In Greek mythology, Achelous (Greek: Αχελώος), was the patron deity of the river by the same name, which is the largest river of Greece, and thus the chief of all river deities, every river having its own river spirit. His name translates as "he who washes away care". Some legends say that Achelous was the son of Poseidon, others say that he was the son of Earth and Helios. However, ancient Greeks generally believed that Tethys and Oceanus were the parents of all river gods. Achelous was a suitor for Deianeira, daughter of Oene ...

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Artemis, Artemis - Worship, Artemis - Diana, Artemis - Artemis in art, Artemis - Appellations, Artemis - Birth, Artemis - Childhood, Artemis - Men, Artemis - Actaeon, Artemis - Adonis, Artemis - Siproites, Artemis - Orion, Artemis - Other stories, Artemis - Callisto, Artemis - Agamemnon and Iphigenia, Artemis - Niobe, Artemis - Taygete, Artemis - Otus and Ephialtes, Artemis - The Meleagrids, Artemis - Chione, Artemis - Atalanta and Oeneus, Artemis - Artemis in Neopaganism

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Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason, intellectualism, Shamans, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. Apollo had a famous oracle in Crete and other notable ones in Clarus and Branchidae. Apollo is known as the leader of the Muses ("musagetes") and director of their choir. His attributes include: swans, wolves, dolphins, bows and arrows, a laurel crown, the cithara (or lyre) and plectrum. The sacrificial tripod is anothe ...

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Apollo, Apollo - Worship, Apollo - Etymology of the name, Apollo - Apollo in art, Apollo - Appellations, Apollo - Birth, Apollo - Youth, Apollo - Apollo and Admetus, Apollo - Apollo During the Trojan War, Apollo - Niobe, Apollo - Apollo's romantic life and children, Apollo - Heterosexual relationships, Apollo - Homosexual relationships, Apollo - Apollo and the Birth of Hermes, Apollo - Other stories, Apollo - Musical contests, Apollo - Miscellaneous, Apollo - Spoken-word myths - audio files, Apollo - Apollo in popular culture

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In Greek mythology Artemis (World Book «AHR tuh mihs») (Greek Άρτεμις) is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. In later times she was conflated with the goddess Diana of Roman mythology. In Etruscan mythology, she took the form of Artume. Artemis - Worship. She was the virgin moon goddess of the hunt, wild animals, healing, wilderness, chastity, and childbirth. She was worshipped as a fertility/childbirth goddess in many places since, according to some myths, s ...

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Artemis - Worship
Artemis - Diana Artemis - Artemis in art Artemis - Appellations
Artemis - Birth Artemis - Childhood Artemis - Men
Artemis - Actaeon Artemis - Adonis Artemis - Siproites Artemis - Orion
Artemis - Other stories
Artemis - Callisto Artemis - Agamemnon and Iphigenia Artemis - Niobe Artemis - Taygete Artemis - Otus and Ephialtes Artemis - The Meleagrids Artemis - Chione Artemis - Atalanta and Oeneus
Artemis - Artemis in Neopaganism

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(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures. List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals. List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus. Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love Apollo - God of healing, light, and poetry, patron of scribes Arês - God of war Artemis - Goddess of the hunt and the moon Athena - G ...

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List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals
List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods List of Greek mythological characters - Titans List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes List of Greek mythological characters - River gods List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs List of Greek mythological characters - Giants
List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals
List of Greek mythological characters - A-B List of Greek mythological characters - C-G List of Greek mythological characters - H-L List of Greek mythological characters - M-P List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z

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Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian divinities. In later times he became in part confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon in religious contexts. But Apollo and Helios/Sol remained quite separate beings in literary/mythological texts. In Etruscan mythology, he was know ...

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Apollo - Worship Apollo - Etymology of the name Apollo - Apollo in art Apollo - Appellations Apollo - Birth Apollo - Youth Apollo - Apollo and Admetus Apollo - Apollo During the Trojan War Apollo - Niobe Apollo - Apollo's romantic life and children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships Apollo - Homosexual relationships
Apollo - Apollo and the Birth of Hermes Apollo - Other stories
Apollo - Musical contests Apollo - Miscellaneous
Apollo - Spoken-word myths - audio files Apollo - Apollo in popular culture

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An ancient Greek (c. 450 B.C.) scientist-philosopher who discovered that the brain is the seat of understanding. Also in Greek mythology, Alcmaeon, or Alkmáon, was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the Seven Against Thebes raid, though he knew he would die. Eriphyle was convinced to support the battle by Polynices, who offered her the necklace of Harmonia. Amphiaraus asked his sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus, to avenge his death, and Alcmaeon killed his mother when A ...

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In Greek mythology, Amphiaraus, or Amphiaraos ("doubly-cursed") was the son of Oicles and husband of Eriphyle. Amphiaraus was the King of Argos along with Adrastus, brother of Eriphyle, and Iphis. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the Seven Against Thebes raid, though he knew he would die. She had been persuaded by Polynices, who offered her the necklace of Harmonia, daughter of Aphrodite. Amphiaraus reluctantly agreed to join the battle and asked his sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus to avenge his death. In the ...

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Attalus I (Soter "Savior") (269 BCE–197 BCE)1 ruled Pergamon, a Greek city state in present-day Turkey, from 241 BCE to 197 BCE. He was the second cousin and the adoptive son of Eumenes I2, whom he succeeded, and was the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king.3 He won an important victory over the Galatians, newly arrived Celtic tribes from Thrace, who had been, for more than a generation, plundering and exacting tribute thr ...

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Attalus I - Early life Attalus I - Defeat of the Galatians Attalus I - Conquests in Seleucid Asia Minor Attalus I - First Macedonian War Attalus I - Macedonian hostilities of 201 BCE Attalus I - Second Macedonian War Attalus I - Wife and sons Attalus I - The introduction of the cult of the Magna Mater to Rome Attalus I - Notes

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Acarnan, one of the Epigones, was a son of Alcmaeon and Calirrhoe, and brother of Amphoterus. Their father was murdered by Phegeus, when they were yet very young, and Calirrhoe prayed to Zeus to make her sons grow quickly, that they might be able to avenge the death of their father. The prayer was granted, and Acarnan with his brother slew Phegeus, his wife, and his two sons. The inhabitants of Psophis, where the sons had been slain, pursued the murderers as far as Tegea, where however they were received and rescued. At the request of

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Callirhoe or Callirrhoe may mean: Callirhoe (genus), a genus of plant within the Mallow family Callirrhoe (moon), a moon of Jupiter Callirhoe or Callirrhoe is the name of several women from Greek mythology: Callirrhoe (naiad), a daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna, one of the Oceanids Callirhoe, the daughter of Achelous, who berothed her to Alcmaeon Callirhoe, a Calydonian woman who scorned a priest of Dionysus who in turn threatened to inflict all the wom ...

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In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Heraklês ("glory of Hera", Ηρακλης) was a divine hero, the demigod son of Zeus and Alcmene, and stepson of Alcmene's rightful husband and great-grandson of Perseus. In Roman mythology he was called Hercules. He was, arguably, the greatest of the mythical Greek heroes, best known for his superhuman strength. Many stories are told of his life, the most famous being The Twelve Labours of Herakles. His Etruscan equivalent was Hercle, a son of Tinia and Uni. He was also ...

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Heracles - Birth and childhood Heracles - Adulthood
Heracles - The Twelve Labours Heracles - Omphale Heracles - Hylas Heracles - Iole Heracles - Killing various giants Heracles - Laomedon/Tros Heracles - Other adventures
Heracles - Marriage affairs and death
Heracles - Acca Larentia Heracles - Heracles' male lovers
Heracles - Modern and ancient interpretations Heracles - Spoken-word myths – audio files

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Aetolia is a mountainous region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth. Aetolia - Geography. The river Achelous separates Aetolia from Acarnania to the west; on the north it had boundaries with Epirus and Thessaly; on the east with the Ozolian Locrians; and on the south the entrance to the Corinthian Gulf defined the limits of Aetolia. In classical times Aetolia comprised two parts: Old Aetolia in the west, from the Achelous to the Evenus and Calydon; and New AetoliaIncluding:

Aetolia - Geography Aetolia - History

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In Greek mythology, the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were Naiads (sea nymphs) who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli which was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. Approaching sailors were drawn to them by their enchanting singing, causing them to sail on the cliffs and drown. They were considered the daughters of Achelous (by Terpsichore, Melpomene or Sterope) or Phorcys (Virgil. V. 846; Ovid XIV, 88). Their number is variously reported as between two and five, and their individual names as Thelxiepia/Thelxio ...

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Siren - Appearance Siren - Encounters with the Sirens Siren - Popular culture

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A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe (Νιόβη), daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the wife of Amphion, boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, with the last begging for his life (Apollo would have spared his life, but had already released the arrow), and Artemis killed her daughters. Apollo and Artemis used poisoned arrows to kill ...

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Niobe - Other uses

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Asclepius, god of medicine Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis Pan, shepherd god Nymphs Anatolian deities In Greek mythology Lētō' (Greek: Λητώ, Lato in Dorian Greek, the "hidden one") is a daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, and in the Olympian scheme of things, Zeus is the father of her twins, Apollo and Artemis. Still, Leto is scarcely to be conceived apart from being pregnant and finding a suitab ...

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Leto - Birth of Artemis and Apollo Leto - Witnesses at the birth of Apollo

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In Greek mythology, Sterope was the name of several individuals: Sterope was the daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe. Sterope was the daughter of Porthaon and Euryte. She is sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous. Sterope (or Asterope) was one of the Pleiades and, by Ares, the mother of Oenomaus, King of Pisa. She is either wife or mother of Oenomaus. Sterope was daughter of Cepheus. She received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect

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In Greek mythology, Amalthea (Greek Αμαλθεια, "tender") is the most often mentioned among foster-mothers of Zeus. She is sometimes represented as the goat which suckled the infant-god in a cave in Mount Aigaion ("Goat Mountain") in Crete, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph of uncertain parentage (daughter of Oceanus, Haemonius, Olen, or Melisseus), who brought him up on the milk of a goat. In order that Cronus should not hear the wailing of the infant, Amalthea gathered about the cave the Kuretes or the Korybantes to dance and shout and cla ...

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In 200 BCE, Attalus became involved in the Second Macedonian War. Acarnanians with Macedonian support invaded Attica, causing Athens, which had previously maintained its neutrality, to seek help from the enemies of Philip.36 Attalus, with his fleet at Aegina, received an embassy from Athens, to come to the city for consultations. Informed that Roman ambassadors were also at Athens, Attalus went there in haste. His reception at Athens was extraordinary.37 Polybius writes: … ...

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Attalus I, Attalus I - Early life, Attalus I - Defeat of the Galatians, Attalus I - Conquests in Seleucid Asia Minor, Attalus I - First Macedonian War, Attalus I - Macedonian hostilities of 201 BCE, Attalus I - Second Macedonian War, Attalus I - Wife and sons, Attalus I - The introduction of the cult of the Magna Mater to Rome, Attalus I - Notes

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(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures. ...

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List of Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals, List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus, List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities, List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Titans, List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed, List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes, List of Greek mythological characters - River gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs, List of Greek mythological characters - Giants, List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals, List of Greek mythological characters - A-B, List of Greek mythological characters - C-G, List of Greek mythological characters - H-L, List of Greek mythological characters - M-P, List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z

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