Dirce – Mythopedia
2023年9月28日 · Dirce, daughter of Ismenus, was the wife of the Theban king Lycus. She is best remembered for her savage mistreatment of her husband’s niece Antiope. Dirce was ultimately killed by Antiope’s sons Amphion and Zethus, who threw her body into the Theban river to which Dirce gave her name.
Antiope (daughter of Nycteus) – Mythopedia
2023年10月9日 · Antiope was a beautiful girl from Thebes, the daughter of either King Nycteus or of the river god Asopus. She was seduced by Zeus and bore him two sons, Amphion and Zethus, who later rescued her from the hands of her cruel aunt Dirce.
Zethus - Mythopedia
2023年10月9日 · Zethus was a son of Zeus and Antiope. He and his twin brother Amphion were Greek heroes and joint kings of Thebes, whose walls they built themselves. Zethus died of grief after his wife Aedon killed their son by mistake.
Amphion – Mythopedia
2023年10月9日 · Amphion was a son of Zeus and Antiope. He and his twin brother Zethus were Greek heroes and joint kings of Thebes, whose walls they built themselves. But Amphion and his wife Niobe met a sad end when Apollo and Artemis massacred their children to …
Antiope (daughter of Ares) – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Antiope was one of the queens of the Amazons, a race of warrior women who lived near the Black Sea. After she was carried off by the Athenian hero Theseus, the Amazons sailed across the sea and invaded Athens in order to get her back.
Danaids – Mythopedia
2023年10月9日 · The Danaids were princesses of Argive descent, the fifty daughters of King Danaus. Forced against their will to marry their cousins (the fifty sons of Aegyptus), they killed their new husbands on their wedding night.
Atalanta – Mythopedia
2023年7月7日 · Atalanta was a female hero renowned for her speed and strength. She distinguished herself in many heroic exploits, including the Calydonian boar hunt.
Cadmus – Mythopedia
2023年7月10日 · Cadmus was the founder of the city of Thebes and served as its first king. At the end of his life, he was transformed into a serpent as punishment for failing to honor the gods.
Achelous – Mythopedia
2023年8月30日 · Some of Achelous’ daughters became affiliated with bodies of water: Achelous was thus the father of Pirene (the namesake of a fountain in Corinth), Castalia (a spring in Delphi), and Dirce (a river in Thebes). Achelous also fathered a certain Eurymedusa, one of Zeus’ countless lovers and the mother of Myrmidon. Mythology Origins
Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · Greek. The earliest references to the Dioscuri come from the Homeric epics (eighth century BCE). In Book 3 of the Iliad, Helen wonders why her brothers Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) are not at Troy, not realizing that they are already dead (236–44).
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