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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Charites

In Greek mythology, the Charites (Χάριτες; Greek: "Graces") were goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea ("Beauty"), Euphrosyne ("Good Cheer"), and Thalia ("Festivities"). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae. The Charites were usually considered the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, though they were also said to be daughters of Dionysus and Aphrodite or of Helios and the naiad Aegle. Homer wrote that they ...

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Charites - Regional differences

Charites - In art

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Thalia: 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 mentioned, including Auxo, Charis, Hegemone, Phaenna, and Pasithea. Pausanias interrupts his Description of Greece (book 9.xxxv.1 - 7) to expand upon the various conceptions of the Graces that had developed in different parts of mainland Greece and Ionia: "The Boeotians say that Eteocles was the first man to sacrifice to the Graces. Moreover, they are aware that he established thre ...

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Zeus - Prehistory

Zeus - Role and epithets

Zeus - Panhellenic cults of Zeus

Zeus - Some local Zeus-cults

Zeus - Oracles of Zeus

Zeus - Zeus and foreign gods

Zeus - Zeus in myth

Zeus - Consorts and children

Zeus - Zeus miscellany

Zeus - Zeus in Neopaganism

Zeus - Spoken-word myths - audio files

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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Hephaestus

Hephaestus (World Book «hih FEHS tuhs») (Greek: Ἡφαιστος Hêphaistos) is the Greek god whose approximate Roman equivalent is Vulcan; he is the god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals and metallurgy, and fire. He was worshipped in all the manufacturing and industrial centers of Greece, especially Athens. Though his forge lay in the volcanic heart of Lemnos, Hephaestus became associa ...

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Hephaestus - Hephaestus and Aphrodite

Thalia: Encyclopedia - Aglaea

The youngest of the Charities, Aglaea or Aglaia ("splendor, brilliant, shining one") was Hephaestus' wife and Asclepius' daughter in Greek mythology. Other sources cite her and her sisters as the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome. With Charopus, she was the mother of Nireus. Her other two sisters were Euphrosyne, and Thalia. Together they were known as the Three Graces, or the Charities. ...

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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Dionysus

Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace — as well as the patron deity of both agriculture and the theater. Greeks borrowed Dionysus' figure and within the Olympian tradition he i ...

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Dionysus - Worship

Dionysus - Bacchanalia

Dionysus - Appellations

Dionysus - Birth

Dionysus - Childhood

Dionysus - Midas

Dionysus - Other stories

Dionysus - Consorts/Children

Dionysus - Parallels with Christianity

Dionysus - Modern interpretations

Dionysus - Dionysus in Neopaganism

Dionysus - names with the origin Dionysus

Dionysus - Bibliography

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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Aphrodite

Aphrodite (World Book «AF roh DY tee») (Αφροδίτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite - Worship. The epithet Aphrodite Acidalia was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe in, located in Boeotia (Virgil I, 720). She was also called Kypris or Cytherea after her alleged birth-places in Cyprus and Cythera, respectively. The island of Cythera was a center of her cult. She was associated with Hesp ...

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Aphrodite - Worship

Aphrodite - Birth

Aphrodite - Adulthood

Aphrodite - Marriage with Hephaestus

Aphrodite - Aphrodite and Psyche

Aphrodite - Adonis

Aphrodite - The Judgement of Paris

Aphrodite - Pygmalion and Galatea

Aphrodite - Other Stories

Aphrodite - Aphrodite in Neopaganism

Aphrodite - Consorts and children

Aphrodite - Other names

Thalia: Encyclopedia - Calliope

In Greek mythology, Calliope (Greek: Καλλιoπη, beautiful-voiced) was the muse of heroic poetry. She had two sons, Orpheus and Linus with Apollo. She was the oldest and wisest of the Muses. She was the judge in the argument over Adonis between Aphrodite and Persephone. She was represented by a stylus and wax tablets. Calliope | Clio | Erato | Euterpe | Melpomene | Polyhymnia | Terpsichore | Thalia | Urania ...

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Thalia: 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 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

Thalia: Encyclopedia - Urania

This article discusses a Greek muse. For the chemical substance, see Yellowcake. For the Italian science-fiction magazines, see Urania and for the observatory in Vienna, see Urania. For the city in Louisiana, see Urania, Louisiana In Greek mythology, Urania ("heavenly") was the muse of astronomy and astrology. She is usually depicted as having a globe in her left hand and a peg in the right. Her name has been used to name astronomical observatories such as the Urania in Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and Antwerp and Uraniborg on the island of Hven. There is a Urania Street in New Orleans, between Polymnia ("Po ...

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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Drama

Drama is a term generally used to refer to a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. It is a Greek word meaning `action', drawn from the Greek verb δραν, `to do'. Dramas can be performed in a variety of media: live performance, film, or television. "Closet dramas" are works written in the same form as plays (with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of Seneca, Manfred by Byron, and Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe ...

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Drama - Greek drama

Drama - Uses of drama today

Drama - Drama as a tool for education

Drama - Workshops

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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Clio

In Greek mythology, Clio (Greek: Κλειώ) or Kleio is the muse of heroic poetry and history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She had one son, Hyacinth, with the King of Macedonia, Pierus. Some sources say she was also the mother of Hymenaios. She is often represented with a parchment scroll or a set of tablets. She is also known as the Proclaimer. The name is from the root κλέω/κλ ...

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Thalia: Encyclopedia - Helios

In earlier Greek mythology, the sun was personified as a deity called Hêlios (Greek for "the sun"), whom Homer equates with the sun titan Hyperion. Other sources say Helios is Hyperion's son by his sister Theia. Helios was seen driving a fiery chariot across the sky. He has two sisters, the moon goddess Selene and the dawn goddess Eos. Many think that Apollo becomes the Olympian "sun god", but this idea is mostly based on speculation and assumption. The equivalent of Helios in Roman mythology is Sol. Helios - Gre ...

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Helios - Greek mythology

Helios - Roman mythology

Helios - Helios and Apollo

Helios - Consorts/Children

Helios - Epitheta

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Thalia: 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 painting, I could not discover. During the earlier period, certainly, sculptors and painters alike represented them draped. At Smyrna, for instance, in the sanctuary of the Nemeses, above the images have been dedicated Graces of gold, the work of Bupalus; and in the Music Hall in the same city there is a portrait of a Grace, painted by Apelles. At Pergamus likewise, in the chamber of Attalus, are o ...

Thalia: Encyclopedia II - Helios - Greek mythology

The best known story involving Helios is that of his son Phaeton, who drove the sun chariot to his own disaster. Helios was sometimes referred to with the epithet Helios Panoptes ("the all-seeing"). The names of the horses were Pyrois, Eos, Aethon and Phlegon. Helios was worshipped throughout the Peloponnesus, and especially on Rhodes (an island he pulled out of the sea), where annual gymnastic tournaments were held in his honor. The Colossus of Rhodes was dedicated to him. Helios was often depicted as a haloed youth in a chariot, wearing a cloak and with a globe and a whip. Roo ...

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