Artemis - Mythopedia
2023年4月13日 · Artemis is often remembered first and foremost as an archer and is therefore invoked as a symbol of swiftness and accuracy; for example, Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team that has competed in America’s Cup.
Apollo – Mythopedia
2023年4月11日 · Apollo was viewed as the symbol of universal and aesthetic order, civilization, and reason. In this capacity, he would punish the wicked and overbearing. In the arts, Apollo stood for harmony and order, while Dionysus, the other divine patron of the arts, reveled in ecstasy and chaos. This led to the pairing of the “Apollonian” and ...
Nemesis – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Harpocration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators s.v. Ἀδράστειαν (Adrásterian), who reports a few alternative traditions, including one in which Adrasteia is an alternative name for Artemis rather than Nemesis (Harpocration cites Demetrius of Scepsis for this tradition) and another in which the name Adrasteia comes from the Sicyonian king ...
Callisto - Mythopedia
2023年10月4日 · Callisto was a princess or nymph from Arcadia and a companion of the goddess Artemis. After being seduced by Zeus, she bore him a son named Arcas; but she was soon transformed into a bear by either Artemis, Hera, or Zeus. In her new form, Callisto was either shot down by Artemis or made into a constellation.
Nymphs – Mythopedia
2023年1月6日 · Nymphs were also worshipped in conjunction with other gods, including Artemis, Dionysus, and Hermes. Nymph cults were usually local and connected with a specific spot. In some cases, however, the nymphs became part of the state cult. There was, for instance, a fountain house of the nymphs in the Athenian agora.
Phoebe - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Phoebe was a Greek Titan better known for her descendants than for her own exploits. Her daughter Leto went on to have an affair with Zeus and gave birth to the powerful Olympians Apollo and Artemis.
Demeter – Mythopedia
2023年4月24日 · Demeter was also a goddess of women—especially married women—and was therefore invoked as a protector of women and the household. Demeter, like Artemis, presided over women’s passage from childhood to adulthood. She was sometimes even seen as a healer (especially of disorders affecting the breast or womb).
Leto – Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · Other local traditions modified Artemis’ place of birth instead of Apollo’s. According to these, while Apollo was born on Delos, Artemis was born in either Ortygia or Coryssus in Ephesus (which housed one of Artemis’ most important ancient temples)—or, alternatively, somewhere on the island of Crete. The Wrath of Leto
Asteria – Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · It is possible that a figure named as “Delos,” sometimes depicted alongside Apollo and Artemis in ancient art, represents this altered form of Asteria. Family. Asteria was a daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, two of the original twelve Titans born to Gaia and Uranus. She had one sister, Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
Apollo (Roman) - Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · His twin sister was Diana, the Roman counterpart to the Greek Artemis. Among others, his half siblings included Mars, Vulcan, and Juventus. Youthful and lusty, Apollo took lovers both female and male. His female lovers included Hecuba (King Priam’s wife), Ourea (Poseidon’s daughter), and all nine of the Muses.