2023年9月27日 · Cybele was known in Greece from an early period and was often identified with other mother goddesses such as Rhea or Demeter. She was typically imagined riding in a lion …

2023年3月9日 · Rhea and Cybele. By the fourth century BCE (if not earlier), Rhea was widely identified with the Phrygian mother goddess Cybele. Indeed, in Greek literature and cult, the …

2023年9月28日 · The Corybantes were rustic deities often confused or identified with the Curetes. Like the Curetes, the Corybantes protected Zeus while he was still an infant by loudly dancing …

2023年7月7日 · According to one myth, Atalanta and her husband profaned the temple of the goddess Cybele (or Rhea) by making love in it. Because of this sacrilege, they were both …

2023年6月28日 · It was often said that the notoriously vengeful goddess drove her husband’s illegitimate son mad, causing him to wander the world in a raving state. According to the lost …

2023年3月11日 · The Dactyls were gods or culture heroes of obscure origins. They were smiths and magicians whose number, depending on the source, varied between five and more than …

2023年3月23日 · In addition to being an accomplished musician, Marsyas was associated with religious cults in Phrygia, especially that of Cybele (also known as the Magna Mater, or “Great …

2022年11月29日 · One night, Vesta attended a dinner party hosted by Cybele, a mother goddess. All the gods and goddesses were there, as was Silenus, a wizened teacher and tutor to …

II. TO DEMETER (1–3) I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess—of her and her trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to him by all-seeing Zeus the loud …

2023年4月24日 · Demeter was also connected with Rhea, the Titan mother of the gods; Cybele, a mother goddess imported from Phrygia; and Gaia, the primordial earth goddess. In some early …