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Mimas (Giant), the Glossary

In Greek mythology, Mimas (Ancient Greek: Μίμας) was one of the Gigantes (Giants), the offspring of Gaia, born from the blood of the castrated Uranus.^[1]

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Alcyoneus

In Greek mythology, Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus (Alkyoneús) was a traditional opponent of the hero Heracles. Mimas (Giant) and Alcyoneus are children of Gaia and Gigantes.

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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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Apollonius of Rhodes (Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος Apollṓnios Rhódios; Apollonius Rhodius; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece.

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Ares

Ares (Ἄρης, Árēs) is the Greek god of war and courage.

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Argonautica

The Argonautica (translit) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC.

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Aristaeus (giant)

In Greek mythology Aristaeus (most excellent) is one of the Giants, the earth-born children of Gaia. Mimas (Giant) and Aristaeus (giant) are children of Gaia, Gigantes, Hephaestus and Mount Etna.

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Arthur Bernard Cook

Arthur Bernard Cook (22 October 1868 – 26 April 1952) was a British archeologist and classical scholar, best known for his three-part work, Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion.

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Attica (region)

Attica (translit) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, the core city of which is the country's capital and largest city, Athens.

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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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Black-figure pottery

Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic (μελανόμορφα||), is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases.

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Claudian

Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός), was a Latin poet associated with the court of the Roman emperor Honorius at Mediolanum (Milan), and particularly with the general Stilicho.

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Delphi

Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world.

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Dinos

In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the (plural) is a mixing bowl or cauldron.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Gaia

In Greek mythology, Gaia (Γαῖα|, a poetic form of, meaning 'land' or 'earth'),,,. also spelled Gaea, is the personification of Earth.

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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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Giants (Greek mythology)

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (Greek: Γίγαντες, Gígantes, Γίγας, Gígas), were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size. Mimas (Giant) and Giants (Greek mythology) are children of Gaia, Deeds of Aphrodite, Deeds of Ares, Deeds of Zeus and Gigantes.

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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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Hephaestus

Hephaestus (eight spellings; Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. Mimas (Giant) and Hephaestus are Deeds of Aphrodite, Deeds of Ares and Deeds of Zeus.

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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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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC),Suetonius,. commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96.

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Ion (play)

Ion (Ἴων, Iōn) is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to have been written between 414 and 412 BC.

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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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Lydos

Lydos (Greek: Λυδός, the Lydian) was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style.

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Mars (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Mārs) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome.

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Mimas

Mimas, also designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn.

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Mount Etna

Mount Etna, or simply Etna (Etna or Mongibello; Muncibbeḍḍu or 'a Muntagna; Aetna; Αἴτνα and Αἴτνη), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Phlegraean Islands

The Phlegraean Islands (Isole Flegree; Isule Flegree) are an archipelago in the Gulf of Naples and the Campania region of southern Italy.

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Picolous

In Greek mythology, Picolous (Πικόλοος) is the name of one of the Gigantes, the offspring of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus. Mimas (Giant) and Picolous are children of Gaia and Gigantes.

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Polybotes

In Greek mythology, Polybotes (Πολυβώτης) was one of the giants, the offspring of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). Mimas (Giant) and Polybotes are children of Gaia and Gigantes.

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Procida

Procida (Proceta) is one of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy.

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Punica (poem)

The Punica is a Latin epic poem in seventeen books in dactylic hexameter written by Silius Italicus (c. 28 – c. 103 AD), comprising some twelve thousand lines (12,202, to be exact, if one includes a probably spurious passage in book 8).

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Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

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Silius Italicus

Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (c. 26 – c. 101 AD) was a Roman senator, orator and epic poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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Siphnian Treasury

The Siphnian Treasury was a building at the Ancient Greek cult centre of Delphi, erected to host the offerings of the polis, or city-state, of Siphnos. Mimas (Giant) and Siphnian Treasury are Gigantes.

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Tartarus

In Greek mythology, Tartarus (Τάρταρος||) is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Mimas (Giant) and Tartarus are children of Gaia.

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Temple of Apollo (Delphi)

The Temple of Apollo, also known as Apollonion, (Greek) was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located in Central Greece at Delphi.

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Theogony

The Theogony (i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed.

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Twelve Olympians

relief (1st century BCendash1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff), Artemis (bow and quiver) and Apollo (lyre) from the Walters Art Museum.Walters Art Museum, http://art.thewalters.org/detail/38764 accession number 23.40.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(Giant)

Also known as Mimas (mythology).

Mimas (Giant), the Glossary

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See also

Deeds of Ares

Gigantes

Hephaestus

Mount Etna

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