2023年10月4日 · Athamas’ first wife was a woman named Nephele, with whom he had two children: Phrixus and Helle. But Athamas soon abandoned Nephele and married Ino, the daughter of the Theban king Cadmus. Ino hated Phrixus and Helle and was constantly plotting against them; the children were forced to flee Greece to escape their stepmother’s machinations.

2023年9月19日 · Ino married the Boeotian ruler Athamas and proceeded to relentlessly persecute his children, Phrixus and Helle. Later, Ino and Athamas incurred the wrath of the jealous Hera by rearing the god Dionysus, who was the son of Zeus by his adulterous affair with Ino’s sister Semele. Hera punished the couple by driving them mad, causing Ino to leap ...

2023年2月27日 · Acamas was a Greek hero and son of Theseus, the famous Athenian king best known for slaying the Minotaur. He fought in the Trojan War and later ruled Athens jointly with his brother Demophon.

2023年8月17日 · Aeetes—powerful, proud, and paranoid son of Helios—was the ruler of the city of Colchis. He is best remembered for owning the famous Golden Fleece, which he jealously guarded until it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts.

2022年12月8日 · Sisyphus was the son of Aeolus, an early king of Thessaly, and his queen Enarete. His brothers included Cretheus, Athamas, Salmoneus, and Perieres, as well as Deion and Magnes (in some sources). His sisters included Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, …

2023年6月28日 · But in another familiar tradition, Dionysus was brought up by his mother’s sister Ino and her husband Athamas. Some authors reconciled the two versions of Dionysus’ upbringing by saying that Dionysus was brought to Ino after the nymphs became afraid of Hera’s anger, [71] though others said that Ino and Athamas raised Dionysus before he ...

2023年3月24日 · Porphyrion, together with his brother Alcyoneus, was one of the leaders of the Giants, monstrous offspring of the earth goddess Gaia. He tried to overthrow the gods during a great war known as the Gigantomachy, but was struck down by Zeus and Heracles.

2023年3月25日 · Talos was a bronze man or automaton—a being of extraordinary size and strength who was tasked with guarding the island of Crete. When the Argonauts sailed by Crete on their journey home, Talos tried to stop them from landing and …

2023年4月7日 · When Dionysus at last emerged from Zeus’ thigh, Hera sought to punish the child, too. She destroyed his foster parents Ino and Athamas and drove Dionysus himself mad. Dionysus wandered the world for some time, hounded by Hera’s anger, before discovering wine and joining the Olympian pantheon.

2023年7月10日 · Thus, Hera drove Ino and her husband Athamas mad, leading Ino to leap into the sea with her son Melicertes. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into the goddess Leucothea. Finally, the son of Cadmus’ daughter Agave, Pentheus, refused to …