Definition:To beget, to give birth, to bring forth, to produce. Meaning:I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to. Word Origin:From the Greek root γένος (genos), meaning "race" or "kind." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalen...
She was the daughter of Doros, himself sprung from Zeus and a root of the race of Hellen, and Doros was ancestor whence came the Akhaian blood of the Dorian tribe. To these three, Eiraphiotes [Dionysos], entrusted the dignity of the staff of the heavenly herald, their father the ...
due to the destiny of my line, and that Venus [Aphrodite] is exacting tribute of me for all my race . . . Pasiphaë my mother, victim of the deluded bull, brought forth in travail her reproach and burden.’"
Atalanta is the name of a beautiful mythological maiden who refused to marry any man who couldn’t beat her in a footrace. Athanasia Athanasia is a feminine variation of Athanasius which means “resurrection” or “immortal”. Pronounced as AA-TAH-NAH-SEE-YAH. Athanasius was the name of...
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Moreover, in the case of the Ethiopian eunuch, descended from the accursed race of Ham, this separation from Israel must have been intensified to the utmost (cf. Amos 9:7). No doubt St. Luke may also have desired to instance the way in which thus early the Gospel spread to a land ...
Kronos and Rhea gave birth to Zeus. Fearing that one of his sons might unseat him, Kronos wished to devour Zeus as he had devoured some of his other children; but Rhea hid Zeus and saved his life. When of age Zeus overthrew Kronos and the race of Titans. Zeus thus became the chief ...
As they were the only ones to survive, they became the first of the new human race. For more on the story, check out the detail version in the Myth Pages. The name Pyrrha means Fiery Red.n Rhea Rhea was far more powerful in the days before classical (ie, patriarchal) mythology came...
There is no strong antipathy of race or religion; the war turns on no political events; the capture of Troy lies outside the range of Iliad ; and even the main characters are not Greek. So far as can be seen, the chief interest in Homer's works is that of human feeling and emotion...
"What an old man of Titan blood might have done, show the Titan race in his speaking picture . . . Kronos (Cronus), or Phanes more primeval still, or the breed of Titan Helios as old as the universe itself." For MORE information on the fall of Kronos see KRONOS For the closely rel...