of Danaus and Memphis. Chrysippus, son of Aeolus. Chrysippus, eponymous founder of Chrysippa in Cilicia. Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek and Roman Parallel Stories...
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a divine hero of Elis in the Peloponnesus (Greece), sometimes referred to as Chrysippus of Pisa. Chrysippus was the bastard son of Pelops, king of Pisa...
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Cilicia Chrysippus (Greek myth) Chrysippus of Cnidos (4th century BC), Greek physician Chrysippus of Tyana, Greek writer on gastronomy Chrysippus of Jerusalem...
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Legends: The Gay Greek Myths (ISBN 0-9714686-0-5) is a 2002 book by Andrew Calimach about homosexuality and paederasty in Greek myth. Lovers' Legends...
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Pasquino Group. Polykleitos of Argos is one famous Greek Sculptor that has transformed Greek myth through bronze and marble sculptures, and primarily...
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Thebes (/ˈθiːbz/; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva [ˈθiva]; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯]) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest...
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other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes...
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"Rome and Greece: Lesbianism" Christine Downing, Myths and mysteries of same sex love Andrew Callimach, Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths Conner, Sparks...
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rhetoric and aesthetics. Greek philosophy continued throughout the Hellenistic period and later evolved into Roman philosophy. Greek philosophy has influenced...
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Oedipus (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
follows Oedipus into exile. In Chrysippus, Euripides develops backstory on the curse: Laius' sin was to have kidnapped Chrysippus, Pelops' son, in order to...
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Erinyes (redirect from Greek furies)
prominently in the myth of Orestes, which recurs frequently throughout many works of ancient Greek literature. Featured in ancient Greek literature, from...
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Laius (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
In Greek mythology, King Laius (/ˈleɪəs, ˈlaɪəs/ L(A)Y-əs) or Laios (Ancient Greek: Λάϊος, romanized: Láïos) of Thebes was a key personage in the Theban...
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Centaur (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
SEN-tar; Ancient Greek: κένταυρος, romanized: kéntauros; Latin: centaurus), occasionally hippocentaur, also called Ixionidae (Ancient Greek: Ἰξιονίδαι, romanized: Ixionídai...
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Rhea (mythology) (redirect from Rhea (Greek religion and mythology))
Rhea or Rheia (/ˈriːə/; Ancient Greek: Ῥέα [r̥é.aː] or Ῥεία [r̥ěː.aː]) is a mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titan daughter...
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Chaos (cosmogony) (redirect from Chaos (greek god))
early Greek cosmology. It can also refer to an early state of the cosmos constituted of nothing but undifferentiated and indistinguishable matter. Greek kháos...
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Pelops (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
In Greek mythology, Pelops (/ˈpiːlɒps, ˈpɛlɒps/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Πέλοψ, translit. Pélops) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (Πελοπόννησος, lit...
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Pandora's box (redirect from Interpretations of Pandora's box in Greek mythology)
Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem Works and Days. Hesiod related that curiosity...
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Nyx (redirect from Greek goddess of the night)
In Greek mythology, Nyx (/nɪks/ NIX; Ancient Greek: Νύξ Nýx, [nýks], "Night") is the goddess and personification of the night. In Hesiod's Theogony, she...
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Artemis (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (/ˈɑːrtɪmɪs/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the...
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Zagreus (redirect from Zagreus myth)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Zagreus (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ζαγρεύς) was a god sometimes identified with an Orphic Dionysus, a son of Zeus and Persephone...
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Indo-European myths and legends about dragons. The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco. Ancient Greeks applied the...
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Helios (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ˈhiːliəs, -ɒs/; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the...
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Chryses (mythology) Chryses of Troy Chrysippe Chrysippus Chrysippus (Greek myth) Chrysippus of Cnidos Chrysippus of Elis Chrysis Painter Chrysogonus of Athens...
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Zeus (redirect from Zeus the Greek god)
boxes, or other symbols. Zeus (/zjuːs/, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the...
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Dionysus (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making...
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Epimetheus (redirect from Epimetheus (Greek mythology))
In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (/ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἐπιμηθεύς, lit. "afterthought") is the brother of Prometheus, the pair serving "as representatives...
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Dia (mythology) (redirect from Dia (Greek folklore))
Dia (Ancient Greek: Δία or Δῖα, "heavenly", "divine" or "she who belongs to Zeus"), in ancient Greek religion and folklore, may refer to: Dia, a goddess...
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sculpture, Olympic Games, Western philosophy, ancient Greek law, Greek mythology, Greek food and the Greek Alphabet. The following is a list of inventions,...
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Apple of Discord (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
(Ancient Greek: μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος) was a golden apple dropped by Eris, the goddess of strife, at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis in the Greek myth of the...
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