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Pitys is mentioned in Longus' Daphnis and Chloe (ii.7 and 39) and by Lucian of Samosata (Dialogues of the Dead, 22.4). [1] Pitys was chased by Pan—as was Syrinx, who was turned into reeds to escape the god who then used her reeds for his panpipes. The flute-notes may have frightened the maenads running from his woodland in a "panic."
Boreas is featured in the oldest tale concerning the creation of the cypress tree; the myth goes that in order to honour his dead daughter Cyparissia, Boreas planted a new tree, the cypress. The inclusion of Boreas in the story continues the pattern of a wind god appearing in the story of a plant (like he does in the story of Pitys, or Zephyrus ...
In Greek mythology, Pistis (/ ˈ p ɪ s t ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Πίστις) was the personification of good faith, trust and reliability. In Christianity and in the New Testament, pistis is typically translated as "faith".
Pan loved Pitys, a young nymph, who rejected his love. Pan chased her, but she fled from him, and she disappeared into the arms of Gaia, the earth, turning into a pine tree. In another version, Pitys chose Pan between him and Boreas, and Boreas, in anger, chased her and threw her off a cliff, killing her, thereupon Gaia turned her into a pine tree.
Pan also loved a nymph named Pitys, who was turned into a pine tree to escape him. [43] In another version, Pan and the north wind god Boreas clashed over the lovely Pitys. Boreas uprooted all the trees to impress her, but Pan laughed and Pitys chose him. Boreas then chased her and threw her off a cliff resulting in her death.
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Orithyia was the fifth daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. [1] She was sister to Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, and Chthonia. [2]
Still from Universal's film Damon and Pythias (1914). In 1564, the material was made into a tragicomic play by the English poet Richard Edwardes (Damon and Pythias).; The best-known modern treatment of the legend is the German ballad Die Bürgschaft, [2] written in 1799 by Friedrich Schiller, based on the Gesta Romanorum version.