greek mythology
Epactaeus
greek mythologyIn Greek mythology, Epactaeus, Epactius, Epaktaios or Epaktios – that is, the god worshipped on the coast – was used as a surname of Poseidon in Samos,Hesych. s. v. (cited by Schmitz) and of Apollo.Orph. Argon. 1296; Apollon. Rhod. i. 404. (cited by Schmitz)
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Apollo archetype
greek mythology | metaphors | psychologyAccording to Professor of psychiatry Jean Shinoda-Bolen:
"As an archetype, Apollo personifies the aspect of the personality that wants clear definitions, is drawn to master a skill, values order and harmony, and prefers to look at the surface rather than at what underlies appearances. The Apollo archetype favors thinking over feeling, distance over closeness, objective assessment over subjective intuition."Gods in Everyman: A New Psychology of Men’s Lives and Loves (1989) p.135 Harpur & Row
Aetnaeus
greek mythology | roman mythologyAetnaeus ( Gr. Αιτναιος) was an an epithet given to several Greek and Roman gods and mythical beings connected with Mount Aetna, such as Zeus, of whom there was a statue on Mount Aetna, and to whom a festival was celebrated there, called Aetnaea,Schol. ad Pind. Ol. vi. 162 Hephaestus, who had his workshop in the mountain, and a temple near it,Aelian, Hist. An. xi. 3 and the Cyclops.Virgil, Aeneid viii. 440, xi. 263, iii. 768Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2.115
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Aegeus (hero)
greek mythologyAegeus is the eponymic hero of the phyle called the Aegeidae at Sparta. He was a son of Oeolycus, and grandson of Theras, the founder of the colony in Thera.Herodotus, iv. 149 All the Aegeïds were believed to be Cadmeans, who formed a settlement at Sparta previous to the Dorian conquest. There is only this difference in the accounts, that, according to some, Aegeus was the leader of the Cadmean colonists at Sparta, while, according to Herodotus, they received their name of Aegeids from the later Aegeus, the son of Oeolycus.Pindar, Pyth. v. 101; Isth vii. 18, &c., with the Schol. There was at Sparta a heroon] of Aegeus.[[Pausanias, iii. 15. § 6
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Scamandrios
greek mythology | trojansIn Greek mythology, Scamandrios (or Scamandrius) is a name that suggests some association with the city of Troy. This is because it derives from the river Scamander (or Skamandros), which is near the city.
Scamandrios can refer to these people:
Potamon
greek mythologyPotamon, in Greek mythology, is one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne. He married (and was murdered by) Glaucippe, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.Apollodorus, Library, 2.1.5
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Peristhenes
greek mythologyPeristhenes, in Greek mythology, is one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne. He married (and was murdered by) Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.Apollodorus, Library, 2.1.5
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Phantes
greek mythologyPhantes, in Greek mythology, is one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne. He married (and was murdered by) Theano, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.Apollodorus, Library, 2.1.5
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