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Acacallis (mythology)
Acacallis (Ancient Greek: Ἀκακαλλίς) in Greek mythology, was princess of Crete. The ''Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Bibliotheca'' calls her Acalle (Ἀκάλλη). Family Acacallis was the daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and Pasiphae the daughter of Helios, or Crete (mythology), Crete the daughter of Asterion (king of Crete), Asterion. She was the sister of Ariadne, Androgeus (son of Minos), Androgeus, Deucalion (Cretan), Deucalion, Phaedra (mythology), Phaedra, Glaucus (son of Minos), Glaucus, Catreus and Xenodice (mythology), Xenodice.Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Apollodorus3.1.2/ref> According to a Cretan mythological tradition, she had a son with Hermes, Cydon, the founder of Cydonia (ancient Greece), Cydonia. Other traditions give Cydon as the offspring of Acacallis and Apollo, and thus, brother to Oaxes. Yet others wrote that Acacallis mothered Cydon with Hermes, and Naxos (mythology), Naxos (eponym of the island Naxos) with Apollo. Another tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek Dark Ages, Dark Ages (), the Archaic Greece, Archaic or Homeric Greek, Homeric period (), and the Classical Greece, Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athens, fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and Ancient Greek philosophy, philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Homeric Greek, Epic and Classical periods of the language, which are the best-attested periods and considered most typical of Ancient Greek. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cydon
In Greek mythology, the name Cydon (Ancient Greek: Κύδων) may refer to: *Cydon of Crete, eponym of Cydonia. According to one version, he was a son of Tegeates and possibly, Maera, daughter of the Titan Atlas. He was the brother of Leimon, Schephrus, Gortys and Archedius: the three brothers were said to have migrated to Crete from Arcadia. Pausanias, 8.53.4 Alternately, Cydon was a native of Crete, son of Acacallis by Hermes or Apollo. He is probably the same as Cydon, the father of Eulimene. The town of Cydonia was named after him. *Cydon of Thebes, name shared by three defenders of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes: **One of the fifty warriors who laid an ambush against Tydeus and were killed by him. **Son of Abas, was killed by Parthenopaeus. **Another Theban, killed by Hippomedon. *Cydon of Lemnos, half-brother of Hypsipyle. Was slain by Myrmidone the night all Lemnian men were killed by their women. *Cydon, an ally of Turnus, lover of Clytiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphithemis
In Greek mythology, Amphithemis (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίθεμις), was the name of the following characters: * Amphithemis, also called Garamas (Γαράμας), son of Acalle, daughter of Minos, and Apollo. He was born in Libya, to where Minos had banished his pregnant daughter, Acacallis in retribution for her having an illicit relationship. Amphithemis consorted with Libyan lake nymph Tritonis who bore him two sons, Nasamon and Caphaurus. This Caphaurus, also known as Cephalion, was a shepherd who slew the Argonauts Eurybate (son of Teleon) and Canthus after they plundered his flocks. In some stories, Amphithemis was the first mortal born. The Libyans claimed that Garamas was born before the Hundred-handed Ones and that, when he rose from the plain, he offered Mother Earth a sacrifice of the sweet acorn. * Amphithemis, one of the horned Lamian Centaurs or Lamian Pheres, offspring of the Lamusides nymphs.Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 14.168 ff. Notes References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miletus (mythology)
Miletus (Ancient Greek: Μίλητος) was a character from Greek mythology, the eponymous mythical founder of the city of Miletus. Family Miletus was son of Apollo and Areia, nymph-daughter of Cleochus, of Crete. Apollodorus3.1.2/ref> His mother in other accounts was Acacallis, a daughter of Minos who consorted with Apollo. Yet another source calls Miletus' mother Deïone, and himself by the matronymic Deionides. Finally, one source gives Miletus as the son of Euxantius, himself son of Minos by a Telchinian woman Dexithea.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.185 Miletus married either Eidothea, daughter of King Eurytus of Caria, or Tragasia, daughter of Celaenus, or Cyane, daughter of the river god Maeander, or Areia, and by her had a son Kaunos and a daughter Byblis. A different family of Miletus was given by Nonnus, his father was Asterius, son of Minos and Androgenia while Caunus and Byblis became his siblings instead of his children. Mythology When Arei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollonius Rhodius
Apollonius of Rhodes ( ''Apollṓnios Rhódios''; ; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the ''Argonautica'', an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. The poem is one of the few extant examples of the epic genre and it was both innovative and influential, providing Ptolemaic Egypt with a "cultural mnemonic" or national "archive of images", and offering the Latin poets Virgil and Gaius Valerius Flaccus a model for their own epics. His other poems, which survive only in small fragments, concerned the beginnings or foundations of cities, such as Alexandria and Cnidus places of interest to the Ptolemies, whom he served as a scholar and librarian at the Library of Alexandria. A literary dispute with Callimachus, another Alexandrian librarian/poet, is a topic much discussed by modern scholars since it is thought to give some insight into their poetry, although there is very little evidence that there ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholia
Scholia (: scholium or scholion, from , "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient authors, as glosses. One who writes scholia is a scholiast. The earliest attested use of the word dates to the 1st century BC. History Ancient scholia are important sources of information about many aspects of the ancient world, especially ancient literary history. The earliest scholia, usually anonymous, date to the 5th or 4th century BC (such as the ''scholia minora'' to the ''Iliad''). The practice of compiling scholia continued to late Byzantine times, outstanding examples being Archbishop Eustathius' massive commentaries to Homer in the 12th century and the ''scholia recentiora'' of Thomas Magister, Demetrius Triclinius and Manuel Moschopoulos in the 14th. Scholia were altered by successive copyists and owners of the manusc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eponym
An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word ''eponym'' include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovations, biological nomenclature, astronomical objects, works of art and media, and tribal names. Various orthographic conventions are used for eponyms. Usage of the word The term ''eponym'' functions in multiple related ways, all based on an explicit relationship between two named things. ''Eponym'' may refer to a person or, less commonly, a place or thing for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. ''Eponym'' may also refer to someone or something named after, or believed to be named after, a person or, less commonly, a place or thing. A person, place, or thing named after a particular person share an eponymous relationship. In this way, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, but the Elizabethan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naxos (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Naxos or Naxus ( or /naksos/; Ancient Greek: Νάξος ''Náxos'') may refer to three possible eponyms of the island of Naxos: * Naxos, son of EndymionStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Naxos' and thus, possibly the brother of Aetolus,Apollodorus1.7.6/ref> Paeon, Epeius and Eurycyda. * Naxos, son of Apollo and Acacallis, daughter of Minos.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1492 His brothers could be Cydon, Amphithemis, Oaxes, Miletus, Phylacides and Phylander who were called offspring of Apollo and Acacallis. * Naxos, son of Polemon and father of Leucippus. When the Carians coming from Latmia moved to the island of Strongyle (old name for Naxos) and making it their home, they made Naxos an upright and famous man to be their king.Diodorus Siculus5.51.3/ref> Notes References *Diodorus Siculus, ''The Library of History'' translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaxes
In Greek mythology, Oaxes or Oaxos () was the founder of the town of Oaxus within Crete, a place known to Servius and Herodotus. He was the son of the god Apollo either by the Cretan nymph Anchiale or Acacallis, daughter of Minos. Apollonius wrote in ''Argonautica'' of Crete being the ''Oaxian land''. Vibius Sequester wrote the river Oaxes gave its name (''to the city Oaxia''). The river Oaxes was, according to Baudrand, very cold.Publius Vergilius Maro, John MartynBucolicorum Eclogae Decem ; The Bucolicks of Virgil with an English Translation and Notes (p. 29) Reily, 1749 (Original from Austrian National Library) etrieved 2015-04-08/ref> Notes References * Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Eclogues''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1895Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics'', ''Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library * Stephanus of Byzantium Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Biography And Mythology
The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith and originally published in London by John Taylor (English publisher), Taylor, Walton (and Maberly) and John Murray (publishing house), John Murray from 1844 to 1849 in three volumes of more than 3,700 pages. It is a classic work of 19th-century lexicography. The work is a companion to Smith's ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'' and ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''. Authors and scope The work lists thirty-five authors in addition to the editor, who was also the author of the unsigned articles. The other authors were Classics, classical scholars, primarily from University of Oxford, Oxford, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Rugby School, and the University of Bonn, but some were from other institutions. Many of the mythological entries were the work of the German expatriate Leonhard Schmit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanus Of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epitome is extant, compiled by one Hermolaus, not otherwise identified. Life Nothing is known about the life of Stephanus, except that he was a Greek grammarian who was active in Constantinople, and lived after the time of Arcadius and Honorius, and before that of Justinian II. Later writers provide no information about him, but they do note that the work was later reduced to an epitome by a certain Hermolaus, who dedicated his epitome to Justinian; whether the first or second emperor of that name is meant is disputed, but it seems probable that Stephanus flourished in Byzantium in the earlier part of the sixth century AD, under Justinian I. The ''Ethnica'' Stephanos' work, originally written in Greek, takes the form of an alphabetical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
