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In Greek mythology, Hegemone (Ancient Greek: Ἡγεμόνη means "mastery" [1] derived from hegemon "leader, ruler, queen" [2]) was a Greek goddess of plants, specifically making them bloom and bear fruit. According to Pausanias, Hegemone was a name given by the Athenians to one of the Graces. Auxo represented the spring, and Hegemone autumn. [3]
Some late Roman and Greek poetry and mythography identifies him as a sun-god, equivalent to Roman Sol and Greek Helios. [2] Ares (Ἄρης, Árēs) God of courage, war, bloodshed, and violence. The son of Zeus and Hera, he was depicted as a beardless youth, either nude with a helmet and spear or sword, or as an armed warrior.
In Greek mythology, the Charites (/ ˈ k ær ɪ t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Χάριτες) [a] or Graces were three or more goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, goodwill, and fertility. [1] Hesiod names three – Aglaea ("Shining"), Euphrosyne ("Joy"), and Thalia ("Blooming") [2] [1] – and names Aglaea as the youngest and the ...
Greek text available from the same website. Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. "Horae" p. 217; Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.
Aphaia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφαία, Aphaía) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. Cult and worship [ edit ]
Trophonius (/ t r ə ˈ f oʊ n i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τροφώνιος Trophōnios) was a Greek hero or daimon or god—it was never certain which one—with a rich mythological tradition and an oracular cult at Lebadaea (Λιβαδειά; Levadia or Livadeia) in Boeotia, Greece.
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount ...
In Orphic literature, Eupheme (/ j uː ˈ f iː m iː /) was the feminine personification of acclaim, good omens, and shouts of triumph.She is one of the four daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia, alongside with their sisters Eucleia, Euthenia, and Philophrosyne, was one member of the Younger Charites.