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Greek deitiesseries. Phobos ( Ancient Greek: Φόβος, lit. 'flight, fright', [1] pronounced [pʰóbos], Latin: Phobus) is the god and personification of fear and panic in Greek mythology. Phobos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Deimos. He does not have a major role in mythology outside of being his father's attendant.
In Greek mythology, Phoebe ( / ˈfiːbi / FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized : Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was the name or epithet of the following characters: Phoebe (Titaness), one of the Titans, grandmother of Apollo and Artemis. [1] Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus), daughter of Leucippus. [2]
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Phoebe ( / ˈfiːbi / FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized : Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was one of the first generation of Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. [1] She was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis, and the witchcraft ...
Persephone and Dionysos. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th–3rd century B.C. Marble. Hermitage.. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (/ p ər ˈ s ɛ f ə n iː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized: Persephónē), also called Kore (/ ˈ k ɔːr iː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit.
Aëtos was an earthborn childhood friend of Zeus, who befriended him while in Crete as he was hiding from his father Cronus. Years later, after Zeus had married Hera, she turned Aëtos into an eagle, as she feared that Zeus had fallen in love with him. The eagle became Zeus's sacred bird and symbol. Agrius and Oreius.
In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Mnemosyne ( / nɪˈmɒzɪniː, nɪˈmɒsɪniː /; Ancient Greek: Μνημοσύνη, pronounced [mnɛːmosýːnɛː]) is the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus. In the Greek tradition, Mnemosyne is one of the Titans, the twelve divine children of the earth-goddess ...
Amythaon. In Greek mythology, Amythaon ( / ˌæməˈθeɪɒn /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμυθάων, gen .: Ἀμυθάονος) was prince of Iolcus as the son of King Cretheus and Tyro, daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis. He was the brother of Aeson and Pheres. [1] Amythaon dwelt at Pylos in Messenia, and by Idomene, his niece, or by Aglaia became ...
Phanes was a deity of light and goodness, whose name meant "to bring light" or "to shine"; [6] [7] a first-born deity, he emerged from the abyss and gave birth to the universe. [7] Nyx (Night) is variously said to be Phanes' daughter [4] or older wife; she is the counterpart of Phanes and is considered by Aristophanes the first deity.