Encyclopedia - Cephissus: Encyclopedia - Cephissus
Cephissus (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) the name of severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narcissus Mythology: Encyclopedia - Narcissus Mythology
In Greek mythology, Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek Νάρκισσος), was a hero of the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Worship
Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afidnes: Encyclopedia - Afidnes
Afidnes (Greek, Modern: Αφίδνες, Ancient/Katharevoussa: Αφίδναι), older forms: Afidnai, Afidne, Latin: Aphidnae, sometimes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charites: Encyclopedia - Charites
In Greek mythology, the Charites (Χάριτες; Greek: "Graces") were goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia - Apollo
Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anixi: Encyclopedia - Anixi
Anoixi or Anoixi (Greek: Άνοιξη meaning cool, dew) is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece -- just about 23 km north of Athe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agios Stefanos: Encyclopedia - Agios Stefanos
Agios Stefanos (Greek: meaning Saint Stephen) is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece -- just about 23 km north of Athens. Agios S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rafina: Encyclopedia Ii - Rafina - Geographical Location
Rafina is east of the Penteli mountains and northeast of the Mesogeia plain with an exception of farmland near the coastline to the north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Worship
Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narcissus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narcissus Mythology - Archaic Version
This, a more archaic version than the one related by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, is a moral tale in which the proud and unfeeling Narcissu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charites: Encyclopedia Ii - Charites - Regional Differences
Although the Graces usually numbered three, according to the Spartans, Cleta, not Thalia, was the third, and other Graces are sometimes m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phocis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phocis - History
The early history of Phocis remains quite obscure. During the Persian invasion of 480 BC the Phocians at first joined in the national def...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Varympompi: Encyclopedia Ii - Varympompi - Geography And Information
The village is situated between a farmland and a forest setting. The forests of parnitha mainly of pines, cedars and fir trees along with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phthiotis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phthiotis - History
The prefecture in the 1950s began construction of the GR-1 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki). Electricity and pavement of the roads began i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo During The Trojan War
Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the Trojan War in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Other Stories
Apollo - Musical contests. Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Etymology Of The Name
The name Apollo might have been derived from a Pre-Hellenic compound Apo-ollon [citation needed], likely related to an archaic verb Apo-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo's Romantic Life And Children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships. Apollo chased the nymph Daphne, daughter of Peneus, who had scorned him. His infatuation was caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And The Birth Of Hermes
Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. The story is told in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. His mother, Maia, had been secretly impregn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rafina: Encyclopedia Ii - Rafina - Road And Sea Access
The town can be accessed through Marathonos Avenue (GR-54) to the west. Other roads link with the town of Artemida, also known as Loutsa,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And Admetus
When Zeus struck down Apollo's son, Asclepius, with a lightning bolt for resurrecting the dead (and thus steal Hades's subjects), Apollo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Etymology Of The Name
The name Apollo might have been derived from a Pre-Hellenic compound Apo-ollon [citation needed], likely related to an archaic verb Apo-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phocis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phocis - Phocis Today
Phocis is today a prefecture and the capital is at Amfissa. It is one of the least populated prefectures in Greece. The neighboring prefe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phocis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phocis - Geography
Ancient Phocis was about 1,619 km² (625 mi²) in area, bounded on the west by Ozolian Locris and Doris, on the north by Opuntian Locris,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charites: Encyclopedia Ii - Charites - In Art
On the representation of the Graces, Pausanias wrote, "Who it was who first represented the Graces naked, whether in sculpture or in pai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Other Stories
Apollo - Musical contests. Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And The Birth Of Hermes
Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. The story is told in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. His mother, Maia, had been secretly impregn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And Admetus
When Zeus struck down Apollo's son, Asclepius, with a lightning bolt for resurrecting the dead (and thus steal Hades's subjects), Apollo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo During The Trojan War
Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the Trojan War in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo's Romantic Life And Children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships. Apollo chased the nymph Daphne, daughter of Peneus, who had scorned him. His infatuation was caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narcissus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narcissus Mythology - The Myth's Influences
The parable of Narcissus has been a rich vein for artists to mine for at least two thousand years, beginning with the Roman poet Ovid (bo...   » Read the article