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  2. Xanthe (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Xanthe, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. [2] Xantho, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [3] [1] Xanthe, wife of Asclepius in the Messenian version of the story. Machaon was her son. [4] Xanthe, one of the Amazons. [5]

  3. List of Oceanids - Wikipedia

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    Only mentioned by name in a single myth Admete Adrasteia [21] Apollodorus, 1.1.6 makes the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus, daughters of Melisseus, leader of the Kuretes of Crete: Aethra [22] [23] Aetna [24] Amalthea [25] [26] Nurse of Zeus, but not always an Oceanid [27] Amphirho Amphitrite + [28] The name of a Nereid [29] Argia

  4. Xanthe - Wikipedia

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    Xanthe (/ ˈ z æ n θ iː /; Greek: Ξανθή, meaning "blond-haired") is a name with origins in Greek mythology. People with this first name include: People with this first name include: Xanthe Elbrick (born 1978), British actress

  5. Graeae - Wikipedia

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    Perseus and the Graeae by Edward Burne-Jones (1892). In Greek mythology, the Graeae (/ ˈ ɡ r iː iː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. ' old women ', alternatively spelled Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides (' daughters of Phorcys '), [1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.

  6. Ianthe (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Ianthe (Ancient Greek: Ἰάνθη Ianthê) or Janthe [1] was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys. [2] [3] [4] Her name means "she who delights", [5] or probably from ianthên (heat) or ianthos (violet).

  7. Xanthus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, the name Xanthus or Xanthos (/ ˈ z æ n θ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος means "yellow" or "fair hair") may refer to: Divine. Xanthus, the gods' name for Scamander, the great river of Troy and its patron god. [1] Xanthus, one of the twelve sons of the god Pan who were allies of Dionysus during the latter's Indian ...

  8. Autochthon (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones (from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self," and χθών chthon "soil"; i.e. "people sprung from earth itself") means the indigenous inhabitants of a country, including mythological figures, as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of colonizing entities.

  9. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Sisters of Phaethon are Transformed into Poplars by Santi di Tito, 16th century.. In ancient Greece, the surviving Greek mythology features a wide collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. [1]