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Encyclopedia - Aethra: Encyclopedia - Aethra
In Greek mythology, Aethra was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezena and, with Aegeas, or in some versions, Poseidon, mother of Theseus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen: Encyclopedia - Helen
Helen (Ἑλένη) was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia - Hades
Hades (Greek: ᾍδης - Hadēs or Ἅιδης - Háidēs) ("unseen") means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castor And Pollux: Encyclopedia - Castor And Pollux
In Greek mythology, Castor (or Kastor) and Pollux (sometimes called Polydeuces) were the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia - Persephone
In Greek mythology, Persephone (Greek Περσεφόνη, Classical Greek Persephónē, Modern Greek Persefóni) was the queen of the Und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegeus: Encyclopedia - Aegeus
In Greek mythology, Aegeus, also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas, was the father of Theseus and an Athenian King. He was the son of Pandion II a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poseidon: Encyclopedia - Poseidon
In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) was the god of the sea. In Etruscan and Roman mythology he was known as Neptune (Nethuns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Persephone - The Abduction Myth
In the Olympian pantheon, Persephone is given a father: according to Hesiod's Theogony, Persephone was the daughter produced by the union...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen - Helen In Greek Mythology
Helen - Birth. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus while at the same time bearing Cast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Birth And The Six Labours Of Theseus
Aegeus, one of the primordial kings of Athens, found a bride at Troezen, a small city southwest of Athens, in Aethra, daughter of Troezen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Hades: The Entity
In Greek mythology, Hades (the "unseen"), the god of the underworld, was a son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. He had three older sisters,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poseidon: Encyclopedia Ii - Poseidon - Myth
Poseidon - Birth and childhood. Poseidon was a son of Cronus and Rhea. Like his brothers and sisters save Zeus, Poseidon was swallowed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greek Mythological Characters - Greek Mythological Characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Pirithous
Theseus's best friend was Pirithous, Prince of the Lapiths. Pirithous had heard stories of Theseus's courage and strength in battle but w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Other Usages
In Dungeons & Dragons, Hades is one of the seven lower planes of existence. More commonly referred to as the Gray Wastes, the plane i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 the Sun mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Phaedra And Hippolytus
Phaedra fell in love with Hippolytus, Theseus's son by Hippolyte. According to some versions of the story, Hippolytus had scorned Aphrodi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Medea And The Marathonian Bull
When Theseus arrived at Athens, he did not reveal his true identity immediately. He was welcomed by Aegeas, who was suspicious of the str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - The Return To Athens
Sailing back to Athens, Theseus forgot to change the black sails for white ones, as he had promised his father he would do if he survived...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Hippolyte
Theseus assists Heracles in his ninth labour - obtaining the girdle of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. After succeeding in the task, The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theseus: Encyclopedia Ii - Theseus - Ariadne And The Minotaur
In those days, Athens was required to pay tribute to Crete, the controlling power in the region, a situation that sets the myth in the mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Other Usages
In Dungeons & Dragons, Hades is one of the seven lower planes of existence. More commonly referred to as the Gray Wastes, the plane i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poseidon: Encyclopedia Ii - Poseidon - Prehistory
In the heavily sea-dependent Mycenean culture, Poseidon's importance was that of Zeus, if surviving Linear B clay tablets can be trusted....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Persephone - Modern Scholarship On Persephone
Persephone - Persephone Before the Greeks?. Many modern scholars have argued that Persephone's cult was a continuation of Neolithic or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Persephone - Overview
The figure of Persephone is a well-known one today. Her story has great emotional power: an innocent maiden; a mother's grief at the abdu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poseidon: Encyclopedia Ii - Poseidon - Worship
In the historical period, Poseidon was often referred to by the epithets Enosichthon, Seischthon and Ennosigaios, all meaning "earth-shak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greek Mythological Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - 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, li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Usages In The New Testament
The Greek New Testament uses hades several times, with various connotations of bodily decay and the power of death, none of them applicab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Hades: The Place
There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields (contrast the Christian Paradise or Heaven), and Tartarus, (compare th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen - Helen In Modern Literature
Helen is often called "the face that launched a thousand ships", though this phrase is post-classical, from Christopher Marlowe: Is this...   » Read the article