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121Pasiphaë — In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (English IPAEng|pəˈsɪfeɪiː, Greek: Πασιφάη Pasipháē), wide shining [An attribute of the Moon: compare Euryphaessa; if Pasipháē is an ancient conventional Minoan epithet translated into Greek, it would be a loan… …
122Bellerophon — (βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes (βελλεροφόντης) was a hero of Greek mythology, the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Kadmos and Perseus, before the days of Heracles , [Kerenyi 1959, p 75.] whose greatest feat was killing the… …
123Atlas (mythology) — In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. / æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia [Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke i.2.3.] or Klyménē (Κλυμένη): [Hesiod ( Theogony …
124Amphitrite — In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη) (not to be confused with Aphrodite) was a sea goddess. [Compare the North Syrian Atargatis.] Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became merely the consort of Poseidon, and was… …
125Cephalus — and Eos, by Nicolas Poussin (circa 1630) Cephalus (Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos) is an Ancient Greek name, used both for the hero figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The word kephalos is Greek for head ,… …
126Penthesilea — In Greek mythology, Penthesilea (Greek: Πενθεσίλεια) or Penthesileia was an Amazonian queen, daughter of Ares and Otrera, [Otrera is commonly invoked as the founder of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus.] and sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and… …
127Polyeidos — In Greek mythology, Polyeidos or Polyidus ( all wise ) was the wisest man in Lycia. He told Bellerophon how to find and tame Pegasus, in order to kill the Chimera.The myths concerning Polyeidos were collected in Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke (3 …
128Niobe — This article is about the daughter of Tantalus. For other uses, see Niobe (disambiguation). The Weeping Rock in Mount Sipylus, Manisa, Turkey, has been associated with Niobe s legend since Antiquity …
