Enlight Souls of suitors in the kingdom of Hades The god Hermes summoned the souls of the suitors from their corpses with his golden rod, with which he closed the eyes of people with sleep and drove away sleep. With a plaintive cry, souls flew after... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Daughters of Minias And in Orkhomenes, in Boeotia, they did not want to immediately recognize the god Dionysus. When the priest of Dionysus-Bacchus appeared in Orchomen and invited all the girls and women to the forests ... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Dioscuri, Castor and Polydeuces The wife of the king of Sparta Tyndareus was the beautiful Leda, the daughter of the king of Aetolia, Thestia. Throughout Greece, Leda was famous for its marvelous beauty. Leda became the wife of Zeus... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Dionysus and his retinue With a cheerful crowd of maenads and satyrs decorated with wreaths, the cheerful god Dionysus walks around the world, from country to country. He walks in front wearing a wreath of grapes with an ivy-... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Daedalus and Icarus The greatest artist, sculptor and architect of Athens was Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus. It was said about him that he carved such marvelous statues from snow-white marble that they seemed aliv... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Deucalion and Pyrrha (Flood) The people of the Copper Age committed many crimes. Arrogant and wicked, they did not obey the Olympian gods. The Thunderer Zeus was angry with them; Zeus was especially angered by the king of Lykosur... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Daphne The bright, joyful god Apollo knows sadness, and grief befell him. He experienced grief shortly after defeating Python. When Apollo, proud of his victory, stood over the monster killed by his arrows, ... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Danaids The son of Zeus and Io, Epaphus, had a son Bel, and he had two sons - Egypt and Danaus. The entire country, which is irrigated by the fertile Nile, was owned by Egypt, from which this country received... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Greeks in Aulis When all the Greek ships gathered again in Aulis, the Greeks pulled their ships ashore. A huge military camp was formed on the shore. Many heroes did not stay in Aulis. They returned home. The leader ... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Hymen Aphrodite has one more assistant and companion—the young god of marriage, Hymen. He flies on his snow-white wings ahead of the wedding processions. The flame of his marriage torch burns brightly. Choi... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Hyacinth Beautiful, equal to the Olympian gods themselves in his beauty, the young son of the king of Sparta, Hyacinth, was a friend of the arrow god Apollo. Apollo often appeared on the banks of the Eurotas i... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Hephaestus Hephaestus, the son of Zeus and Hera, the god of fire, the blacksmith god, with whom no one can compare in the art of forging, was born on Bright Olympus as a weak and lame child. The great Hera becam... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
