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Telesphorus (mythology) In ancient Greek religion, Telesphorus (Greek: Τελεσφόρος "Telesphoros") was a son of Asclepius. He frequently accompanied his sister, Hygieia. He was a dwarf whose head was always covered with a cowl hood or cap.
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Asclepius Asclepius ( ; Greek: Ἀσκληπιός , "Asklēpiós" ] ; Latin: "Aesculapius" ) was a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (the goddess of the healing process), Aglæa/Ægle (the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment), and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Vediovis and the Egyptian Imhotep. He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet "Paean" ("the Healer"). The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today. Those physicians and attendants who served this god were known as the Therapeutae of Asclepius.
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Ceyx In Greek mythology, Ceyx ( ; Ancient Greek: Κήϋξ  "Kēüx" ) was the son of Eosphorus and the king of Trachis in Thessaly. He was married to Alcyone.
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Eetion In Greek mythology, Eëtion (Ancient Greek: Ἠετίων "Ēetíōn" ] ) was the king of the Cilician Thebe. He is the father of Andromache, wife of Hector, and of seven sons, including Podes.
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Teleboans In Greek mythology, the Teleboans (Ancient Greek: Τηλεβόαι , "Tēlebóai") were an Acarnanian tribe. They were said to descend from one Teleboas , a son of Pterelaus and brother of Taphius, the eponym of the Taphians. After dwelling for a time on the mainland, the Teleboans settled on the island of Taphos which was populated by their kinsmen. From the island the two tribes led piratical raids across Greece, and the names "Teleboan" and "Taphian" were later taken to refer to any inhabitant of Taphos. The Taphians and Teleboans murdered the brothers of Alcmene (to whom both tribes were related), a crime punished by her husband Amphitryon's sacking of their villages with the help of the Boeotians, Locrians and Phocians.
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Hippomenes In Greek mythology, Hippomenes (Ancient Greek: Ἱππομένης ), also known as Melanion (Μελανίων or Μειλανίων), was a son of the Arcadian Amphidamas or of Megareus of Onchestus and the husband of Atalanta. He was known to have been one of the disciples of Chiron, and to have surpassed other disciples in his eagerness to undertake hard challenges. Inscriptions mention him as one of the Calydonian hunters.
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Tantalus Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος , "Tántalos") was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one.
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Thespia (mythology) In Greek mythology, Thespia (Greek: Θέσπια) was the daughter of the river-god, Asopus and Metope, daughter of Ladon, also a river-god. Thespiae (the city west of Thebes) was named after her.
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Dardanus In Greek mythology, Dardanus ( ; Greek: Δάρδανος) was a son of Zeus and Electra (daughter of Atlas) and founder of the city of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida in the Troad.
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Herakles (Euripides) Herakles (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς μαινόμενος , "Hēraklēs Mainomenos", also known as "Hercules Furens ") is an Athenian tragedy by Euripides that was first performed c. 416 BCE. While Herakles is in the underworld obtaining Cerberus for one of his labours, his father Amphitryon, wife Megara, and children are sentenced to death in Thebes by Lycus. Herakles arrives in time to save them, though the goddesses Iris and Madness (personified) cause him to kill his wife and children in a frenzy. It is the second of two surviving tragedies by Euripides where the family of Herakles are suppliants (the first being "Herakles' Children"). It was first performed at the City Dionysia festival.
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Calydnus In Greek mythology, Kalydnos (Greek: Κάλυδνος, latinized as Calydnus) was a son of Uranus and the first king of Thebes, after whom the city was thought to have been called Calydna. He was believed to have built the first fortifications of the city, which was why Thebes were sometimes referred to as the "citadel of Calydnus". Calydnus was succeeded by Ogygus.
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Megareus of Thebes Megareus (or Menoeceus) of Thebes was a warrior of Thebes, who figures in the war of the "Seven Against Thebes" - the struggle between Eteocles and Polynices, the twin sons of Oedipus, for the throne of Thebes. He was the son of Eurydice of Thebes and Creon, uncle of the two princes. In traditional Greek mythology, Megareus is known for his large stature, and is considered an anthropomorphic representation of his father's pride by some literary scholars.
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Peneus In Greek mythology, Peneus ( ; Greek: Πηνειός ) was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers (Potamoi), a child of Oceanus and Tethys. The nymph Creusa bore him one son, Hypseus, who was King of the Lapiths, and three daughters, Menippe (mother of Phrastor by Pelasgus), Daphne and Stilbe. He also had a son Atrax with Bura, and Andreus with an unknown consort. Tricce, eponym of the city Tricca, was mentioned as his daughter. Some sources state that he was the father of Cyrene, alternately known as his granddaughter through Hypseus. Daphne, in an Arcadian version of the myth, was, instead, the daughter of the river god Ladon.
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Clitumnus In Roman mythology, Clitumnus ( ; ) was a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the god of the Clitunno River.
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Porthaon In Greek mythology, Porthaon (Greek: Πορθάων, genitive Πορθάονος ), sometimes referred to as Parthaon or Portheus (seems related to the verb "portheō" and "perthō", "destroy'), was the king of Calydon, husband of Euryte and father of Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus and Sterope, also of the Argonaut Laocoön by an unnamed female servant, or by Euryte too. He was the son of Agenor (by Epicaste) who was the son of Pleuron who was the son of Aetolus who was the son of Endymion. He was the brother of Demonice (also known as Demodice).
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Orchomenus (mythology) In Greek mythology, the name Orchomenus (Ancient Greek: Ὀρχομενός ) may refer to:
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Telamon (disambiguation) Telamon was the father of the hero Ajax in Greek mythology.
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Onchestos (mythology) In Greek mythology, Onchestos (Greek: Ογχηστός) or Onchestus, was a Boeotian son of the god Poseidon, father of Abrota (wife of Nisos) and Megareus. Onchestus was the eponym of the city of Onchestus in Boeotia.
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Pero In Greek mythology, Pero (Ancient Greek: Πηρώ ) was a princess of Pylos.
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Phaeax (mythology) In Greek Mythology, Phaeax (Greek: Φαίαξ ) was a son of Poseidon and Cercyra, from whom the Phaeacians derived their name. Conon calls him the father of Alcinous and Locrus.
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Thersilochus In Greek mythology, Thersilochus (Greek: Θερσίλοχόν), was a son of Antenor and probably of Theano.Thersilochus was slain by Achilles. Later Aeneas met him in the Underworld (Hom."Il".17.216, 21.209; Vir."Aen".6.483).
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Peleus In Greek mythology, Peleus ( ; Greek: Πηλεύς , "Pēleus") was a hero whose myth was already known to the hearers of Homer in the late 8th century BC. Peleus was the son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina, and Endeïs, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly. He married the sea-nymph Thetis with whom he fathered Achilles.