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Queens in Greek mythology
- HeraThe name Hera appears on clay tablets from Pylos and Thebes written in the Linear B script, dating to the Mycenaean period.
- BriseisThe city of Lyrnessus burned under the torches of Achilles and his Myrmidons. Inside the smoke, a woman named Briseis stood among the captives who had lost…
- MetaniraMetanira stood as queen of Eleusis, wife to King Celeus. Her bloodline traced back to Amphictyon, the king of Athens. This royal connection placed her at the…
- PersephoneA clay tablet from Pylos, dated between 1400 and 1200 BC, bears the reconstructed name *Preswa. John Chadwick identified this as a goddess who could be…
- JocastaJocasta stood as the daughter of Menoeceus within the ancient city of Thebes. Her lineage traced back to Cadmus, the legendary founder who established the…
- Leda (mythology)Ancient Greek texts name Leda as the daughter of King Thestius of Aetolia. Pausanias wrote in Description of Greece that her father was a son of Ares.
- PasiphaëIn the ancient Greek pantheon, Pasiphaë stood as a daughter of Helios and Perse. Her lineage traced back to Colchis, an early Kartvelian-speaking polity…
- Phaedra (mythology)In Greek mythology, Phaedra was a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word phaidros, which means bright. She stood as the daughter of King Minos…
- Helen of TroyHelen of Troy was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Around the year 1604, the playwright Christopher Marlowe gave her the line most people…
- ChlorisThe Greek word chlōrós describes a color that sits between green and yellow. It means pale, fresh, or even pallid to the ancient eye.
- NepheleA cloud formed in the image of Hera hovered over Mount Olympus. Zeus had sculpted this phantom from mist to test Ixion's character.
- Europa (consort of Zeus)Europa was a Phoenician princess, and the man who wanted her was the king of the gods. In Greek mythology, Zeus turned himself into a tame white bull and…