Zeus, God of Lightning and the Sky, corresponds with Fire. Hera, Goddess of Marriage and Women, corresponds with Earth. Nestis, also Kore or Persephone the goddess of spring and the Underworld, aligns with Water. Aidoneus corresponds with Air. It is Plato who attributes the term elements to...
Hera offered power over all of Asia and Europe; Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman, Helen, on earth to marry; and Athena offered fame and glory in battle.Paris chose Aphrodite, thus enraging the other two goddesses who then sided with the Greeks against Paris in the Trojan War...
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and peace. The beautiful white flowers of the lily were connected with these traits well before Jesus Christ. Many ancient allegories connect the flower with motherhood. One fable tells us that the lily sprang from the milk of Hera, the mythological Queen of Heaven. This may explain why the ...
Though Zeus was married to the goddess Hera, Greek mythology is filled with tales of his extra-marital conquests. The Homeric Hymn to Selene states that Selene and Zeus had a daughter called Pandeia, whose name meant All-brightness. The Greek poet Alcman claims that Ersa, the morning dew, ...
Apollo's silver bow and arrow represent his defeat of the monster Python (or Phython). Python was a serpent who lived near Delphi, considered the center of the earth. In a frenzy of jealousy over Zeus' infidelity with Leda,Herasent Python to chase Leto away: at the time, Leto was pregn...
mythology, Gaia was the personification of the Earth and one of the primordial goddesses. She was the great mother of all: the primal Mother Earth who gave birth to the Titans, the Cyclopes, and Hecatoncheires. She was also the grandmother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and...
From the beginning of time, the lily has been associated with feminine divinities. In ancient Crete, it represented the island’s reigning goddess. In ancient Greece, the lily was sacred to Hera, Queen of Heaven, and was said to have arisen from drops of breast milk as they fell to earth...
Hercules had orders from the gods to complete a series of tasks, which included defeating the sea monster, Hydra. However, this creature was a beloved pet of Hera’s, so she created a giant Crab with menacing pinchers to aid her beloved sea creature in battle. Hercules ultimately prevailed...