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Thisbe , in Greek legend
(Encyclopedia)Thisbe: see Pyramus and Thisbe.chorus, in Greek drama
(Encyclopedia)chorus, in the drama of ancient Greece. Originally the chorus seems to have arisen from the singing of the dithyramb, and the dithyrambic chorus allegedly became a true dramatic chorus when Thespis in...Ion, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Ion: see Creusa (1.)Echidna, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Echidna: see Typhon.Alpheus, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Alpheus ălfēˈəs [key], river god: see Arethusa. ...hamadryads, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)hamadryads: see nymph.Agave, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Agave əgāˈvē [key]: see Pentheus. ...Calliope, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Calliope kəlīˈəpē [key]: see Muses; Orpheus. ...Calypso, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Calypso kəlĭpˈsō [key], nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. Although she offered to make him immortal if...Zoroaster
(Encyclopedia)Zoroaster zōrˈōăsˌtər [key], c.628 b.c.–c.551 b.c., religious teacher and prophet of ancient Persia, founder of Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster, the name by which he is ordinarily known, is derived ...Browse by Subject
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