Nov 29, 2022 · Antiope, daughter of Ares, was a great warrior and an Amazon queen. She is best known for being carried off by the Athenian hero Theseus (though whether she went willingly or not varies by the tradition and source).

Oct 9, 2023 · Antiope was the beautiful daughter of either King Nycteus of Thebes or of the river god Asopus. Zeus fell in love with her and slept with her in the form of a satyr. Fleeing to conceal her pregnancy, Antiope wound up in the custody of King Epopeus of Sicyon. But she was forced to return to Thebes, where she was put in the care of her uncle Lycus.

Oct 9, 2023 · Zethus was a Greek hero and king, the son of Zeus and Antiope and the twin brother of Amphion (though some sources named Antiope’s mortal husband Epopeus of Sicyon as the twins’ father). Abandoned at birth, Zethus and Amphion were raised by a herdsman; they later returned to Thebes to destroy those who had abused their mother.

May 16, 2023 · The myth of Theseus and Antiope is also reimagined in Steven Pressfield’s novel Last of the Amazons (2002). Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The House of Asterion (published in Spanish in 1947) presents an interesting variation on the myth of the Minotaur, told from the perspective of the Minotaur rather than Theseus.

Sep 28, 2023 · Dirce, daughter of Ismenus, was the wife of the Theban king Lycus. She is best remembered for her savage mistreatment of her husband’s niece Antiope. Dirce was ultimately killed by Antiope’s sons Amphion and Zethus, who threw her body into the Theban river to which Dirce gave her name.

Oct 9, 2023 · Amphion was a Greek hero and king, the son of Zeus and Antiope and the twin brother of Zethus (in some accounts, Antiope’s mortal husband Epopeus of Sicyon was also named as the twins’ father). Amphion and Zethus were abandoned as infants and raised by a herdsman, but they later returned to Thebes to punish those who had mistreated their ...

Jul 11, 2023 · Her sisters may have included Antiope, Penthesilea, Melanippe, and Orithyia. In some traditions, Hippolyta was taken captive by the Athenian Theseus after she lost her girdle to Heracles (though in other traditions it was Antiope, not Hippolyta, who was taken). Theseus soon fell in love with her and made her his wife.

Jul 28, 2023 · Theseus’ abduction of the Amazon queen Antiope has been the subject of several historical fiction novels, most notably Mary Renault’s The Bull from the Sea (1962) and Steven Pressfield’s Last of the Amazons (2002). Other Amazon queens, such as Hippolyta and Penthesilea, have also appeared in novels, poems, and dramas by various authors (e ...

May 23, 2023 · Greek. Ariadne first appeared in Greek literature in the Iliad and the Odyssey, epic poems attributed to Homer (eighth century BCE): Book 18 of the Iliad briefly mentions that Daedalus built a dancing floor for Ariadne (590–92), while Book 11 of the Odyssey alludes to the tradition in which Ariadne was killed by Artemis on Dia (321–25).

Mar 10, 2023 · Overview. Penthesilea, daughter of Ares and Otrera, was an Amazon queen who fought and died in the Trojan War. . After Hector, the leader of the Trojan army, was killed in the final year of the war, Penthesilea arrived with a small but highly skilled troop of Amazon warriors to help the doomed city against the G