Helen of Troy - Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · The etymology of the name “Helen” (Greek Ἑλένη, translit. Helénē) continues to be debated. One school of thought derives Helen’s name from Greek or Indo-European root words referring to the light of celestial bodies—for example, the Sanskrit svaraṇā, meaning “the shining one.” Scholars seeking an Indo-European origin for ...
Hermione – Mythopedia
2023年9月19日 · Hermione was a Greek princess from Sparta, the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and the infamous Helen, who instigated the Trojan War. According to some accounts, Menelaus promised Hermione to Neoptolemus , the son of Achilles , as a reward for taking part in the sack of Troy.
Clytemnestra – Mythopedia
2023年8月18日 · Clytemnestra was a Greek queen and one of the most famous murderers of Greek mythology. As a daughter of the Spartan king Tyndareus and his wife Leda , her siblings included Helen (who incited the Trojan War) and the heroes known as the Dioscuri .
Menelaus – Mythopedia
2023年7月12日 · Menelaus initially wanted to kill Helen for her betrayal, and many literary and artistic sources represent him on the verge of doing so, drawn sword in hand. But one glimpse of Helen’s infamous beauty was enough to weaken his resolve. Menelaus dropped his sword and returned to Greece with Helen as his wife.
Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · Greek. The earliest references to the Dioscuri come from the Homeric epics (eighth century BCE). In Book 3 of the Iliad, Helen wonders why her brothers Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) are not at Troy, not realizing that they are already dead (236–44).
Greek Heroes – Mythopedia
2023年6月20日 · Hesiod, Works and Days 160. ↩; Hesiod, Works and Days 109–79.Cf. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.89–112. ↩; Cf. Gregory Nagy, The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry, 2nd ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999), 118–210, where the heroes of epic and myth are distinguished from the heroes of cult.
Penelope - Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Mythology Origins. There are only scattered references to Penelope’s early life. In one tradition, known only from commentators writing in late antiquity, the infant Penelope was thrown into the sea by either her own parents or by Nauplius, a neighboring king. She was saved, however, by ducks, which in Greek are called pēnelopes. Because of ...
Antigone – Mythopedia
2023年2月15日 · Antigone, at least in most traditions, was one of the children born from Oedipus’ incestuous union with his mother Jocasta. She was a model of filial devotion, helping her ailing father after his downfall and later defying the impious edicts of her uncle Creon.
Hyacinthus – Mythopedia
2023年9月18日 · Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo. When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his blood into the hyacinth flower.
Cassandra - Mythopedia
2023年2月9日 · Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, was a beautiful princess of Troy. Cassandra was a seer and repeatedly warned the Trojans of their impending doom, but Apollo cursed her so that her prophecies were never believed.