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In Greek mythology, Oxylus (; Ancient Greek: Ὄξυλος ''Oxulos'') may refer to: * Oxylus, ''daimon'' of the mountain beech forests, son of Orius ( mountain-god of Othrys or the Pindus), who is noted in the Deipnosophistae for fathering the Hamadryads with his own sister Hamadryas. * Oxylus, son for Ares and Protogeneia, daughter of Calydon. * Oxylus, king of Elis; from Aetolia, son of Haemon (himself son of Thoas) or of Andraemon.Apollodorus2.8.3 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.Greek text available from the same website
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Oxylus (son Of Haemon)
Oxylus (; Ancient Greek: Ὄξυλος ''Oxulos''), was a mythical king of Elis, who came from Aetolia and was son of Haemon (himself son of Thoas) or of Andraemon. Mythology Oxylus was exiled from Aetolia on account of unintentional homicide; his victim was either his own brother Therimus or a certain Alcidocus, son of Scopius. In his wanderings, he met Temenus, son of Aristomachus, on a road. Temenus had been told by an oracle to look out for a man with three eyes, and since Oxylus was riding a horse or mule with one eye, he matched that description. Oxylus then, as the oracle had recommended, accompanied Temenus and his brother, Cresphontes, in their invasion of the Peloponnese. He advised them to invade the Peloponnese by ship, sailing from Naupactus to Molycrium. For his aid, Oxylus asked to be given Elis, a fertile land, as his own. Since Oxylus suspected that the Dorians would not give Elis to him, when they saw how fertile it was, he led them through Arcadia and no ...
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Ancient Elis
Elis () or Eleia (; ; Elean: ; ) is an ancient district in Greece that corresponds to the modern regional unit of Elis. Elis is in southern Greece on the Peloponnese, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea. Over the course of the archaic and classical periods, the '' polis'' "city-state" of Elis controlled much of the region of Elis, most probably through unequal treaties with other cities; many inhabitants of Elis were Perioeci—autonomous free non-citizens. Perioeci, unlike other Spartans, could travel freely between cities. Thus the polis of Elis was formed. The local form of the name was Valis, or Valeia, and its meaning, in all probability was, "the lowland" (compare with the word "valley"). In its physical constitution Elis is similar to Achaea and Arcadia; its mountains are mere offshoots of the Arcadian highlands, and its principal rivers are fed by Arcadian springs. According to Strabo, the first ...
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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 ...
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Andraemon
In Greek mythology the name Andraemon (; ) may refer to: *Andraemon, son of Oxylus and husband of Dryope. *Andraemon, possible father of another Oxylus. *Andraemon, an Aetolian king and husband of Gorge of Calydon. By the latter, he became the father of Thoas. Andraemon succeeded his father-in-law Oeneus' power over Aetolia. He and his wife were buried in one tomb which was shown in the city of Amphissa. *Andraemon, brother of Leonteus. He married Amphinome, a daughter of Pelias. *Andraemon, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus. *Andraemon, a son of King Codrus. He participated in the colonization of Asia Minor and drove the Carians out of the city of Lebedus. His tomb was shown near Colophon. Mimnermus related that Andraemon was a native of Pylos and founder of Colophon. Similarly Andraemonides was a patronymic, frequently u ...
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Thoas (king Of Aetoila)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (; ), a king of Aetolia, was the son of Andraemon and Gorge, and one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. Thoas had a son Haemon, and an unnamed daughter. In the ''Iliad'' Thoas is the leader of the forty-ship Aetoilian contingent at Troy. He is mentioned several times in the ''Iliad'', where he is described as excelling both in fighting and in speaking. Other sources list Thoas as one of the suitors of Helen, and as one of the warriors hidden inside the Wooden Horse. He was one of the few Greeks to return home safely after the war. Family Thoas's father was Andraemon, whose birth and origin are unknown. Andraemon married Gorge, the daughter of Oeneus, who was the king of Calydon, an ancient Aetolian city-state, and the father of the heroes Tydeus (one of the Seven against Thebes) and Meleager (the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and one of the Argonauts), and grandfather of the Trojan War hero Diomedes. An aged Oeneus lost his ...
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Hamadryas (mythology)
{{Short description, Nymph in Ancient Greek mythology In Greek mythology, Hamadryas (Ancient Greek: Ἁμάδρυας) was the nymph daughter of Oreius (mythology), Orius (Ourea, mountain-god of Mount Othrys, Othrys or the Pindus) and sister Oxylus (daimon of the mountain forest). Name Hamadryas' name means "Together-with-Tree" and "Together-with-Oak" from the Greek words ''hama'' and ''drys'' - the latter being both "holm oak" and generic "tree." She was probably the first oak-tree nymph. Mythology By her own brother, Oxylus, Hamadryas bore eight daughters — Aegeirus (nymph), Aegeirus, Ampelus (nymph), Ampelus, Balanus (mythology), Balanus, Carya (mythology), Carya, Craneia (mythology), Craneia, Morea (mythology), Morea, Ptelea (mythology), Ptelea, and Syke (mythology), Syke. These were called Hamadryad, hamadryads, and many trees derive their names from them.Athenaeus, 3.78B3.14 Note Nymphs Mythological Thessalians Thessalian mythology ...
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Haemon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Haemon or Haimon (Ancient Greek: Αἵμων ''Haimon'' "bloody"; ''gen''.: Αἵμωνος) may refer to the following personages and a creature: * Haemon, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He was credited to be the eponymous founder of the town of Haemoniae. Haemon and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Haemon was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god. *Haemon, the eponym of Haemonia (ancient Thessaly) and the son of Chlorus, son of Pelasgus. In some accounts, he was instead identified as the son of Pelasgus. Haemon was the father of Thessalus who gave his name to Thessaly after.Strabo, 9.5.23 *Haemon, ...
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Protogeneia
Protogeneia (; Ancient Greek: means "the firstborn"), in Greek mythology, may refer to: *Protogeneia, a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion of Thessaly and Pyrrha, mythological progenitors of the Hellenes. She was the sister of Hellen and Amphictyon, and possibly of Thyia and Pandora II, Melantho ( Melanthea) and Candybus. By Zeus, Protogeneia became the mother of Opus, Aethlius, Aetolus and possibly of Dorus. *Protogeneia, also called Cambyse, daughter of the above Opus. Zeus carried her off from the land of the Epeans and became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus II.Hardp. 564 Scholia on Pindar, ''Olympian'9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288–289) ''BNJ'' 4 F117a She was later received by Locrus who for being childless, married Protogeneia and adopted her son Opus as his own. *Protogeneia, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon, and thus sister to Epicaste. By Ares, Protogeneia becam ...
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Oreius (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Oreios, also Oreius, Orius or Oreus, (Ancient Greek: Ὀρείου, Ὄρειον or Ὄρειος means ‘of the mountain’) may refer to the following personages: * Oreius, father of Oxylus and Hamadryas, who, married to each other and became the parents of the hamadryads. He was probably a mountain-god of either Mount Othrys or Oita in Malis or else the Pindus mountain range. * Orius, son of a bear and Polyphonte, and brother of Agrius. He was, like his brother, a powerful giant who did not honour the gods and who devoured men. He was turned into a bird by Hermes. (see '' Agrius and Oreius'') * Oreius, one of the centaurs who tried to steal the wine of Pholus and was killed by Heracles. * Orius, son of Mycale and one of the Lapiths who fought against the Centaurs during the wedding of Pirithous Pirithous (; or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as bes ...
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Hamadryad
In Greek mythology, a Hamadryad or Hamadryas (; ) is a tree nymph. They are born bonded to a certain tree on which their life depends. Some maintain that a Hamadryad is the tree itself, with a normal dryad being simply the indwelling entity, or spirit, of the tree. If the tree should die, the Hamadryad associated with it would die as well. For this reason, both dryads and the other gods would punish mortals who harmed trees. Etymology The name of the Hamadryades was compounded from the ancient Greek words háma (, Doric: , "together, concurrently") and dryás (, "tree, wood nymph"). This informs the understanding that the life of a Hamadryas is concurrent with that of its tree: one cannot exist without the other. List of Hamadryads The Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus lists eight Hamadryads, the daughters of Oxylus and Hamadryas: * Karya (walnut or hazelnut) * Balanos (oak) * Kraneia (dogwood) * Morea (mulberry) * Aigeiros ( black poplar) * Ptelea ( elm) * Ampelos (vines, espe ...
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Children Of Ares
The Children of Ares are several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as recurring adversaries of the superhero Wonder Woman. Primarily based on List of Greek deities, eponymous Greek mythological figures, they are malevolent progeny of Wonder Woman's nemesis, the war god Ares (DC Comics), Ares. Three in particular – Deimos, Phobos and Eris – have emerged as enduring characters, appearing in every era of Wonder Woman's comic book adventures since debuting in 1969's ''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' #183. Beginning in the Silver Age of Comic Books, these three characters have often been presented as Ares’ principal legates in his campaigns for universal conquest, and have also confronted Wonder Woman on their own, individually as well as with one another, as antagonists independent of their father. As the narrative continuity of Wonder Woman comics has been adjusted by different writers and artists through the years, va ...
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