Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · In Rome, Castor was the more important of the twins from the beginning, perhaps because his mythology better embodied the key Roman attributes of horsemanship and war. This is why the Romans referred to the twins as the Castores, “the Castors,” and why their temple was known from the beginning as the aedes Castoris , the “temple of Castor.”
Nemesis – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · As a Greek goddess, Nemesis occasionally appears in modern adaptations of Greek mythology. Nemesis is a fairly important supporting character in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its “spinoff” Young Hercules , where she is the executioner of the gods and Hercules’ first love.
Helen of Troy – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back.
Jason – Mythopedia
2023年5月5日 · It was the greatest ship of Greek mythology. Jason then set out to put together his crew, bringing together some of the mightiest heroes of his time. The so-called “Argonauts”—named for their ship—included Heracles, the twins Castor and Pollux (also called the Dioscuri), the Calydonian hero Meleager , the divine musician Orpheus ...
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.
Theseus - Mythopedia
2023年5月16日 · Apollodorus, Library 3.15.6, translated by James G. Frazer.See also Plutarch, Life of Theseus 3.3. ↩; The fifth-century BCE poet Bacchylides tells a story of how Theseus proved that he was the son of Poseidon by diving into the sea and retrieving a ring that had been tossed into it by King Minos (Bacchylides, Ode 17).
Idas - Mythopedia
2023年9月19日 · Idas and his brother Lynceus—also known as the Apharetidae—were twin sons of the Messenian king Aphareus. As heroes, they took part in the voyage of the Argonauts and the Calydonian boar hunt. They frequently fought with the Dioscuri (their cousins) and were ultimately killed in a fight against them.
Chiron - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · Chiron plays a similar role in other adaptations of Greek mythology, including the TV series Young Hercules and Madeline Miller’s novel The Song of Achilles. In Mary Renault’s novel The Bull from the Sea , Chiron serves as the inspiration for “Old Handy,” the leader of a tribe of nomadic horsemen known as the Kentaurs (“Old Handy ...
Achilles - Mythopedia
2023年7月31日 · Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, was one of the greatest heroes and warriors of Greek mythology. He was raised by the centaur Chiron and fought in the Trojan War, where he gained fame and glory. But this glory came at a cost, for Achilles was destined to die young.
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 .