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Feb 27, 2023 · Arion’s role as the horse of Adrastus was known from a very early period; indeed, Arion is already mentioned by name in Homer’s Iliad (23.346), an epic poem from the eighth century BCE. Arion also featured prominently in the Thebaid (probably mid/late sixth century BCE), an epic that recounted the tale of the Seven against Thebes.
Aug 29, 2023 · Orion was a mortal hunter of remarkable size and strength, as well as a highly prolific lover. The myths surrounding Orion were often contradictory, though most sources agree he was killed by a god (usually Artemis or Gaia) due to his violent and insolent tendencies. He was turned into a constellation after his death.
Mar 21, 2023 · Alcyoneus was one of the leaders of the Giants—monstrous offspring of the earth goddess Gaia and enemies of the Olympians. Though Alcyoneus was immortal within the confines of his homeland, Heracles managed to kill him by dragging him away from his native soil.
Mar 10, 2023 · Coeus, a Greek Titan whose name meant “inquiry,” was grandfather to the Olympians Apollo and Artemis. After he and the other Titans were banished to Tartarus, Coeus led an escape attempt, but he was ultimately driven back by Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld.
May 20, 2023 · The Nemean Lion was a ferocious beast whose hide was invulnerable to weapons. It terrorized Nemea until Heracles finally killed it with his bare hands as the first of his Twelve Labors.
Mar 8, 2023 · Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea. An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest gods of the Greek pantheon.
Mar 9, 2023 · 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 tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave. Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home.
Apr 24, 2023 · Not to be deterred, Poseidon turned himself into a stallion and forced himself on Demeter. Since both of them were in horse form, the product of their union was the winged horse Arion. Afterwards, it was said that Demeter was worshipped in the region with the title Erinys (“Fury”) because she was furious at Poseidon for his treatment of her.
Nov 29, 2022 · Greek mythology is full of strange and often terrifying creatures, some born at the very beginning of the cosmos. Many of these creatures terrorized mortals until they were slain by brave gods or heroes.
Mar 23, 2023 · In the more familiar tradition, Arion was the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter. ↩; John Tzetzes on Lycophron’s Alexandra 166–67. ↩; Homer, Odyssey 20.66ff; Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.30.2. ↩; Emily Vermeule, Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979) 75, 230n69. ↩
