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- Arethusa – Mythopedia
Arethusa was a nymph, sometimes numbered among the daughters of the sea god Nereus Her myth describes how she fled to Syracuse to escape the undesired advances of the river god Alpheus, finally transforming into a freshwater spring
- Nymphs – Mythopedia
The nymphs were minor divinities who took the form of beautiful young women They represented diverse aspects of nature, including water, mountains, trees, and even specific locales They were also frequently divided into subgroups (such as Dryads, Naiads, and Nereids) according to the type of environment they inhabited
- Abas (son of Poseidon) – Mythopedia
Abas was a son of Poseidon and the Nereid Arethusa He was a king on the island of Euboea and gave his name to the Abantes tribe His grandson Elephenor led the Abantes during the Trojan War
- Persephone – Mythopedia
Though this is the standard tradition, there were other versions in which it was the nymph Arethusa (Ovid, Metamorphoses 5 487ff) or the people of Hermione (Apollodorus, Library 1 5 1) who gave Demeter the information she was looking for ↩; Homeric Hymn 2 90–94, trans H G Evelyn-White ↩
- Metamorphoses: Book 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Here Arethusa stopt; then Ceres takes Her golden carr, and yokes her fiery snakes; With a just rein, along mid-heaven she flies O’er Earth, and seas, and cuts the yielding skies She halts at Athens, dropping like a star, And to Triptolemus resigns her carr
- Nereids - Mythopedia
Certain mythological figures usually described simply as “nymphs” were occasionally listed as Nereids by less traditional sources For example, Arethusa—catalogued as a Nereid by Hyginus—is the name of several water nymphs, the most famous of whom was transformed into a subterranean stream to escape being raped by the river god Alpheus
- Ariadne - Mythopedia
Greek Ariadne first appeared in Greek literature in the Iliad and the Odyssey, epic poems attributed to Homer (eighth century BCE): Book 18 of the Iliad briefly mentions that Daedalus built a dancing floor for Ariadne (590–92), while Book 11 of the Odyssey alludes to the tradition in which Ariadne was killed by Artemis on Dia (321–25)
- Iphigenia in Aulis - Mythopedia
The Iphigenia in Aulis is one of Euripides’ final plays, first performed after the playwright’s death in 406 BCE The tragedy is a retelling of the myth of Iphigenia, who was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon in exchange for a wind to carry the Greek fleet to Troy
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