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Evadne

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In Greek mythology, Evadne (Εὐάδνη) was a name attributed to the following individuals. [1]

47 relations: A Dance to the Music of Time, Aeneid, Aepytus, Anthony Powell, Apollo, Arcadia, Argos, Argus (king of Argos), Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Capaneus, Cephalus, Criasus, Diodorus Siculus, Ecbasus, Epidaurus (mythology), Euripides, Evadne (crustacean), Gaius Julius Hyginus, Greek mythology, Hinge and Bracket, Iamidai, Iamus, Iphis, Jason, Lightning, Mary Shelley, Neaera (Greek mythology), Olympia, Greece, Pausanias (geographer), Pelias, Phocis, Pindar, Piras (mythology), Poseidon, Priest, Pythia, Rebecca West, Sarah Grand, Seven Against Thebes, Sthenelus, Strymon (mythology), The Last Man, The Maid's Tragedy, Thebes, Greece, Virgil, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman (TV series).

A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time is a 12-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin and published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim.

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Aeneid

The Aeneid (Aeneis) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

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Aepytus

Aepytus (Ancient Greek: Αἵπυτος) can refer to several people in Classical mythology:'.

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Anthony Powell

Anthony Dymoke Powell (21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975.

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Apollo

Apollo (Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek: Ἀπόλλων, Apollōn (Ἀπόλλωνος); Doric: Ἀπέλλων, Apellōn; Arcadocypriot: Ἀπείλων, Apeilōn; Aeolic: Ἄπλουν, Aploun; Apollō) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Arcadia

Arcadia (Αρκαδία, Arkadía) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Argos

Argos (Modern Greek: Άργος; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος) is a city in Argolis, the Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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Argus (king of Argos)

In Greek mythology, Argus (Ἄργος Argos) was the king and eponym of Argos.

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Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)

The Bibliotheca (Βιβλιοθήκη Bibliothēkē, "Library"), also known as the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century AD.

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Capaneus

In Greek mythology, Capaneus (Καπανεύς, Kapaneús) was a son of Hipponous and either Astynome (daughter of Talaus) or Laodice (daughter of Iphis), and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus.

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Cephalus

Cephalus (Κέφαλος, Kephalos) is a name, used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons.

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Criasus

In Greek mythology, Criasus (Ancient Greek: Κρίασος Kriasos) was a king of Argos.

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Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus (Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης Diodoros Sikeliotes) (1st century BC) or Diodorus of Sicily was a Greek historian.

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Ecbasus

In Greek mythology, Ecbasus (Ancient Greek: Έκβασος) was an Argive prince.

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Epidaurus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Epidaurus (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίδαυρος) was the presumed eponym of the polis Epidaurus.

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Euripides

Euripides (Εὐριπίδης) was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Evadne (crustacean)

Evadne is a genus of onychopods in the family Podonidae.

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Gaius Julius Hyginus

Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the famous Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.

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Hinge and Bracket

Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage personae of the musical performance and female impersonation artists George Logan and Patrick Fyffe.

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Iamidai

In Ancient Greece, the dynasty of Iamidai (Latinised as Iamidae) at Olympia were an extended family of seers, the "house of Iamos", one of the two clans from which the administrators of the Olympic Games were drawn, well into the 3rd century CE.

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Iamus

In Greek mythology, Iamus was the son of Evadne, a daughter of Poseidon, sired by Apollo.

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Iphis

Iphis (Ἶφις) was a name attributed to the following individuals in Greek mythology.

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Jason

Jason (Ἰάσων Iásōn) was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was the leader of the Argonauts whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature.

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Lightning

Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge that occurs typically during a thunderstorm.

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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel ''Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818).

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Neaera (Greek mythology)

Neaera (Νέαιρα), also Neaira, is the name of multiple female characters in Greek mythology.

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Olympia, Greece

Olympia (Greek: Ὀλυμπία;; Olymbía), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times.

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Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias (Παυσανίας Pausanías; c. AD 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD, who lived in the time of Roman emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.

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Pelias

Pelias (Πελίας) was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology.

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Phocis

Phocis (Φωκίδα,, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Pindar

Pindar (Πίνδαρος Pindaros,; Pindarus; c. 522 – c. 443 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes.

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Piras (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Piras (Ancient Greek: Πείραντα) was a king of Argos, otherwise also known as Piren, Peiren, Peiras, Peirasus and Piranthus.

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Poseidon

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth.

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Priest

A priest or priestess (feminine) is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.

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Pythia

The Pythia (Πῡθίᾱ) was the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi who also served as the oracle, commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi.

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Rebecca West

Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield DBE (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer.

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Sarah Grand

Sarah Grand (10 June 1854 – 12 May 1943) was an Irish feminist writer active from 1873 to 1922.

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Seven Against Thebes

Seven Against Thebes (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Hepta epi Thēbas) is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC.

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Sthenelus

In Greek mythology, Sthenelus (Σθένελος Sthénelos, "strong one" or "forcer", derived from sthenos "strength, might, force") was a name attributed to several different individuals.

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Strymon (mythology)

For the river, see Strymon/Struma Strymon, son of Oceanus and Tethys, was a river god and king of Thrace.

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The Last Man

The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826.

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The Maid's Tragedy

The Maid's Tragedy is a play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.

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Thebes, Greece

Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai,;. Θήβα, Thíva) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece.

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Wonder Woman (TV series)

Wonder Woman, known from seasons 2 and 3 as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superhero of the same name.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evadne

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