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Biston
In Greek mythology, Biston ( ; or ) was the son of Ares and Callirrhoe, daughter of river-god Nestus. His two brothers were Odomas and Edonus (eponyms of two Thracian tribes, the Odomanti and the Edoni). Alternately, he was called son of Paeon and grandson of Ares. In some accounts, he was the son of either the Muses Terpsichorus''Etymologicum Magnum'', 197. 59 s. v. ''Bistoniē'' or Calliope. Mythology Biston built the city of Bistonia on the shores of Lake Bistonis in Thrace. He also introduced the Thracian practice of tattooing both men and women with eye-like patterns as a magical fetish, in response to an oracle which guaranteed victory against the neighbouring Edonians tribe if so adorned. The Thracian Bistonians were famous for their warlike nature and cult of Ares whom they worshipped in the form of an upright standing sword. See also * Bistones * Bistonis, the nymph who lives at Lake Bistonis. References Sources * Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bistones
Bistones () is the name of a Thracian people who dwelt between Mount Rhodopé and the Aegean Sea, beside Lake Bistonis, near Abdera extending westward as far as the river Nestus. It was through the land of the Bistones that Xerxes marched on his invasion of Greece (480 BC). The Bistones continued to exist at the time when the Romans were masters of Thrace. Roman poets sometimes use the names of the Bistones for that of the Thracians in general. Pliny mentions one town as belonging to the Bistones: Tirida; the other towns on their coast, Dicaea, Ismaron, Parthenion, Phalesina and Maronea, were Greek colonies. Mythology The Bistones were militant people who worshiped Ares, Dionysus or Bacchus, Minerva, and Bellona. In the play Alcestis by Euripides, the mythical Heracles is on his way ''to the land of the Bistones'' in his labour for Tirynthian Eurystheus to fetch the chariot-steeds of Thracian Diomedes. The Thracian Diomedes was king of the Bistones. The Argonaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ares
Ares (; , ''Árēs'' ) is the List of Greek deities, Greek god of war god, war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war but can also personify sheer brutality and bloodlust, in contrast to his sister Athena, whose martial functions include military strategy and generalship. An association with Ares endows places, objects, and other deities with a savage, dangerous, or militarized quality. Although Ares' name shows his origins as Mycenaean, his reputation for savagery was thought by some to reflect his likely origins as a Thracian deity. Some cities in Greece and several in Asia Minor held annual festivals to bind and detain him as their protector. In parts of Asia Minor, he was an oracular deity. Still further away from Greece, the Scythians were said to ritually kill one in a hundred prisoners of war as an offering to their equivalent of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bistonis
Bistonis is a nymph in Greek mythology who gave birth to a son of Ares, Tereus. Although she is mentioned in several surviving classical texts, she is the main subject of few or none. In at least one poem, written by Moschus in the 3rd century BCE, Lake Bistonis, in Thrace, is referred to as being ''her'' lake, and that lake is described as having a population of nymphs:THE MOURNING FOR BION.; TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK OF MOSCHUS.JAMES GILBORNE LYONS The Knickerbocker; or New York Monthly Magazine (1833-1862); Dec 1849; 34, 6; APS Online Her name is similar to the name of a city in Thrace, Bistonia, said in ancient Greek mythology to have been built on the shores of that lake by Biston, who was the son of Ares Ares (; , ''Árēs'' ) is the List of Greek deities, Greek god of war god, war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for ... and Callirrhoe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Bistonis
Lake Vistonida (, older form: Βιστωνίς) is a lake in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Fed by the Kompsatos river, it encompasses a unique ecosystem and the local climate can be described as mid-Mediterranean. It hosts a variety of fauna, which comprise several types of fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds as well as flora. History In antiquity, the lake was called "Bistonis" (Βιστονίς λίμνη), a great Thracian lake in the country of the Bistones, from whom it derived its name. The water of the lake was brackish and abounded in fish. In Byzantine times, a quarter of its produce is said to have been granted by the emperor Arcadius to the convent of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos. The river Cossinites emptied itself into the lake Bistonis, which at one time overflowed the neighbouring country and swept away several Thracian towns." See also * Bistonis, the nymph A nymph (; ; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mythological Kings Of Thrace
This article lists kings of Thrace and Dacia, and includes Thracian, Paeonian, Celtic, Dacian, Scythian, Persian or Ancient Greek rulers up to the point of its fall to the Roman Empire, with a few figures from Greek mythology. Mythological *Haemus, became a mountain Haemus Mons *Thrax (mythology), Thrax, son of Ares *Tegyrios, mortal *Eumolpus, inherited a kingdom from Tegyrios *Tereus, the king that was turned into a hoopoe *Phineus, Phoenician son of Agenor, blind king and seer *Poltys, son of Poseidon *Pyreneus, died trying to harm the Muses *Harpalycus, king of the Amymnaeans *Thoas, founder of Thoana *Mopsus, killed Myrine, an amazon queen *Peirous, a Thracian war leader killed by Thoas (king of Aetoila), Thoas the Aetolian *Rhesus of Thrace, died in the Trojan War *Cisseus, father of Theano, the wife of Antenor (Greek mythology), Antenor *Diomedes of Thrace, Giants (Greek mythology), Giant that ruled over the Bistones *Lycurgus (Thrace), Lycurgus, of the Edoni *Oeagrus, fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terpsichore
In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (; , "delight in dancing") is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word " terpsichorean", which means "of or relating to dance". Appearance Terpsichore is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying the dancers' choirs with her music. Her name comes from the Greek words τέρπω ("delight") and χoρός ("dance"). Family According to Hesiod's ''Theogony'', Zeus lay with the Titan Mnemosyne each night for nine nights in Piera, producing the nine Muses. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, Terpsichore was the mother of the Sirens by the river god Achelous. The '' Etymologicum Magnum'' mentions her as the mother of the Thracian king Biston by Ares. According to the Byzantine scholar Eustathius, Terpsichore was the mother of the Thracian king Rhesus by the river god Strymon. Eustathius on Homer, ''Iliad'' p. 817. In culture Historical * The British 32-gun frigate commanded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrace
Thrace (, ; ; ; ) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe roughly corresponding to the province of Thrace in the Roman Empire. Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east, it comprises present-day southeastern Bulgaria (Northern Thrace), northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and the European part of Turkey (East Thrace). Lands also inhabited by ancient Thracians extended in the north to modern-day Northern Bulgaria and Romania and to the west into Macedonia (region), Macedonia. Etymology The word ''Thrace'', from ancient Greek ''Thrake'' (Θρᾴκη), referred originally to the Thracians (ancient Greek ''Thrakes'' Θρᾷκες), an ancient people inhabiting Southeast Europe. The name ''Europe'' (ancient Greek Εὐρώπη), also at first referred to this region, before that term expanded to include its Europe, modern sense. It has been suggested that the name ''Thrace'' derives from the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edonus
In Greek mythology, Edonus () was the ancestor of the Edonians in Thrace and Thracian Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia. He was the son of Ares (god of war) and Calliope (muse of epic poetry). The names ''Edonus, Edonian, Edonic'' is therefore used also in the sense of "Thracian", and as Thrace was one of the principal seats of the worship of Dionysus, it further signifies "Dionysiac" or "Bacchantic".Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Bistonia;'' Ovid, ''Remedia Amoris'' 593; Horace, ''Carmen Saeculare'' 2.7.27 Notes References * Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady KieslingOnline version at the Topos Text Project. * Children of Ares Mythology of Dionysus Mythological Thracians Progenitors in Greek mythology {{Greek-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callirhoe (Greek Mythology)
In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe, Callirrhoë, or occasionally Kallirroi (; ) may refer to the following characters: * Callirrhoe, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of Geryon by Chrysaor. * Callirhoe, wife of Piras (mythology), Peiras, son of King Argus of Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe. She was the mother of Argus, Arestorides and Triopas. * Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river god Scamander, wife of Tros, and thus, mother of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and possibly, Cleomestra. * Callirhoe, daughter of Meander and consort of Car. * Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nestus ( Nessus) and mother of Biston, Odomantus, Mygdon and Edonus by Ares. She was probably the sister of Thronia, another Thracian naiad. * Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus. * Callirrhoe, daughter of the river-god Achelous, who betrothed her to Alcmaeon. * Callirhoe, daughter of Lycus, king of Libya. She fell in love wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callirhoe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe, Callirrhoë, or occasionally Kallirroi (; ) may refer to the following characters: * Callirrhoe (Oceanid), Callirrhoe, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys (mythology), Tethys, and the mother of Geryon by Chrysaor. * Callirhoe, wife of Piras (mythology), Peiras, son of King Argus (king of Argos), Argus of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus), Niobe. She was the mother of Argus Panoptes, Argus, Arestorides and Triopas. * Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the River gods (Greek mythology), river god Scamander, wife of Tros (mythology), Tros, and thus, mother of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede (mythology), Ganymede, Cleopatra (Greek myth), Cleopatra and possibly, Cleomestra. * Callirhoe, daughter of Meander (mythology), Meander and consort of Car of Caria, Car. * Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nestos (river), Nestus (Nessus (Greek myth), Nessus) and mother of Biston, Odomantus, Mygdon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mygdon Of Thrace
In Greek mythology, Mygdon (Ancient Greek: Μύγδων) was the son of Ares and Callirrhoe according to Stephanus of Byzantium. He had three brothers named Edonus, Odomantus and Biston and was the father of Crusis and Grastus. He is considered the eponymous hero of the Thracian tribe Mygdones and founder of the Mygdonia region in ancient Macedon Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an Classical antiquity, ancient monarchy, kingdom on the periphery of Archaic Greece, Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The History of .... References * Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond and Guy Thompson Griffith. ''A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C.'' (Volume 2). Clarendon Press, 1979, pp. 34–5, . Children of Ares Ancient Mygdonia Mythological Thracians {{Greek-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paean (other)
A paean is a song or expression of thanksgiving, triumph, healing or praise. Paean, Paeeon, Paeëon, Paeon, Paian, Paieon, or Paion (from the Ancient Greek Παιάν, Παιήων, or Παιών) may refer to: Greek mythology * Paean (god), the physician of the Greek gods * Paeon (father of Agastrophus), the father of Agastrophus in Homer's ''Iliad'', and the husband of Cleomede and father of Laophoon in Quintus Smyrnaeus' ''Posthomerica'' * Paeon (son of Antilochus), a lord of Messenia, from whom the Attic clan and deme of Paeonidae or Paionidai is supposed to have derived its name * Paeon (son of Endymion), from whom the district of Paionia was believed to have derived its name * Paeon (son of Poseidon), the son of Helle and Poseidon; in some legends he was called Edonus. * Paeon, son of Ares and father of Biston. * Paean, an epithet for the Greek god Apollo * Paean, an epithet for the Greek healer-god Asclepius Places * Paia, Achaea Paia () is a former municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
