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v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Oizys (/ ˈoʊɪzɪs /; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized: Oïzús, lit. 'misery' [1]), or Oezys, is the personification of pain or distress. [2] In Hesiod 's Theogony, Oizys is one of the offspring of Nyx (Night), produced without the assistance of a father. [3] According to the Roman authors Cicero and Hyginus ...
Greek underworld. In Greek mythology, Lethe (/ ˈliːθiː /; Ancient Greek: Λήθη Lḗthē; Ancient Greek: [lɛ̌ːtʰɛː], Modern Greek: [ˈliθi]) was one of the rivers of the underworld of Hades. Also known as the Amelēs potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld where all ...
t. e. In Greek mythology, Nyx (/ nɪks / NIX; [2] Ancient Greek: Νύξ Nýx, [nýks], "Night") [3] is the goddess and personification of the night. [4] In Hesiod 's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness). By herself, she produces a brood of children which are personifications of ...
2. The Sea of Monsters (2006) 3. The Titan’s Curse (2007) 4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (2008) 5. The Last Olympian (2009) Note: A sixth book was later added to the series, titled The Chalice ...
In Greek mythology, Dike or Dice [1] (/ ˈ d aɪ k iː / or / ˈ d aɪ s iː /; [2] Greek: Δίκη, Díkē, 'justice, custom') is the goddess of justice and the spirit of moral order and fair judgement as a transcendent universal ideal or based on immemorial custom, in the sense of socially enforced norms and conventional rules.
Hadestown is musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell.It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.
The Great goddess is interpreted as "Mother of the gods" who is a form of Gaia. It seems that a mystery-cult was related to the Great-goddess. [66] An inscription on the Acropolis of Athens refers to the practice of service in honour of "Ge-Karpophoros" (bringer of fruits) in accordance with the oracle. The oracle was probably Delphic.
Achlys / ˈæklɪs / (Ancient Greek: Ἀχλύς "mist"), [ 1 ] in the Hesiodic Shield of Heracles, is one of the figures depicted on Heracles ' shield, perhaps representing the personification of sorrow. In Homer, achlys is the mist which fogs or blinds mortal eyes (often in death). Her Roman counterpart Caligo was said to have been the mother ...