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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
A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities.
In Greek mythology, the name Clonius (/ ˈ k l oʊ n i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Κλονίος, Kloníos) may refer to: . Clonius, one of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War, son of either Alegenor, [1] or of Alector and Acteis, [2] or of Lacritus and Cleobule, [3] and in the latter case brother of Leitus; he came from Boeotia [4] and commanded nine ships. [3]
In Greek mythology, Caeneus or Kaineus (Ancient Greek: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis ( Ancient Greek : Καινίς , romanized : Kainís ), the daughter of Elatus , but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by ...
Melos (Ancient Greek: Μήλος, romanized: Mḗlos, lit. 'apple, sheep') from Delos in Greek mythology is a childhood friend and later kin-in-law of Adonis, the beloved of the goddess Aphrodite, who is connected to apples via his metamorphosis into one.
An extensive Greek and Latin medical literature covered obstetrics and infant care, and the 2nd century Greek gynecologist Soranus of Ephesus advised midwives not to be superstitious. But childbirth in antiquity remained a life-threatening experience for both the woman and her newborn, with infant mortality as high as 30 or 40 percent. [ 3 ]
The Annunciation by Guido Reni (1621). Miraculous births are a common theme in mythological, religious and legendary narratives and traditions. They often include conceptions by miraculous circumstances and features such as intervention by a deity, supernatural elements, astronomical signs, hardship or, in the case of some mythologies, complex plots related to creation.
Myrrha (Ancient Greek: Μύρρα, romanized: Mýrrha), also known as Smyrna (Ancient Greek: Σμύρνα, romanized: Smýrna), is the mother of Adonis in Greek mythology. She was transformed into a myrrh tree after having intercourse with her father, and gave birth to Adonis in tree form.