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Helios in mythology
- OdysseusAncient vase inscriptions from Magna Graecia bear the variant name Oulixes, while other pottery shards display Oliseus or Olyteus.
- TheiaTheia is the Greek goddess from whom all light was said to proceed, and yet she barely speaks a line in the myths that survive.
- HephaestusA clay tablet from Knossos bears the inscription A-pa-i-ti-jo. This Linear B script dates to the Mycenaean period and offers the earliest written evidence of…
- MedeaMedea, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, first appears in Hesiod's Theogony around 700 BC. She carries a lineage that traces back to Helios, the sun god…
- AtreusTantalus, son of Zeus and the maiden Pluto, sat at a dinner table with gods who understood his crime. He had slain his own son Pelops to test their…
- HeraclesThe story of Heracles began in the Neolithic hunter culture, where traditions of shamanistic crossings into the netherworld shaped his mythological…
- Tethys (mythology)In the ancient Greek cosmos, Tethys emerged as one of the Titans, the children born from the union of Uranus and Gaia. Hesiod lists her among twelve siblings…
- ThyestesPelops and Hippodamia gave birth to Thyestes in the city of Olympia. Their union carried a heavy burden from the moment Myrtilus died.
- AlcmeneAlcmene stood tall among mortal women, her dark eyes matching the charm of Aphrodite. Hesiod described her as the most beautiful woman born to parents who…
- MemnonEos, the goddess of dawn, stood at the edge of the world and wept for her son. Her tears fell upon the black skin of Memnon, king of Aethiopia.