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Harmothoë
In Greek mythology, Harmothoë () is a minor character, the wife of Pandareus and the mother of his children. Harmothoë usually joins Pandareus in his demise when he angers the gods. Family Harmothoë's parentage and homeland are unknown. She married Pandareus, who hailed from Asia Minor, and had three daughters by him; Aëdon, Cleothera and Merope.Eustathius on Homer's ''Odyssey'19.517/ref> Pausanias calls the later two Cameiro and Clytie, while Antoninus Liberalis writes that Pandareus and his wife (whom he does not name) had two daughters named Aëdon and Chelidon and an unnamed son.Antoninus Liberalis11as cited in Boeus' ''Ornithogonia'' Mythology After her husband failed to steal a golden dog from Zeus, he and Harmothoë fled to Sicily where they perished miserably. Following their deaths, Aphrodite, Hera and Athena took care of their daughters Cleothera and Merope, but when Aphrodite tried to find them husbands, strong winds carried them away and they became handm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleothera
In Greek mythology, Cleothera () is one of the daughters of Pandareus and Harmothoë, natives of western Asia Minor or the island of Crete. After the deaths of their parents, she and her sister Merope were adopted by Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sensuality, and in time they came to serve the Furies, goddesses of rage and revenge. Family Cleothera was a daughter of Pandareus by his wife Harmothoë, and thus sister to Aëdon and Merope.Codex Palatino-Vaticanus, scholia on Homer's ''Odyssey'19.517/ref> In some authors, Pandareus is also said to have also been the father of Chelidon and an unnamed son, though those versions do not include Cleothera and Merope. Mythology Cleothera was born to Pandareus and Harmothoë who were from either in western Asia Minor or Crete, but her parents were soon forced to flee to Sicily when her father incurred the wrath of the king of the gods Zeus by trying to steal from him a golden dog that guarded his temple in Crete. They eventually p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandareus
In Greek mythology, Pandareus () is the son of Merops and a nymph. His residence is usually given as either EphesusAntoninus Liberalis11as cited in Boeus' ''Ornithogonia'' or Miletus. Pausanias10.30.2/ref> Pandareus married Harmothoë and had several daughters by her before perishing for stealing a sacred dog that belonged to Zeus, king of the gods. Mythology Pandareus' robbery Pandareus was said to have been favored by the goddess Demeter, who conferred upon him the benefit of never suffering from indigestion, however much food he should eat. At the request of his impious friend, Tantalus, Pandareus stole a golden dog from a sacred place to Zeus on Crete; that dog had guarded Zeus during his infancy by the will of Rhea, Zeus' mother. On the other hand, Byzantine scholar Eustathius of Thessalonica writes that rather Pandareus and Tantalus attempted to steal a mechanic dog that had been crafted by Hephaestus himself, which was placed in a temple of Zeus in Crete. Zeus then s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aëdon
Aëdon () was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Amphion and Zethus, Zethus, and the mother of Itylus.Homer, ''Odyssey'19.517/ref> Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes, Greece, Thebes and one set in Western Anatolia, Asia Minor, both of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning. In her primary myth, she is also identified as Procne. Etymology The feminine noun translates to 'nightingale', and has a secondary meaning of 'singer'. It shares the same root with the verb meaning 'to sing, to chant, to praise'. This verb in turn derives from Proto-Hellenic ''wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/awéidō, *awéidō'', which might be from a Proto-Indo-European root ''*h₂weyd-''. Family Aëdon was the daughter of Pandareus and his wife Harmothoë, and thus sister to Chelidon (mythology), Chelidon, Cleothera, Merope (Greek myth), Merope and an unn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelidon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Chelidon () is a minor figure, a noblewoman from either the city of Miletus or Colophon in an Anatolian variant of the story of Philomela, though she might have had an independent origin in Attica. Family According to Antoninus Liberalis, Chelidon was the daughter of Pandareus by his (unnamed) wife and sister to Aëdon and an unnamed brother. Eustathius of Thessalonica wrote that the name of Pandareus's wife was Harmothoë, although he does not list Chelidon among their daughters (Aëdon, Cleothera and Merope) and mentions no brother. According to Pausanias, the two other sisters were called Cameiro and Clytia. Both Hesiod and Sappho wrote that the swallow (Chelidon) is the daughter of the Athenian king Pandion I, the father of Philomela. Mythology After her sister Aëdon won a bet against her husband Polytechnus, Polytechnus was forced to find his wife a female slave as promised. He went to his wife's father Pandareus, claiming that Aëdon wanted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merope (Greek Myth)
Merope (; Ancient Greek: Μερόπη "with face turned" derived from μερος ''meros'' "part" and ωψ ''ops'' "face, eye") was originally the name of several characters in Greek mythology. * Merope, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. She married Clymenus, son of Helius, and had children with him: Phaethon and the girls called Heliades.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'154/ref> * Merope, one of the Pleiades, daughter of Atlas and Pleione. * Merope, one of the Heliades, daughter of either Helios and Clymene or of Clymenus (Helios' son) and Merope, one of the Oceanids. * Merope, an Athenian princess as the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and possibly Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogenia. She may have been the mother of Daedalus. The latter was attributed to various parentage: (1) Eupalamus and Alcippe, (2) Metion and Iphinoe, (3) Phrasmede or (4) Palamaon. * Merope, also called Aero Aero is a Greek p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion's view of the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, nature of the world; the lives and activities of List of Greek deities, deities, Greek hero cult, heroes, and List of Greek mythological creatures, mythological creatures; and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' 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 mythmaking 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&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itylus
In some stories from Greek mythology, Itylus or Itylos (Ancient Greek: Ἴτυλος) was the son of Aedon, who was the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus and the wife of King Zethus of Thebes. In others, Itys was the son of Procne and Tereus. Mythology Aedon was envious of Niobe, her sister-in-law, who had six sons and six daughters. Aedon planned to kill the eldest of Niobe's sons, but by mistake killed her own son Itylus. Zeus relieved her grief by changing her into a nightingale, whose songs are Aedon's lamentations about her child. The story was an ancient one; for example, Homer's listeners were expected to know the allusion, when Penelope reveals to the still-disguised Odysseus her anguish: I lie on my bed, and the sharp anxieties swarmingthick and fast on my beating heart torment my sorrowing self.As when Pandareos' daughter, the greenwood nightingaleperching in the deep of the forest foliage sings outher lovely song when springtime is just begun, she varyingthe manif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnus
In Greek mythology, Polytechnus () is a carpenter from Colophon, in an Anatolian variant of the story of Tereus. He is the husband of Aëdon and brother-in-law of Chelidon. Mythology Polytechnus was a carpenter, and at some point he was given a gift axe by Hephaestus himself. He was married to Aëdon, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. The couple had a son named Itys, and were happy until they boasted of being a more happy couple than even Zeus and Hera. The divine royal couple, slighted, sent them the goddess Eris to bring strife and discord in their home. At the time, Polytechnus was completing a standing board for a chariot and Aëdon a tapestry, so they made a wager that whoever finished first would need to find the other a slave. With Hera's help, Aëdon was victorious. Polytechnus was bitter about his wife's victory, so he went to Pandareus, and lied about Aëdon sending him to fetch her sister, Chelidon. Pandareus without suspecting a thing let Polytechnus take her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lelante
In Greek mythology, Lelante () is a minor figure, a queen of the Molossians, who was transformed into a bird by the will of Zeus, the god of justice, in order to escape a fiery death. Family She was the wife of the Molossian king Munichus and the mother by him of three sons, Philaeus, Alcander and Megaletor, and of a daughter Hyperippe. Mythology The entire family was seen as just and righteous and therefore especially favored by the gods. One day raiders attacked them in the fields; the family ran off to their house and began to throw various objects at them in self-defense, whereupon the offenders set the house ablaze. The god of justice, Zeus would not let the just family suffer such a cruel and undeserving death, so he changed them all six of them into various birds; Lelante became a green woodpecker.Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'13.717/ref>Antoninus Liberalis14/ref> See also * Artemiche * Erodius * Hippodamia References Bibliography * Antoninus Liberalis, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Harpe () is a minor figure and the wife of a rich Babylonian man named Clinis, and the mother by him of Lycius, Ortygius, Harpasus and Artemiche. Her family venerated Apollo greatly, until they angered him gravely, thereupon he punished them all, but Poseidon spared Harpe by turning her into a bird. Mythology One day her husband Clinis, having witnessed the Hyperboreans sacrifice donkeys to Apollo, meant to do the same. But Apollo forbid so, under the pain of death. Two of Harpe's children, Ortygius and his sister Artemiche persuaded their father to obey the god, while the other two Harparus and Lycius wanted to sacrifice the donkeys. Clinis ended up listening to Ortygius and Artemiche, but Harpasus with Lycius decided to proceed with the sacrifice anyway. Apollo turned the donkeys mad as punishment, who began to devour the family. They all cried for help. Poseidon felt sorry for Harpe and her son Harpasus, and transformed them both into birds. It is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Side (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Side (Apollodorus, 1.4.3) or Sida () was the name of the following figures: * Sida, eponym of the city of Sidon in Phoenicia. She was the wife of Belus, king of Egypt and mother of Aegyptus and Danaus. Otherwise, the wife of Belus was called Achiroe, daughter of the river-god Nilus. *Side, one of the Danaïdes, condemned to Tartarus for murdering her husband. From her, a town in Laconia was believed to derived its name from. *Side, the first wife of Orion and possible mother of his daughters Metioche and Menippe. She was cast by Hera into Hades because she rivaled the goddess in beauty. Modern scholars interpret the supposed marriage of Orion to Side ('pomegranate') as a mythical expression for the ripening of the fruit in the season when the constellation Orion is visible in the night sky. * Side, a mortal woman who was chased down by her father Ictinus, intending to rape her. Side killed herself on her mother's grave, and the gods turned her blood into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
