2023年3月8日 · In one Orphic tradition, Zeus drugged Cronus with honey at the advice of the primordial goddess Nyx (“Night”), then bound and castrated him while he was incapacitated. In …

2023年9月20日 · Overview. Zeus was the supreme god of the Greeks, a mighty deity who meted out justice from atop Mount Olympus. Hailed as the father of both mortals and immortals, Zeus …

2023年3月8日 · Several of the other Olympians, led by Hera, Poseidon, and Athena, wished to overthrow Zeus and take over his power. While he was sleeping, they bound him in chains. …

2023年3月9日 · Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld. Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then …

2023年7月3日 · Perseus was a son of Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods. His mother was Danae, the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. On his mother’s side, this made Perseus a descendant …

2022年12月8日 · Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek …

2023年1月27日 · The wide variety of myths involving Hypnos says a great deal about the different functions that the god of sleep played in the ancient Greek imagination. In one important story, …

2023年7月31日 · Achilles, humiliated, almost killed Agamemnon, but restrained himself and decided instead that he would no longer fight for Agamemnon. He then told his mother, Thetis, …

2023年5月5日 · Zeus was greatly angered by the vicious murder of Apsyrtus. Speaking through the bow of the Argo, he commanded Jason and Medea to be purified of their crime by Circe . …

2023年2月15日 · Europa was the beautiful Phoenician princess whom Zeus carried across the waves in the form of a bull so that he could make love to her. Zeus set Europa down on the …