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In Greek mythology Hermus is the god of the river Hermus (modern Gediz river), located in Aegean region of Lydia (modern Turkey). Like most of the river-gods, he is the son of Oceanus and Tethys. He had was the father of the Lydian nymphs. [1][2] The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the telling of stories created by the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ...
Lydia (Greek ) is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkeys modern provinces of Ä°zmir and Manisa. ...
In the Greek and Roman world-view, Oceanus (Greek , Okeanos), was the world-ocean, which they believed to be an enormous river encircling the world. ...
In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. ...
Hermus is also the name of two minor mythological characters - Hermus, a nobleman of Athens and a companion of Theseus. When Theseus founded the city of Pythopolis he left Hermus there. There was a place incorrectly called the House of Hermes in the city, which previously was sacred to Hermus.[4]
This article is about the Aegyptus from Egyptian mythology. ...
A Naiad by John William Waterhouse, 1893. ...
Danaus, or Danaos (sleeper) was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. ...
A Naiad by John William Waterhouse, 1893. ...
Athens (Greek: Αθήνα - AthÃna) is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica periphery of Southern Greece. ...
Theseus (Greek ) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night. ...
References - ^ Hesiod, The Theogony, 334 [1]
- ^ Claudian, Rape of Proserpine, 1.55 [2]
- ^ Apollodorus, The Library, 2.1.5 [3]
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Theseus, 26 [4]
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