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10 Greek mythology. 11 Hindu mythology. 12 Hittite mythology. 13 ... A hunting deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with the hunting of animals and the ...
Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, c. 555 BCE (). Since the Calydonian boar hunt drew together numerous heroes [5] —among whom were many who were venerated as progenitors of their local ruling houses among tribal groups of Hellenes into Classical times—it offered a natural subject in classical art, for it was redolent with the web of myth that gathered around ...
Category: Mythological hunters. 2 languages. ... Hunters depicted in mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A.
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
The Amazons (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνες Amazónes, singular Ἀμαζών Amazōn; in Latin Amāzon, -ŏnis) were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the Argonautica and the Iliad. They were female warriors and hunters, known for their physical agility ...
Atalanta (/ ˌ æ t ə ˈ l æ n t ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀταλάντη, romanized: Atalántē, lit. 'equal in weight') is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, [1] whose parents were Iasus and Clymene [2] [3] and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; [4] and the other from Boeotia, who ...
In Greek mythology, Narcissus (/ n ɑːr ˈ s ɪ s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Νάρκισσος, romanized: Nárkissos) was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia (alternatively Mimas or modern-day Karaburun, Izmir) who was known for his beauty which was noticed by all.
In Greek mythology, Broteas (Ancient Greek: Βροτέας), a hunter, was the son of Tantalus (by Dione, Euryanassa or Eurythemista), whose other offspring were Niobe and Pelops. Broteas was also one of the Lapiths , killed at the battle of the Lapiths and the centaurs.