Who did Myrrha love?

The myth details the incestuous relationship between Myrrha and her father, Cinyras. Myrrha falls in love with her father and tricks him into sexual intercourse. After discovering her identity, Cinyras draws his sword and pursues Myrrha. She flees across Arabia and, after nine months, turns to the gods for help.
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Why did Myrrha love her father?

Defendant accused of harassing Myrrha, daughter of Cinyras. Complainants (Cinyras and Cenchreis) claim that Aphrodite cursed Myrrha with madness that made her fall in love with father.
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Who did Ixion fall in love with?

Ixion falling for the ruse, made love to the cloud, and from this union, Centaurus was born, he who would later create the race of centaurs.
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Why did Aphrodite curse Myrrha?

Aphrodite's Curse

This curse was perhaps due to Myrrha spurning the worship of the goddess, but more commonly it was said that Myrrha's mother, Cenchreis boasted of Myrrha's beauty surpassing that of Aphrodite. Aphrodite's curse, saw Myrrha fall physically in love with her father.
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Who fell in love with Zeus?

Zeus fell in love with Io and seduced her. To try to keep Hera from noticing he covered the world with a thick blanket of clouds. This backfired, arousing Hera's suspicions. She came down from Mount Olympus and begain dispersing the clouds.
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Does Zeus cheat on wife?

Unfortunately, Zeus constantly cheats on Hera and he has done it over a hundred times, but in the end Hera always forgives him. But that does not make her angry and mad. This anger then goes to his sons and daughters as she takes her anger out on the children he has with the other mortals and deities.
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Who was Zeus favorite child?

Athena is also the favorite child of Zeus, being allowed to carry his Aegis, or armor, into battle.
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Who was prettier than Aphrodite?

Psyche was a young princess from Sicily, famous for her extraordinary beauty. According to legend, she was even more beautiful than Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.
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Who did Aphrodite love the most?

The most long-standing and significant of all of Aphrodite's lovers was Ares. But one night, the lovers tarried too long together. As Helius hitched up his golden chariot of the sun, he saw the lovers in Ares' palace in Thrace.
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Who was jealous of Aphrodite?

The Mystery About Cupid

Psyche had two sisters who were as jealous as Aphrodite. Cupid was a wonderful lover and husband to Psyche, but there was one odd thing about their relationship: He made sure Psyche never saw what he looked like. Psyche didn't mind.
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Who attempted to seduce Hera?

Ixion, in Greek legend, son either of the god Ares or of Phlegyas, king of the Lapiths in Thessaly. He murdered his father-in-law and could find no one to purify him until Zeus did so and admitted him as a guest to Olympus. Ixion abused his pardon by trying to seduce Zeus's wife, Hera.
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Who was Ixions wife?

Ixion married Dia, a daughter of Deioneus (or Eioneus), and promised his father-in-law a valuable present.
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Who trained Chiron?

Many Greek heroes, including Heracles, Achilles, Jason, and Asclepius, were instructed by him. Chiron frequently appears in the legends of his grandson, Peleus, and his great-grandson, Achilles.
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Who did Aphrodite mate with?

She was married to Hephaestus, the blacksmith of the gods, but Aphrodite had many lovers among the gods, as well as among mortal men. Her lovers included Ares, the god of war, and the mortal Anchises, a Trojan prince with whom she had a famous son, Aeneas.
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Who cursed Myrrha?

In his Fabulae, written around 1 A.D. Hyginus states that King Cinyras of Assyria had a daughter by his wife, Cenchreis. The daughter was named Smyrna and the mother boasted that her child excelled even Venus in beauty. Angered, Venus punished the mother by cursing Smyrna to fall in love with her father.
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How did Smyrna get pregnant?

Hippolyte told the king that a girl of exalted parentage wanted to lie with him, but in secret. The affair lasted for an extended period of time, and Smyrna became pregnant. At this point, Thias desired to know who she was so he hid a light, illuminating the room and discovering Smyrna's identity when she entered.
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Who killed Aphrodite?

HALIA, BROTHERS OF Six princes of the island of Rhodes (Greek Aegean) who drove Aphrodite away when she tried to land on their island following her sea-birth.
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Who was Athena in love with?

Just like Artemis and Hestia, Athena was never swayed by love or passion. Consequently, she never had any children. Some say that Erichthonius was an exception, but, in fact, Athena was only his foster-mother.
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Why is Athena a virgin?

Althought Athena is a virgin goddess, she mothered the god Erichthonios by Hephaestus. According to myth, she went to Hephaestus wanting some weapons forged. When Hephaestus tried to rape her, she protected her virginity and he ejaculated on her leg.
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Who is the nicest Greek goddess?

Hestia in Greek Mythology

Hestia was regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all the Gods.
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Who did Aphrodite hate?

693 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : "And you should fear the vengeance of the gods, Idalie [Aphrodite] who hates a stony heart, the wrath, the unforgotten wrath of Rhamnusis [Nemesis].
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Who is the coolest goddess?

Female power was also venerated in ancient times, as portrayed by these kickass goddesses from around the world.
  • 1) Kali. ...
  • 2) Sekhmet. ...
  • 3) Ishtar. ...
  • 4) Hecate. ...
  • 5) Izanami-no-Mikoto. ...
  • 6) The Morrigan. ...
  • 7) Papatūānuku. ...
  • 8) Tiamat.
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Who is Zeus's strongest child?

Heracles – Son of Zeus and Alcmene

He possessed superhuman strength and courage. Because he was a reminder of Zeus's unfaithfulness, Hera made it her mission to make his life miserable. At one point, she drove him to madness and he killed his own children.
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Who was Zeus afraid of?

The answer is simple: he was afraid of making Nyx angry. This story is unique because Zeus usually is not afraid of angering the other gods or goddesses.
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Who was Zeus favorite wife?

Hera. The most famous wife of Zeus is Hera. She was his principal wife and the Queen of heaven.
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