Gods, Demigods and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Language: English
Pages: 260
ISBN: 1453272968
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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shepherd, who skinned it, and kept the golden fleecy pelt for himself. Dancing in it, he found he could call down rain in a dry season. Armed with this power, he made himself king, and his descendants reigned for hundreds of years. Each of these kings dressed the altar of his holiest temple with this fleece. Another legend speaks of a golden-fleeced winged ram sent by Poseidon to rescue the children of Nephele who were being menaced by the jealousy of their stepmother, Ino. The children climbed
named Cerberus, trained to keep the living out and the dead in. It was only rarely that Hades left his domain. Then he drove a golden chariot drawn by four black horses. He attended only the most important tribunals upon Olympus, but when he came he brought rich gifts — for great troves of gems and precious metals lay in his kingdom. What he liked best was to sit on his ebony throne with his beautiful queen, Persephone, at his side, listening to the twittering petitions of the drifting dead
Heracles dived into the sea, allowed himself to be swallowed by the monster, and proved his utter indigestibility by systematically disemboweling the beast. However, after the monster was killed, Laomedon refused to pay. Heracles then seized Hesione, whom he later married to his friend, Telamon. Laomedon was not to escape so cheaply, however. Heracles attacked Troy with a handful of troops, defeated the Trojans, and sacked the city. This was a full generation and a half before the famous Trojan
His listeners praised him to the skies, not realizing how jealous the gods could be, and what terrible forms their jealousy could take. They said that Marsyas played more beautifully than Apollo, the god of music. When Apollo heard about this he was determined upon vengeance. He challenged Marsyas to a contest. They played on a slope of Mt. Helicon and the Muses sat in judgment. Marsyas played the flute and Apollo played the lyre. A hush fell over the land; only the sound of the flute was heard,
shackling him hand and foot and penning him in a cave — first, however, cutting off one of his own heads and setting that dragon before the entrance of the cave as a sentinel. There Zeus remained during the opening stages of the battle, until Heracles appeared and routed the Giants. Hermes and Pan raced to the cave where Hermes killed the dragon and Pan unshackled Zeus. Earlier, Typhon had married Echidne, a female monster, and sired a litter of frightful creatures including Cerberus, Ladon, the