mythology, Alcaeus /ælˈsiːəs/ or Alkaios (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος derived from alke "strength") was the name of a number of different people: Alcaeus,...
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in addition to the brothers of Alcaeus, included Pittacus (later renowned as one of the Seven Sages of Greece); Alcaeus at that time was too young to be...
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In Greek mythology, Uranus (/ˈjʊərənəs/ YOOR-ə-nəs, also /jʊˈreɪnəs/ yoo-RAY-nəs), sometimes written Ouranos (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός, lit. 'sky', [uːranós])...
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Look up alcaeus (disambiguation) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alcaeus may refer to: Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC), a Greek lyric...
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Perseus (redirect from Mythology Perseus)
support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: /ˈpɜːr.si.əs/, UK: /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/; Greek: Περσεύς, translit...
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Eros (redirect from Eros (mythology))
ISBN 0-511-03282-X. Sappho; Alcaeus (1982). David A. Campbell (ed.). Greek Lyric. Loeb Classical Library 142. Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Translated by David...
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mythographer Apollodorus states that Perseus and Andromeda have six sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and a daughter, Gorgophone. Their...
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Lernaean Hydra (redirect from Hydra (mythology))
a six-headed Hydra, its number of heads was first fixed in writing by Alcaeus (c. 600 BC), who gave it nine heads. Simonides, writing a century later...
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Eros, the god of love, according to sixth century BC Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, though Eros is usually said to be the son of Ares and Aphrodite. According...
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Styx (redirect from Styx (mythology))
In Greek mythology, Styx (/ˈstɪks/; Ancient Greek: Στύξ [stýks]; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and river of the Underworld...
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Castor and Pollux (redirect from Pollux (mythology))
Press. Alcæus of Mytilene (1982), "Fragment 34", in David A. Campbell (ed.), Sappho, Alcaeus. Greek Lyric, Volume I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Alcæus of Mytilene...
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Zephyrus (redirect from Zephyrus (mythology))
they became the parents of Pothos, the god of desire, and according to Alcaeus of Mytilene (a six-century BC poet from the island of Lesbos), of Eros...
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Amphitryon (category Princes in Greek mythology)
interpreted as "harassing either side", Latin: Amphitruo), in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis. His mother was named either Astydameia...
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imagining the existence of an epigrammatist named Alcaeus under the emperor Titus. Those epigrams of Alcaeus which bear internal evidence of their date were...
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Achelous (redirect from Achelous (Greek mythology))
Earth (i.e. Gaia). The Renaissance mythographer Natalis Comes wrote that Alcaeus understood Achelous to be the son of Ocean and Earth. Achelous had various...
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Heracles (category Filicide in mythology)
"glory/fame of Hera"), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene...
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In Greek mythology, Anaxo (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξώ) was the daughter of Alcaeus (son of Perseus and Andromeda) and Astydameia (daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia)...
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Electryon (category Greek mythology stubs)
Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Cynurus, Gorgophone and Autochthe. He is most commonly married to Anaxo, daughter of his brother Alcaeus and sister...
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List of minor Greek mythological figures (redirect from Tyres (mythology))
This list contains persons named in ancient Greek religion and mythology of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside...
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Epiales (category Personifications in Greek mythology)
with a reference to Alcaeus, fr. 406 & Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 886 ff. Etymologicum Genuinum fr. 151 with a reference to Alcaeus, fr. 406 This article...
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Heleus (category Greek mythology stubs)
brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, and Gorgophone. Heleus accompanied his nephew Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus, on the expedition...
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Ersa (redirect from Herse (mythology))
Moralia 918 A, 940 A). Campbell, David A., Greek Lyric, Volume I: Sappho and Alcaeus, Loeb Classical Library No. 142, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University...
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Amechania (category Personifications in Greek mythology)
Aporia. Amechania was mentioned by ancient Greek authors such as Alcaeus and Herodotus. Alcaeus, fr. 364 Herodotus, Histories 8.111.1 Herodotus, The Histories...
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Androgeus (son of Minos) (category Princes in Greek mythology)
Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus and Xenodice. Androgeus' sons were Sthenelus and Alcaeus, who later became companions of Heracles. Androgeus was murdered in Athens...
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play Plutus. Fabricius mentions another Alcaeus, a tragedian. This appears to be the same person as Alcaeus the comic poet. Fragments of ten plays have...
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Eos (redirect from Eos (mythology))
you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Eos (/ˈiːɒs/; Ionic and Homeric Greek Ἠώς Ēṓs, Attic Ἕως...
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Perseides (category Andromeda (mythology))
Proetus ruled in Argos. Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Cynurus, and two daughters,...
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Alcmene (category Princesses in Greek mythology)
Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis. Her mother was Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus and Astydamia. Other accounts say her mother was Lysidice, the daughter...
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Lydia (redirect from Lydia in Greek mythology)
Heracles had an affair with one of Iardanus' slave-girls and their son Alcaeus was the first of the Heraclid Dynasty said to have ruled Lydia for 22 generations...
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Thanatos (category Personifications in Greek mythology)
to have it roll back down when he got close to the top. A fragment of Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC, refers to this episode: King...
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