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An engraving showing the child Astyanax thrown from the walls of Troy as his mother Andromache looks on. In Greek mythology, Astyanax (/ ə ˈ s t aɪ. ə n æ k s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάναξ Astyánax, "lord of the city") was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and of his wife, Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. [1]
In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (/ ə ˈ d ɪ s i ə s / ə-DISS-ee-əs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, romanized: Odysseús, Odyseús, IPA: [o.dy(s).sěu̯s]), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (/ juː ˈ l ɪ s iː z / yoo-LISS-eez, UK also / ˈ juː l ɪ s iː z / YOO-liss-eez; Latin: Ulysses, Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of ...
[165] [162] Early Christians may have also been influenced by the idea that Jesus had died on the anniversary of his conception; [163] because Jesus died during Passover and, in the third century AD, Passover was celebrated on 25 March, [163] they may have assumed that Jesus's birthday must have come nine months later, on 25 December.
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal gospel about the childhood of Jesus.The scholarly consensus dates it to the mid-to-late second century, with the oldest extant fragmentary manuscript dating to the fourth or fifth century, and the earliest complete manuscript being the Codex Sabaiticus from the 11th century.
Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124) In Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus, under the instructions of Athena (who accompanies him during the quest), spends the first four books trying to gain knowledge of his father, Odysseus, who left for Troy when Telemachus was still an infant.
The Christ Child—also known as Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Child Jesus, Divine Child, Divine Infant and the Holy Child—refers to Jesus Christ during his early years. The term refers to a period of Jesus' life , described in the canonical Gospels , encompassing his nativity in Bethlehem , the visit of the Magi , and his presentation at the ...
Matthew 2:16 is the sixteenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.. Joseph and Mary had been visited by an angel and told that Herod would attempt to kill Jesus, their son.
Odysseus had to drag crew members back to the ship. Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) by Arnold Böcklin: Odysseus and his crew escape the Cyclops Polyphemus. The rest then set sail and landed at the land of Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. After a few were killed by him Odysseus blinded him and managed to escape, but earned Poseidon's wrath.