WebThe Achaeans (/ ə ˈ k iː ən z /; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιοί Akhaioí, "the Achaeans" or "of Achaea") is one of the names in Homer which is used to refer to the Greeks collectively.. The term "Achaean" is believed to be related to the Hittite term Ahhiyawa and the Egyptian term Ekwesh which appear in texts from the Late Bronze Age and are believed to refer to …

WebAncient Greeks called the cultivated vine hemeris (Greek: ἡμερίς), after their adjective for "tame" (Greek: ἥμερος), differentiating it from its wild form. A massive rootstock was carved into a cult image of the Great Goddess and set up on the coast of Phrygia by the Argonauts. The late Dionysiaca of Nonnus recounts the primitive invention of wine-pressing, credited …

WebIn Greek mythology, Europa (/ j ʊəˈr oʊ p ə, j ə-/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē, Attic Greek pronunciation: [eu̯.rɔ̌ː.pɛː]) was a Phoenician princess of Argive Greek origin, and the mother of King Minos of Crete.The continent of Europe is named after her. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a bull was a Cretan story; as classicist Károly Kerényi …

WebIn Greek mythology, the name Clytie (Ancient Greek: Κλυτίη, Ionic) or Clytia (Κλυτία, Attic and other dialects) may refer to: . Clytie (Oceanid), known for her unrequited love for Helios.Out of jealousy, Clytie arranged the death of Leucothoe, Helios' lover.; Clytie, daughter of Pandareus and sister of Cameiro.Cameiro and Clytie lost their parents to the …

WebIn Greek mythology, Tartarus is both a deity and a place in the underworld.In ancient Orphic sources and in the mystery schools, Tartarus is also the unbounded first-existing entity from which the light and the cosmos are born. [citation needed]As a deity. In the Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony (c. late 8th century BC), Tartarus was the third of the …

WebThe gates of horn and ivory are a literary image used to distinguish true dreams (corresponding to factual occurrences) from false. The phrase originated in the Greek language, in which the word for "horn" is similar to that for "fulfill" and the word for "ivory" is similar to that for "deceive".On the basis of that play on words, true dreams are spoken of …

WebIn ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ ˈ h iː l i ə s,-ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the god and personification of the Sun (Solar deity).His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios is often depicted in art …

WebUrania in Astronomy and Navigation. The planet Uranus, though mostly named after the Greek god personifying the sky, is also indirectly named after Urania.; Urania is the namesake for astronomical observatories in Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, Vienna, Zürich, Antwerp, and Uraniborg on the island of Hven.The main belt asteroid (30) Urania was …