Sep 19, 2023 · Laconia was a region of the southeastern Peloponnese that bordered Arcadia and Messenia. The area was mountainous, with the Parnon Mountains running south and the …

Jun 6, 2023 · Aeneas in Arcadia and Laconia. In some accounts, Aeneas even settled in Greece, in the region of Arcadia. Some said that he first came to Orchomenus and that he then …

Aug 31, 2023 · The Naiad Cleocharia, for example, was the wife of Lelex, the first king of Laconia. The Naiad Batia married Oebalus, another king of Laconia; she is sometimes said to have …

Mar 8, 2023 · Another version made Daphne the daughter not of a river but of Amyclas, a mortal ruler of Laconia. Mythology. The daughter of a Greek river god (or a king, in some accounts), …

Mar 22, 2023 · Centaurs were hybrid creatures, human from the waist up but with the body and legs of a horse. They lived an untamed and brutal existence in the forests and mountains of …

Dec 7, 2022 · Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the moon and a goddess of the night. The love of her life was the handsome Endymion, who became Selene’s …

Mar 9, 2023 · After the war was over, Temenus, Cresphontes, and the two sons of Aristodemus (Eurysthenes and Procles) drew lots to decide how to divide the Pelopponese. Temenus won …

Dec 7, 2022 · Pausanias, a geographer writing in the second century CE, described temples, altars, and cults of Helios all over the Greek world, including at Corinth and Sicyon in central …

Mar 23, 2023 · Lamia was a vicious child-eating spirit from Greek popular religion. She was usually imagined as an ugly monster with removable eyes, though in some later traditions she …

Mar 9, 2023 · Eros was also worshipped at other sites, including Leuctra in Laconia, where he had a shrine with a sacred grove; Parium in northwestern Anatolia; and Elea in southern Italy, …