Centaurs - Mythopedia
2023年3月22日 · Bronze man and Centaur (mid-8th century BCE). The Centaur is shown with the body of a man and the trunk and two hind legs of a horse growing out of his lower back. Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain. Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) showing a Centaur with the body and four legs of a horse and wielding an uprooted pine tree.
Nessus – Mythopedia
2023年3月24日 · Osborne, Robin. “Framing the Centaur: Reading 5th-Century Architectural Sculpture.” In Art and Text in Ancient Greek Culture, edited by Simon Goldhill and Robin Osborne, 52–84. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Smith, William. “Nessus (2).” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and ...
Chiron - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · Chiron was the wisest and most honorable of the Centaurs, a race of half-man, half-horse creatures. He is best remembered for tutoring the great heroes of Greek mythology, including Jason, Asclepius, and Achilles.
Asclepius - Mythopedia
2023年7月10日 · Asclepius was then raised by the wise centaur Chiron. Woodcut depicting the birth of Asclepius, from Alessandro Beneditti's De Re Medica (1549). Research Gate Public Domain. In a later version of the myth, Asclepius was again the son of Apollo and Coronis.
Ceryneian Hind – Mythopedia
2023年3月21日 · As is often the case, these modern representations tend to depart from the ancient mythological sources. In the 1990s TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, for example, the Ceryneian Hind—called the “Golden Hind”—is portrayed as a half-woman, half-deer creature with golden hooves and horns (somewhat resembling a Centaur).
Iolcus – Mythopedia
2023年7月13日 · Iolcus was a city on the coast of eastern Thessaly, ruled by the despotic king Pelias. In myth, Jason and the Argonauts set sail from Iolcus on their journey to steal the Golden Fleece.
Jason – Mythopedia
2023年5月5日 · Jason, son of Aeson, was a hero from Iolcus in Thessaly. He was best known for leading the Argonauts in their quest to steal the Golden Fleece.
Minotaur - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · The Minotaur was a hybrid monster (half-bull, half-man) born of the unorthodox union between the queen of Crete and a beautiful bull. The Minotaur was hidden from the world in the Labyrinth, a giant maze, where it was eventually slain by the Athenian hero Theseus.
Heracles - Mythopedia
2023年7月14日 · After defeating the river god Achelous in a wrestling competition, Heracles carried away the Calydonian princess Deianira as his bride. As the newlyweds traveled to Heracles’ home, the centaur Nessus offered to help Deianira cross a river. But while Heracles was still making the crossing, Nessus tried to run off with Deianira.
Achilles - Mythopedia
2023年7月31日 · After Thetis left, Peleus took Achilles to the mountains to be raised by the wise centaur Chiron. Skyros. According to some late versions of the myth, Achilles was concealed on the island of Skyros by Thetis (or Peleus, in some sources) to protect him from the Trojan War. An oracle had foretold that if Achilles fought in the Trojan War he would ...