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9 feb 2023 · Overview. The three Charites or “Graces” were beautiful, kind, and youthful goddesses who embodied all things involving beauty, joy, and abundance. In the standard account, known from Hesiod’s Theogony, there were three Charites named Aglaea (“Radiance”), Euphrosyne (“Joy”), and Thalia (“Abundance”), daughters of Zeus and the ...
25 lug 2023 · Eurynome was an Oceanid, one of the three thousand nymp h daughters of the Titan s Oceanus and Tethys. After becoming a consort of Zeus, she gave birth to the three Charites (also known as the Graces): Aglaea (“Radiance”), Euphrosyne (“Joy”), and Thalia (“Flowering”). Some traditions claimed that she and Zeus were also the parents ...
9 dic 2022 · The name “Pandora” (Greek Πανδώρα, translit. Pandōra) is derived from the Greek words pan, meaning “all,” and dōron, meaning “gift.”. The name can thus be translated as “all-gifted” or “all-giving.”. According to Hesiod, Pandora received this name because, when she was created, “all they who dwelt on Olympus gave ...
27 lug 2023 · Overview. The Horae were Greek goddesses, daughters of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Themis, one of the original twelve Titans. They governed the seasons and the orderly progression of cyclical time. They also guarded the gates of Olympus and were connected with marriage, childbirth, and child-rearing.
9 mar 2023 · The Erinyes, also known as the “Furies” or “Eumenides,” were the goddesses responsible for punishing wrongdoing and blood-guilt. They appeared above all when someone carried out a crime against a family member, but they were also invoked in cases of nonfamilial homicide, impiety, and perjury. Born from the blood of Uranus (the ...
13 apr 2023 · Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt, nature, and wild animals. She was typically regarded as one of the major Olympians, numbered among the so-called “Twelve Gods.”. In art and literature, Artemis was often imagined hunting in the forest with her bow. While her twin brother Apollo represented reason and order, Artemis signified the ...
11 mar 2023 · The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris. Numbered among the nymphs—female divinities who took the form of beautiful young women—the Nereids were widely regarded as kind and helpful sea deities. The most famous among them were Amphitrite, Galatea, and Thetis.
9 mar 2023 · The Moirae, also known as the “Fates,” were the goddesses who personified the Greek concept of μοῖρα (moîra, “fate” or “allotment”). Their main function was to determine the lifespan of every mortal—when they would be born and when they would die. They were usually called the daughters of either Nyx (“Night”) or of Zeus ...
But if you tell all and foolishly boast that you lay with rich-crowned Aphrodite, Zeus will smite you in his anger with a smoking thunderbolt. Now I have told you all. Take heed: refrain and name me not, but have regard to the anger of the gods.”. When the goddess had so spoken, she soared up to windy heaven.
8 mar 2023 · Avi Kapach. The Shield of Heracles is a brief epic poem incorrectly attributed to Hesiod, probably composed around the early sixth century BCE. It tells of the battle between the hero Heracles and the warrior Cycnus, but it is most famous—as the title suggests—for its long and detailed description of Heracles’ shield.
