Greek : The Greek name of the constellation. Akkadian & Sumerian : The old Eastern name for the constellation, predating the Greek. * NAME A character associated with the constellation in surviving compilations
The use of these elements can range from a brief allusion to the use of the actual Greek character as a character in a work. Some types of creatures—such as centaurs and nymphs—are used as a generic type rather than individuated characters out of myth. Greek mythology has had an exte...
Irony of a double natured individual (compensation? Survival tactic? Satisfying character development?) Self depreciation among the gods Comedic relief Impropriety and embarrassment Level-headness Hephaestus and Thetis Ordered home Loving wife, Charis (hephaestus's wife) ...
Such is the character of the fiery clouds, with their twin birth of lightnings and thunders together. Zeus the father fought on : raised and hurled his familiar fire against his adversary, piercing his lions, and sending a fiery whirlwind from heaven to strike the battalion of innumerable ...
And of course it also indicates the same basically—that there is one part of the fate and of the character that is unpredictable, can’t develop, and so it can’t be addressed and dealt with. CB: Brilliant. All right, so let’s move on to some other definitions. The next one I ...
Mars was identified with the Greek god Ares, whose myths were reinterpreted in Roman literature and art under the name of Mars. But the character and dignity of Mars differed in fundamental ways from that of his Greek counterpart, who is often treated with contempt and revulsion in Greek ...
and the surnames and epithets given him by the poets are mostly descriptive of his character as the sun. Temples of Helios (êlieia) seem to have existed in Greece at a very early time (Hom.Od.xii. 346), and in later times we find his worship established in various places, as in ...
A late classical development of her character, made Selene the goddess of lunacy. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 44. 198 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : "Dionysos (Dionysus) waited for darksome night, and appealed in these words to circle Mene (Moon) [Selene] in heaven : ‘O daught...