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Coronis

Coronis was the daughter of Phlegyas (Φλεγύας), the king of Thessaly. The god Apollo was in love with her. While she was still pregnant with Apollo...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Aegina and Aeacus

The story of Aegina (Αἄγινα) and her son has already been briefly told in the Aegina, Islands (Geographia) and in the Myrmidons, Mythical Creatures...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Callisto

Callisto was the daughter of Lycaon (Λυκάων), an early king of Arcadia. One writer claimed she was the daughter of Nycteus (Νυκεύς) or of Ceteus, b...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Lycaon

Lycaon was a king of Arcadia, possibly reigning in the time before the great Deluge. Lycaon was said to have founded the city of Arcadia, and named...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Folly of Niobe

Here is a myth that shows how the gods would punish the children for their parent's arrogance and impiety. Apollodorus and Ovid both wrote the stor...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Pentheus

Here is another myth which would like to tell in full. Here is the tale of the clash between two cousins. One of them was a powerful ruler, and the...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Semele

Semele (Σεμέλη) was the beautiful daughter of Cadmus, the king of Thebes, and of Harmonia, the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. Semele was also the ...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Teiresias

Teiresias (or Tiresias; Τειρεσίας) was the famous blind seer from Thebes. Teiresias was the son of Everes and the nymph Chariclo. On his father's s...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Erysichthon

Erysichthon (Ἐρυσίχθων) was the son of Triopas. Erysichthon was the father of Mestra (Μήστρα), a girl who would later marry Autolycus and become th...

March 17th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Vertumnus and Pomona

Vertumnus was the Roman god of the garden and the orchard. Vertumnus was probably a god of Etruscan origin, named Voltumna. His consort named Pomon...

September 10th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Lares

Lares were tutelary household gods that were honoured along with Penates and Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Originally the Lares were gods or pr...

September 10th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Vesta

The Roman goddess of the hearth and the hearth fire. Vesta was identified with Hestia, the Greek goddess of the hearth. Vesta had public and privat...

September 10th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe