"Cyrene (mythology) In Greek mythology, Cyrene () or Kyrene (, ""Sovereign Queen""), was a Thessalian princess, and later, the queen and ruler of the North African city of Cyrene. According to the myth, the city was founded and named after her by Apollo. As recorded in Pindar's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, although some myths state that her father was actually the river-god Peneus and she was a nymph rather than a mortal. According to Apollonius Rhodius, she also had a sister called Larissa. By the god Apollo she bore Aristaeus and"
"Artemis (Marvel Comics) Artemis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and the moon in the Olympian pantheon. Zeus is her father, and Apollo is her brother. Artemis first appeared in ""Thor"" #129 (June 1966), and was adapted from mythology by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character subsequently appeared in ""Thor Annual"" #5 (1976), ""The Avengers"" #281 (July 1987), #283-284 (September–October 1987), ""Incredible Hulk: Hercules Unleashed"" (October 1996), ""Hercules"" #4 (September 2005), ""Thor: Blood Oath"" #3-4 (December 2005-January 2006), and ""Ares"" #1 (March 2006), #3 (May"
"the Wasp into a trap). Artemis is also a master archer and a superb huntress. Artemis (Marvel Comics) Artemis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and the moon in the Olympian pantheon. Zeus is her father, and Apollo is her brother. Artemis first appeared in ""Thor"" #129 (June 1966), and was adapted from mythology by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character subsequently appeared in ""Thor Annual"" #5 (1976), ""The Avengers"" #281 (July 1987), #283-284 (September–October 1987), ""Incredible Hulk: Hercules Unleashed"" (October 1996), ""Hercules"" #4 (September"
"Leto In Greek mythology, Leto (; ""Lētṓ""; Λατώ, ""Lātṓ"" in Doric Greek) is a daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Asteria. The island of Kos is claimed as her birthplace. In the Olympian scheme, Zeus is the father of her twins, Apollo and Artemis, which Leto conceived after her hidden beauty accidentally caught the eyes of Zeus. Classical Greek myths record little about Leto other than her pregnancy and her search for a place where she could give birth to Apollo and Artemis, since Hera in her jealousy caused all lands to shun her. Finally, she"
"Artemis is not fully related in any surviving myth. The ""Iliad"" reduced the figure of the dread goddess to that of a girl, who, having been thrashed by Hera, climbs weeping into the lap of Zeus. A poem by Callimachus to the goddess ""who amuses herself on mountains with archery"" imagines some charming vignettes. Artemis, while sitting on the knee of her father, Zeus, asked him to grant her several wishes: Artemis believed that she had been chosen by the Fates to be a midwife, particularly since she had assisted her mother in the delivery of her twin brother, Apollo."
"Arke In ancient Greek religion, Arke or Arce ( ""Arkē"") was a daughter of Thaumas and fraternal twin sister of Iris. She is sometimes affiliated with the faded second rainbow sometimes seen in the shadow of the first. She is said to have iridescent wings, compared to Iris' golden ones. During the Titanomachy, she betrayed the Olympian gods and joined the Titans against them; she became the messenger for the Titans, while her fraternal twin sister Iris was on the opposite side and became the messenger of the Olympian Gods. When the Olympians won, Zeus punished Arke. She was deprived"
"the rock he had made fall from the sky. She was possibly the unknown Amazon who was slain by Bellerophon in Lycia. Otrera In Greek mythology, Otrera ( ""Otrērē"") was a Queen of the Amazons; the daughter of Eurus (the east wind), consort of Ares and mother of Hippolyta, Antiope, Melanippe, and Penthesilea. Otrera is sometimes considered the mythological founder of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, which was closely connected with Amazons. She is also sometimes considered the founder of the Amazon nation. She attracted the attention of Ares, a Greek God of war, and they had a few"
"Otrera In Greek mythology, Otrera ( ""Otrērē"") was a Queen of the Amazons; the daughter of Eurus (the east wind), consort of Ares and mother of Hippolyta, Antiope, Melanippe, and Penthesilea. Otrera is sometimes considered the mythological founder of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, which was closely connected with Amazons. She is also sometimes considered the founder of the Amazon nation. She attracted the attention of Ares, a Greek God of war, and they had a few children, some growing up to be Amazon Queens. Ares also told her to sacrifice horses to him at a temple built on"
"Astrape and Bronte Astrape and Bronte (Ancient Greek: """" (""Astrapē"", lit. ""Lightning""); & """" (""Brontē"", lit. ""Thunder"") are twin goddessess in Greek Mythology. Astrape and Bronte are the twin goddessess of lightning and thunder; as members of Zeus' entourage, they were his attendants/handmaidens/shield bearers/shieldmaidens, and were given the task of carrying Zeus' thunderbolts, along with Pegasus. Astrape's Roman counterpart is Fulgora. Philostratus the Elder, ""Imagines"" 1. 14 (trans. Fairbanks) (Greek rhetorician 3rd century AD): [From a description of an ancient Greek painting depicting the death of Semele:] In the Apulian vase painting, Astrape (labelled) stands beside the throne of Zeus"
"bearing the armaments of the sky-god. She also wields a torch and is a crowned with a shining aureole. Bronte should not be mistaken with Brontes, one of the three Elder Cyclops who, along with his brothers, Steropes, Arges, Akmonides, Pyrakmon, Euryalos, Elatreus, Trakhios and Halimedes, forged Zeus' thunderbolts. Astrape and Bronte Astrape and Bronte (Ancient Greek: """" (""Astrapē"", lit. ""Lightning""); & """" (""Brontē"", lit. ""Thunder"") are twin goddessess in Greek Mythology. Astrape and Bronte are the twin goddessess of lightning and thunder; as members of Zeus' entourage, they were his attendants/handmaidens/shield bearers/shieldmaidens, and were given the task of carrying"
"with the three-faceted goddess Hecate. She fights in her three incarnations with a torch, a sword and a lance against the Giant Clytius. Next to her is Artemis, the goddess of the hunt; in keeping with her function she fights with a bow and arrow against a Giant who is perhaps Otos. Her hunting dog kills another Giant with a bite to the neck. Artemis’ mother Leto fights at her side using a torch against an animal-like Giant; at her other side her son and Artemis’ twin, Apollo, fights. Like his sister, he is armed with bow and arrow and"
"and one of Apollo, it's thought that the cache may be from Delos, the divine twins' birthplace. Both Artemis statues are thought to be Hellenistic due to the hairstyle and stance, and both show a full-bodied Artemis with a long skirt that covers her legs. While the Artemis A figure is similar to the others in the collection and larger than life, the Artemis B statue is somewhat smaller than life-size. Artemis, a virgin goddess who kept away from men and civilization, signifying the wild aspect that was always apparent in Ancient Greek culture, came to be worshipped as a"
"Asteria (Titaness) In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie (; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερία, ""of the stars, starry one"") was the Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars. Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeus (Polus) and Phoebe and sister of Leto. According to Hesiod, by the Titan Perses she had a daughter Hecate, goddess of witchcraft. Other authors made Asteria the mother of the fourth Heracles and Hecate by Zeus. Asteria was an inhabitant of Olympus, and like her sister Leto was beloved by Zeus. In order to escape the amorous advances of the god, who in the form"
"birth to identical twin daughters on the night of Halloween. The sisters are named Apolla and Artemis after the Olympian twins Apollo and Artemis, the gods of the Sun and Moon, respectively; in accordance with their namesake, Apolla wears an amulet in the shape of the sun and Artemis wears an amulet in the shape of the moon. Their father Aron DuBaer, a powerful warlock, transfers the entirety of his magical powers to protect them from an evil entity known as the Darkness and is killed in the process. Karsh and Ileana assume the task of protecting the twins and"
"of Kosmos. Deimos (deity) Deimos (, , meaning “dread”) is the god of terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the twin brother of Phobos; Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread that befell those in the midst of battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic. Like Phobos, Deimos served as one of Ares’ attendants, and the two of them would often accompany their father as he rode into battle in his chariot, alongside Enyo, goddess of war and bloodshed, and Eris, goddess of strife. Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two"
"Artemis as goddess of the moon was identified with Hecate. Angelos could be an early version of Hecate, the one that pertained both to the upper world and the underworld, similar to the position of Persephone. Angelos (mythology) In Greek mythology, Angelos () or Angelia (Ἀγγελία) was a daughter of Zeus and Hera who became known as a chthonic deity. Her story only survives in scholia on Theocritus' Idyll 2, and is as follows: Angelos was raised by nymphs to whose care her father had entrusted her. One day she stole her mother Hera's anointments and gave them away to"
"twin, without travail. By contrast, according to the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, Leto labored for nine nights and nine days for Apollo, in the presence of all the first among the deathless goddesses as witnesses: Dione, Rhea, Ichnaea, Themis and the ""loud-moaning"" sea-goddess Amphitrite. Only Hera kept apart, perhaps to kidnap Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. Instead, Artemis, having been born first, assisted with the birth of Apollo. Another version, in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo and in an Orphic hymn, states that Artemis was born before Apollo, on the island"
"Phoebe (Titaness) In ancient Greek religion, Phoebe (; Greek: Φοίβη ""Phoibe"", associated with ""Phoebos"" or ""shining"") was one of the first generation of Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. Phoebe is a Titaness whose consort was her brother Coeus, with whom she had two daughters, Leto, who bore Apollo and Artemis, and Asteria, a star-goddess who bore an only daughter, Hecate. Given the meaning of her name and her association with the Delphic oracle, Phoebe was perhaps seen as the Titan goddess of prophecy and oracular intellect. Through Leto, Phoebe was the grandmother"
"Deimos (deity) Deimos (, , meaning “dread”) is the god of terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the twin brother of Phobos; Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread that befell those in the midst of battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic. Like Phobos, Deimos served as one of Ares’ attendants, and the two of them would often accompany their father as he rode into battle in his chariot, alongside Enyo, goddess of war and bloodshed, and Eris, goddess of strife. Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, is"
"Merope (Pleiades) In Greek mythology, Merope () is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of varied myths. In one story, the Pleiades, along with their half sisters the Hyades, were the virgin companions to Artemis. Artemis was the twin of Apollo and daughter of Leto and Zeus, and a protector of both hunters and wild animals. The Pleiades were nymphs, and along with their half sisters, were"
"sun of the planet Darqueworld in the novel ""Monster Stalker: A Darquepunk Novel"" by Elizabeth Watasin. Merope (Pleiades) In Greek mythology, Merope () is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of varied myths. In one story, the Pleiades, along with their half sisters the Hyades, were the virgin companions to Artemis. Artemis was the twin of Apollo and daughter of Leto and Zeus, and a protector of"
"Artemis to the archetype of the mother goddess. Artemis was traditionally linked to fertility and was petitioned to assist women with childbirth. According to Herodotus, the Greek playwright Aeschylus identified Artemis with Persephone as a daughter of Demeter. Her worshipers in Arcadia also traditionally associated her with Demeter and Persephone. In Asia Minor, she was often conflated with local mother goddess figures, such as Cybele, and Anahita in Iran. However, the archetype of the mother goddess was not highly compatible with the Greek pantheon, and though the Greeks had adopted worship of Cybele and other Anatolian mother goddesses as early"
"Spandaramet In the Armenian mythology, Spandaramet, or Sandaramet, was the goddess of death, underworld and hell, and corresponded to the Greek god Hades. The chief god of Armenia was Aramazd, called the Architect of the Universe, Creator of Heaven and Earth. Spandaramet was his wife. He was the father of the other gods, and had several daughters, among which Anahit, the most famous goddess of Armenia, which corresponded to the Greek goddess Artemis, and was the mother of Astghik, the goddess of beauty and the personification of the moon, corresponding to the Phoenician goddess Astarte, and the third Nane (nɑnɛ)"
"Iris (mythology) In Greek mythology, Iris (; ) is the personification and goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. According to Hesiod's ""Theogony"", Iris is the daughter of Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra, and the sister of the Harpies: Aello and Ocypete. During the Titanomachy, Iris was the messenger of the Olympian Gods, while her twin sister Arke betrayed the Olympians and became the messenger of the Titans. She is the goddess of the rainbow. She also serves nectar to the gods and goddesses to drink. Iris is married to Zephyrus, who is the god of the west"
"and wife, and there seems to have been a tradition which actually described Artemis as the wife of Apollo. However, this relationship was never sexual but spiritual, which is why they both are seen being unmarried in the Hellenic period. Artemis, like her brother, is armed with a bow and arrows. She is the cause of sudden deaths of women. She also is the protector of the young, especially girls. Though she has nothing to do with oracles, music or poetry, she sometimes led the female chorus on Olympus while Apollo sang. The laurel was sacred to both. ""Artemis Daphnaia"""
"the waters which they haunted. Artemis appears as a daughter of Demeter in the Arcadian cults and she became the most popular goddess in Greece. The earliest attested forms of the name ""Artemis"" are the Mycenaean Greek ""a-te-mi-to"" and ""a-ti-mi-te"", written in Linear B at Pylos. Her precursor goddess (probably the Minoan Britomartis) is represented between two lions on a Minoan seal and also on some goldrings from Mycenae. The representations are quite similar with those of ""Artemis Orthia"" at Sparta. In her temple at Sparta, wooden masks representing human faces have been found that were used by dancers in"
"105 Artemis Artemis (minor planet designation: 105 Artemis) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 16, 1868, at Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was named after Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, moon, and crossways in Greek Mythology. Several Artemidian stellar occultations have been reported. An occultation of the star HD 197999 was observed in 1982, which gave an estimated chord length of 110 km. It is a C-type asteroid, meaning that it is very dark and composed of carbonaceous material. Although is shares a similar orbit to the Phocaea family of S-type asteroids, its"
"moon of the planet Saturn, and the prehistoric Tethys Ocean are named after this goddess. Tethys (mythology) In Greek mythology, Tethys (; ), was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, sister and wife of Titan-god Oceanus, mother of the Potamoi and the Oceanids. Tethys had no active role in Greek mythology and no established cults. Tethys was one of the Titan offspring of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). Hesiod lists her Titan siblings as Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Cronus. Tethys married her brother Oceanus, an enormous river encircling the world and was"
"falsified, unitary picture, as of an unchanging icon. Temple of Artemis The Temple of Artemis or Artemision (; ), also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey). It was completely rebuilt three times, and in its final form was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. Only foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site. The earliest"
"the monstrous watchdog Cerberus, whose function was to prevent the living from entering the underworld, and the dead from leaving it."" Hecate has been characterized as a pre-Olympian chthonic goddess. The first literature mentioning Hecate is the ""Theogony"" by Hesiod: According to Hesiod, she held sway over many things: Hesiod emphasizes that Hecate was an only child, the daughter of Perses and Asteria, the sister of Leto (the mother of Artemis and Apollo). Grandmother of the three cousins was Phoebe the ancient Titaness who personified the moon. Hesiod's inclusion and praise of Hecate in the ""Theogony"" has been troublesome for"
"but broke that promise. Other sources said he boasted about his hunting ability and provoked the goddess' anger. Artemis saved Iphigenia because of her bravery. In some versions of the myth, Artemis made Iphigenia her attendant or turned her into Hecate, goddess of night, witchcraft, and the underworld. Aeneas was helped by Artemis, Leto, and Apollo. Apollo found him wounded by Diomedes and lifted him to heaven. There, the three of them secretly healed him in a great chamber. Artemis, the goddess of forests and hills, was worshipped throughout ancient Greece. Her best known cults were on the island of"
"Anteros In Greek mythology, Anteros (Ancient Greek: Ἀντέρως ""Antérōs"") was the god of requited love, literally ""love returned"" or ""counter-love"" and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of unrequited love. Anteros was the son of Ares and Aphrodite in Greek mythology, given as a playmate to his brother Eros, who was lonely – the rationale being that love must be answered if it is to prosper. Alternatively, he was said to have arisen from the mutual love between Poseidon and Nerites. Physically, he is depicted as similar to Eros in"
"Ares Ares (; , ""Áres"" ) is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war, in contrast to his sister, the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship. The Greeks were toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force, ""overwhelming, insatiable in battle, destructive, and man-slaughtering."" His sons Phobos (Fear) and Deimos (Terror) and his lover, or sister,"