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Daphne - Mythopedia 8 Mar 2023 · Several Greek authors mention Daphne in connection with Apollo, too. These include Lucian (ca. 125–after 180 CE), who alludes to the myth of Daphne and Apollo satirically in works such as On Dancing and the Dialogues of the Gods, and Nonnus (fifth century BCE), the author of the long epic known as the Dionysiaca. But these sources never ...
Apollo (Roman) - Mythopedia 8 Mar 2023 · Alternatively, the name “Apollo” may have come from the words apeilḗ, a noun meaning “promise, boast or threat,” and apeiléō, the verb form meaning “to make a promise, boast, or threat.” Such an etymology would render “Apollo,” in the words of one scholar, as “the god of authoritative speech, the one who presides over all manner of speech-acts, including …
Python – Mythopedia 24 Mar 2023 · The ancient Greeks derived the name “Pytho,” another name for Delphi, from the verb πύθομαι (pýthomai), meaning “to rot, decay”; they believed that the site got its name from the rotting corpse of Python after it was slain by Apollo. According to a kind of circular logic, they presumably derived the serpent’s name from the same word.
Artemis - Mythopedia 13 Apr 2023 · Some scholars have suggested that the name “Artemis” appears in the first Greek texts, equating the goddess of the hunt with a-te-mi-to or a-te-mi-te in the Linear B script (the writing system in use ca. 1600–1100 BCE, prior to the development of the Greek alphabet). If this is correct, it would mean that Artemis was known and worshipped in Greece from the earliest …
Achilles – Mythopedia 31 Jul 2023 · The name Achilles (“Achilleus” is the Greek pronunciation) is an old one, found on tablets from the Mycenaean Period (ca. 1700–1100 BCE). Originally written in a script called Linear B, which predates the Greek alphabet, the name appears on these tablets in the forms a-ki-re-u [1] and a-ki-re-we .
Helios - Mythopedia 7 Dec 2022 · The name “Helios” (Greek Ἥλιος, translit. Hḗlios ) was also the ancient Greek word meaning “sun.” Variant spellings include the Homeric Ἠέλιος ( Ēélios ), the Doric and Aeolic Ἅλιος ( Hálios ) or Ἀέλιος ( Aélios ), and the Cretan Ἀβέλιος ( Abélios ) or Ἀϝέλιος ( Awélios ).
Apollo - Mythopedia 11 Apr 2023 · However, this does not necessarily mean that Apollo was a late addition to the Greek pantheon: the name Paean, one of Apollo’s most common alternate names, does show up in Linear B. Some scholars have posited that the name “Apollo” is a derivation from apella, a word in the Doric dialect of ancient Greek that means “public assembly ...
Leto – Mythopedia 7 Dec 2022 · After Zeus struck down Apollo’s son Asclepius with a lightning bolt, Apollo, in a fit of rage, killed the Cyclopes who had fashioned the lightning. Zeus wanted to cast Apollo into Tartarus for this crime, but Leto convinced him to be merciful. He ultimately decided on a lighter punishment, making Apollo serve the mortal Admetus for one year.
Phoebe - Mythopedia 10 Mar 2023 · Subsequently, Apollo added his grandmother’s name to his own, becoming Apollo Phoebus. Pop Culture. Phoebe’s influence continues to resonate in popular culture thanks to the many people (both real and fictional) named after her. Commonly used in Greek and Latin, her name has remained popular in languages descended from them.
Diana – Mythopedia 27 Feb 2023 · The name “Diana” (known in Old Latina Jana, and in Late Latin as Diana) was rooted in the Proto Indo-European dyeu-, meaning “to shine” or “to give off light.” Derivatives of the same root included the Greek word theos, the Latin word deus , the Persian word daiva , and the Sanskrit word deva , which all translated as “god.”
