The river Eridanos /əˈrɪdəˌnɒs/ or Eridanus (/əˈrɪdənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) is a river in Northern Europe mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography...

worlds. See also Eridanos. The first region of Hades comprises the Fields of Asphodel, described in Odyssey xi, where the shades of heroes wander despondently...

In classical mythology, the Cap of Invisibility (Ἅϊδος κυνέη (H)aïdos kyneē in Greek, lit. dog-skin of Hades) is a helmet or cap that can turn the wearer...

was one of the rivers of the underworld of Hades. Also known as the Amelēs potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos...

(Ἀλφειός), the white river Eridanos (Ἠριδανός), the river of amber Kokytos (Kωκυτός), the river of wailing Lethe (Λήθη), the river of forgetfulness (its...

god of the river Alpheus Cocytus, god of the river Cocytus Eridanos, god of the river Eridanos Lethe, goddess of the river Lethe Phlegethon, god of the...

through which souls pass to reach Hades, and can sometimes be used as a synonym for Tartarus or Hades. The meaning of the word Erebos (Ἔρεβος) is "darkness"...

is an Underworld Naiad nymph associated with the river Cocytus. She was beloved by Hades, the King of the Underworld, and became his mistress. But she...

good friend of Phaethon, when Phaethon died, he sat by the river Eridanos mourning his death. The gods turned him into a swan to relieve him of his pity...

company of Pan, the god of nature. Eurydice, for whom Orpheus traveled into dark Hades, was an Auloniad, and it was in the valley of the Thessalian river Pineios...

A list of works by Lucian (c. AD 125 – after AD 180), who wrote in Ancient Greek. The order of the works is that of the Oxford Classical Texts edition...

Posthomerica 5.300, "The Daughters of the Sun, the Lord of Omens, shed (tears) for Phaethon slain, when by Eridanos' flood they mourned for him. These...

bore the first generation of Olympians: the six siblings Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Certain descendants of the Titans, such as Prometheus...

"as many" rivers as the "three thousand neat-ankled daughters of Ocean", and at 330–345, names 25 of these river gods: Nilus, Alpheus, Eridanos, Strymon...

daughters of Nyx ("Night"), while in Virgil's Aeneid, they are daughters of Pluto (Hades) and Nox (Nyx). In some accounts, they were the daughters of Euronymè...

Hades. She is a boss and a potential romance partner to Zagreus, the main character. Megaera is one of the three antagonists in the video game God of...

with Hades (Pluto), the ruler of the underworld. Likewise, the three-pronged trident is the implement of his brother Poseidon (Neptune), god of the seas...

Hades to claim Alkestis, Heracles sprung upon the god and overpowered him, winning the right to have Alkestis remain, while Thanatos fled, cheated of...

Kerenyi to mean that Plutus was supposed to be the son of Hades and Persephone, the king and the queen of the Underworld, though no such version is attested...

source texts. For lists of Naiads, Oceanids, Dryades etc., see respective articles. Sabrina (the river Severn) Tágides (Tagus River) Hylas and nymphs from...

wings of] Arke). Podarces was also the original name of Priam, the king of Troy. Following her daughter Persephone's abduction by Hades, the goddess of agriculture...

Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers (Potamoi), a child of Oceanus and Tethys. The nymph Creusa bore him one son, Hypseus, who was King of the...

nymph and a daughter of the Titan Oceanus. Hades fell in love with her and abducted her to the underworld. She lived out the span of her life in his realm...

described as "[having] a heart of flint within her", was the daughter of Pontus and Gaia, consort to the Titan Crius, and mother of Astraeus, Perses, and Pallas...

(Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος) was a river god in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river (modern Büyük Menderes River) in Caria, southern Asia Minor...

twin boys. The River Enipeus (now Enipeas) is located in Thessaly, and was the site of the Battle of Cynoscephalae and the Battle of Pharsalus. Grant...

sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was a courtier in the court of Dionysius...

(/æmˈbroʊziə, -ʒə/, Ancient Greek: ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality...

Younger writes that she "lies with wasted jaw" by Cocytus, the Underworld river of lamentation. Aeneas is guided by the Sibyl through the Underworld: They...

part of the story's original text in Ancient Greek; the fable influenced his writing of his literary masterpiece The Lord of The Rings. Helm of Hades Laird...