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Hydra

Hydra (Hy´dra). A monster serpent, which had a hundred heads. It was slain by [[Hercules (mythology)]]. See [[Hercules (mythology)]].

Mythology May 20, 2024 May 20, 2024 Hercules, Hydra, myth, mythological character, mythology
Olyras

Olyras (Oly´ras). A river near Thermopylae, which, it is said, attempted to extinguish the funeral pile on which [[Hercules (mythology)]] […]

Mythology June 22, 2024 June 22, 2024 Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology, Olyras
Omphale

Omphale (Om´phale). The Queen of Lydia, to whom [[Hercules (mythology)]] was sold as a bondsman for three years for the […]

Mythology June 22, 2024 June 22, 2024 Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology, Omphale
Philoctetes

Philoctetes (Philoct´etes) was son of Poeas, and one of the companions of [[Jason (mythology)]] on his Argonautic expedition. He was […]

Mythology June 30, 2024 June 30, 2024 Hercules, Hydra, Jason, myth, mythological character, mythology, Paris, Philoctetes, Troy, Ulysses
Pirithous

Pirithous (Pirith´ous). A son of [[Ixion (mythology)]] and great friend of [[Theseus (mythology)]], king of Athens. The marriage of Pirithous […]

Mythology July 2, 2024 July 2, 2024 centaur, Hercules, Ixion, myth, mythological character, mythology, Pirithous, Theseus
Prometheus

Prometheus (Prome´theus), the son of [[Japetus (mythology)]] and father of [[Deucalion (mythology)]]. He presumed to make clay men, and animate […]

Mythology July 6, 2024 July 6, 2024 Deucalion, Hercules, Japetus, Jupiter, mercury, myth, mythological character, mythology, Prometheus
Stymphalides

Stymphalides (Stym´phali´des). The carnivorous birds destroyed in the sixth labor of [[Hercules (mythology)]].

Mythology July 20, 2024 July 20, 2024 Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology, Stymphalides
Troy

Troy The classic poets say that the walls of this famous city were built by the magic sound of [[Apollo […]

Mythology July 29, 2024 July 29, 2024 Apollo, Dardanus, Helen, Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology, Paris, Troy
Ulysses

Ulysses (Ulys´ses). A noted king of Ithaca, whose exploits in connection with the Trojan war, and his adventures on his […]

Mythology July 30, 2024 July 30, 2024 Achilles, Circe, Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology, Paris, Philoctetes, Polyphemus, Sirens, Ulysses
Charybdis

Charybdis (Charyb´dis). A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily. Personified, it was supposed to have been a woman who […]

Mythology February 29, 2024 February 29, 2024 Charybdis, Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology, Polyphemus, Scylla

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