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Hippeia or Hippea (Ancient Greek: Ἱππεία) [1] [2] is the name of two characters in Greek mythology. Hippea, daughter of Antippus. She married Elatus and bore the Argonaut Polyphemus, Caeneus and Ischys. [3] Athena Hippeia (or Hippeia Athena, "Athena of Horses"), Athena as a goddess of horses.
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount ...
In classical mythology, the Cap of Invisibility (Ἅϊδος κυνέη (H)aïdos kyneē in Greek, lit. dog-skin of Hades) is a helmet or cap that can turn the wearer invisible, [1] also known as the Cap of Hades or Helm of Hades. [2] Wearers of the cap in Greek myths include Athena, the goddess of wisdom, the messenger god Hermes, and the hero ...
The aegis on the so-called Athena Lemnia, a Roman statue type often identified as a copy of a work by the Classical Greek sculptor Pheidias (Dresden Skulpturensammlung). The aegis (/ ˈ iː dʒ ɪ s / EE-jis; [1] Ancient Greek: αἰγίς aigís), as stated in the Iliad, is a device carried by Athena and Zeus, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the ...
In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius (/ ə r ɪ k ˈ θ oʊ n i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐριχθόνιος, romanized: Erikhthónios) was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths , he was autochthonous (born of the soil, or Earth) and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena .
Athena's mouth is small, with thin lips that are half-opened; the edges of the oral slit indicate use of a drill. [3] The Athena Demegorusa belongs to the statuary type known as Vescavali, and is a copy of a fourth-century BC Greek original. [1] That original might had been a work by Praxiteles. [2]
Antheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθεία) or Anthea is one of the Charites, or Graces, in Greek mythology and the goddess of swamps and flowery wreaths. She is the daughter of Zeus and Eurynome. She was depicted in Athenian vase painting as one of the attendants of Aphrodite. [1]
The Lemnian Athena, or Athena Lemnia, was a classical Greek statue of the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis of Athens. According to the traveler Pausanias , who visited Athens in the 2nd century CE, the statue was created by Pheidias , a sculptor of the 5th century BCE, and dedicated by the inhabitants of the island of Lemnos . [ 1 ]