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38 relations: Abas (mythology), Aegyptus, Ancient Greek novel, Argos, Cadmus, Caria, Catalogue of Ships, Cinderella, Danaus, Didyma, Dowry, Eponym, Europa (mythology), Fairy tale, Hemithea (mythology), History of Greece, Homer, Hypermnestra, Inachus, Io (mythology), John Lemprière, John Maxwell Edmonds, Kaunos, Larissa, Lynceus, Lyrcus, Mytheme, Oracle, Orneae, Parthenius of Nicaea, Pausanias (geographer), Phoroneus, Rhoeo, Stadion (unit), Staphylus, Stephen Gaselee (diplomat), Theseus, Troy.
Abas (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Abas (Ancient Greek: Ἄβας; gen.: Ἄβαντος) is attributed to several individuals.
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Aegyptus
According to Greek mythology, Aegyptus (Αἴγυπτος, Aigyptos) is a descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, and the river-god Nilus, and was a king in Egypt.
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Ancient Greek novel
Five ancient Greek novels survive complete from antiquity: Chariton's Callirhoe (mid-1st century), Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon (early-2nd century), Longus' Daphnis and Chloe (2nd century), Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesian Tale (late-2nd century), and Heliodorus of Emesa's Aethiopica (third century).
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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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Cadmus
In Greek mythology, Cadmus (Κάδμος Kadmos), was the founder and first king of Thebes.
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Caria
Caria (from Greek: Καρία, Karia, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia.
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Catalogue of Ships
The Catalogue of Ships (νεῶν κατάλογος, neōn katálogos) is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer's Iliad (2.494-759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy.
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Cinderella
Cinderella (Cenerentola, Cendrillon, Aschenputtel), or The Little Glass Slipper, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
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Danaus
In Greek mythology Danaus (Δαναός Danaos), was the twin brother of Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt.
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Didyma
Didyma (Δίδυμα) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia.
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Dowry
A dowry is a transfer of parental property, gifts or money at the marriage of a daughter.
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Eponym
An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.
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Europa (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Europa (Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and after whom the continent Europe was named.
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Fairy tale
A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
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Hemithea (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Hemithea (Ἡμιθέα: "demigoddess") refers to.
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History of Greece
The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically.
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Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.
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Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra (Ὑπερμνήστρα, Ὑpermnístra), in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Danaus and the ancestor of the Danaids.
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Inachus
In Greek mythology, Inăchus, Inachos or Inakhos (Ancient Greek: Ἴναχος) was the first king of ArgosAugustine.
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Io (mythology)
Io (Ἰώ) was, in Greek mythology, one of the mortal lovers of Zeus.
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John Lemprière
John Lemprière (c. 1765, Jersey – 1 February 1824, London) was an English classical scholar, lexicographer, theologian, teacher and headmaster.
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John Maxwell Edmonds
John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet, and dramatist who is notable as the author of celebrated epitaphs.
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Kaunos
Kaunos (Carian: Kbid;. Translator Chris Markham. Lycian: Khbide; Ancient Greek: Καῦνος; Caunus) was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few km west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey.
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Larissa
Larissa (Λάρισα) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region, the fourth-most populous in Greece according to the population results of municipal units of 2011 census and capital of the Larissa regional unit.
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Lynceus
In Greek mythology, Lynceus (Λυγκεύς, Lungeús) was a king of Argos, succeeding Danaus.
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Lyrcus
Lyrcus (Λύρκος) is the name of two Greek figures, one a figure in a 1st-century BC Hellenistic romance by Parthenius of Nicaea, the other the eponymous legendary founder of Lyrceia.
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Mytheme
In structuralism-influenced studies of mythology, a mytheme is a fundamental generic unit of narrative structure (typically involving a relationship between a character, an event, and a theme) from which myths are thought to be constructed — a minimal unit that is always found shared with other, related mythemes and reassembled in various ways ("bundled") or linked in more complicated relationships.
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Oracle
In classical antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the god.
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Orneae
Orneae was an ancient Greek City which is mentioned in Homer's Catalogue of Ships and which was situated north of Leontio in the prefecture of Corinthia.
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Parthenius of Nicaea
Parthenius of Nicaea (Παρθένιος ὁ Νικαεύς) or Myrlea (ὁ Μυρλεανός) in Bithynia was a Greek grammarian and poet.
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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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Phoroneus
In Greek mythology, Phoroneus (Φορωνεύς) was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer, primordial king of Argos and son of the river god Inachus and either Melia, the Oceanid or Argia, the embodiment of the Argolid itself: "Inachus, son of Oceanus, begat Phoroneus by his sister Argia," wrote Hyginus, in Fabulae 143.
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Rhoeo
In Greek mythology, Rhoeo (Ῥοιώ, Ῥoiṓ) was a daughter of Staphylus and Chrysothemis, sister to Parthenos and Molpadia or Hemithea.
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Stadion (unit)
The stadion (στάδιον; stadium), formerly also anglicized as stade, was an ancient Greek unit of length, based on the length of a typical sports stadium of the time.
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Staphylus
Staphylus (Στάφυλος "grape cluster") is one of several personages of ancient Greek mythology, almost always associated with grapes or wine.
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Stephen Gaselee (diplomat)
Sir Stephen Gaselee (9 November 1882 – 1943) was a British diplomat, writer, and librarian.
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Theseus
Theseus (Θησεύς) was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens.
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Troy
Troy (Τροία, Troia or Τροίας, Troias and Ἴλιον, Ilion or Ἴλιος, Ilios; Troia and Ilium;Trōia is the typical Latin name for the city. Ilium is a more poetic term: Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha; Truva or Troya) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrcus
