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In the Odyssey, Poseidon is a powerful and respected elder god, as none of the other Olympian gods dare to mention Odysseus and his predicaments whilst Poseidon is there to hear it. The council of gods that decided to set Odysseus free from Calypso’s island was held when Poseidon was accepting a sacrifice in Ethiopia.
Hence, Odysseus was the great-grandson of the Olympian god Hermes. According to the Iliad and Odyssey, his father is Laertes [21] and his mother Anticlea, although there was a non-Homeric tradition [22] [23] that Sisyphus was his true father. [24] The rumour went that Laërtes bought Odysseus from the conniving king. [25]
In Gaulish, the word artos means ‘bear’, and artaios would have been a derivative [1] (meaning something like ‘ursine’). Miranda Green considers Mercury Artaius to have been a bear-god. [3] It is also possible that Artaius is derived from a place name (so that, as an "Artaian Mercury", he would only indirectly have any association with ...
The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.
Aristotle in his lost work The State of the Ithacians cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius. [3]
Such uses of this meaning can be found in Homer's Odyssey, throughout which there is an evident concern from the various kings about the géras they will pass to their sons through their names. [10] The concern is significant because kings at this time (such as Odysseus) are believed to have ruled by common assent in recognition of their ...
In Greek mythology, Agrius or Agrios (/ ˈ æ ɡ r i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄγριος means 'wild, savage' [1]) and Oreios, also Oreius, Orius or Oreus, (Ὀρείου, Ὄρειον or Ὄρειος means ‘of the mountain’) were the twin sons of Polyphonte, daughter of Hipponous, and a bear as well as them being the great-grandsons of Ares.
Marcus is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman pre-Christian origin derived either from Etruscan Marce of unknown meaning or referring to the god Mars. Mars was identified as the Roman god of War.