Aug 1, 2017 · Circe seems to describe an opposite flow in the Odyssey, saying that the Cocytus gets its water from the Styx, of which the Cocytus is thus a tributary. It doesn't seem expressly clear in the Odyssey what exactly Styx is, and so presumably whence the license for Plato to describe it as a lake, and for Virgil as yet some other sort of water-body.

Aug 22, 2017 · The taskmaster in the story of Cupid and Psyche was Cupid's mother, the love goddess Venus or Aphrodite. Venus had never liked Psyche, so the opportunity of putting her to a series of tests gave Ve...

Dec 8, 2015 · It is said in Greek Mythology that a swear over the river Styx cannot be broken. So what would happen, theoretically of course, if two swears from the same person contradicted one another?

Jun 17, 2018 · There’s an explanation in canto 11. Recall that the eighth (malebolges) and ninth (Cocytus) are the circles of fraud. Virgil explains to Dante that fraud is the worst of sins, because it is a perversion of the faculty of reason that God granted only to humans: “Of all malicious wrong that earns Heaven’s hate

"Mint (Mintha), men say, was once a maid beneath the earth, a Nymphe of Kokytos (Cocytus), and she lay in the bed of Aidoneus [Hades]; but when he kidnapped the maid Persephone from the Aitnaian hill [Mount Etna in Sicily], then she complained loudly with overweening words and raved foolishly for jealousy, and Persephone in anger trampled upon ...

Dec 30, 2018 · Cocytus - the river of lamentation. Phlegethon - the river of fire. Lethe - the river of forgetfulness ...

Dec 18, 2016 · There is also Cocytus, a most unlovely stream. I believe it was because Homer had seen these places that he made bold to describe in his poems the regions of Hades, and gave to the rivers there the names of those in Thesprotia. Pausanias (2nd century). Description of Greece 1.17.5. Translated by W. H. S. Jones and H. A. Ormerod (1918).

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Q&A for enthusiasts and scholars of mythology and folklore. Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

Dec 17, 2024 · Q&A for enthusiasts and scholars of mythology and folklore. Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.