Tiresias – Mythopedia
网页2023年2月27日 · Tiresias, son of the nymph Chariclo, was a remarkably long-lived prophet of Thebes. Inseparable from the mythology of his storied city, he played a central role in the lives of everyone from Cadmus to the Seven against Thebes. Tiresias was blessed with experiences and abilities that went beyond his famous clairvoyance and longevity.
Odyssey: Book 11 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
网页“Now swift I waved my falchion o’er the blood; Back started the pale throngs, and trembling stood, Round the black trench the gore untasted flows, Till awful from the shades Tiresias rose. “There wandering through the gloom I first survey’d, New to the realms of death, Elpenor’s shade: His cold remains all naked to the sky On distant ...
Odysseus - Mythopedia
网页2023年4月28日 · Tiresias concluded by prophesying Odysseus’ death: “And death shall come to thee thyself far from the sea, a death so gentle, that shall lay thee low when thou art overcome with sleek old age, and thy people shall dwell in prosperity around thee.” Odysseus Questions the Seer Tiresias by Alessandro Allori …
Oedipus - Mythopedia
网页2023年5月15日 · Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, was a Greek hero and king of Thebes, celebrated for defeating the fearsome Sphinx. He suffered a tragic downfall, however, when he discovered that he had unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. Oedipus was abandoned in the wilderness soon after his birth when his father learned of …
Cadmus – Mythopedia
网页2023年7月10日 · Cadmus was a prince and hero born in the eastern Mediterranean. As a young man, he was forced to leave home in search of his sister (or niece) Europa, who had been carried off by Zeus. After Cadmus had scoured the earth and finally exhausted his search, he decided to settle in Greece. On a fertile …
Patroclus – Mythopedia
网页2023年7月5日 · Patroclus, son of Menoetius, was a Greek hero from northern Greece and the closest companion of the famous Achilles. Patroclus accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War and stood loyally by his side when Achilles withdrew from the fighting due to a quarrel with the Greek general Agamemnon. The Trojans took advantage of …
Odyssey: Book 10 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
网页Our groan the rocks remurmur’d to the main. We leap’d on shore, and with a scanty feast. Our thirst and hunger hastily repress’d; That done, two chosen heralds straight attend. Our second progress to my royal friend; And him amidst his jovial sons we found; The banquet steaming, and the goblets crown’d;
Phineus – Mythopedia
网页2023年9月4日 · Phineus, son of Agenor (or, in some traditions, of the sea god Poseidon), was a prophet-king of Thrace; his kingdom was usually referred to as Salmydessus. Though Phineus was a powerful figure, he was blinded by the gods for committing some sin. Ancient sources disagreed on the exact nature of this sin: some said that Phineus had prophesied the ...
Hesperides - Mythopedia
网页2023年9月19日 · Overview. The Hesperides—daughters of Nyx and Erebus or, in later traditions, of Atlas and Hesperis—were Greek sky goddesses who were represented as beautiful young nymphs. They were associated with the evening and the West and served as the guardians of the golden apples that Hera had received from Gaia as a wedding gift.
Metamorphoses: Book 3 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
网页The Transformation of Tiresias ’Twas now, while these transactions past on Earth, And Bacchus thus procur’d a second birth, When Jove, dispos’d to lay aside the weight Of publick empire and the cares of state, As to his queen in nectar bowls he quaff’d, “In troth,” says he, and as he spoke he laugh’d, “The sense of pleasure in ...
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