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[4] [5] aiser si: gods of light. [5] aiser seu: gods of darkness. [5] Aita, Eita: Epithet of Śuri, Etruscan equivalent of the Greek god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, Hades. [2] Alpanu, Alpan, Alpnu: Etruscan goddess, whose name is identical to Etruscan "willingly". [2] Aminth: Etruscan winged deity in the form of a child, probably ...
Pomona was the goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards. Unlike many other Roman goddesses and gods, she does not have a Greek counterpart, though she is commonly associated with Demeter. She watches over and protects fruit trees and cares for their cultivation.
Fragments from Books 3.1 and 4.1–3 of Origen's Greek original are preserved in Origen's Philokalia. [129] A few smaller quotations of the original Greek are preserved in Justinian's Letter to Mennas. [129] The vast majority of the text has only survived in a heavily abridged Latin translation produced by Tyrannius Rufinus in 397. [129]
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Phoebe (/ ˈ f iː b i / FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē, lit. 'bright') is one of the first generation of Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia, the sky and the earth. [1] With her brother and consort Coeus she had two daughters, Leto and Asteria.
Beyond being a mere personification, Ate has little actual identity. [10] In the Iliad, Agamemnon, the leader of Greek expedition against Troy, tells the story of Ate's deception of Zeus, and her subsequent banishment from Olympus, an etiological myth supposedly explaining how Ate entered the world of men. [11]
Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia; / h aɪ ˈ dʒ iː ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa). Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια – hugieia [2]), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". Hygieia developed ...
A 1772 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Niobe attempting to shield her children from Artemis and Apollo. In Greek mythology, Niobe (/ ˈ n aɪ. ə. b iː /; Ancient Greek: Νιόβη: Nióbē) was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione (as most frequently cited) or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa.
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