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The name of the deified form of Romulus. XIV: 828-863 [213] Romulus: The founder of Rome. Son of Ilia and Mars. He took the name Quirinus upon his deification. XIV: 799–846, XV: 560 [214] Saturnus: Roman god of agriculture and harvest. Brother and husband of Ops and father of Jupiter and his siblings.
A. Abaris (Caucasian) Achelous; Achilles; Acis and Galatea; Acmon; Acoetes (Bacchic myth) Aconteus; Actaeon; Adonis; Aeacus; Aeëtes; Aegeus; Aeneas; Aesacus; Aeson ...
Throughout history, the Metamorphoses has been used not only as a compendium of information on Ancient Greek and Roman lore, but also as a vehicle for allegorical exposition, exegesis, commentaries and adaptations. True enough, in the medieval West, Ovid's work was the principal conduit of Greek myths.
In book 10 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory alabaster.Post-classical sources name her Galatea.. According to Ovid, when Pygmalion saw the Propoetides of Cyprus practicing prostitution, he began "detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women". [1]
The Metamorphoses was the greatest source of these narratives, such that the term "Ovidian" in this context is synonymous for mythological, in spite of some frequently represented myths not being found in the work. [45] [46] Many of the stories from the Metamorphoses have been the subject of paintings and sculptures, particularly during this ...
They leave behind their 24-year-old son, Max, who followed his parents into figure skating. Russian former skating stars Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on the plane, their club in Boston ...
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
United States Figure Skating was once a world power — from the 1952 Olympics in Oslo through 2006 in Turin, the Americans won 19 of a possible 45 medals, including seven golds, in women’s ...