Mythology

There are 559 items in Mythology:

Smintheum

Smintheum: temple of Apollo in the southwestern Troad, modern Gülpinar.The shrine of Apollo Smintheus (Σμινθεύς, "destroyer of mice") is mentioned by Homer as the temple where Chryses was priest.note[Homer, Iliad 1.39.] The town next to the temple was sometimes called…

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Sphinx

Sphinx (Greek: Σφίγξ): mythological creature with the body of a lion and a human head. A Phoenician sphinx from Carthage; there…

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