Scylla- (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait Stentor- the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died...
Every myth, Greek or otherwise, that has ever been told or written, varies in the telling. The basic themes are repeated in many of them, but details, even story lines will differ considerably, from village to village, eon to eon. When one understands that the myths have been told for ...
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Folktales, consisting of popular recurring themes and told for amusement, inevitably found their way into Greek myth. Such is the theme of lost persons—whether husband, wife, or child (e.g., Odysseus, Helen of Troy, or Paris of Troy)—found or recovered after long and exciting adventures...
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As god of the sea he was also closely associated with fish and other marine creatures. His chariot was drawn by a pair of fish-tailed horses (Greek: hippokampoi). The most famous of his sacred animals in myth was the Cretan Bull, sire of the Minotaur. Poseidon's sacred plants were ...
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ChicagoMLAAPACopy Kapach, Avi. “Greek Creatures.” Mythopedia, November 30, 2022. https://mythopedia.com/topics/greek-creatures. Authors Avi Kapach Avi Kapach is a writer, scholar, and educator who received his PhD in Classics from Brown University ...
Phorcys is the sea-god specifically associated with the hidden dangers of the deep. Along with his sister and wife, Ceto, he is in charge of the largest of the sea creatures, eventually rearing some of the most dangerous sea monsters in Greek mythology, including the Gorgon Sisters. Gorgos,...
2.Greek mythone of several sea nymphs whose seductive singing was believed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks the nymphs inhabited 3.any aquatic eel-like salamander of the North American familySirenidae,having external gills, no hind limbs, and reduced forelimbs ...