(限时:8分钟,难度:★★★)Apollo, the Greek god of music, has always been proud of how well he could play the lyre(七弦竖琴). For many years, it's agreed that __1_ could make better musi c than him. Then one day, he heard about a shepherd(牧羊人) called Olander who could play...
These and a few others are the cases in which the Muses are described as mothers; but the more general idea was, that, like other nymphs, they were virgin divinities. Being goddesses of song, they are naturally connected with Apollo, the god of the lyre, who like them instructs the ...
The ruin of the peasantry and craftsmen created in the city-states a class of poor people who could not find employment. The military power of the city-states was also undermined; the citizen’s army was replaced in some city-states by detachments of mercenaries, since war had become the ...
Orpheus is known as the most talented music player of the ancient times. It is said that god Apollo was his father, from whom took his extreme talent in music, and the Muse Calliope was his mother. He was living in Thrace, on the northeastern part of Greece. Orpheus had a divinely gi...
Hermes was depicted as either a handsome and athletic, beardless youth or as an older, bearded man, with winged boots and a herald's wand.HERMES MYTHSAs a new-born infant Hermes snuck out of his crib, stole the cattle of the god Apollon, and crafted the first lyre from a tortoise-...
To begin with, the god of music, as he plays a golden lyre(harp). The god plagues and of healing as he gives the science of medicine to man. Secondly, the god of light, as he carry’s the sun. Finally, the god of truth and oracles as the patron who gave wisdom in Delphi. ...
The eternal fiancee of Superman turned sweet gray-haired lady who's always available to babysit her grandkids turned...hot new baby name? Lois Continued Lazarus Origin: Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew Eleazar Meaning: "God is my helper" Description: Lazarus is a name that looks as ...
Apollo sullenly agreed and whisked Hermes back to the cave, where the baby Godlet attempted to placate him. “The herd is round the corner, here are the two cow skins... Oh, and I also used some cow gut to make this.” Hermes produced a small lyre made from a tortoise shell, and...
hatred of love and lust. It was an act of revenge against Apollo who claimed he was a better archer than Eros. Eventually, after Daphne grew tired of Apollo's chasing she begged her father the river god Peneus for help. He turned Daphne was into a laurel tree to escape the love of ...
Zeus as a punishment for Medea for killing her own brother sent storms in the sea and drove it off course. But after purification by Circle nymph, they could continue their journey. The Agro could surpass the Sirens with the help of Orpheus who played his lyre and made more beautiful music...