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Pages in category "Children of Aphrodite" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aeneas; Anteros; B.
Aphrodite (6 C, 30 P) C. Calypso (mythology) (1 C, 14 P) M. Muses (mythology) (44 P) Pages in category "Women of Hermes" The following 20 pages are in this category ...
The most desirable women drew many prospective suitors, and persuasive skill often determined the suitor's success. Plutarch includes her on a list of five deities for new couples to pray to, also included are Zeus (Teleios), Hera (Teleia), Aphrodite, and Artemis. [26] A Roman relief depicting Peitho, circa 1st century B.C.E.
In this version of the legend, it is said that Orpheus was torn to shreds by the women of Thrace for his inattention. [77] Ovid recounts that Orpheus had abstained from the love of women, either because things ended badly for him, or because he had sworn to do so. Yet, many felt a desire to be joined with the poet, and many grieved at rejection.
The first mention of Hermes and Aphrodite as Hermaphroditus's parents was by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC) in his book Bibliotheca historica, book IV, 4.6.5. Hermaphroditus, as he has been called, who was born of Hermes and Aphrodite and received a name which is a combination of those of both his parents.
Aphrodite (6 C, 30 P) Apollo (6 C, 42 P) Ares (7 C, 14 P) ... Pages in category "Children of Zeus" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total.
Daphne (/ ˈ d æ f n i /; DAFF-nee; Greek: Δάφνη, Dáphnē, lit. ' laurel '), [1] a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater.
Orpheus and Eurydice, a ballet choreographed by Dame Ninette de Valois with music by Gluck (1941) [6] Orpheus, a ballet made by choreographer George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky (1948) Orpheus in the Underworld, an album by Don Shirley (1956) Orpheus, a song by New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, from Reflections (Manos Hatzidakis album ...