"[Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos laments :] ‘Who stole the man of Athens [Theseus]? . . . If Zephyros torments me [i.e. if the west-wind has carried away Theseus' ship], tell Iris the bride of Zephyros and mother of Pothos (Desire), to behold Ariadne maltr...
Kirke's island of Aiaia (Aeaea) was located in the far west, near the earth-encircling River Okeanos (Oceanus). Her brother Aeetes' realm in the far east was similarly named Aia (Aea).FAMILY OF CIRCEPARENTS[1.1] HELIOS & PERSEIS (Homer Odyssey 10.135, Hesiod Theogony 956, Apollodorus ...
26. Myrto Georgakopolou, “Examination of Copper Slags from the Early Bronze Age Site of Daskaleio-Kavos on the Island of Keros (Cyclades, Greece),” Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies Newsletter 24 (2004): 3–12. 27. Philaniotou, Bassiakos, and Georgakopoulou, “Early Bronze Age...
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open to visitors twice a year – once in the Fall for the Great Days of Nemea festival, and once in the Spring for an event called Open Cellars that includes wineries across Greece. G’aia’s official tasting room is at its winery on Santorini, and is one of the island’s highlights...
From the rock of Kounopetra that used to be moving on its own until recently and the Katovothres of Argostoli where the sea disappears to the dead lilies of Pastra that bloom again and the snakes of Panagia that appear every August, Kefalonia is definitely a mysterious island! Meet the...
Cytherea means “from the island of Cythera” and pronounced approximately as KAYEH-THeh-Reh-aa-. Cytherea is a place-name that is the home of Aphrodite. Damara Damara means “gentle girl” and pronounced as dah-mah-rah. Damara is the name of an ancient fertility goddess is associated wit...
AEAEA: island of Circe AEDON: name of the daughter of Pandareos AEGINA: meaning unknown AELLO: name of a Harpy AETHRA: name of the mother of Theseus AETNA: "from Aetna" AGAFIA: "good." Variants include Agaue, and Agave. AGALAIA: "splendor" AGALIA: "happy" AGAPI: "Love; affection....
As a rich popular poetry sprang up during the last-mentioned period on the islands off the coast of Asia Minor, so now a similar literature developed on the Island of Crete. Its most important creations are the romantic epic "Erotokritos" and the dramas "Erophile" and "The Sacrifice of ...
Calypso:Sea nymph; kept Odysseus on her island Ogygia for seven years. Cassandra:Daughter of Priam; prophetess who was never believed; slain with Agamemnon. Castor:One ofDioscuri. Celaeno:One of severalPleiades. Centaurs:Beings half man and half horse; lived in mountains of Thessaly. ...