2022年12月9日 · Pandora was sometimes known by the alternate name “Anesidora,” meaning “she who sends up gifts.” Attributes and Iconography. Pandora, perhaps more than any other …

2022年11月29日 · Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus, was a Greek Titan, known for being as slow-witted as Prometheus was quick. Neglecting his wiser brother’s warnings, Epimetheus …

2023年3月21日 · Hesiod, then, seems to treat mythology as something that is adaptable, malleable, and evolving. Sometimes Hesiod’s contradictory use of myth is less self-conscious. …

Greek Mortals. Human beings doomed to die who lived at the mercy of the gods. The mortals of Greek mythology included kings and queens, prophets, healers, warriors, and peasants. …

2023年3月10日 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish …

2023年6月20日 · Hesiod, Works and Days 160. ↩; Hesiod, Works and Days 109–79.Cf. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.89–112. ↩; Cf. Gregory Nagy, The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the …

2023年4月17日 · Not all of Hermes’ actions were benevolent, however. According to Hesiod, when all of the gods imbued Pandora with their special “gifts,” Hermes contributed speech and …

2023年3月13日 · Greek. The Titans are mentioned (albeit allusively) as early as Homer (eighth century BCE). They would have also played a central role in the Titanomachy, an early epic …

2023年7月5日 · Deucalion was essentially the Greek version of the Judeo-Christian Noah. He was the son of the Titan Prometheus and married Pyrrha, daughter of the Titan Epimetheus …

2023年3月11日 · Greek. Homer: The earliest reference to Alcestis occurs in Book 2 of the Iliad (eighth century BCE).. Euripides: The most complete ancient account of the myth of Alcestis is …