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Bebrycius
Bebrycius (Ancient Greek: Βεβρύκιος) or Bebryx, in Greek mythology, was a king and the father of Pyrene.(Anonymous) ''A classical manual, being a mythological, historical, and geographical commentary on Pope's Homer and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil''. London, J. Murray, 1833p. 588/ref> The mythical tribe of the Bebryces The Bebryces () were a tribe of people who lived in Bithynia. According to Strabo they were one of the many Thracian tribes that had crossed from Europe into Asia, although modern scholars have rather argued for a Celtic origin. Name Classical ... is presumably named after a hero named ''Bebrycus''. Notes Kings in Greek mythology {{greek-myth-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrene (daughter Of Bebryx)
In Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, Pyrene () is an Iberian princess whose tragic fate gave the Pyrenees their name. Pyrene was a lover or victim of Heracles, the Tirynthian hero who visited her country during one of his Twelve Labours. Her myth survives in the writings of Silius Italicus, a Roman author of the first century AD, but other versions are preserved from a number of authors as well. Pyrene might have originated from obscure traditions in Celtic mythology. Etymology Traditionally Pyrene's name was connected to the noun , the ancient Greek word for fire, sometimes in conjuction with ''eneos'' meaning 'speechless', but this has been described as folk etymology for a Celtic name. The name is likely Celtic in origin and signifies mountains. Mythology Pyrene was a very beautiful princess, daughter of king Bebryx or Bebrycius of the Bebryces, an ancient people living on both sides of the Pyrenees which divided Spain from Gaul. One day the hero Heracles arriv ... [...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] |
Greek Mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion's view of the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, nature of the world; the lives and activities of List of Greek deities, deities, Greek hero cult, heroes, and List of Greek mythological creatures, mythological creatures; and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' cult (religious practice), cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, and to better understand the nature of mythmaking itself. The Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral tradition, oral-poetic tradition most likely by Minoan civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean singers starting in the 18th century&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebryces
The Bebryces () were a tribe of people who lived in Bithynia. According to Strabo they were one of the many Thracian tribes that had crossed from Europe into Asia, although modern scholars have rather argued for a Celtic origin. Name Classical linguists considered the name of Bebryces related to the thracian tribe Bryges, which was later renamed to Phryges (Phrygians), based on the geographic proximity, as well as the migration route of the Phrygians known from ancient myths. B. Sergent suggests that the name ''Bebryces'' could be related to the Celtic tribes ''Bebruces'', living in the Pyrenees, and ''Briboci'', dwelling in Britain, all ultimately stemming from Proto-Celtic ''*brebu'' ('beaver'; see Gaulish ''bebros'', ''bebrus'', Old Irish ''Bibar'', 'beaver'). Ivan Duridanov also suggested that the ethnonym was related to Indo-European words meaning "beaver". The same word denotes beaver in Slavic Languages (*''bebrus'' in Proto-Balto-Slavic, ''bober'' in Slovenian, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
