Columbia Encyclopedia
Search results
500 results found
Cerynean hind
(Encyclopedia)Cerynean hind sĕrĭnēˈən [key], in Greek mythology, golden-horned hind sacred to Artemis. The fourth labor of Hercules was to capture the hind. ...Broad, Eli
(Encyclopedia) Broad, Eli, 1933-2021, American financier and philanthropist, Bronx, N.Y., Michigan State College (BA, 1954). Broad was the son of poor Lithuania-Jewis...Mnemosyne
(Encyclopedia)Mnemosyne nēmŏsˈĭnē, nēmŏzˈ– [key], in Greek mythology, the personification of memory. She was a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea. The Muses were her daughters by Zeus. ...Melampus
(Encyclopedia)Melampus mĭlămˈpəs [key], in Greek mythology, seer who understood the speech of all creatures. It was said that he introduced the worship of Dionysus into Greece. ...Leander
(Encyclopedia)Leander lēănˈdər [key]: see hero, in Greek mythology. ...Dardanus
(Encyclopedia)Dardanus därˈdənəs [key], in Greek mythology, founder of Troy; son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra. His descendants, the Trojans, were sometimes called the Dardani. ...Cretan bull
(Encyclopedia)Cretan bull, in Greek mythology, giant bull that Hercules captured as his seventh labor. Some versions of the legend state that this bull was the same one that carried Europa to Crete; others claim th...Penthesilea
(Encyclopedia)Penthesilea pĕnˌthĕsəlēˈə [key], in Greek mythology, an Amazon queen. In the Trojan War, she led a troop of Amazons against the Greeks. She was killed by Achilles, who then fell in love with he...Alcinoüs
(Encyclopedia)Alcinoüs ălsĭnˈōəs [key], in Greek mythology, king of Phaeacia, father of Nausicaä. He aided Odysseus in his journey back to Ithaca. In the story of Jason, he protects Jason and Medea from the ...Actaeon
(Encyclopedia)Actaeon ăktēˈən [key], in Greek mythology, son of Aristaeus and Autonoë. Because he saw Artemis bathing naked, she changed him into a stag, and his own dogs killed him. ...Browse by Subject
- Earth and the Environment +-
- History +-
- Literature and the Arts +-
- Medicine +-
- People +-
- Philosophy and Religion +-
-
Places
+-
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia and Oceania
- Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries
- Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations
- Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Oceans, Continents, and Polar Regions
- Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans
- United States, Canada, and Greenland
- Plants and Animals +-
- Science and Technology +-
- Social Sciences and the Law +-
- Sports and Everyday Life +-
