, especially worshipped in spring and near lowlands and marshlands, favorable to the growth of vegetation. She was also the goddess of human love. Her symbols are gold-colored items like honey and myrrh. Antheia is also the Greek name of Ancient Sozopolis in modern Bulgaria, and another Antheia was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calypso (nymphs)
In Greek mythology, Calypso (; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ ''Kalypso'' means 'she who conceals' or 'like the hidden tide') is the name of several nymphs, the most well known being: * Calypso, the nymph who, in Homer's ''Odyssey'', kept Odysseus with her on her island of Ogygia for seven years. Other references to nymphs named Calypso, include: * Calypso, one of the Oceanids, the 3,000 water nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. She was, along with several of her sisters, one of the companions of Persephone when the maiden was abducted by Hades, the god of the Underworld. Her name may signify 'the sheltering cave'. * Calypso, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. *Calypso, one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Mermesa, Nelisa and Tara. Notes References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donakis
In Greek mythology, Donakis was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Kalypso, Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" ..., Nelisa and Tara. Note Reference * Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2'', London, J. Murray, 1905. {{Greek-deity-stub Hesperides Nymphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermesa
In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides () from their reputed father, the Titan At ... and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Kalypso, Nelisa and Tara. Note Reference * Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2'', London, J. Murray, 1905. {{Greek-deity-stub Hesperides Nymphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelisa
In Greek mythology, Nelisa was one of the seven Hesperides and sister of Aiopis, Antheia, Donakis, Kalypso, Mermesa In Greek mythology, Mermesa was one of the names attested on a greek vase as part of the seven Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" ... and Tara. Note Reference * Walters, Henry Beauchamp, ''History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Based on the Work of Samuel Birch, Volume 2'', London, J. Murray, 1905. {{Greek-deity-stub Hesperides Nymphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
