Deep Ties

  Nike, Goddess of Victory - ZBrushCentral Nike was the Greek personification of battle, apart from other things, closely connected to Zeus and his daughter, Athena. According to the writer, Hesiod, she was the daughter of the river Styx and the Titan Pallas, and lived in Mount Olympus with her brothers, Zelus, Kratos and Bia who personified Rivalry, Strength and Force. The Theogony of Hesiod (730 – 700 BC) describes the battle of Zeus against Kronos and the Titans. According to his account, Zeus summoned all the gods, vowing that those who aligned with him against Kronos would always enjoy his favour. The first one to rush to his side was Styx, along with her children, including Nike. Zeus was aware of the advantages that the strength of the family would add to his side. He invited them to stay with him at Mount Olympus by his side forever. In the battle that ensued, Nike was by Zeus’ side, for which she received numerous honours after they won.         ...

                                                                                            Urania - Wikipedia Urania was the daughter of Zeus and the beauteous Mnemosyne, one of the nine Muses. The Muses, who lived in Mount Olympus, were the goddesses of music, dance and art and were believed to uplift human beings from earth to the heavens through their inspiration and creativity.                                                                                               Greek Reporter Urania was considered the Muse of Astro...

Eos and Tithonus - Mythology Planet Tithonus was a prince of Troy, the son of King Laomedon and the naiad Strymo. Eos, the goddess and personification of Dawn laid eyes on him and fell in love with him. She kidnapped him from the royal house and began to live with him. They celebrated their love after which she rose from their bed in the early morning to deliver light to earth. They were very much in love and spent many happy hours together. Eos was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and her siblings were Helios, the sun god, and Selene, the moon goddess. Every morning, Eos would drive her two-horse chariot to provide light to the world, just before her brother, the sun, rose to complete the process. Sometimes, she would travel along with him from dawn to dusk.                                                                 ...

  iStock Sisyphus, son of Aeolus of Thessaly and Enarete, was the founder and the first ruler of Ephyra. He and his brother, Salmoneus, hated each other. Sisyphus asked for the Oracle of Delphi to aid him to kill his brother with out having to incur the consequences. Thus, from the beginning, he was a man imbued with craftiness. He lived a life of guile, and had to suffer for it in the end. Sisyphus’ sin was that he would beguile and kill travellers who stayed with him, a sin that went against Zeus’ code of hospitality. He went even further when he betrayed Zeus’ secret by revealing the whereabouts of Aegina, the Asopid, to her father Asopus, the river god, in return for a permanent flowing spring in the Corinth area. Zeus, who was in love with Aegina, was enraged and ordered Thanatos, the God of Death, to imprison Sisyphus in Tartarus. Sisyphus proved his craftiness further. He instructed his wife, Merope, to throw his corpse in the middle of the street without any ceremony. When ...

                                                                      Rhadine and Leontichus - Created by AI Rhadine was an exceptionally beautiful noble lady from the island of Samos, so beautiful that she caught the eye of a tyrant from Corinth. He was the typical jealous looming villain so common in Greek mythology, despotic and possessive. Rhadine, however, was in love with her cousin, Leontichus. The lovers kept their love a secret from the world, aware that their union would be frowned on due to their close family ties, causing an uproar amongst the noble families in Samos, Triphylia. Rhadine’s brother was a chief at Delphi, who took his civic and social duties very seriously. His high position made it possible for his sister to get betrothed to a man of such an elevated standing. Rhadine and her brother set ...