became a ferryman on the river Euenos. Nessus is known for his famous role in the story of the Tunic of Nessus. After carrying Deianeira, the wife of...
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In Greek mythology, the Shirt of Nessus, Tunic of Nessus, Nessus-robe, or Nessus' shirt (Ancient Greek: Χιτών τοῦ Νέσσου, romanized: Chitṓn toû Néssou)...
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Nessus may refer to: Nessus (mythology), a famous centaur from Greek mythology Nessus, an alternate name of Nestos (god), son of Oceanus and Tethys, and...
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U+2BDC ⯜ NESSUS (), was devised in the late 1990s by German astrologer Robert von Heeren. It replaces Chiron's K with an N for Nessus. Nessus has a very...
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List of Greek mythological creatures (redirect from Creatures of Greek mythology)
animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology. Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical...
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Lernaean Hydra (redirect from Hydra (mythology))
Geryon. He later used one to kill the centaur Nessus; and Nessus' tainted blood was applied to the Tunic of Nessus, by which the centaur had his posthumous...
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Hercules (redirect from Hercules (mythology))
Pompeii, 25–35 CE Hercules carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back. Fresco from...
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In Greek mythology, Nessus (/ˈnɛsəs/; Ancient Greek: Νέσσος, romanized: Nessos) may refer to the following personages: Nessus, the river-god of the river...
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In Greek mythology, Kratos, also known as Cratus or Cratos, is the divine personification of strength. He is the son of Pallas and Styx. Kratos and his...
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Heracles (category Filicide in mythology)
Travelling to Tiryns, a centaur, Nessus, offers to help Deianira across a fast flowing river while Heracles swims it. However, Nessus is true to the archetype...
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the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Nessus after Nessus, a centaur of Greek mythology: HMS Nessus (1915) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched...
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Epimetheus (redirect from Epimetheos (mythology))
In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (/ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/; Greek: Ἐπιμηθεύς, lit. "afterthought") is the twin brother of Prometheus, the pair serving "as representatives...
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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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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ˈaɪrɪs/; EYE-riss; Greek: Ἶρις, translit. Îris, lit. "rainbow," Ancient Greek: [îːris]) is a daughter...
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List of mythological objects (redirect from Swords in mythology)
supply of money. (Icelandic folklore) Shirt of Nessus, the poisoned shirt that killed Heracles. (Greek mythology) Ragnar's enchanted shirt, when King Ælla...
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Centaur (redirect from Centaur (mythology))
Nedymnus, fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Theseus. Nessus, fled during the fight with the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Later he...
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Chiron (redirect from Chiron (mythology))
centaur (the only other occasional exceptions to this rule are the centaurs Nessus and Pholus). The Education of Achilles wall painting, from the basilica...
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consort of Car. Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nestus (Nessus) and mother of Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares. She was probably the sister...
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In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ˈiːθər/; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness) pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the...
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Cornucopia (redirect from Cornucopia (mythology))
slung around the torso, leaving the harvester's hands free for picking. Mythology offers multiple explanations of the origin of the cornucopia. One of the...
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Pandora's box (redirect from Pandora's Box (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 Nox (mythology))
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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Ambrosia (redirect from Food of the gods (mythology))
ambrosia Iðunn's apples in Norse mythology Manna, food given by God to the Israelites Peaches of Immortality in Chinese mythology Pill of Immortality Silphium...
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Erinyes (redirect from Fury (mythology))
Furies), are chthonic goddesses of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology. A formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes them as "the Erinyes, that under...
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Minotaur (category Monsters in Greek mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Minṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity...
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Deianira (category Princesses in Greek mythology)
most famous story containing Deianira concerns the Shirt of Nessus. A wild centaur named Nessus attempted to kidnap or rape Deianira as he was ferrying her...
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Hermaphroditus (redirect from Hermaphrodite (mythology))
In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus (/hərˌmæfrəˈdaɪtəs/ ; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, romanized: Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰróditos]) was a child of Aphrodite...
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Spartoi, Jason is bad" is another saying that finds its roots from the mythology of the dragon's teeth.[citation needed] Meaning that the creation may...
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Poison dress (section Greek mythology)
king, when he tried to save her. The Shirt of Nessus is smeared with the poisoned blood of the centaur Nessus, which was given to Hercules by Hercules' wife...
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