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Kratos and his sister Bia are best known for their appearance in the opening scene of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. Acting as agents of Zeus, they lead the captive Titan Prometheus on stage. Kratos compels the mild-mannered blacksmith god Hephaestus to chain Prometheus to a rock as punishment for his theft of fire. [6]
A flying Eros and Aphrodite (on the left) watch the scene. Detail of an Attic red-figure krater c. 450–440 BC ( Paris , Louvre ) Menelaus captures Helen in Troy, Ajax the Lesser drags Cassandra from Palladium before eyes of Priam , fresco from the Casa del Menandro , Pompeii
Kratos then encounters Aphrodite, who is indifferent to his war on Olympus. She leads him back to her estranged husband, Hephaestus, through Hyperion's Gate. The blacksmith, learning of Kratos' plan to quell the Flame of Olympus, sends him to Tartarus to retrieve the Omphalos Stone, claiming he will forge a new weapon for the Spartan. Kratos ...
A fragment by Ibycus describes Aphrodite and Peitho, who is described as tendered eyed (aganoblepharos), nursing Euryalus among rose blossoms. [ 20 ] Nonnus gives her a role within the marriage of Kadmos and Harmonia , as she appears to Kadmos in the form of a mortal slave and covers Kadmos in a mist to lead him unseen through Samothrace to the ...
She was decapitated by Kratos in God of War (2005) at the directive of Aphrodite; Kratos took her head as a weapon to turn enemies to stone. [56] [60] Euryale – A Gorgon and former servant of the Sisters of Fate in God of War II. [14] Euryale sought revenge against Kratos for killing her sister Medusa, but was killed and decapitated.
He was part of Aphrodite's retinue, and carried a vine, indicating a connection to wine or the god Dionysus. Pothos represents longing or yearning. Pothos represents longing or yearning. [ 7 ] : 40 In the temple of Aphrodite at Megara , there was a sculpture that represented Pothos together with Eros and Himeros which has been credited to Scopas .
The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
In the Classical era and beyond, the Charites were associated with Aphrodite in connection to civic matters. [29] There was a festival in honour of the Charites which was called Charisia (Χαρίσια). During this festival there were dances all night and at the end a cake was given to those who remained awake during the whole time. [33]