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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]
The following is a list of characters [1] in the Xanth series of fantasy genre novels by Piers Anthony (b. 1934). Major characters. Magicians.
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (/ oʊ ˈ s iː ən ɪ d z, ˈ oʊ ʃ ə n ɪ d z / oh-SEE-ə-nidz, OH-shə-nidz; Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανίδες, romanized: Ōkeanídes, sg. Ὠκεανίς, Ōkeanís) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and ...
Balius (/ ˈ b eɪ l i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βάλιος, Balios, possibly "dappled") and Xanthus (/ ˈ z æ n θ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος, Xanthos, "blonde") were, according to Greek mythology, two immortal horses, the offspring of the harpy Podarge and the West wind, Zephyrus.
Hesiod goes on to say that these "are the eldest ... but there are many besides" and that there were "three thousand" Oceanids, [2] a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable". [3] While some of these names, such as Peitho , Metis and Tyche , certainly reflected existing traditions, many were probably mere poetic inventions. [ 4 ]
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: Xanthe Elbrick (born 1978), British actress; Xanthe Huynh, American actress; Xanthé Mallett, British anthropologist and criminologist; In Greek mythology:
Though typically found in mythology and religion in an anthropomorphic visage, the gods were also capable of taking on the form of various animals. [4] The emotions and actions of deities were largely the same as those of humans; [ 5 ] they frequently engaged in sexual activity, [ 6 ] and were fickle and amoral. [ 7 ]