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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, 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 ...
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 ...
In the Iliad, Aphrodite is the apparently unmarried consort of Ares, the god of war, [111] and the wife of Hephaestus is a different goddess named Charis. [112] Likewise, in Hesiod's Theogony, Aphrodite is unmarried and the wife of Hephaestus is Aglaea, the youngest of the three Charites. [112]
Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896. In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶν, pān, i.e. "all" and δῶρον, dōron, i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving") [1] was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. [2][3] As Hesiod related it, each god ...
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]
Hebe (/ ˈhiːbiː /; Ancient Greek: Ἥβη, romanized: Hḗbē, lit. 'youth'), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), [1] is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. [2] She functioned as the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ...
Greek deitiesseries. Thetis (/ ˈθiːtɪs / THEEH-tiss, / ˈθɛtɪs / THEH-tiss; Greek: Θέτις [tʰétis]) is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus. [1]