Charybdis – Mythopedia
网页2023年3月22日 — Overview. Charybdis was a monster of obscure origins who manifested as a giant whirlpool. Every day, she swallowed up the waters of the sea three times, only to regurgitate them. Charybdis shared a narrow strait with the monster Scylla. Those who attempted to traverse the strait rarely lived to tell the tale: what Scylla did not pick off with ...
Scylla - Mythopedia
网页2023年9月20日 — Scylla was a nightmarish monster of obscure origins. The most common description gave her the body and head of a woman, six long serpentine necks (each ending in a mouth with three rows of teeth), twelve feet, and six dog heads growing out of her waist. Scylla lived in the cliffs on one side of a narrow strait, just opposite the whirlpool ...
Odyssey: Book 12 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
网页Argument The Sirene, Scylla, and Charybdis. He relates how, after his return from the shades, he was sent by Circe on his voyage, by the coast of the Sirens, and by the strait of Scylla and Charybdis: the manner in which he escaped those dangers: how, being cast on the island Trinacria, his companions destroyed the oxen of the Sun: the vengeance that …
Odysseus - Mythopedia
网页2023年4月28日 — Odysseus, son of Laertes and Anticleia, was a Greek hero and the king of the island of Ithaca. He married the beautiful princess Penelope and had one son by her, Telemachus. Described by Homer as the “man of twists and turns,” Odysseus was noted above all for his intelligence and cunning. He used these attributes to great effect during …
Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
网页2023年3月23日 — The Hecatoncheires (“Hundred-Handers”) were sons of Gaia and Uranus; in most sources, their names are given as Cottus, Briareus (or Aegaeon), and Gyges (or Gyes). Their appearance was quite terrifying: they boasted fifty heads and one hundred arms each. Along with their brothers the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires were imprisoned …
Polyphemus – Mythopedia
网页2023年3月22日 — Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon and Thoosa and the most feared of the Sicilian Cyclopes —brutish, one-eyed shepherds who lived far from civilization. He is best known for his role in the myth of Odysseus ’ wanderings. When Odysseus stopped at the island of the Cyclopes on his way home from Troy, Polyphemus imprisoned him and …
Jason – Mythopedia
网页2023年5月5日 — Jason, son of Aeson, was a hero from Iolcus in Thessaly and a member of the royal family. He was best known for leading the Argonauts in their quest to steal the Golden Fleece from Aeetes, the king of Colchis. Jason married Medea, a powerful witch and the daughter of Aeetes; she betrayed her own father to help Jason retrieve the Golden …
Aeneid: Book 3 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
网页Far on the right, her dogs foul Scylla hides: Charybdis roaring on the left presides, And in her greedy whirlpool sucks the tides; Then spouts them from below: with fury driv’n, The waves mount up and wash the face of heav’n. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws, Then dashes on the rocks.
Hydra - Mythopedia
网页2023年5月20日 — The Hydra, also called the Lernean Hydra (because it lived near Lerna in Greece), was part of a brood of ancient mythical monsters. Its parents were the creatures Typhoeus and Echidna, and its siblings included other multi-headed beasts, such as Cerberus and the Chimera. The Hydra itself was a serpent with numerous heads (the …
Calypso – Mythopedia
网页2023年1月6日 — Calypso. Calypso, the “Concealer,” was a daughter of the Atlas. She was a or goddess who lived on the remote island of Ogygia. Calypso was known for saving Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on his journey home from the Trojan War. She kept him with her for seven years, during which time she tried to convince him to become her …