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and mythology, Melia (Ancient Greek: Μελία), a daughter of the Titan Oceanus, was the consort of Apollo, and the mother, by Apollo, of the Theban hero...

name of several figures Melia, the singular form of Meliae, a type of nymph Melia (consort of Poseidon), a mythical figure Melia (consort of Apollo), a...

of Argos, Thebes, and Crete. The consort of Apollo, who was an important cult figure at Thebes, was also said to be a daughter of Oceanus named Melia...

milk of the goat Amalthea and honey. Callimachus appears to make the Theban nymph Melia, who was, by Apollo, the mother of Tenerus and Ismenus, one of the...

of, and in opposition to, the Olympians, the gods of the heavens. Hesiod called the Titans "earth-born" (chthonic), and in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo...

Apollo at Delphi. Though that monster is usually said to be the male serpent Python, in the oldest account of this story, the Homeric Hymn to Apollo,...

them. They were also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ("daughters of Phorcys"). Their names were: Deino (or Dino) (Δεινώ) Enyo (Ἐνυώ) Pemphredo...

or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod's Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night);...

Attis (/ˈætɪs/; Greek: Ἄττις, also Ἄτυς, Ἄττυς, Ἄττης) was the consort of Cybele, in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, the Galli...

described as "[having] a heart of flint within her", was the daughter of Pontus and Gaia, consort to the Titan Crius, and mother of Astraeus, Perses, and Pallas...

the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in ancient near eastern cosmology and early Greek cosmology. It can also refer to an early state of the cosmos...

Zeus via Apollo with the swift delivery of the slain hero Sarpedon to his homeland of Lycia. Then [Apollon] gave him (Sarpedon) into the charge of swift...

version of the myth, was instead the daughter of the river god Ladon. Peneus also had a son Atrax with Bura, and Andreus with an unknown consort. Tricce...

traditionally seen as the consort of Zephyrus, the god of the west wind and one of the four Anemoi, by whom she is the mother of Pothos in some versions...

Sparta. In a temple of Apollo at Amyclae, near Sparta, a statue of Limos showed her in female form as was the case in the temple of Athena Chalcioecus...

Ancient Greek: Μέγαιρα, romanized: Mégaira, lit. 'the jealous one') is one of the Erinyes, Eumenides or "Furies" in Greek mythology. Bibliotheca Classica...

wearing black. Aesychlus' Eumenides the Priestess of Pythian Apollo compares their monstrosity to that of the gorgon and harpies, but adds that they are...

depictions, on the "Royal Portico" at Athens and on the throne of Apollo at Amyclae, of Cephalus being carried off by a goddess whom he identifies as Hemera...

personification of wealth, and the son of the goddess of agriculture Demeter and the mortal Iasion. Plutus is most commonly the son of Demeter and Iasion...

of hope. She was depicted as a young woman, usually carrying flowers or a cornucopia in her hands. Elpis is perhaps a mother of Pheme, the goddess of...