7 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "The three gods [Zeus, Poseidon and Haides] overpowered the Titanes, confined them in Tartaros . . . The gods then drew lots for a share of the rule. Zeus won the lordship of the sky, Poseidon that of the sea, and Plouton (...
Ganymede- (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods Geryon- (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules Gorgon- (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal ...
Armed with these the three gods overpowered the Titanes, confined them in Tartaros, and put the Hekatonkheires (Hecatoncheires) in charge of guarding them."Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 6 Fragment 4 (from Tertullian On the Crown 13. 4) (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B....
Mercury- (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes Janus- (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head Juno- (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage...
have not had the opportunity, but I am sure that many who have had the opportunity have not made use of it. There, indeed, is a place to use your eyes. You who see can spend many fruitful days there, but I with ...
30、mythology the three principal gods are Siva (Destroyer), Brahma (Creator) and Vishnu (Preserver), and it is significant that Shelleys poem invokes all three gods as manifested in the one abstract force of (or within or behind) the West Wind. The phrase neatly expresses the ambivalent at...
Poseidon in Greek Mythology As one of the 12 Olympians, Poseidon is one of the more renowned and powerful gods in mythology. Poseidon and his brothers, Zeus and Hades, broke the earthly domain into three areas: Zeus controlled the sky, Hades controlled death and the underworld, and Poseidon ...
O wondrous power of Philosophic Instruction, that brought the Indians to worship Greek gods, and the Scythians to bury their dead, not to devour them! dWe admire Carneades' power, which made Cleitomachus,31 formerly called Hasdrubal, and a Carthaginian by birth, adopt Greek ways. We admire ...
"[Zeus] the son of Kronos (Cronus) and the other deathless gods whom rich-haired Rhea bare from union with Kronos."Homer, Iliad 15. 187 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "[Poseidon speaks :] ‘We are three brothers born by Rheia to Kronos (Cronus), Zeus, and I,...
1. a belief in three gods. 2. a Christian heresy holding that the Trinity consists of three distinct gods. —tritheist,n. ubiquitary a person or entity existing everywhere. —ubiquitary,adj. Zemiism the religion of the Taino tribes of the West Indies, involving the invocation of Zemis,...