Author: Lux Ferre

Electra (amber) In Greek mythology, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Chrysothemis. Electra convinced her brother Orestes to murder their mother,…

Dryope (oaken face) In Greek mythology, a name for various women. According to the Homeric Hymn to Pan (attributed to Homer but not by him),…

Doris (bountiful) In Greek mythology, a sea goddess, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; sister of Eidyia, Electra, Clymene, Meliboea, Metis, Perseis, Pleione, Proteus, Styk, Europa,…

Dodona In Greek cult, the site of the oracle of Zeus, built by Deucalion after the deluge and located in northwestern Greece. At Dodona there…

Lightning struck at Diomedes’ feet (From Homer’s Iliad) – Circa 1810. Painting by Louis Moritz Diomedes (godlike ruler) In Greek mythology, hero, king of Argos,…

Deucalion and Pyrrha (new-wine sailor and fiery red) In Greek mythology, hero and heroine of the Deluge, or Flood. Deucalion was the son of Prometheus…

Demophon (voice of the people) In Greek mythology, joint king of Melos; son of Theseus and Phaedra or of Theseus’s mistress, Antiope; half brother or…

Delos (clear) In Greek legend, a small island in the Cyclades, where Apollo and Artemis were born on Mount Cynthos. Poseidon raised it from the…

Dardanus (burner-up) In Greek mythology, prime ancestor of the Trojans, son of Zeus and Electra; brother of Iasim; married to Chryse and after her death…

Daphnis and Chlöe (laurel and bright green) In Greek and Latin mythology, a romance by Longus (third century c.e.) of Daphnis, a young shepherd, and…