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The Love of Helen and Paris by Jacques-Louis David (oil on canvas, 1788, Louvre, Paris) Another work by Lucian, titled The Judgement of Paris, deals with the mythological story of Paris choosing the most beautiful goddess among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Initially, the three goddesses requested Zeus to judge their beauty.
1st-century BC statue connected to the cult of Euripius Poseidon, Chalcis. In Greek mythology, Arethusa (/ ˌ ær ɪ ˈ θj uː z ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα, romanized: Aréthousa) is a minor figure who became a lover of the sea-god Poseidon, before undergoing a transformation at the hands of Hera during a lost episode of Greek myth.
The only myth in which Apate appeared was that of the affair between Zeus, king of the gods, and Semele, a Theban princess who bore him the god of wine, Dionysus.After knowing this infidelity of her husband, Hera sought the help of Apate in her scheme of punishing the mortal paramour of Zeus.
However it is possible that Poseidon like Zeus was a common god of all Greeks from the beginning. [13] It is possible that the Greeks did not bring with them other gods except Zeus, Eos, and the Dioskouroi. [47] The Pelasgian god probably represented the fertilising power of water, and then he was he was considered god of the sea.
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Zeus, by Gaia's advice, was elected king of the gods, and he distributed various honors among the gods. [25] Zeus then married his first wife Metis, but when he learned that Metis was fated to produce a son which might overthrow his rule, by the advice of Gaia and Uranus, Zeus swallowed Metis (while still pregnant with Athena). And so Zeus ...
Several of the most prominent male Olympian gods (including Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares) engaged in affairs with the seven heavenly sisters. These relationships resulted in the birth of their children. Maia, eldest [8] of the seven Pleiades, was mother of Hermes by Zeus. [9] Electra, mother of Dardanus [10] and Iasion, [11] by Zeus. [12]
Cleostratus' story is particularly similar to that of Alcyoneus and Eurybarus of Crissa, with Cleostratus' role paralleling that of Alcyoneus'. In both stories there is a theme of a horrifying, and apparently serpentine, [ 10 ] beast that savagely ravages a town; the Thespian dragon causes undefined damage, while Sybaris specifically targets ...