WebIn Greek mythology, Nike (/ ˈ n aɪ k i / (); Ancient Greek: Νίκη, lit. 'victory', ancient: [nǐː.kɛː], modern:) was a goddess who personified victory in any field including art, music, war, and athletics. She is often portrayed in Greek art as Winged Victory in the motion of flight; however, she can also appear without wings as "Wingless Victory" when she is being …

WebGalatea (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː ə /; Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") is a name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life in Greek mythology.In modern English, the name usually alludes to that story.. Galatea is also the name of Polyphemus's object of desire in Theocritus's Idylls VI and XI and is linked …

WebMythology. Hebe is the daughter of Zeus and his older sister, Hera, and was seen in myth as a diligent daughter performing domestic tasks that were typical of high ranking, unmarried girls in ancient Greece. In the Iliad, she did tasks around the household such as drawing baths for her brother Ares and helping Hera enter her chariot.

WebIn Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ ˈ k ɛər ɒ n,-ən /; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades, the Greek underworld.He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the worlds of the living and the dead. Archaeology confirms that, in some burials, low-value …

WebIn ancient Roman religion, Concordia (means "concord" or "harmony" in Latin) is the goddess who embodies agreement in marriage and society. Her Greek equivalent is usually regarded as Harmonia, with musical harmony a metaphor for an ideal of social concord or entente in the political discourse of the Republican era.She was thus often associated …

WebIn Greek mythology, Proteus (/ ˈ p r oʊ t i ə s,-tj uː s /; Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, Prōteus) is an early prophetic sea-god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" (hálios gérôn). Some who ascribe a specific domain to Proteus call him the god of "elusive sea change", which suggests the …

WebIn Greek mythology, Pontus (/ ˈ p ɒ n t ə s /; Greek: Πόντος, translit. Póntos, lit. "Sea") was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities.Pontus was Gaia's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling, though according to Hyginus, Pontus is the son of Aether and Gaia.. Mythology ...

WebEris (/ ˈ ɪər ɪ s, ˈ ɛr ɪ s /; Greek: Ἔρις Éris, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same.Eris's Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Roman counterpart is Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo, whose Roman counterpart is Bellona.The dwarf planet Eris is named after …

WebThe Pleiades (/ ˈ p l iː ə d iː z, ˈ p l eɪ-, ˈ p l aɪ-/; Greek: Πλειάδες, Ancient Greek pronunciation: ), were the seven sister-nymphs, companions of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. Together with their seven sisters, the Hyades, they were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers of the infant Dionysus.The Pleiades …

WebMythology Bia and her siblings were constant companions of Zeus . [4] They achieved this honour after supporting him in the Titan War along with their mother. [5]