"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 (...
Bring ancient Greek characters into the classroom with these brief biographies of the top 10 Greek heroes from mythology.
GreekMythology 希腊神话GreekMythologyisagroupoftraditionaltalestoldbytheancientGreeksaboutthedeedsofgods,heroesandtheirrelationswithhumanbeings.希腊神话讲了很多古希腊的故事,有神、英雄的故事以及他们和普通人类之间的关系。TheGreekmythologyisanimportantpartoftheancientculturewhichhasvastanddeepinfluenceonthewhole...
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...
Erato, the love ballad expert, was often spotted with a small lyre. When she plucked those strings, hearts melted to the rhythm of Greek sonnets. Euterpe brought the tunes with her lush flute melodies. Represented with a set of panpipes, she reminded the Greeks that life could be a breezy...
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 ...
But Apollon is painted as resting upon a rock; the lyre which lies on his left arm is still being struck by his left hand in gentle fashion, as though playing a tune. You see the relaxed form of the god and the smile lighting up his face; his right hand rests on his lap, gently...
In Greek mythology, Myrtilus was a divine hero, a son of Hermes on Theobula, and charioteer of King Oenomaus of Pisa in Elis, on the northwest coast of the Peloponnesus. On the eve of the fateful horse race that would decide the marriage between Pelops and Hippodameia, Myrtilus was ...
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...
The Greek term for music is mousiké, the art of the Muses: a divine chorus of women with Apollo as their lyre-playing leader.[4] They sang, danced, performed, and composed songs and poetry. Mousiké differs considerably from our modern sense of the word ‘music’: it means the whole ...