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Erato (mythology), the Glossary

In Greek mythology, Erato (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ, Eratō; 'desired, lovely') was the name of the following individuals.^[1]

42 relations: Ancient Greek, Ancient Libya, Arcas, Athenaeus, Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Bromius (son of Aegyptus), Charles Henry Oldfather, Danaus, Diodorus Siculus, Dionysus, Doris (Oceanid), Dryad, Dynastes (mythology), Erato, Erato (dryad), Eudaemon (mythology), Gaius Julius Hyginus, Greek mythology, Heracles, Herodorus, Hesiod, Hypermnestra, John Tzetzes, Károly Kerényi, Lion of Cithaeron, Loeb Classical Library, Megamede, Muses, Naiad, Nereids, Nereus, Nymph, Nysa (mythology), Nysiads, Oceanids, Old Man of the Sea, Pausanias (geographer), Polyxo, Thames & Hudson, Theogony, Thespiae, Thespius.
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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Ancient Libya

During the Iron Age and Classical antiquity, Libya (from Greek Λιβύη: Libyē, which came from Berber: Libu) referred to modern-day Africa west of the Nile river.

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Arcas

In Greek mythology, Arcas (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia.

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Athenaeus of Naucratis (Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or Naukratios; Athenaeus Naucratita) was a Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD.

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Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)

The Bibliotheca (Ancient Greek: label), also known as the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, genealogical tables and histories arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century CE.

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Bromius (son of Aegyptus)

In Greek mythology, Bromius (Ancient Greek: Βρομίος) was an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.

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Charles Henry Oldfather

Charles Henry Oldfather (13 June 1887 – 20 August 1954) was an American professor of Greek and Ancient History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Danaus

In Greek mythology, Danaus (Δαναός Danaós) was the king of Libya.

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Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.

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Dionysus

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (Διόνυσος) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.

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Doris (Oceanid)

Doris (Ancient Greek: Δωρίς/Δωρίδος means 'bounty'), in Greek mythology, was a sea goddess.

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Dryad

A dryad (Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology.

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Dynastes (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Dynastes (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυβίης) was the Thespian son of Heracles and Erato, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae.

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Erato

In Greek mythology, Erato (Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.

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Erato (dryad)

In Greek mythology, Erato (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ "desired" or "lovely") was a dryad.

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Eudaemon (mythology)

The eudaemon, eudaimon, or eudemon (εὐδαίμων) in Greek mythology was a type of daemon or genius (deity), which in turn was a kind of spirit.

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Gaius Julius Hyginus

Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Heracles

Heracles (glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.

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Herodorus

Herodorus (Ἡρόδωρος), also called Herodorus of Heraclea (Ἡρόδωρος ὁ Ἡρακλεώτης) was a native of Heraclea Pontica and wrote a history on Heracles around 400 BC.

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Hesiod

Hesiod (or; Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

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Hypermnestra

Hypermnestra (Ὑπερμνήστρα, Hypermnēstra), in Greek mythology, was a Libyan princess and, as one of the 50 Danaids, the daughters of King Danaus, son of King Belus of Egypt. Erato (mythology) and Hypermnestra are Danaïdes and Princesses in Greek mythology.

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John Tzetzes

John Tzetzes (Iōánnēs Tzétzēs;, Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century.

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Károly Kerényi

Károly Kerényi (Kerényi Károly,; 19 January 1897 – 14 April 1973), also known as Karl Kerényi and Karl Kerenyi, was a Hungarian scholar in classical philology and one of the founders of modern studies of Greek mythology.

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Lion of Cithaeron

The Lion of Cithaeron was a lion in Greek mythology which harassed the lands of king Amphitryon and king Thespius or of king Megareus.

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Loeb Classical Library

The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press.

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Megamede

In Greek mythology, Megamede (Ancient Greek: Μεγαμήδης) was the daughter of Arneus who became the wife of King Thespius of Thespiae and mothered his 50 daughters who consorted with Heracles.

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Muses

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Moûsai, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.

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Naiad

In Greek mythology, the naiads (naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.

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Nereids

In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides (Nērēḯdes;, also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris, sisters to their brother Nerites.

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Nereus

In Greek mythology, Nereus was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia (the Earth), with Pontus himself being a son of Gaia.

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Nymph

A nymph (νύμφη|nýmphē;; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore.

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Nysa (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the mountainous district of Nysa (Νῦσα), variously associated with Ethiopia, Libya, Boeotia, Thrace, India, or Arabia by Greek mythographers, was the traditional place where the rain nymphs, the Hyades, raised the infant god Dionysus, the "God of Nysa.".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erato_(mythology)

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