Hesperides - Mythopedia
2023年9月19日 · The Hesperides—daughters of Nyx and Erebus or, in later traditions, of Atlas and Hesperis—were Greek sky goddesses who were represented as beautiful young nymphs. They were associated with the evening and the West and served as the guardians of the golden apples that Hera had received from Gaia as a wedding gift.
Ladon – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · The Garden of the Hesperides by Edward Burne-Jones (ca. 1869). Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburger, Germany Public Domain. Ladon’s companions were the nymphs known as the Hesperides, often said to have been daughters of Atlas. These beautiful nymphs tended to the garden and, in some traditions, helped Ladon guard it.
Perseus – Mythopedia
2023年7月3日 · When Perseus reached the Hesperides, he was given a special satchel that could safely carry Medusa’s head. The other gods also helped supply Perseus for his quest: from Athena, he received a shield with a polished face; from his father, Zeus, he received an unbreakable sickle; from Hades , he received a helmet that rendered him invisible ...
Nereids - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · The Nereids sometimes briefly appeared in accounts of Heracles’ wrestling match with their father Nereus. When Heracles was sent to fetch the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides for his eleventh labor (or twelfth, in some versions), he went to the wise Nereus to ask for the garden’s location.
Hyades – Mythopedia
2023年9月18日 · The Hyades, daughters of the Titan Atlas, were goddesses who were placed in the night sky as a cluster of stars. They were associated above all with the rainy season. It was said that they made into stars after dying of grief for their dead brother, or, alternatively, as a reward for nursing Dionysus.
Echo – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Echo was a Boeotian nymph who used her endless chatter to hide Zeus’ affairs from his jealous wife Hera. As punishment, she was cursed to only repeat the last words spoken to her. Because of this, the vain Narcissus spurned her love, and she faded into a disembodied voice—an “echo.”
Iole – Mythopedia
2023年9月21日 · Iole was the daughter of Eurytus, the king of Oechalia. The hero Heracles won her as his bride in an archery contest, but her father refused to hand her over due to Heracles’ violent past. Later, Heracles sacked Oechalia and took Iole home with him, arousing the fatal jealousy of his wife Deianira.
Nereus – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Nereus only really plays a key role in one myth. In a tradition known from literary as well as artistic sources, Heracles sought instructions from the wise Nereus while en route to one of his Twelve Labors (in what seems to have been the standard account, Heracles wished to learn how to reach the Garden of the Hesperides).
Medusa - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone. She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies.
Graeae - Mythopedia
2023年1月18日 · According to the best-known traditions, the Hesperides were daughters of the Titan Atlas. ↩; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.828ff; Eustathius on Homer’s Odyssey 12.85; scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica 4.828; scholia on Plato’s Republic 9.588c. However, other sources gave Scylla different parents. ↩; Homer, Odyssey 1. ...