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The Greek name Γαῖα ( Gaia Ancient Greek: [ɡâi̯.a] or [ɡâj.ja]) is a mostly epic, collateral form of Attic Γῆ ( Gē [ɡɛ̂ː] ), and Doric Γᾶ ( Ga [ɡâː] ), [4] perhaps identical to Δᾶ ( Da [dâː] ), [7] both meaning "Earth". Some scholars believe that the word is of uncertain origin. [8] Beekes suggested a probable Pre ...
Electra (Greek mythology) Electra (Oceanid), one of the Oceanids who was the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies. [1] Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades. [2] Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and the naiad Polyxo. She married and later killed her husband Peristhenes or Hyperantus following the ...
Arke. In Greek mythology, Arke or Arce ( Ancient Greek: Ἄρκη, romanized : Árkē, lit. 'swift') is one of the daughters of Thaumas, and sister to the rainbow goddess Iris. During the Titanomachy, Arke fled from the Olympians' camp and joined the Titans, unlike Iris who remained loyal to Zeus and his allies. After the war was over and the ...
According to Hesiod, she was the wife of Thaumas, and by him, the mother of Iris, the goddess of rainbows and a messenger for the gods, and the Harpies. The names of Electra's Harpy daughters vary. Hesiod and Apollodorus named them Aello and Ocypete. Virgil named Celaeno as one of the Harpies.
t. e. In Greek mythology, Pontus ( / ˈpɒntəs /; Greek: Πόντος, translit. Póntos, lit. "Sea") [1] was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities. Pontus was Gaia 's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling, [2] though according to Hyginus, Pontus is the son of ...
Triton. v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Phorcys or Phorcus ( / ˈfɔːrsɪs /; Ancient Greek: Φόρκυς) is a primordial sea god, generally cited (first in Hesiod) as the son of Pontus and Gaia (Earth). Classical scholar Karl Kerenyi conflated Phorcys with the similar sea gods Nereus and Proteus. [1] His wife was Ceto, and he is most notable in ...
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