Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but for the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.
Once upon a time young Dionysus stood on the shore azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly moved the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared in the distance in the sea; he was quickly approaching the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a marvelous young man on the deserted seashore. They quickly landed, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers had no idea that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the hands and feet of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains did not hold on the young man’s hands, he said with fear to his comrades:
Unhappy ones! What are we doing? Isn't it God we want to bind? Look, even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-bowed Apollo, or the earth shaker Poseidon? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on bright Olympus. Release him quickly and drop him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!
But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:
Despicable! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We'll take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt or Cyprus, or to the distant land of the Hyperboreans and sell it there; Let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!
The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were numb with amazement. But the vines with heavy clusters turned green on the sails; dark green ivy entwined the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; the rowlocks of the oars were entwined with garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to beg the wise helmsman to steer quickly to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing roar, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; She bared her mouth terribly.
In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers, one after another, rushed into the sea waves, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. Dionysus spared the helmsman. He resumed his former appearance and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:
Don't be afraid! I fell in love with you. I am Dionysus, the son of the thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!
Myths Ancient GreeceMyth (ancient Greek μῦθος) - a legend that conveys people’s ideas about the world, man’s place in it, the origin of all things, about gods and heroes.
Myth of Dionysus
Dionysus - in ancient times Greek mythology the youngest of the Olympians, the god of vegetation, viticulture, winemaking, the productive forces of nature, inspiration and religious ecstasy. Mentioned in
"Odyssey".With a cheerful crowd of maenads and satyrs decorated with wreaths, the cheerful god Dionysus walks around the world, from country to country. He walks in front wearing a wreath of grapes with an ivy-decorated thyrsus in his hands. Around him, young maenads are circling in a fast dance, singing and shouting; clumsy satyrs with tails and goat legs, drunk with wine, gallop along.
Dionysus-Bacchus walks merrily across the earth, conquering everything to his power. He teaches people to grow grapes and make wine from their heavy, ripe bunches.
Dionysus comes out onto the deserted seashore. A sail was visible in the distance. It was a ship of sea robbers. They quickly landed, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship.Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the hands and feet of the young god. The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened
: Fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were numb with amazement. But the vines with heavy clusters turned green on the sails; dark green ivy entwined the mast; When the robbers saw all this, they began to beg the wise helmsman to steer quickly to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing roar, his eyes flashing furiously. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers, one after another, rushed into the sea waves, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. After this, He took on his previous image and, smiling affably, said: « I am Dionysus, the son of the thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!»Adonis
Adonis - in ancient Greek mythology - according to the most popular version - the son of Kinir from his own daughter Smyrna.
Adonis was famous for his beauty: the goddess of love Aphrodite fell in love with him. He is also called the lover of Dionysus. He was a shepherd and hare hunter. The muses' praise of hunting inspired him to become a hunter.
The city of Byblos is dedicated to him.
Among the Phoenicians, Adonis (Adon in Phoenician mythology) is the young resurrecting god of spring, the personification of the annual dying and revival of nature. In Ancient Greece, the festival of Adonis in midsummer was celebrated for two days: on the first, his combination with Aphrodite was celebrated, as a symbol of spring blossoming and resurrection, the other day was dedicated to crying for the deceased god, symbolizing the withering of nature. The Argive women mourned him. Ancient people believed that thanks to Adonis Flowers bloomed in the spring and fruits ripened in the summer, while in winter nature mourned the departed god. As a sign of their involvement in the cult of the god Adonis, the enchanting beauty of the god, women began to grow flowers in clay pots, which were called"Gardens of Adonis". People identified him with Dionysus.
Supporters of the mythological school identified the image of the myth of Adonis with Jesus Christ.
The goddess of love Aphrodite fell in love with the son of the king of Cyprus - the beautiful young man Adonis, surpassing all mortals in beauty. Forgetting about everything in the world, Aphrodite spent time with Adonis in Cyprus, hunting with him in the mountains and forests of the island. She tried not to part with him, and when leaving him for a while, she asked him to be careful and avoid formidable animals such as lions and wild boars. One day, when Aphrodite was not around, the dogs picked up the trail of a huge boar and rushed after it. Adonis was already preparing to hit the beast with a spear, when the boar rushed at him and struck
him a mortal wound.
Having learned about the death of Adonis and experiencing it hard, Aphrodite went barefoot along the mountain slopes and gorges in search of him, her tender feet leaving bloody footprints on the stones. Finally she found the murdered Adonis and began to moan bitterly over him. Wanting to preserve his memory forever, the goddess commanded a beautiful anemone flower to grow from the young man’s blood. And where drops of blood fell from the wounded legs of the goddess, scarlet roses appeared. They were luxurious, and their color was as bright as the blood of the goddess. Then Zeus took pity on Aphrodite's grief. He ordered his brother Hades, the god of the underworld of the dead, to release Adonis to earth from the kingdom of shadows every six months. After spending six months in the kingdom of Hades, Adonis returns to earth at the same time to meet the bright rays of the sun and the embrace of golden Aphrodite. All nature rejoices, rejoicing in their love
Prometheus
Prometheus is a titan in ancient Greek mythology, the king of the Scythians, the protector of people from the tyranny of the gods. Son of Japetus and Clymene.
The name of the titan "Prometheus" means "thinking before", "foreseeing" ( in contrast to the name of his brother Epimetheus,"thinking after") and is derived from the Indo-European root me-dh-, men-dh-, “to reflect”, “to know”.
The Myth of Prometheus
According to Hesiod, Prometheus sculpted people from the earth, and Athena gave them breath; in a more detailed version set forth by Propertius, he sculpted people from clay by mixing earth with water (Hesiod does not have this); or he revived the people created by Deucalion and Pyrrha from stones. Near Panopeus (Phocis) in ancient times there was a statue of Prometheus, and nearby two large stones left over from the clay from which people were fashioned. Frazer visited this valley.
And I saw reddish earth at its bottom. When the gods and people argued in Mekon, Prometheus deceived Zeus by offering him a choice, and he chose the larger, but worse part of the sacrifice. So Prometheus changed the order of sacrifices to the gods; previously the entire animal was burned, but now only the bones. Prometheus was the first to kill a bull. People decided to burn the livers of sacrificial animals on their altars so that the gods would enjoy their livers instead of Prometheus's.
Stealing Fire
According to the oldest version of the myth, Prometheus stole fire from Hephaestus, took it from Olympus and gave it to people. He ascended to heaven with the help of Athena and raised the torch to the sun. He gave people fire by hiding it in a hollow reed stalk (narfex) and showed people how to preserve it by sprinkling it with ash.
This reed has an interior filled with white pulp that can burn like a wick.In interpretation, he invented"fire sticks" from which the fire ignites. According to another interpretation, he studied astronomy and also understood the cause of lightning.
For stealing fire, Zeus ordered Hephaestus to chain Prometheus to the Caucasus ridge. He was punished for disobeying Zeus. Prometheus was chained to a rock and doomed to incessant torment: the eagle that flew in every day pecked at Prometheus’s liver, which later grew back. These torments, according to various ancient sources, lasted from several centuries to 30 thousand years (according to Aeschylus), until Hercules killed arrow of an eagle and did not free Prometheus. Prometheus showed Hercules the way to the Hesperides. In gratitude, Hercules killed the eagle with an arrow and convinced Zeus to calm down his anger. When Zeus freed Prometheus, he bound one of his fingers with a stone from a rock and iron, and since then people have worn rings. There is a story about how Prometheus tried to bribe Charon, but was unsuccessful.
Demeter
Demeter - in ancient Greek mythology, the goddess of fertility, the patroness of agriculture. One of the most revered deities of the Olympic pantheon. Her name means« Mother Earth »
Myth of Demeter
The goddess Demeter had a young, beautiful daughter, Persephone. Persephone's father was the thunderer Zeus. One day, Persephone and her friends, the Oceanids, frolicked carefree in the flowering Nisei Valley. Like a light-winged butterfly, the young daughter of Demeter ran from flower to flower. She picked lush roses, fragrant violets, snow-white lilies and red hyacinths. Persephone frolicked carelessly, not knowing the fate that her father Zeus had assigned to her. Persephone did not think that she would not soon see the clear light of the sun again, nor would she soon admire the flowers and inhale their sweet aroma. Zeus gave her as a wife to his gloomy brother Hades, and Persephone must live with him in the darkness of the underworld, deprived of the light of the hot southern sun. Hades saw Persephone frolicking in the Nisei Valley and decided to immediately kidnap her. He asked the goddess of the earth Gaia to grow an unusually beautiful flower... The goddess Gaia agreed, and a marvelous flower grew in the Nisei Valley. Persephone saw a flower and picked it. And suddenly the earth opened up, and Hades appeared on black horses and kidnapped Persephone.
Demeter heard the cry of her daughter, the goddess Persephone looked everywhere, but she was not there. She went to other gods for help, and Helios, the sun, answered her that Persephone had been kidnapped by Hades. The mother was sad. She left Olympus.
All growth on the earth ceased, the leaves on the trees withered and flew off. The forests became naked. But it was still the goddess Demeter. Zeus did not want humanity to perish, and begged Demeter to return. The goddess agreed, only on the condition that Persephone would return to her. But Zeus could not do this. And both parties agreed that for two thirds of the year Persephone would live with her mother, and for one third she would return to her husband Hades. Since then, when Persephone leaves her mother, autumn comes, and when she returns to her mother, the goddess of fertility with a generous hand showers her gifts on people and rewards the work of the farmer with a rich harvest
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Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian sea robbers Legends and myths of Ancient Greece
Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but because of the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.
One day young Dionysus stood on the shore of the azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly moved the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared in the distance in the sea; he was quickly approaching the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a marvelous young man on the deserted seashore. They quickly landed, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers had no idea that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the hands and feet of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains did not hold on the young man’s hands, he said with fear to his comrades:
- Unhappy ones! What are we doing? Isn't it God we want to bind? Look, even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-bowed Apollo, or the earth shaker Poseidon? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on bright Olympus. Release him quickly and drop him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!
But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:
- Despicable! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We'll take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt or Cyprus, or to the distant land of the Hyperboreans and sell it there; Let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!
The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were numb with amazement. But the vines with heavy clusters turned green on the sails; dark green ivy entwined the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; the rowlocks of the oars were entwined with garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to beg the wise helmsman to steer quickly to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing roar, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; She bared her mouth terribly.
In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers, one after another, rushed into the sea waves, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. Dionysus spared the helmsman. He resumed his former appearance and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:
- Don't be afraid! I fell in love with you. I am Dionysus, the son of the thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!
Based on Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses".
ABDER - son of Hermes, friend of Hercules
AUGIAS - son of Helios, king of Elis
AGENOR - King of Sidon
AGLAVRA - daughter of Kekrop
AGLAYA - one of the graces
ADMET - King Fer, friend of Hercules
ADMETA - daughter of Eurystheus, priestess of the goddess Hera
HADES - god of the underworld (among the ancient Romans PLUTO)
ACID - son of Semetis, lover of Galatea
ACRISIA - king of Argos, father of Danae
ALKESTIS - daughter of King Iolcus Pelia, wife of Admet
ALKIDS - the name of Hercules given to him at birth
ALKION - one of the seven daughters of Atlas
ALCMENE - daughter of the Mycenaean king Electryon, mother of Hercules
AMALTHEA - the goat who suckled Zeus with her milk
AMPHITRYON - Greek hero, husband of Alcmene
AMPHITRITE - one of the daughters of Nereus, wife of the god of the seas Poseidon
ANGEUS - Greek hero, participant in the campaign of the Argonauts
ANDROGEUS - son of the Cretan king Minos, killed by the Athenians
ANDROMEDA - daughter of the king of Ethiopia Cepheus and Cassiopeia, wife of Perseus
ANTEUS - son of the earth goddess Gaia and the god of the seas Poseidon
ANTHEA - wife of King Pret of Tiryns
ANTIOPE - Amazon
APOLLO (PHEBUS) - god of sunlight, patron of the arts, son of Zeus
APOP - in ancient Egyptian mythology a monstrous serpent, the enemy of the Sun god Ra
ARGOS - shipbuilder who built the ship "Argo"
ARGUS - mythological standing monster that guarded Io
ARES - in ancient Greek mythology, the god of war, the son of Zeus and Hera (among the ancient Romans MARS)
ARIADNE - daughter of the Cretan king Minos, beloved of Theseus, later the wife of the god Dionysus
ARKAD - son of Zeus and Callisto
ARTEMIS - goddess of the hunt, daughter of Zeus and Latona, sister of Apollo
ASCLEPIA (ESCULAPIUS) - son of Apollo and Coronis, a skilled healer
ASTEROPE - one of the seven daughters of Atlas
ATA - goddess of lies and deceit
ATAMANT - King Orkhomenes, son of the wind god Aeolus
ATLAS (ATLANT) - a titan holding the entire celestial sphere on its shoulders
ATHENA - goddess of war and victory, as well as wisdom, knowledge, arts and crafts (among the ancient Romans MINERVA)
APHRODITE - goddess of love and beauty (among the ancient Romans VENUS)
AHELOY - river god
ACHILLES - Greek hero, son of King Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis
BELLER - Corinthian killed by Hippo
BELLEROPHON (HIPPO) - son of King Glaucus of Corinth, one of the greatest heroes of Greece
BOREAS - god of the winds
VENUS (see APHRODITE)
VESTA (see HESTIA)
GALATEA - one of the Nereids, beloved Akida
GANIMED - a beautiful young man, the son of the Dardanian king Troy, kidnapped by Zeus
HARMONY - daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, wife of the founder of Thebes, Cadmus
HEBE - the forever young beautiful daughter of Zeus and Hera
HECATE - patroness of night evil spirits, witchcraft
HELIOS - god of the Sun
HELIADS - daughters of the god Helios
GELLA - daughter of Atamant and the goddess of clouds and clouds Nephele
HERA - wife of Zeus
GERION - a terrible giant who had three heads, three bodies, six arms and six legs
HERCULES - one greatest heroes Greece, son of Zeus and Alcmene
HERMES - in Greek micrology, the messenger of the Olympic gods, the patron of shepherds and travelers, the god of trade and profit, the son of Zeus and Maya (among the ancient Romans MERCURY)
GERSE - daughter of Cecrops
HESION - wife of Prometheus
HESPERIDES - daughters of Atlas
HESTIA - daughter of Kronos, goddess of the hearth (among the ancient Romans VESTA)
HEPHAESTUS - in Greek mythology, the god of fire, patron of blacksmithing, son of Zeus and Hera (among the ancient Romans VULCAN)
GAIA - goddess of the Earth, from whom the mountains and seas, the first generation of gods, cyclops and giants originated
HYADES - daughters of Atlas who raised Dionysus
GIAS - brother Hyades, who died tragically during a lion hunt
GYLAS - squire of Hercules
Gill - son of Hercules
HYMENEUS - god of marriage
HIMEROT - god of passionate love
HYPERION - titan, father of Helios
HYPNOS - god of sleep
HIPPOCONT - brother of Tiidareus, who expelled him from Sparta
HIPPONOI (see VELLEROPHON)
GYPSIPYLA - queen of the island of Lemnos
GLAUK - king of Corinth, father of Bellerophon
GLAVK - soothsayer
GRANI - goddess of old age
DANAE - daughter of King Acrisius of Argos, mother of Perseus
DAR DAN - son of Zeus and daughter of Atlas Electra
DAPHNE - nymph
DEUCALION - son of Prometheus
DAEDALUS - unsurpassed sculptor, painter, architect
DEIMOS (Horror) - son of the god of war Ares
DEMETRA - goddess of fertility and patroness of agriculture
DEANIRA - wife of Hercules
DIKE - goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus and Themis
DICTIS - a fisherman who found a box with Danae and Perseus in the sea
DIOMEDES - Thracian king
DIONE - nymph, mother of Aphrodite
DIONYSUS - god of viticulture and winemaking, son of Zeus and Semele
EURYSTHES - king of Argos, son of Stenel
EURYTHUS - father of Iphitus, friend of Hercules
EURYTHION - the giant killed by Hercules
EUROPE - daughter of King Agenor of Sidon, beloved of Zeus
EUTERPE - muse of lyric poetry
EUPHROSYNE - one of the Charites (Graces)
HELENA - daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Menelaus, because of whose abduction by Paris the Trojan War began
ECHIDNA - a monster, half-woman, half-snake
ZEUS - ruler of Heaven and Earth, thunderer, supreme god among the ancient Greeks (among the ancient Romans JUPITER)
ZET - son of the wind god Boreas, participant in the Argonauts' campaign
ID - cousin of Castor and Pollux, killer of Castor
ICARUS - son of Daedalus, who died because he came too close to the Sun
ICARIUS - a resident of Attica who was the first to grow grapes and make wine
IMHOTEP - Ancient Egyptian physician and architect
INO - daughter of the founder of Thebes Cadmus and Harmonia, wife of King Orkhomenes Adamant, stepmother of Phrixus and Hella
IO - daughter of the river god Inachus, the first king of Argolis, beloved of Zeus
IOBAT - Lycian king, father of Anthea
IOLA - daughter of Bvrit
IOLAI - nephew of Hercules, son of Iphicles
Hippolytus - the son of the Athenian king Theseus and Hippolyta, slandered by his stepmother Phaedra
Hippolyta - Queen of the Amazons
IRIDA - messenger of the gods
ISIS - ancient egyptian goddess, great-granddaughter of the sun god Ra
IPHICLES - brother of Hercules, son of Amphitryon and Alcmene
IPHITUS - friend of Hercules, killed by him in a fit of madness
KADM - son of the Sidonian king Agekor, founder of Thebes
KALAID - son of the wind god Boreas, participant in the Argonauts' campaign
CALLIOPE - muse of epic poetry
CALLISTO - daughter of the Arcadian king Lycaon, beloved of Zeus
KALKHANT - soothsayer
CASSIOPEIA - Queen of Ethiopia, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
CASTOR - son of Leda and the Spartan king Tindareus, brother of Pollux
KARPO - ora of summer, one of the goddesses who were in charge of the change of seasons
KEKROP - half-man, half-snake, founder of Athens
KELENO - one of the daughters of Atlas
KERVER (CERBERUS) - a three-headed dog with a snake tail, who guarded the souls of the dead in the underworld of Hades
KEPHEI (see CEPHEI)
KIKN - Phaeton's friend, who turned into a snow-white swan
KILIK - son of the Sidonian king Agenor
CLYMENE - daughter of the sea goddess Thetis, wife of Helios, mother of Phaethon
CLIO - the muse of history
CLYTEMNESTRA - daughter of Leda and the Spartan king Tyndareus, wife of Agamemnon
CAPRICORN - son of Epianus, childhood friend of Zeus
KOPREI - the messenger of Bvrystheus, who conveyed orders to Hercules
CORONIDA - beloved of Apollo, mother of Asclepius (Aesculapius)
CREON - Theban king, father of Megara, the first wife of Hercules
KRONOS - titan, son of Uranus and Gaia. Having overthrown his father, he became the supreme god. In turn, he was overthrown by his son Zeus
LAOMEDONT - King of Troy
LATONA (SUMMER) - Titanide, beloved of Zeus, mother of Apollo and Artemis
LEARCH - son of Atamant and Ino, killed by his father in a fit of madness
LEDA - wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus, mother of Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux
LYCAON - king of Arcadia, father of Callisto
LYCURGUS - Thracian king who insulted Dionysus and was blinded by Zeus as punishment
LIN - music teacher of Hercules, brother of Orpheus
LINKEUS - cousin of Castor and Pollux, distinguished by extraordinary vigilance
LICHAS - messenger of Hercules
MAYA - daughter of Atlas, lover of Zeus, mother of Hermes
MARDUK - patron god of Babylon, supreme deity of the Babylonian pantheon
MARS (see ARES)
MEG ARA - daughter of the Theban king Creon, first wife of Hercules
MEDEA - sorceress, daughter of the king of Colchis Eeta, wife of Jason, later the wife of the Athenian king Aegeus
MEDUSA GORGON - the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters - winged female monsters with snakes instead of hair; the gaze of the Gorgons turned all living things into stone
MELANIPPA - Amazon, Hippolyta's assistant
MELIKERT - son of King Atamant and the sorceress Ino
MELPOMENE - muse of tragedy
MERCURY (see HERMES)
MEROPE - daughter of Atlas
METIS - goddess of wisdom, mother of Pallas Athena (among the ancient Romans METIS)
MIMAS - a giant struck by the arrow of Hercules during the battle of the gods with the giants
MINOS - Cretan king, son of Zeus and Europa
MINOTAUR - a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull, who lived in the Labyrinth, was killed by Theseus
Mnemosyne - goddess of memory and memories
PUG - a Greek hero who understood the language of birds and guessed the future, a participant in the campaign of the Argonauts
NEPTUNE (see POSEIDON)
NEREIDS - fifty daughters of Nereus
NEREUS - sea god, soothsayer
NESS - a centaur who tried to kidnap Deianira, the wife of Hercules, and was killed by him
NEPHEL - goddess of clouds and clouds, mother of Frixus and Hella
NIKTA - goddess of the night
NOT - god of the southern humid wind
NUT - the ancient Egyptian goddess of the Sky
OVERON - in Scandinavian mythology, the king of the elves, a character in William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
OINEUS - king of Calydon, father of Meleager - friend of Hercules and Deianira - his wife
OCEANIDS - daughters of the Ocean
OMPHALA - Lydian queen who had Hercules as her slave
ORION - brave hunter
ORPHEUS - son of the river god Eager and the muse Calliope, famous musician and singer
ORFO - two-headed dog, the offspring of Typhon and Echidna
ORY - goddesses who were in charge of the changing seasons
OSIRIS - in ancient Egyptian mythology, the god of dying and resurrecting nature, brother and husband of Isis, father of Horus, patron and judge of the dead
PALLANT - a giant defeated by Athena, from whom she skinned and covered her shield with this skin
PANDORA - a woman made by Hephaestus on the orders of Zeus from clay in order to punish people, the wife of Epimetheus - the brother of Prometheus
PANDROSA - daughter of Cecrops, the first king of Athens
PEGASUS - winged horse
PELEUS - Greek hero, father of Achilles
PELIUS - King Iolcus, father of Alcestis
PENEUS - river god, father of Daphne
PERIPHETUS - a terrible giant, son of Hephaestus, killed by Theseus
PERSEUS - Greek hero, son of Zeus and Danae
PERSEPHONE - daughter of the fertility goddess Demeter and Zeus, wife of the ruler of the underworld Hades (among the ancient Romans PROSERPINE)
PYRRA - wife of Deucalion
PITTHEY - king of Argolis
PYTHIA - prophetess of the god Apollo in Delphi
PYTHON - a monstrous serpent that pursued Latona, was killed by Apollo
PLEIADES - seven daughters of Atlas, sisters of the Hyades
PLUTO (see HADES)
POLYHYMNIA - muse of sacred hymns
POLYDEUCK (POLLUX) - son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor
POLYDEKTES - king of the island Serif, who sheltered Danae and Perseus
POLYID - soothsayer
POLYPHEMUS - Cyclops, son of Poseidon, in love with Galatea
POLYPHEMUS - lapith, husband of Hercules' sister, participant in the Argonauts' campaign
POSEIDON - god of the seas, brother of Zeus (among the ancient Romans NEPTUNE)
PRET - king of Tiryns
PRIAM - Trojan king
PROMETHEUS - the titan who gave people fire
RA - the sun god of the ancient Egyptians
RADAMANTHUS - son of Zeus and Europa
REZIA - daughter of the Baghdad caliph, faithful wife of Huon
RHEA - wife of Kronos
SARPEDON - son of Zeus and Europa
SATURN (see KRONOS)
SELENA - goddess of the moon
SEMELE - daughter of the Theban king Cadmus, beloved of Zeus, mother of Dionysus
SEMETIS - mother of Akidas, lover of Galatea
SILENUS - the wise teacher of Dionysus, depicted as a drunken old man
SINNID - a terrible robber defeated by Theseus
SKIRON - a cruel robber defeated by Theseus
SOKHMET - daughter of Ra, had the head of a Lioness, the personification of the fire element
STENEL - father of Eurystheus
STENO - one of the Gorgons
SCYLLA - one of two terrible monsters that lived on both sides of a narrow strait and killed sailors passing between them
TAYGETUS - son of Zeus and Maya, brother of Hermes
TAL - nephew of Daedalus, killed by him out of envy
THALIA - the muse of comedy
TALLO - ora of spring
TALOS - a copper giant given by Zeus to Minos
THANATOS - god of death
THEIA - eldest daughter of Uranus, mother of Helios, Selene and Eos
TELAMON - faithful friend of Hercules, participant in the Argonauts' campaign
TERPSICHORE - muse of dancing
THESENE - Greek hero, son of the Athenian king Aegeus and the Trizen princess Etra, killed the Minotaur
TESTIUS - Estolian king, father of Leda
TEPHYS - titanide, wife of the Ocean
TYNDAREUS - Spartan hero, husband of Leda
TIRESIAS - soothsayer
TITANIA - in Scandinavian mythology, the wife of Oberon, a character in W. Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
TITON - brother of the Trojan king Priam
TYPHON - a hundred-headed monster, the product of Gaia and Tartarus
TOT - the ancient Egyptian god of the moon
TRIPTOLEMOUS - the first farmer who initiated people into the secrets of agriculture
TRITON - son of the ruler of the seas Poseidon
TROY - Dardanian king, father of Ganymede
URANUS - god of Heaven, husband of Gaia, father of the Titans, Cyclops and hundred-armed giants; was overthrown by his son Kronos
URANIA - muse of astronomy
PHAETON - son of Helios and Klymene, hero of a tragic myth
PHEBE - titanide
PHAEDRA - the wife of the Athenian king Theseus, who fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus and slandered him
THEMIS - goddess of justice, mother of Prometheus
PHOENIX - son of the Sidonian king Agenor
THETIS - sea goddess, mother of Achilles
FIAMAT - among the ancient Babylonians, a monster from which all troubles stemmed
PHILOCTETES - friend of Hercules, who received his bow and arrows as a reward for setting fire to the funeral pyre
PHINEUS - king of Thrace, soothsayer, blinded by Apollo for revealing to people the secrets of Zeus
FOBOS (Fear) - son of the god of war Ares
FRIKS - son of Atamant and Nephele, goddess of clouds and clouds
CHALKIOPE - daughter of the king of Colchis Eeta, wife of Phrixus
CHARYBDA - one of the monsters that lived on both sides of the narrow strait and killed sailors passing by
CHARON - the carrier of dead souls across the River Styx in the underworld of Hades
CHIMERA - a three-headed monster, the product of Typhon and Echidna
CHIRO - a wise centaur, teacher of the famous Greek heroes Theseus, Achilles, Jason, etc.
HUON - knight of Charlemagne, an example of a faithful spouse
CEPHEI - king of Ethiopia, father of Ariadne
SHU - son of the sun god Ra
EAGR - river god, father of Orpheus
EURYALE - one of the Gorgons
EURYDICE - nymph, wife of Orpheus
EGEI - Athenian king, father of Theseus
ELECTRA - daughter of Atlas, lover of Zeus, mother of Dardanus and Jasion
ELECTRYON - Mycenaean king, father of Alcmene, grandfather of Hercules
ENDYMION - a beautiful young man, Selena’s lover, immersed in eternal sleep
Enceladus - the giant that Athena overwhelmed with the island of Sicily
ENYUO - goddess who sows murder throughout the world, companion of the god of war Ares
EOL - god of the winds
EOS - goddess of the dawn
Epaf - cousin of Phaethon, son of Zeus
EPIAN - father of Capricorn
EPIMETHEUS - brother of Prometheus
ERATO - muse of love songs
ERIGONA - daughter of Icarius
ERIDA - goddess of discord, companion of the god of war Ares
ERICHTHONIUS - son of Hephaestus and Gaia, second king of Athens
EROS (EROT) - god of love, son of Aphrodite
ESCULAPIUS (see ASCLEPIA)
ESON - King Iolka, father of Jason
EET - king of Colchis, son of Helios
JUNO (see HERA)
JUPITER (see ZEUS)
JANUS - god of time
IAPETUS - Titan, father of Atlas
YASION - son of Zeus and Electra
JASON - Greek hero, leader of the Argonauts' campaign
Tyrrhenian Sea Robbers / Ancient Greek myth Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him...
043. Tyrrhenian sea robbers / Ancient Greek myth
Tyrrhenian sea robbers / Ancient Greek myth
Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but for the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.
One day young Dionysus stood on the shore of the azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly moved the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared in the distance in the sea; he was quickly approaching the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a marvelous young man on the deserted seashore. They quickly landed, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers had no idea that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the hands and feet of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains did not hold on the young man’s hands, he said with fear to his comrades:
Unhappy ones! What are we doing? Isn't it God we want to bind? Look, even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-bowed Apollo, or the earth shaker Poseidon? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on bright Olympus. Release him quickly and drop him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!
But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:
Despicable! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We'll take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt or Cyprus, or to the distant land of the Hyperboreans and sell it there; Let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!
The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were numb with amazement. But the vines with heavy clusters turned green on the sails; dark green ivy entwined the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; the rowlocks of the oars were entwined with garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to beg the wise helmsman to steer quickly to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing roar, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; She bared her mouth terribly.
In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers, one after another, rushed into the sea waves, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. Dionysus spared the helmsman. He resumed his former appearance and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:
Don't be afraid! I fell in love with you. I am Dionysus, the son of the thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!
