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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Greek History  /  Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Hellinism  /  Faith  /  Worship in Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Mythology  /  Greek Mythology  -  Lates posts Head of titan Anytus, from the temple of Despoina at Lykosoura in Arkadia. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Anytus was one of the Titans of Greek mythology. He was the nurturer of Despoina, daughter of Demeter. According to Pausanias, Anytus is mentioned as a Titan and was honored with a statue in the sanctuary dedicated to Despoina near the Arcadian hill in Lycosura. Head of titan Anytus, from the temple of Despoina at Lykosoura in Arkadia. National Archaeological Museum, Athens In Arcadia, during the time of Pausanias, Anytus and Despoina were depicted with statues in a temple near Acacesium. This temple was located in Lycosura, a city where the worship of Anytus was especially significant. There stood the Temple of Despoina, dedicated to t...

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Greek History  /  Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Hellinism  /  Faith  /  Worship in Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Mythology  /  Greek Mythology  -  Lates posts In Greek mythology, Coeus (Κοῖος or Κῶιος), also known as Polus, was one of the Titans, that is, one of the three groups of children born from Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). Spouse: Titaness Phoebe Parents: Uranus and Gaia Siblings: Titans: Oceanus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Theia (or Euryphaessa), and Themis Hecatoncheires: Briareus (or Aigaion), Cottus, and Gyges Cyclopes: Arges, Brontes, and Steropes Other siblings: Giants, Meliae Nymphs, and the Erinyes (Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone) Half-siblings: Aphrodite, Typhon, Python, and Uranus (according to Hesiod) Children: Asteria and Leto Roman mythology: Polus Mythology Coeus was a relatively obscure figure and, like most Titans, did not ...

 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Greek History  /  Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Hellinism  /  Faith  /  Worship in Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Mythology  /  Greek Mythology  -  Lates posts Dias or Zeus, Archaeological Museum of Athens Zeus, great ruler in the sky, driving a winged chariot, goes first arranging everything and taking care of it. He is followed by an army of gods and demons divided into eleven divisions, because only the goddess Hestia remains in the house of the immortals. The others do not of the twelve gods, those who are ranked lords of the other orders precede in the appointed order." - Phaedrus 246e-247. Zeus, "father of male gods" according to Homer, was the leading deity of the Greek twelve gods. According to the prevailing myth, he was born in Ideo Andros in Crete, where his mother Rhea fled to save him from his father, Kronos. Zeus had to fight the older deities (Titanomachy and Gigantomachy) to ...

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Greek History  /  Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Hellinism  /  Faith  /  Worship in Ancient Greece  -  Latest posts Mythology  /  Greek Mythology  -  Lates posts Ares is the god of war in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Hera, and his sister was Eris. Due to his particularly warlike nature, several writers of the 19th century baselessly claimed that he was a foreign god, as they believed that Greek imagination could not have created such a fierce deity Ares (Borghese)" refers to a depiction of Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, specifically the Borghese Ares statue located in the Louvre Museum. This statue portrays Ares, the son of Zeus and Hera, embodying the essence of war and conflict in ancient Greek beliefs In myths, Ares appears belligerent and defiant and represents the impulsive nature of war. He had two sons, Deimos and Phobos, who gave their names to the respective moons of the planet Mar...