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Mythology [ edit ] In the account of the Fabulae by Hyginus, Tereus , having heard the prophecy that his son was to be killed by the hand of a relative and falsely believing that it was Dryas whom the oracle indicated, murdered the innocent man (whereas the son was actually murdered by Procne ).
Amazons (Greek mythology) (6 C, 46 P) E. Eros (3 C, 14 P) Erotes (1 C, 7 P) H. ... Ascalaphus (son of Ares) B. Biston; C. Calydon (son of Ares) Cycnus (son of Ares) D ...
In Greek mythology, Calydon (/ ˈ k æ l ɪ d ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Καλυδών, romanized: Kaludṓn) is a minor figure from the homonymous region of Calydon, the son of Ares and Astynome. Calydon angered the goddess Artemis when he saw her naked, and was then turned into rock as punishment. [1]
In Greek mythology, King Diomedes of Thrace (Ancient Greek: Διομήδης) was the son of Ares and Cyrene. [2] He lived on the shores of the Black Sea ruling the warlike tribe of Bistones. [3] [4] He is known for his man-eating horses, [5] which Heracles stole in order to complete the eighth of his Twelve Labours, slaying Diomedes in the ...
Ares may also be accompanied by Kydoimos, the daemon of the din of battle; the Makhai ("Battles"); the "Hysminai" ("Acts of manslaughter"); Polemos, a minor spirit of war, or only an epithet of Ares, since it has no specific dominion; and Polemos's daughter, Alala, the goddess or personification of the Greek war-cry, whose name Ares uses as his ...
In Greek mythology, Ascalaphus or Askalaphus (/ ə ˈ s k æ l ə f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάλαφος Askalaphos), was son of Ares [1] and the Minyan princess Astyoche, [2] daughter of King Actor of Orchomenus. Ascalaphus was also a king of the Minyans, and twin brother of Ialmenos. [3]
Cycnus killed all of his guests until he was slain by Heracles.According to Pausanias, one of the men murdered by him was Lycus of Thrace. [3]Pseudo-Apollodorus [4] wrote of Cycnus the Thessalian, the son of Pelopia, and Cycnus the Macedonian, the son of Pyrene, as two distinct encounters of Heracles, mentioning them separately.
He is enlisted by his father Ares in a plot to overthrow Zeus from the Olympian throne. However, the task Ares gives his son – to pierce Zeus's heart with a lust arrow – has unforeseen consequences. In a fit of rage, Zeus's wife Hera causes a cataclysm that nearly destroys Themyscira when she finds her lovestruck husband ogling the Amazon ...