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1 giorno fa · Jupiter ( Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, [14] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus " sky father " Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς ), [15] also known as Jove ( gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs] ), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of ...
1 giorno fa · In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto ( Greek: Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was the ruler of the Greek underworld. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god who presides over the afterlife.
4 giorni fa · Genealogy. According to Hesiod 's Theogony, Nyx is the offspring of Chaos, alongside Erebus (Darkness), by whom she becomes the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day). [6] .
3 giorni fa · Galatea is also the name of a sea-nymph, one of the fifty Nereids (daughters of Nereus) mentioned by Hesiod and Homer. [2] In Theocritus Idylls VI and XI she is the object of desire of the one-eyed giant Polyphemus and is linked with Polyphemus again in the myth of Acis and Galatea in Ovid 's Metamorphoses. [3]
4 giorni fa · Sin ( / ˈsiːn /) or Suen ( Akkadian: 𒀭𒂗𒍪, d EN.ZU [1]) also known as Nanna ( Sumerian: 𒀭𒋀𒆠 D ŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA [2]) was the Mesopotamian god representing the moon.
4 giorni fa · Egyptian equivalent. Geb. In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈætləs /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlas) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles ( Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
1 giorno fa · In Greek mythology, Gaia ( / ˈɡeɪə, ˈɡaɪə /; [3] Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized : Gaîa, a poetic form of Γῆ ( Gê ), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), [4] also spelled Gaea ( / ˈdʒiːə / ), [3] is the personification of Earth. [5] Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenogenic —of all life.
