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Aglaia (Grace)
In Greek mythology, Aglaia, Aglaïa (), or Aglaea () (''Brill's New Pauly''s.v. Aglaea (1)) is a goddess, one of the Charites (known as the Graces in Roman mythology). Family According to Hesiod and other sources (including Apollodorus), Aglaia was one of the three Charites, along with Euphrosyne (mirth) and Thalia (abundance), who were the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome.Bells.v. Aglaia (1), p. 15 Other sources name the same three Charites (Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia) but give them different parents. The '' Orphic Hymn to the Graces'' says they are the daughters of Zeus and Eunomia (goddess of good order and lawful conduct), and Pindar says that they are daughters of the strongest god (i.e. Zeus) without naming their mother.Pindar, ''Olympian Ode'14.1–20 Hesiod says also that Aglaia is the youngest of the Charites.Hesiod, ''Theogony'945 According to the ''Dionysiaca'', Aglaia is one of the "dancers of Orchomenus" (i.e. the Charites, per Pindar), along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchomenus (Boeotia)
Orchomenus ( ''Orchomenos''), the setting for many early Greek mythology, Greek myths, is best known today as a rich archaeological site in Boeotia, Greece, that was inhabited from the Neolithic through the Hellenistic periods. It is often referred to as "Minyans, Minyan Orchomenus", to distinguish it from a later Orchomenus (Arcadia), city of the same name in Arcadia (region), Arcadia. Ancient history According to the founding myth of Orchomenos, its royal dynasty was established by the Minyans, who had followed their eponymous leader Minyas (mythology), Minyas from coastal Thessaly to settle the site. In the Bronze Age, during the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BC, Orchomenos became a rich and important centre of civilisation in Mycenaean Greece and a rival to Thebes, Greece, Thebes. The palace with its frescoed walls and the great beehive tomb show the power of Orchomenos in Mycenaean Greece. A massive hydraulic undertaking drained the marshes of Lake Copais, Lake Kopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euthenia
Euthenia (; , ''Eustheneia'') was the feminine personification of prosperity, abundance, and wealth. The Goddess contrasting her is Penia ("Poverty"). Their sisters were Eucleia, Eupheme, and Philophrosyne. According to the Orphic fragments, her parents were Hephaestus and Aglaia. Rome On Roman coins, Euthenia is often compared to Abundantia, the personification of abundance and prosperity, and Annona, the personification of the grain supply to Rome. Egypt She is also a part of the Egyptian pantheon, though was later assimilated to tales related to Goddess Isis Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom () as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her sla .... During Ptolemaic times, she became the consort of Nilus. Her first appearance on Egyptian coins date back to the last decade of BC. Notes References * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupheme (deity)
In Orphic literature, Eupheme () was one of the daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia, alongside Eucleia, Euthenia, and Philophrosyne.''RE''s.v. Eupheme 2 Delcourt, p. 47; Orphifr. 182 Kern, p. 213 Notes References * Delcourt, Marie, ''Héphaistos ou la légende du magicien'', Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1957. * Kern, Otto, ''Orphicorum Fragmenta'', Berlin, 1922Internet Archive * ''Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', Band VI, Halbband 1, edited by Wilhelm Kroll Wilhelm Kroll (; ; October 7, 1869 – April 21, 1939) was a German classicist who was a full professor at the Universities of Greifswald (1899–1906), Münster (1906–1913) and Breslau (1913–1935). Education and career Kroll was born in the ..., Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1907Wikisource {{Greek-myth-stub Personifications in Greek mythology Greek goddesses Children of Hephaestus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucleia
In Greek mythology, Eucleia or Eukleia (Ancient Greek: Ευκλεία) was the feminine personification of honor, glory, and good repute. Family Along with her sisters, Eupheme, Euthenia and Philophrosyne, she was a member of the younger Charites. According to Plutarch, Eucleia was also used as an epithet of Artemis.Plutarch, ''Aristides''20.5-6/ref> According to an Orphic rhapsody fragment, Eucleia's parents were Hephaestus and Aglaia. Alternatively, Plutarch stated that Eucleia was sometimes considered a separate goddess and the daughter of Heracles and Myrto, and as she died a virgin, she came to be venerated as a goddess. Mythology In Greek vase paintings, particularly from 5th century Athens, Eucleia is frequently shown among the attendants of Aphrodite, where she represents the good repute of a chaste bride or is performing stereotypically feminine tasks. She was also referred by ancient Greek author Bacchylides as "garland-loving". Cult Eucleia was worshippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Kern
Otto Ferdinand Georg Kern (14 February 1863 in Schulpforte (now part of Bad Kösen) – 31 January 1942 in Halle an der Saale) was a German classical philologist, archaeologist and epigraphist. He specialized in the field of ancient Greek religion, being known for his investigations of Greek mystery cults and Orphism, as well as the ancient city of Magnesia on the Maeander and later also the history of ancient studies. In 1907 he became professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he became rector in 1915/16. Biography Early life Otto Kern was born near Naumburg an der Saale. His father Franz Kern was a senior teacher at the Pforta State School at the time, and later became the school's headmaster. Otto's mother was the 14 years younger Clara Kern, born Runge. His father introduced him at an early age to the Greeks and to German literature, especially Goethe. In Stettin, Otto Kern attended grammar school, where his religion teacher Anton Jonas introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphic
Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned. Orphism has been described as a reform of the earlier Dionysian religion, involving a re-interpretation or re-reading of the myth of Dionysus and a re-ordering of Hesiod's ''Theogony'', based in part on pre-Socratic philosophy. The suffering and death of the god Dionysus at the hands of the Titans has been considered the central myth of Orphism. According to this myth, the infant Dionysus is killed, torn apart, and consumed by the Titans. In retribution, Zeus strikes the Titans with a thunderbolt, turning them to ash. From these ashes, humanity is born. In Orphic belief, this myth describes humanity as having a dual nature: body (), inherited from the Titans, and a divine spark or soul (), inherited from Dionysus. In order to achieve sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hephaestus
Hephaestus ( , ; wikt:Hephaestus#Alternative forms, eight spellings; ) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.Walter Burkert, ''Greek Religion'' 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage of Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Lemnos, Mythic Lemnos In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Hera, either on her own or by her husband Zeus. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances (in which case his lameness would have been the result of his fall rather than the reason for it). As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos. Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charis (mythology)
Charis (; , or Kharis, "Grace"), is a goddess in Greek mythology. She is a member of the Charites () — or Gratiae (Graces) in Roman mythology — who are goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, creativity and fertility. While the term ''Charis'' can refer to a member of this group generically, the name Charis is also used for specific goddesses in surviving sources. Mythology Charis is the wife of Hephaestus, as described in Homer's ''Iliad'' (written ~8th century BCE),Homer, ''Iliad'18.382–385/ref> as well as in the later ''Dialogues of the Gods'' by Lucian (2nd century CE)Lucian, ''Dialogues of the Gods''Hermes and Apollo (II)/ref> and the ''Dionysiaca'' by Nonnus (5th century CE).Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'29.317/ref> In the ''Iliad'', Charis lives with Hephaestus in a bronze-wrought home on Mount Olympus, into which she welcomes Thetis so that the latter may ask for Hephaestus to forge armor for her son Achilles. This is not the only tradition of Hephaestus' spouse, however. In Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eros
Eros (, ; ) is the Greek god of love and sex. The Romans referred to him as Cupid or Amor. In the earliest account, he is a primordial god, while in later accounts he is the child of Aphrodite. He is usually presented as a handsome young man, though in some appearances he is a juvenile boy full of mischief, ever in the company of his mother. In both cases, he is winged and carries his signature bow and arrows, which he uses to make both mortals and immortal gods fall in love, often under the guidance of Aphrodite. His role in myths is mostly complementary, and he often appears in the presence of Aphrodite and the other love gods and often acts as a catalyst for people to fall in love, but has little unique mythology of his own; the most major exception being the myth of Eros and Psyche, the story of how he met and fell in love with his wife. Eros and Cupid, are also known, in art tradition, as a Putto (pl. Putti). The Putto's iconography seemed to have, later, influenced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonnus
Nonnus of Panopolis (, ''Nónnos ho Panopolítēs'', 5th century AD) was the most notable Greek epic poet of the Imperial Roman era. He was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived in the 5th century AD. He is known as the composer of the '' Dionysiaca'', an epic tale of the god Dionysus, and of the ''Metabole'', a paraphrase of the ''Gospel of John''. The epic ''Dionysiaca'' describes the life of Dionysus, his expedition to India, and his triumphant return. It was written in Homeric Greek and in dactylic hexameter, and it consists of 48 books at 20,426 lines. Life There is almost no evidence for the life of Nonnus. It is known that he was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in Upper Egypt from his naming in manuscripts and the reference in epigram 9.198 of the '' Palatine Anthology''. Scholars have generally dated him from the end of the 4th to the central years of the 5th century AD. He must have lived after the composition of Claudian's Greek ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most likely received her name. The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens is dedicated to her. Her major symbols include Owl of Athena, owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In art, she is generally depicted wearing a helmet and holding a spear. From her origin as an Aegean tutelary deity, palace goddess, Athena was closely associated with the city. She was known as ''Polias'' and ''Poliouchos'' (both derived from ''polis'', meaning "city-state"), and her temples were usually located atop the fortified acropolis in the central part of the city. The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is dedicated to her, along with numero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
