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Heracles and Poseidon have 72 things in common (in Unionpedia): Aeneid, Alebion, Antaeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollonius of Rhodes, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Bergion, Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Busiris (Greek mythology), Castor and Pollux, Cult (religious practice), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Diodorus Siculus, Dionysus, Eumolpus, Euripides, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Golden Fleece, Greek mythology, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Herodorus, Hesiod, Homer, Iliad, ..., Laomedon, Liguria, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Medusa, Minos, Mount Olympus, Mysia, Neleus, Odysseus, Odyssey, Olive, Ovid, Pausanias (geographer), Persephone, Perseus, Philostratus of Lemnos, Photios I of Constantinople, Pindar, Plato, Ptolemaeus Chennus, Pylos, Pythia, Rape, Scholia, Sophocles, Sparta, Statius, Stephanus of Byzantium, Syleus (mythology), Taranto, Thebes, Greece, Theocritus, Theogony, Theseus, Thrace, Trojan War, Twelve Olympians, Vatican Mythographers, Virgil, Walter Burkert, Xenophon, Zeus. Expand index (42 more) »
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.
Aeneid and Heracles · Aeneid and Poseidon ·
Alebion
In Greek mythology, Alebion or Albion (Ἀλεβίων or Ἀλβίων) was a son of Poseidon and brother of Bergion (also known as Dercynus) who attacked Heracles with Dercynus when he passed through their country, Liguria in North-Western Italy, on his way back to Mycenae from Iberia having obtained the Cattle of Geryon as his tenth labour.
Alebion and Heracles · Alebion and Poseidon ·
Antaeus
Antaeus (Ἀνταῖος, Antaîos, "Opponent”, derived from ἀντάω, antao - I face, I oppose); Änti) was a figure in Greek and Berber mythology. In Greek sources, he was the half-giant son of Poseidon and Gaia. His wife was the goddess Tinge, and he had a daughter named Alceis or Barce. He was famed for his loss to Heracles as part of his 12 Labors.
Antaeus and Heracles · Antaeus and Poseidon ·
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Aphrodite and Heracles · Aphrodite and Poseidon ·
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.
Apollo and Heracles · Apollo and Poseidon ·
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes (Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος Apollṓnios Rhódios; Apollonius Rhodius; fl. first half of 3rd century BCE), was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece.
Apollonius of Rhodes and Heracles · Apollonius of Rhodes and Poseidon ·
Ares
Ares (Ἄρης, Áres) is the Greek god of war.
Ares and Heracles · Ares and Poseidon ·
Artemis
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις Artemis) was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities.
Artemis and Heracles · Artemis and Poseidon ·
Athena
Athena; Attic Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā, or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athānā or Athene,; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē often given the epithet Pallas,; Παλλὰς is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.
Athena and Heracles · Athena and Poseidon ·
Bergion
In Greek mythology, Bergion (Βεργίων) or Dercynus (Δέρκυνος) was a son of Poseidon and brother of Alebion.
Bergion and Heracles · Bergion and Poseidon ·
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.
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) and Heracles · Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) and Poseidon ·
Busiris (Greek mythology)
Busiris (Βούσιρις) is the Greek name of a place in Egypt, which in Egyptian was named ḏdw (pronounced Djedu).
Busiris (Greek mythology) and Heracles · Busiris (Greek mythology) and Poseidon ·
Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux (or in Greek, Polydeuces) were twin brothers and demigods in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri.
Castor and Pollux and Heracles · Castor and Pollux and Poseidon ·
Cult (religious practice)
Cult is literally the "care" (Latin cultus) owed to deities and to temples, shrines, or churches.
Cult (religious practice) and Heracles · Cult (religious practice) and Poseidon ·
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology and Heracles · Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology and Poseidon ·
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus (Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης Diodoros Sikeliotes) (1st century BC) or Diodorus of Sicily was a Greek historian.
Diodorus Siculus and Heracles · Diodorus Siculus and Poseidon ·
Dionysus
Dionysus (Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy in ancient Greek religion and myth.
Dionysus and Heracles · Dionysus and Poseidon ·
Eumolpus
In Greek Mythology, Eumolpus (Ancient Greek: Εὔμολπος Eumolpos, Eumolpus "good singer" or "sweet singing" derived from eu "good" and molpe "song","singing") was a legendary Thracian king who established the city of Eumolpias, also called Eumolpiada (present-day Plovdiv) around 1200 BC (or 1350 BC), naming it after himself.
Eumolpus and Heracles · Eumolpus and Poseidon ·
Euripides
Euripides (Εὐριπίδης) was a tragedian of classical Athens.
Euripides and Heracles · Euripides and Poseidon ·
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.
Gaius Julius Hyginus and Heracles · Gaius Julius Hyginus and Poseidon ·
Golden Fleece
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (χρυσόμαλλον δέρας chrysómallon déras) is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which was held in Colchis.
Golden Fleece and Heracles · Golden Fleece and Poseidon ·
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.
Greek mythology and Heracles · Greek mythology and Poseidon ·
Hades
Hades (ᾍδης Háidēs) was the ancient Greek chthonic god of the underworld, which eventually took his name.
Hades and Heracles · Hades and Poseidon ·
Hephaestus
Hephaestus (eight spellings; Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos) is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes.
Hephaestus and Heracles · Hephaestus and Poseidon ·
Hera
Hera (Ἥρᾱ, Hērā; Ἥρη, Hērē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth in Ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians and the sister-wife of Zeus.
Hera and Heracles · Hera and Poseidon ·
Hermes
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia, and the second youngest of the Olympian gods (Dionysus being the youngest).
Heracles and Hermes · Hermes and Poseidon ·
Herodorus
Herodorus (also called Herodorus of Heraclea) was a native of Heraclea Pontica and wrote a history on Heracles around 400 BC.
Heracles and Herodorus · Herodorus and Poseidon ·
Hesiod
Hesiod (or; Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.
Heracles and Hesiod · Hesiod and Poseidon ·
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.
Heracles and Homer · Homer and Poseidon ·
Iliad
The Iliad (Ἰλιάς, in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer.
Heracles and Iliad · Iliad and Poseidon ·
Laomedon
In Greek mythology, Laomedon (Λαομέδων) was a Trojan king, son of Ilus, nephew of Ganymede and Assaracus, and father of Priam, Astyoche, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Cilla, Proclia, Aethilla, Medesicaste, Clytodora, and Hesione.
Heracles and Laomedon · Laomedon and Poseidon ·
Liguria
Liguria (Ligûria, Ligurie) is a coastal region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.
Heracles and Liguria · Liguria and Poseidon ·
Maurus Servius Honoratus
Maurus Servius Honoratus was a late fourth-century and early fifth-century grammarian, with the contemporary reputation of being the most learned man of his generation in Italy; he was the author of a set of commentaries on the works of Virgil.
Heracles and Maurus Servius Honoratus · Maurus Servius Honoratus and Poseidon ·
Medusa
In Greek mythology, Medusa (Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress") was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair.
Heracles and Medusa · Medusa and Poseidon ·
Minos
In Greek mythology, Minos (Μίνως, Minōs) was the first King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa.
Heracles and Minos · Minos and Poseidon ·
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (Όλυμπος Olympos, for Modern Greek also transliterated Olimbos, or) is the highest mountain in Greece.
Heracles and Mount Olympus · Mount Olympus and Poseidon ·
Mysia
Mysia (UK, US or; Μυσία, Mysia, Misya) was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey).
Heracles and Mysia · Mysia and Poseidon ·
Neleus
Neleus (Νηλεύς) was a king of Pylos.
Heracles and Neleus · Neleus and Poseidon ·
Odysseus
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, Ὀdysseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixēs), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
Heracles and Odysseus · Odysseus and Poseidon ·
Odyssey
The Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Heracles and Odyssey · Odyssey and Poseidon ·
Olive
The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion.
Heracles and Olive · Olive and Poseidon ·
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
Heracles and Ovid · Ovid and Poseidon ·
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.
Heracles and Pausanias (geographer) · Pausanias (geographer) and Poseidon ·
Persephone
In Greek mythology, Persephone (Περσεφόνη), also called Kore ("the maiden"), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is the queen of the underworld.
Heracles and Persephone · Persephone and Poseidon ·
Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (Περσεύς) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty, who, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, was the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles.
Heracles and Perseus · Perseus and Poseidon ·
Philostratus of Lemnos
Philostratus of Lemnos (Φιλόστρατος ὁ Λήμνιος; c. 190 – c. 230 AD), also known as Philostratus the Elder to distinguish him from Philostratus the Younger who was also from Lemnos, was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period.
Heracles and Philostratus of Lemnos · Philostratus of Lemnos and Poseidon ·
Photios I of Constantinople
Photios I (Φώτιος Phōtios), (c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled PhotiusFr.
Heracles and Photios I of Constantinople · Photios I of Constantinople and Poseidon ·
Pindar
Pindar (Πίνδαρος Pindaros,; Pindarus; c. 522 – c. 443 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes.
Heracles and Pindar · Pindar and Poseidon ·
Plato
Plato (Πλάτων Plátōn, in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
Heracles and Plato · Plato and Poseidon ·
Ptolemaeus Chennus
Ptolemaeus Chennus or Chennos ("quail"), of Alexandria (Πτολεμαῖος Χέννος), was a Greek grammarian during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian.
Heracles and Ptolemaeus Chennus · Poseidon and Ptolemaeus Chennus ·
Pylos
Pylos ((Πύλος), historically also known under its Italian name Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Greece Ministry of Interior It was the capital of the former Pylia Province. It is the main harbour on the Bay of Navarino. Nearby villages include Gialova, Pyla, Elaiofyto, Schinolakka, and Palaionero. The town of Pylos has 2,767 inhabitants, the municipal unit of Pylos 5,287 (2011). The municipal unit has an area of 143.911 km2. Pylos has a long history, having been inhabited since Neolithic times. It was a significant kingdom in Mycenaean Greece, with remains of the so-called "Palace of Nestor" excavated nearby, named after Nestor, the king of Pylos in Homer's Iliad. In Classical times, the site was uninhabited, but became the site of the Battle of Pylos in 425 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. Pylos is scarcely mentioned thereafter until the 13th century, when it became part of the Frankish Principality of Achaea. Increasingly known by its French name of Port-de-Jonc or its Italian name Navarino, in the 1280s the Franks built the Old Navarino castle on the site. Pylos came under the control of the Republic of Venice from 1417 until 1500, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans used Pylos and its bay as a naval base, and built the New Navarino fortress there. The area remained under Ottoman control, with the exception of a brief period of renewed Venetian rule in 1685–1715 and a Russian occupation in 1770–71, until the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt recovered it for the Ottomans in 1825, but the defeat of the Turco-Egyptian fleet in the 1827 Battle of Navarino forced Ibrahim to withdraw from the Peloponnese and confirmed Greek independence.
Heracles and Pylos · Poseidon and Pylos ·
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.
Heracles and Pythia · Poseidon and Pythia ·
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent.
Heracles and Rape · Poseidon and Rape ·
Scholia
Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from σχόλιον, "comment, interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments, either original or extracted from pre-existing commentaries, which are inserted on the margin of the manuscript of an ancient author, as glosses.
Heracles and Scholia · Poseidon and Scholia ·
Sophocles
Sophocles (Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs,; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41.
Heracles and Sophocles · Poseidon and Sophocles ·
Sparta
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, Spártā; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, Spártē) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece.
Heracles and Sparta · Poseidon and Sparta ·
Statius
Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45c. 96 AD) was a Roman poet of the 1st century AD (Silver Age of Latin literature).
Heracles and Statius · Poseidon and Statius ·
Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephen of Byzantium, also known as Stephanus Byzantinus (Greek: Στέφανος Βυζάντιος; fl. 6th century AD), was the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled Ethnica (Ἐθνικά).
Heracles and Stephanus of Byzantium · Poseidon and Stephanus of Byzantium ·
Syleus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Syleus (Συλεύς) was a man of Aulis, Lydia killed by Heracles for his nefarious deeds.
Heracles and Syleus (mythology) · Poseidon and Syleus (mythology) ·
Taranto
Taranto (early Tarento from Tarentum; Tarantino: Tarde; translit; label) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.
Heracles and Taranto · Poseidon and Taranto ·
Thebes, Greece
Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai,;. Θήβα, Thíva) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece.
Heracles and Thebes, Greece · Poseidon and Thebes, Greece ·
Theocritus
Theocritus (Θεόκριτος, Theokritos; fl. c. 270 BC), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.
Heracles and Theocritus · Poseidon and Theocritus ·
Theogony
The Theogony (Θεογονία, Theogonía,, i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 700 BC.
Heracles and Theogony · Poseidon and Theogony ·
Theseus
Theseus (Θησεύς) was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens.
Heracles and Theseus · Poseidon and Theseus ·
Thrace
Thrace (Modern Θράκη, Thráki; Тракия, Trakiya; Trakya) is a geographical and historical area in southeast Europe, now split between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south and the Black Sea to the east.
Heracles and Thrace · Poseidon and Thrace ·
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
Heracles and Trojan War · Poseidon and Trojan War ·
Twelve Olympians
relief (1st century BCendash1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right, Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff), Artemis (bow and quiver), Apollo (lyre), from the Walters Art Museum.Walters Art Museum, http://art.thewalters.org/detail/38764 accession number 23.40. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus.
Heracles and Twelve Olympians · Poseidon and Twelve Olympians ·
Vatican Mythographers
The so-called Vatican Mythographers (Mythographi Vaticani) are the anonymous authors of three Latin mythographical texts found together in a single medieval manuscript, Vatican Reg.
Heracles and Vatican Mythographers · Poseidon and Vatican Mythographers ·
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.
Heracles and Virgil · Poseidon and Virgil ·
Walter Burkert
Walter Burkert (born 2 February 1931, Neuendettelsau; died 11 March 2015, Zurich) was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult.
Heracles and Walter Burkert · Poseidon and Walter Burkert ·
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (Ξενοφῶν,, Xenophōn; – 354 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates.
Heracles and Xenophon · Poseidon and Xenophon ·
Zeus
Zeus (Ζεύς, Zeús) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus.
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Heracles and Poseidon Comparison
Heracles has 370 relations, while Poseidon has 389. As they have in common 72, the Jaccard index is 9.49% = 72 / (370 + 389).
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