"The clever device of the lyre, it is said, was invented by Hermes, who constructed it of two horns and a crossbar and a tortoise-shell; and he presented it first to Apollon and the Mousai (Muses), then to [the magical bard] Amphion of Thebes." Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. 36 (...
A lyre player and also a semidivine singer. She had a concise life dying of a snakebite sending her down to the underworld Orpheus (Orpheus and Eurydice) He was the son of Calliope, who is the Muse of epic poetry and the god Apollo. Orpheus was given his first lyre from Apollo, ...
too, a savage grin in anticipation of what he is about to do--I am not sure whether because he is glad or because his mind swells in pride as he looks forward to the slaughter. But Apollon is painted as resting upon a rock; the lyre which lies on his left arm is still being stru...
Lyris – player of the lyre Lysander – liberator, emancipation Lysandra – liberator, emancipation Macaria – daughter of Hercules and Deianara Madge – A Pearl Maeve – goddess; a purple flower Maggie – A Pearl Maia – nurse, mother, goddess of spring; great Malva – Soft Mariam – wife...
In mythology, it is supposed that the Panathenaea was founded by Erechtheus (continued by his son, Erichthonius), King of Athens, seven hundred and twenty-nine years before the first Olympiad which was held in 776 B.C.E. This first festival may have been called the ‘Athenaea’. ...
Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis. He was the god of music, and he is often depicted playing a golden lyre. He was also kno...
Major Gods and Godesses of Greek Mythology Zeus Hera Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hades Hephaestus Hermes Hestia Poseidon Orpheus:Orpheus was the son of the God Apollo and Muse of Music, Galliope. His father gave him a magical lyre when he was just a young boy and ta...
1. Artemis is often depicted as a bitch in mythology, without compassion 2. Athena also can be a bitch, but is depicted as being capable of compassion: A. Teiresias also saw her naked- another version of how he became blinded (one version involves Hera, the other Athena): Athena said ...
Mythology and religion. Ancient Greek mythology passed through a long period of development. In its early stages (during the period of matriarchy) Greek mythology was characterized by elemental, monstrous forms, that is. it was vividly chthonic (from the Greek word for earth, chthō n, which ...
Hermes was a god of not only messengers but of Fertility In Greek mythology. Hermes is famous because he was the son of Zeus the god of gods. The Greeks worshiped him because he was the ancient Greek god of luck, sleep, language, thieves, and travel. It was important to know about ...