• Thumbnail for Metamorphoses in Greek mythology
    In ancient Greece, the surviving Greek mythology features a wide collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either...
    143 KB (1,375 words) - 17:06, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Echo (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Echo (/ˈɛkoʊ/; Greek: Ἠχώ, Ēkhō, "echo", from ἦχος (ēchos), "sound") was an Oread who resided on Mount Cithaeron. Zeus loved consorting...
    15 KB (1,996 words) - 03:32, 5 May 2024
  • In Greek mythology, the Hyades (/ˈhaɪ.ə.diːz/; Ancient Greek: Ὑάδες, romanized: Hyádes, popularly "rain-makers" or "the rainy ones"; from ὕω, hýō, 'I fall...
    11 KB (1,054 words) - 21:23, 8 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ino (Greek mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Ino (/ˈaɪnoʊ/ EYE-noh; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ [iːnɔ̌ː]) was a Theban princess who later became a queen of Boeotia. After her death and...
    12 KB (1,295 words) - 00:24, 22 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pygmalion (mythology)
    narrative poem Metamorphoses, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved. In book 10 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion...
    35 KB (4,037 words) - 03:10, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aura (mythology)
    In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura (Greek: Αὔρα, translit. Aúra, lit. "breeze" pronounced [ǎu̯raː], or Αὔρη pronounced [ǎu̯rɛː]) is a minor wind goddess...
    24 KB (2,659 words) - 21:38, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Adonis
    Adonis (redirect from Adonis (mythology))
    In Greek mythology, Adonis (Ancient Greek: Ἄδωνις, romanized: Adōnis; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍, romanized: Adón) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite...
    37 KB (4,086 words) - 11:12, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Medusa
    In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα, romanized: Médousa, lit. 'guardian, protectress'), also called Gorgo (Ancient Greek:...
    48 KB (5,250 words) - 22:01, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Milk of Hera
    Milk of Hera (category Metamorphoses into flowers in Greek mythology)
    The myth of the milk of Hera (Ancient Greek: Ἥρας γάλα, romanized: Hḗras gala) is an ancient Greek myth and explanation of the origin of the Milky Way...
    9 KB (873 words) - 22:04, 10 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Icarus
    In Greek mythology, Icarus (/ˈɪkərəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, romanized: Íkaros, pronounced [ǐːkaros]) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the...
    19 KB (2,025 words) - 16:28, 18 April 2024