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Ogyges
Ogyges, also spelled Ogygus (Ancient Greek: ), is a primeval mythological ruler in ancient Greece, generally of Boeotia, but an alternative tradition makes him the first king of Attica. Etymology Though the original etymology and meaning are "uncertain", the name ''Ogyges'' may be related to the Greek Okeanos (Ὠκεανός), the Titan who personified the great world ocean. The Greek word ''Ogygios'' (Ὠγύγιος), meaning ''Ogygian'', came to mean "primeval, primal," or "from earliest ages" and also "gigantic". Family Stories of Ogyges's descent differs widely. Besides Ogyges being one of the aborigines of Boeotia, there are tales that regard him as the son of Poseidon (by Alistra),Tzetzes ad Lycophron1206 Boeotus or even Cadmus. Theophilus, in the 2nd century (''Apologia ad Autolycum''), says he was one of the Titans. Ogyges was the husband of Thebe, from whom the land of Thebes in Greece is said to derive its name. His children are listed variously as two sons: E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its largest city is Thebes, Greece, Thebes. Boeotia was also a region of ancient Greece, from before the 6th century BC. Geography Boeotia lies to the north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It also has a short coastline on the Gulf of Euboea. It bordered on Megaris (now West Attica) in the south, Attica in the southeast, Euboea in the northeast, Opuntian Locris (now part of Phthiotis) in the north and Phocis in the west. The main mountain ranges of Boeotia are Mount Parnassus in the west, Mount Helicon in the southwest, Cithaeron in the south and Parnitha in the east. Its longest river, the Cephissus (Boeotia), Cephissus, flows in the central part, where most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectenes
The Ectenes or Hectenes () were, in Greek mythology, the autochthones or earliest inhabitants of Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ..., where the city of Thebes would later be founded. According to Pausanias, writing from his travels in Boeotia in the 2nd century CE, "The first to occupy the land of Thebes are said to have been the Ectenes, whose king was Ogygus, an aboriginal."Pausanias, ''Description of Greece''9.5.1 translated by W. H. S. Jones and H. A. Omerod, Loeb Classical Library, 1918. Notes References * Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alalcomenia
Alalcomenia (Ancient Greek: ) was, in Greek mythology, one of the daughters of Ogyges and the eponym of Alalcomenae. She and her two sisters, Thelxionoea and Aulis, were regarded as supernatural beings who watched over oaths and saw that they were not taken rashly or thoughtlessly. Their name was the ''Praxidikai'' (), and they had a temple in common at the foot of the Telphusian mount in Boeotia. These three were sometimes rendered as a single goddess, '' Praxidike'', "she who exacts punishment". The representations of these divinities consisted of bodiless heads. Like other Greek deities, animals were sacrificed to them, but only the heads.Pausanias, 9.33.2 & 4; Panyasis, ap Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Τρεμίλη''; Suda s.v''.'' '; Karl Otfried Müller, ''Orchomenos und die Minyer'' p. 128 ff. Notes References * Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okeanos
In Greek mythology, Oceanus ( ; , also , , or ) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which encircled the entire world. Etymology According to M. L. West, the etymology of Oceanus is "obscure" and "cannot be explained from Greek". The use by Pherecydes of Syros of the form () for the name lends support for the name being a loanword. However, according to West, no "very convincing" foreign models have been found. A Semitic derivation has been suggested by several scholars, while R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a loanword from the Aegean Pre-Greek non-Indo-European substrate. Nevertheless, Michael Janda sees possible Indo-European connections. Genealogy Oceanus was the eldest of the Titan offspring of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). Hesiod lists his Titan siblings as Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thebe (Greek Myth)
Thebe () is a feminine name mentioned several times in Greek mythology, in accounts that imply multiple female characters, four of whom are said to have had three cities named Thebes (other), Thebes after them: * Thebe, eponym of Thebes, Egypt. She was the daughter of either Nilus (mythology), Nilus, Proteus,Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' iarchive:scholiagraecain00homegoog/page/819/mode/1up, 9.383 or Libys (mythology), Libys, son of Epirus (mythology), Epirus. In another account, Thebe was called the daughter of Zeus and Iodame and was given in marriage to Ogyges, Ogygus by her father after Deucalion, Deucalion’s flood.Tzetzes on Lycophron1206with the historian Lycus as the authority She was the sister of another Deucalion (mythology), Deucalion. One rare version of the myth makes Thebe a consort of Zeus and mother of Aegyptus (mythology), Aegyptus and/or Heracles. * Thebe, daughter of Asopus and Metope (mythology), Metope, who was said to have consorted with Zeus. Amphion an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelxinoë
In Greek mythology, Thelxinoë (; English translation: "mind charming") was a name attributed to four individuals. *Thelxinoë, one of the sirens. Also known as Thelxiope or Thelxiepia. *Thelxinoë, one of the four later recognized muses in Greek tradition. She and her sisters Aoede, Arche and Melete were regarded as daughters of Zeus by Plusia. She was linked with the charming of the mind as a Muse. The moon of Jupiter Thelxinoe is named after her. *Thelxinoë, one of Semele's attendants.Nonnus8.178/ref> *Thelxinoëa, also Thelxionoea or Thelxineia, one of the so-called Praxidicae (the other two were Alacomenia and Aulis), daughters of King Ogyges of Boeotia.''Suda'' s.v''Praxidike''/ref> Notes References * Hesiod, ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914Online version at theio.com* Marcus Tullius Cicero, ''Nature of the Gods from the Trea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calydnus
In Greek mythology, Kalydnos (Ancient Greek: Κάλυδνος, Latinized as Calydnus) was a son of Uranus and the first king of Thebes, after whom the city was thought to have been called Calydna.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Kalydna'' He was believed to have built the first fortifications of the city, which was why Thebes were sometimes referred to as the "citadel of Calydnus". Calydnus was succeeded by Ogygus. A certain Calydnus was also the mythical eponym of the island Calydna near Troy.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Kalydna;'' Tzetzes on Lycophron, 25 Notes References * Hornblower, Simon, ''Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction.'' Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2015. * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Aulis (Ancient Greek: Αὐλίς) was the eponym of the Boeotia, Boeotian town of Aulis (ancient Greece), Aulis. Mythology Aulis was a daughter of King Ogyges of Boeotia.''Suda'' s.v''Praxidike''/ref> Her sisters were Alalcomenia, Alacomenia and Thelxinoë, Thelxinoea, collectively called Praxidice, Praxidicae (Πραξιδίκαι), goddesses who watched over oaths. Other traditions called Aulis a daughter of Euonymus (mythology), Euonymus, the son of the Potamoi, river-god Cephissus (mythology), Cephissus.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Αὐλίς'' Notes References * Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleusis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Eleusis ( ) or Eleusinus (, or ) was the eponymous hero of the town of Eleusis. Family Eleusis was a son of Hermes and the Oceanid Daeira, or of Ogygus. Panyassis wrote of him as father of Triptolemus, adding that "Demeter came to him"; this version of the myth is found in the works of Hyginus and Servius. In other accounts, Eleusis had no offspring. Mythology King Eleusis and Cothonea ( Cyntinia), parents of Triptolemus, are visited by Demeter, who rears their son, feeding him divine milk by day and placing him into the fire at night, which makes Triptolemus grow faster than mortal children normally do. She eventually kills Eleusis for intervening when the fire ritual is performed. The myth is closely parallel with the one that deals with Demeter visiting Celeus and Metaneira (also possible parents of Triptolemus) and nursing their son Demophon. In other accounts, Eleusis appears as a female character. See also *List of Greek deities Notes Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeotus (son Of Poseidon)
In Greek mythology, Boeotus (; ) was the eponym of Boeotia in Greece. Poseidon fathered both Aeolus and Boeotus with Arne ( Melanippe).Scholia on Homer, ''Iliad'' B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' ''Boeotica'' It was then through Boeotus that Arne became the ancestress of the Boeotians. In some traditions, Boeotus is the father of Ogyges. Mythology A late source tells the story of Boeotus' marriage to Eurythemista.Pseudo-Plutarch, ''De fluviis'2 Boeotus was planning to get married and had difficulty choosing between two candidates, both equally noble maidens (one of them was Eurythemista and the other one's name is not given). He arranged to meet both on top of a nameless mountain; when they came, he saw a star fall on Eurythemista's shoulder and immediately vanish, and chose her. The mountain was named Asterion (from ''astēr'', "star") to commemorate the event, but was later renamed Cithaeron in honor of the young Cithaeron who was loved by Tisiphone, one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistra (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Alistra () was one of Poseidon's lovers who bore him Ogyges, an ancient Boeotian king.Tzetzes ad Lycophron Lycophron ( ; ; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem ''Alexandra'' is attributed (perhaps falsely). Life and miscellaneous works He was born at Chalcis in Euboea, a ...1206/ref> Note Women of Poseidon Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology Women in Greek mythology Mythological Boeotians Reference * Tzetzes, John, ''Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens'', edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881Internet Archive {{Greek-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poseidon
Poseidon (; ) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, Poseidon was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes, with the cult title "earth shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, he is related to Demeter and Persephone and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters.Seneca quaest. Nat. VI 6 :Nilsson Vol I p.450 Poseidon maintained both associations among most Greeks: he was regarded as the tamer or father of horses, who, with a strike of his trident, created springs (the terms for horses and springs are related in the Greek language).Nilsson Vol I p.450 His Roman equivalent is Neptune. Homer and Hesiod suggest that Poseidon became lord of the sea when, following the overthrow of his father Cronus, the world was divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
