Euhemerus
Euhemerus (spending days cheerfully) Fourth century b.c.e. Greek writer on mythology whose book Sacred History theorizes that the gods were originally humans who were later…
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Eudora
Eudora (generous) In Greek mythology, one of the Nereids, the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris who attended Poseidon. Homer’s Iliad (book 18), Hesiod’s Theogony,…
Etna
Etna (Aetna, Etna) In Greek and Roman history and mythology, volcanic mountain on the eastern coast of Sicily where the forge of Hephaestus, god of…
Eteocles and Polynices
Eteocles and Polynices (true glory and much strife) In Greek mythology, sons of Oedipus and Jocasta (or Euryganeia); brothers of Antigone and Ismene. Both sons…
Erytheis
Erytheis (crimson) In Greek mythology, one of the Hesperides who guarded the Golden Apples in the garden of the Hesperides. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology…
Erymanthian boar
Erymanthian boar In Greek mythology, the boar captured by Heracles as his fourth labor; it lived on Mount Erymanthus in Arcadia. Erymanthus is also the…
Erisichthon
Erisichthon (wool of the earth, much earth) In Greek mythology, a sacrilegious person, son of Triopas and Hiscilla of Thessaly; brother of Iphimedeia, Messene, and…
Erigone
Erigone (plentiful offspring) In Greek mythology, daughter of Icarius of Athens. She was raped by Dionysus, who transformed himself into a grape. When her father…
Erichthonius
Erichthonius (much earth) In Greek mythology, culture hero, fourth king of Athens, who had serpent’s tails for legs. Erichthonius was the son of Hephaestus, the…
Erato
Erato (sexual passion) In Greek mythology, one of the nine Muses; Muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs; daughter of Zeus and…