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Encyclopedia > Acacallis (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Acacallis is the daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and Pasiphae. She bore a son, Amphithemus, to Apollo. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... Front face of the MINOS far detector. ... For the famous World War II battle, see: Battle of Crete For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ... ... For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation). ...


Another tradition relates that Miletus was also the son of Apollo and Acacallis. Fearing her father's wrath she exposed the child, but Apollo commanded the she-wolves to come down and nurse the child. He grew up strong and handsome, and Minos was seized with desire for the boy. Miletus fled Crete to avoid being becoming the eromenos of King Minos, and went on to found the eponymous city, Miletus. (according to Antoninus Liberalis, after Nicander (Metamorphoses XXX 1-2)) For the famous World War II battle, see: Battle of Crete For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ... In the pederastic tradition of Classical Athens, the eromenos (Greek ἐρόμενος, pl. ... Front face of the MINOS far detector. ... The lower half of the benches and the remnants of the scene building of the theater of Miletus (August 2005) Miletus (Hittite: Milawata or Millawanda, Greek: Μίλητος transliterated Miletos, Turkish: Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia (in what is now the Aydin Province of Turkey...



 

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