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In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness , the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances (in which case his lameness would have been the result of ...
Aglaea (center), as depicted in Antonio Canova ’s sculpture, The Three Graces. Aglaea (/ əˈɡliːə /) or Aglaia (/ əˈɡlaɪə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαΐα, lit. 'festive radiance' [1]) is one of the three Charites in Greek mythology, also called the Gratiae (Graces) in Roman mythology.
In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius (/ ərɪkˈθoʊniəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἐριχθόνιος, romanized: Erikhthónios) was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths, he was autochthonous (born of the soil, or Earth) and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena. Early Greek texts do not distinguish between him and ...
Likewise, in Hesiod's Theogony, Aphrodite is unmarried and the wife of Hephaestus is Aglaea, the youngest of the three Charites. [112] In Book Eight of the Odyssey, [113] however, the blind singer Demodocus describes Aphrodite as the wife of Hephaestus and tells how she committed adultery with Ares during the Trojan War.
Hesiod names the wife of Hephaestus as Aglaea. [3] In the Iliad, she is called Charis, and she welcomes Thetis into their shared home on Olympus so that the latter may ask for Hephaestus to forge armor for her son Achilles. [27] Some scholars have interpreted this marriage as occurring after Hephaestus's divorce from Aphrodite due to her affair ...
Family tree of the Greek gods. The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.
Potamides. v. t. e. In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/ æmfɪˈtraɪtiː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanized: Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. [1] She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). [2]
Cabeiri. Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeius, relief from Samothrace, ca. 560 BC, Louvre. In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri or Cabiri / kəˈbaɪriː / [1] (Ancient Greek: Κάβειροι, Kábeiroi), also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri, [2] were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshipped in a mystery cult closely associated with ...