• In Greek mythology, Deidamia (/ˌdeɪdəˈmaɪə/; Greek: Δηϊδάμεια, Deidameia) was the name referring to the following women: Deidamia, a Messenian princess...
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  • Deidamia may refer to: see Deidamia (Greek myth) Deidamia of Scyros, in Greek mythology, a lover of Achilles Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous), also known...
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    In Greek mythology, Deidamia (/ˌdeɪdəˈmaɪə/; Ancient Greek: Δηϊδάμεια Deïdameia) was a princess of Scyros as a daughter of King Lycomedes. Deidamia was...
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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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    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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    Alden for Netherlands Opera. The opera is based upon the Greek mythological character Deidamia, the daughter of King Lycomedes of Skyros, who bore a child...
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    Neoptolemus (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Pýrrhos, 'red'), was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros. He became the mythical progenitor of the ruling...
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    the brother of Electra. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness, revenge, and purification, which...
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    In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (/ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/; Greek: Ἐπιμηθεύς, lit. "afterthought") is the twin brother of Prometheus, the pair serving "as representatives...
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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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  • Antiphilus Deferent and epicycle Definitions (Plato) Deianira Deidamia (Greek myth) Deidamia of Scyros Deileon Deimachus Deimachus (mythology) Deimos (deity)...
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    Theia (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    (/ˈθiːə/; Ancient Greek: Θεία, romanized: Theía, lit. 'divine', also rendered Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυφάεσσα, "wide-shining")...
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    Molossians (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
    The Molossians (Greek: Μολοσσοί or Μολοττοί, romanized: Molossoi or Molottoi) were a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus...
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    Achilles (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    In Greek mythology, Achilles (/əˈkɪliːz/ ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, translit. Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being...
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    Ring of Gyges (redirect from Myth of Gyges)
    The Ring of Gyges /ˈdʒaɪˌdʒiːz/ (Ancient Greek: Γύγου Δακτύλιος, Gúgou Daktúlios, Attic Greek pronunciation: [ˈɡyːˌɡoː dakˈtylios]) is a hypothetical magic...
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    Oneiros (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    also, according to one Greek Grammarian named Photius, the name of one of the sons of Achilles with Deidamia. For the ancient Greeks, dreams were not generally...
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    Ambrosia (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    dictionary. In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (/æmˈbroʊziə, -ʒə/, Ancient Greek: ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often...
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    Achilles on Skyros (category Greek mythology in art)
    Achilles swears to one day return to Deidamia, but the reader knows that he will die at Troy. This part of the Trojan War myths has been the subject of many works...
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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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    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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    Bellerophon (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Bellerophon or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower")...
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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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    Leto (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Leto (/ˈliːtoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Λητώ, romanized: Lētṓ pronounced [lɛːtɔ̌ː]) is a goddess and the mother of Apollo...
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    Helenus of Troy (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    In Greek mythology, Helenus (/ˈhɛlənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἕλενος, Helenos, Latin: Helenus) was a gentle and clever seer. He was also a Trojan prince as...
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    Dragon's teeth (mythology) (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
    In Greek myth, dragon's teeth (Greek: ὀδόντες (τοῦ) δράκοντος, odontes (tou) drakontos) feature prominently in the legends of the Phoenician prince Cadmus...
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    In Greek and Roman mythology, the Palladium or Palladion (Greek Παλλάδιον (Palladion), Latin Palladium) was a cult image of great antiquity on which the...
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    Kingdom (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Koinē Greek: Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία, romanized: Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during...
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    glorified heroes in Greek history. The other major female character in the Achilleid is Deidamia. Heslin argues that Achilles rapes Deidamia in order to assert...
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    word originated from ancient Greek Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs, "one who uses the Greek language"), from Ἑλλάς (Hellás, "Greece"); as if "Hellenist" + "ic"...
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