Chrysaor - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Chrysaor: Encyclopedia - Chrysaor
Chrysaor - Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Greek Χρυσάωρ, "golden falchion", from χρυσός, gold, and ἄο...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chrysaor: Encyclopedia Ii - Chrysaor - Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Greek Χρυσάωρ, "golden falchion", from χρυσός, gold, and ἄορ, sword, falchion) was a gia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adamant: Encyclopedia - Adamant
Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Callirrhoe Naiad: Encyclopedia - Callirrhoe Naiad
In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe was a naiad. She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She had three husbands, Chrysaor, Neilus, and Pos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geryon: Encyclopedia - Geryon
In Greek mythology, Geryon (Geryones,Geyron), son of Chrysaor and Callirhoe, was a winged giant made from three entire human bodies conjo...   » 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 - Gorgon: Encyclopedia - Gorgon
In Greek mythology, the Gorgons ("terrible" or, according to some, "loud-roaring") were vicious female monsters with sharp fangs and hair...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medusa: Encyclopedia - Medusa
In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. Some classica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pegasus: Encyclopedia - Pegasus
In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Pegasos) was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geryon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geryon - Origin
When the sun reaches the constellation of Gemini, it meets the constellation of Auriga. Many ancient beliefs associated the daily path of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorgon: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgon - Origins
The concept of the gorgon is at least as old in mythology as Perseus and Zeus. The name is good Greek, being from gorgos, "terrible." The...   » 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 - Geryon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geryon - Theft Of The Cattle Of Geryon
Herakles tried to steal the cattle, and killed first Orthrus, then Eurythion. When Geryon arrived, in some versions having been alerted b...   » 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 - 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 - Gorgon: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgon - Classical Tradition
Gorgons are sometimes depicted as having wings of gold, brazen claws, and the tusks of boars. According to the myths, seeing the face of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorgon: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgon - Protective And Healing Powers
A gorgoneion (or stone head, engraving or drawing of a Gorgon face, often with snakes protruding wildly and tongue sticking out between t...   » Read the article