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In Hesiod 's Theogony, the Cyclopes are the three brothers Brontes, Steropes, and Arges, who made for Zeus his 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 as the builders of the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns .
The events surrounding their birth were a crucial part of the Succession Myth. Zeus’ father, Cronus, swallowed his children at birth because he feared that they would take over his spot on the throne one day. Cronus swallowed each of Zeus’ brothers and sisters. But upon the birth of Zeus, his mother, Rhea, hid him on the island of Crete ...
THE ELDER KYKLOPES (Cyclopes) were three, orb-eyed, immortal giants who forged the lightning-bolts of Zeus. As soon as they were born, their father Ouranos (Uranus, the Sky) locked them away inside the belly of Earth, along with their stormy brothers, the hundred-handed Hekatonkheires (Hecatoncheires). When the Titanes overthrew Ouranos, they ...
Danaïdes. In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes ( / dəˈneɪ.ɪdiːz /; Greek: Δαναΐδες ), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus. In the Metamorphoses, [1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus. They were to marry the 50 sons of Danaus' twin brother Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt.
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Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi.. Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced (or raped) Leda in the guise of a swan.
The Danaids – or the Danaides; also called Belides after their grandfather – were the fifty daughters of Danaus, one of the two twin sons of king Belus of Egypt and the Naiad Anchinoe. Danaus’ brother Aegyptus had fifty children as well; in his case, all of them were male. In an attempt to expand his territory without a war, Aegyptus ...
Jun 10, 2016 · Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri) are figures from Greek and Roman mythology considered the twin sons of Zeus or Jupiter. Semi-divine figures, the twins were credited with the role of saving those in trouble at sea or in grave danger in war. They were particularly associated with horses and sports. The Dioscuri, known to the Greeks as Kastor and ...
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