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Tegyrius

(102 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[German version] (Τεγύριος; Tegýrios). Mythical king of the Thracians. T. takes in the banished Eumolpus and his son Ismarus and gives the son his daughter in marriage. Eumolpus flees to Eleusis when an ambush he has planned against T. is revealed. After Ismarus's death, however, T. calls Eumolpus back. They are reconciled and Eumolpus takes over power from T. (Apollod. 3,202). T., eponym of the Boeotian city of Tegyra, evidently does not belong to the historical Thracian people, but to the Thracian tribes that settled in Boeotia in the prehistoric period [1].…

Psyche

(547 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Ψυχή; Psychḗ). [German version] [1] Lover of Amor Female protagonist in the novella Psyche et Cupido embedded in Apuleius' (Ap(p)uleius [III]) Metamorphoses (Apul. Met. 4,28-6,24). P., a royal princess, is honoured throughout the world by virtue of her extraordinary beauty as a new Venus. Thus spurned and thereby enraged, the true goddess Venus sends her son Cupid/Amor (Eros [1]) to punish P.; Cupid, however, falls in love with her. As P.'s singularity makes it impossible to find her a husband, her father consults the oracle of the Milesian Apollo. In accordance with its gloomy instructions, she is abandoned to the attentions of a reputed monster on a mountain peak. Whippe…

Thyia, Thy(i)ades

(156 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Θυία/ Thyía, Θυῖα/ Thyîa, Θυίη/ Thyíē, plural Θυῖαι/ Thyîai; Θυ(ι)άς/ Thy(i)ás, plural Θυ(ι)άδες/ Thy(i)ádes, 'stormers'). [German version] …

Praxidice

(161 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
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Pronoe

(67 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Προνόη; Pronóē). [German version] [1] Nereid One of the Nereids, according to Hes. Theog. 261. Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) Bibliography …

Parthenope

(153 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Παρθενόπη; Parthenópē). [German version] [1] One of the three Sirens in southern Italy One of the three Sirens in southern Italy (Aristot. Mir. 103), as such probably the daughter of Achelous [2] (Sil. Pun. 12,34; Apollod. 1,18; 1,63). After P. plunged into the s…

Tyche

(702 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) | Falco
(Τύχη/ Týchē, Τύχα/ Týcha). [German version] …

Sthen(n)o

(39 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[German version] (Σθεν(ν)ώ/ Sthen(n)ṓ, 'the strong one'). One o…

Theoclymenus

(89 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[German version] (Θεοκλύμενος; Theoklýmenos). Mythical seer from Argos, son of Polypheides and hence descendant of Melampus [1] (Hom. Od. 15,223-256). In Pylus [1] T., a fugitive for manslaughter, encounters Telemachus. The latter takes the supplicant with him to Ithaca, where initi…

Podargus

(53 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[German version] (Πόδαργος/ Pódargos). Name of various mythical horses. P. is the name of a horse belonging to Hector (Hom. Il. 8,185), to Menelaus [1] (

Perse(is)

(111 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Πέρση/ Pérsē, Περσηίς/ Persēís). [German version] [1] Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, wife of Helios, mother by the latter of Circe and Aeetes (Hom. Od. 10,136-139; Hes. Theog. 356; 956f.; Apollod. Epit. 7,14). Her children are varyingly named as: Aloeus, Pasiphae, Calypso, Perses [2] (Apollod. 1,83; schol. Lycoph. 174; 798b; Cic. Nat. D. 3,48; Hyg. Praef. Fab. 36 Marshall). …

Pylaea

(81 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[German version] [1] Epithet of Demeter (Πυλαία/ Pylaía, Πυλαίη/ Pylaíē). Epithet of Demeter in her sanctuary at Thermopylae, where she was worshipped together with her daughter Persephone  (Callim. Epigr. 39; schol. Hom. Il. 16,174; cf. Erotianus, Vocum Hippocraticarum Collectio, s. v. Πύλας, p. 74 Nachmanson). Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) [German version] [2] Assembly of the Delphic Amphictyonia (Πύλαια/ Pýlaia). Assembly of the Delphic Amphictyonia in the sanctuary of Demeter Amphiktyonis at Thermopylae [1. 175]. Gate, deities associated with Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) Bibliogra…

Pylaia

(77 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[English version] [1] Beiname der Demeter (Πυλαία, Πυλαίη). Beiname der Demeter in ihrem Heiligtum an den Thermopylai, wo sie gemeinsam mit ihrer Tochter Persephone verehrt wurde (Kall. epigr. 39; schol. Hom. Il. 16,174; vgl. Erotianos, Vocum Hippocraticarum Collectio, s. v. Πύλας, p. 74 Nachmanson). Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) [English version] [2] Versammlung der delphischen Amphiktyonia (Πύλαια). Versammlung der delphischen Amphiktyonia im Heiligtum der Demeter Amphiktyonis bei den Thermopylai [1. 175]. Torgötter Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) Bibliography 1 G. Roux, Delphi, 1971.

Peiraios

(40 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[English version] (Πείραιος). Sohn des Klytios, aus Ithaka, treuer Gefährte des Telemachos. P. begleitet diesen nach Pylos und nimmt den Seher Theoklymenos bei sich auf (Hom. Od. 15,539-544; 17,55 und 71-78; 20,372). Johannsen, Nina (Kiel) Bibliography Preller/Robert 2, 1408.

Psyche

(505 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Ψυχή). [English version] [1] Geliebte des Amor Weibliche Hauptfigur der in den ‘Metamorphosen’ des Apuleius (Ap(p)uleius [III]) eingebetteten Novelle ‘Amor und Ps. (Apul. met. 4,28-6,24). Ps., eine Königstochter, wird wegen ihrer außerordentlichen Schönheit von aller Welt als eine neue Venus verehrt. Deshalb mißachtet und erzürnt, sendet die wahre Göttin Venus ihren Sohn Cupido/Amor (Eros [1]) zur Bestrafung Ps.s aus, der sich jedoch in diese verliebt. Da Ps.s Außergewöhnlichkeit es unmöglich macht, einen Gatten für sie zu finden, befragt ihr Vater das Orakel des milesischen Apollon, und Ps. wird gemäß dessen düsteren Anweisungen auf einem Berggipfel einem vermeintlichen Ungeheue…

Podargos

(46 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)

Pronoe

(63 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Προνόη). [English version] …

Praxidike

(156 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
[English version] (Πραξιδίκη). Griech. Eidgöttin (“Vollstreckerin des Rechts”), Schwester des Zeus Soter, von diesem auch Mutter der Homonoia und der Arete (die auch als Praxidíkai bezeichnet werden) sowie des Ktesios (Mnaseas FHG 3, 152 fr. 17). Nach Panyassis, fr. 18 K Matthews Gattin des Tremiles, Mutter von Tlos, Pinaros, Kragos. Daneben findet sich der Pl. Praxidíkai

Perse(is)

(109 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
(Πέρση, Περσηίς). …

Parthenope

(133 words)

Author(s): Johannsen, Nina (Kiel)
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