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t. e. In Greek mythology, the Graeae ( Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι; / ˈɡriːiː /; English translation: "old women", alternatively spelled Graiai and Graiae) were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them. [1] They were also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ("daughters of Phorcys ").
The Gorgons ( / ˈɡɔːrɡənz / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες ), [2] in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters the Graeae, and were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Euryale and Stheno were immortal, but ...
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai ( / ˈmɔɪraɪ, - riː /) often known in English as the Fates —were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). Their Roman equivalent is the Parcae.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (/ p r ə ˈ m iː θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") is one of the Titans and a god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more ...
Greek mythology. Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities ...
In Hesiod 's Theogony, the Cyclopes are the three brothers, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges, who made Zeus 's weapon, the thunderbolt. In Homer 's Odyssey, they are an uncivilized group of shepherds, the brethren of Polyphemus encountered by Odysseus. Cyclopes were also famous for being the builders of the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns .
In Greek mythology, the Heliadae or Heliadai (/ h ɪ ˈ l aɪ. ə d iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἡλιάδαι) were the seven sons of Helios and Rhodos and grandsons of Poseidon. They were brothers to Electryone.
The Greek name Aithiopia ( Αἰθιοπία, from Αἰθίοψ, Aithíops, 'an Ethiopian') is a compound derived of two Greek words: αἴθω, aíthō, 'I burn' + ὤψ, ṓps, 'face'. According to the Perseus Project, this designation properly translates in noun form as burnt-face and in adjectival form as red-brown. [4] [5] As such, it was ...