2022年12月9日 · Pluto was the lord of the subterranean underworld, which in Roman mythology served as the resting place of departed souls. He lived underground in a gloomy palace, and seemed to have little interest in the world of men.

2022年12月7日 · Statius: Hades/Pluto and the Underworld feature a few times in the epic Thebaid (first century CE), which relates the war of the Seven against Thebes. Claudian: The Rape of Proserpina, a fourth-century CE poem, gives a detailed account of how Hades/Pluto carried off his niece Persephone/Proserpina. Mythological Handbooks (Greek and Roman)

2023年5月19日 · Juno’s siblings were Jupiter , Neptune , Ceres , Vesta , and Pluto . Family Tree Mythology Origins. Little is known about the original nature and function of Juno (prior to the influence of the Greek Hera).

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2022年11月29日 · Vesta was the virginal Roman goddess of hearth and home, family life and child-rearing. A popular and uncontroversial deity, her enormous power over domestic tranquility ensured all prayers began and ended with devotions to her.

2023年8月31日 · The Greek Underworld god Hades (or Pluto) became the grim Roman Dis or Dis Pater (though Roman texts often simply referred to this god by the Greek name Pluto). The Greek agriculture goddess Demeter became the Roman Ceres .

2022年12月8日 · Tantalus, the son of the nymph Pluto and either Zeus or Tmolus, was a king, usually said to have ruled somewhere in Anatolia. For many years, Tantalus enjoyed the gods’ favor. For many years, Tantalus enjoyed the gods’ favor.

2022年11月29日 · Through his role as Lord of the Underworld, Arawn resembles the Greco-Roman Hades/Pluto, as both are rulers of the dead and not entirely the villain later writers make of them. In this same sense, Arawn (and Hades) are connected to the Abrahamic Satan. Pop Culture. Arawn is a popular figure whose modern persona is largely colored by popular ...

2023年3月21日 · Alcyoneus was one of the leaders of the Giants—monstrous offspring of the earth goddess Gaia and enemies of the Olympians. Though Alcyoneus was immortal within the confines of his homeland, Heracles managed to kill him by dragging him away from his native soil.

2023年8月23日 · Thus, the mythology of Ceres—like that of Demeter—was centered on the abduction of her daughter Proserpina (Persephone in Greek sources) by the powerful chthonic deity Dis (Hades or Pluto). It was one of the most famous myths in the ancient world, first appearing in the second Homeric Hymn and later retold in various Roman sources ...