ABDER - son of Hermes, friend of Hercules

AUGIUS - son of Helios, king of Elis

Agenor - King of Sidon

AGLAVRA - daughter of Kekrop

AGLAYA - one of the graces

ADMET - king of Fer, friend of Hercules

ADMETA - daughter of Eurystheus, priestess of the goddess Hera

Hades - the god of the underworld (among the ancient Romans PLUTO)

ACID - son of Semetis, beloved of Galatea

ACRISIA - king of Argos, father of Danae

ALKESTIS - daughter of Tsar Iolk Pelias, wife of Admet

Alkid - the name of Hercules, given to him at birth

Alcyone - one of the seven daughters of Atlas

ALCMENA - daughter of the Mycenaean king Electrion, mother of Hercules

AMALTHEA - the goat who nursed Zeus with her milk

AMPHITRION - Greek hero, husband of Alcmene

AMPHITRITE - one of the daughters of Nereus, the wife of the god of the seas Poseidon

ANGEY - Greek hero, member of the Argonauts campaign

ANDROGEUS - the son of the Cretan king Minos, killed by the Athenians

ANDROMEDA - daughter of the king of Ethiopia Cepheus and Cassiopeia, wife of Perseus

ANTEUS - the son of the goddess of the earth Gaia and the god of the seas Poseidon

ANTEA - the wife of King Tiryns Pretus

Antiope - Amazon

APOLLO (PHEB) - god of sunlight, patron of the arts, son of Zeus

APOP - in ancient Egyptian mythology, a monstrous serpent, the enemy of the sun god Ra

ARGOS - the shipbuilder who built the ship "Argo"

ARGUS - a mythological stout-eyed monster that guarded Io

ARES - in ancient Greek mythology, the god of war, the son of Zeus and Hera (among the ancient Romans, MARS)

ARIADNE - daughter of the Cretan king Minos, beloved of Theseus, later the wife of the god Dionysus

ARCADE - son of Zeus and Callisto

ARTEMIS - goddess of the hunt, daughter of Zeus and Latona, sister of Apollo

ASKLEPIUS (ESCULAP) - the son of Apollo and Coronis, a skilled healer

ASTEROPE - one of the seven daughters of Atlas

ATA - goddess of lies and deceit

ATAMANT - King Orchomenus, son of the god of the winds Eol

ATLAS (ATLANT) - a titan holding the entire celestial sphere on his shoulders

ATHENA - the goddess of war and victory, as well as wisdom, knowledge, arts and crafts (among the ancient Romans MINERVA)

APHRODITE - the goddess of love and beauty (the ancient Romans VENUS)

AHELOY - river god

Achilles - Greek hero, son of King Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis

BELLER - Corinthian killed by Hippo

BELLEROPHONT (HIPPONOES) - the son of King Glaucus of Corinth, one of the greatest heroes of Greece

Boreas - god of the winds

VENUS (see APHRODITE)

VESTA (see HESTIA)

GALATEA - one of the Nereids, beloved Akida

Ganymede - a beautiful young man, the son of the Dardanian king Troy, abducted by Zeus

HARMONY - daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, wife of the founder of Thebes Cadmus

HEBA - eternally young beautiful daughter of Zeus and Hera

HEKATE - patroness of night evil spirits, witchcraft

HELIOS - sun god

HELIADS - daughters of the god Helios

GELLA - daughter of Atamant and the goddess of clouds and clouds Nephele

HERA - wife of Zeus

GERION - a terrible giant who had three heads, three bodies, six arms and six legs

HERCULES - one of the greatest heroes of Greece, the son of Zeus and Alcmene

HERMES - in Greek micrology, the messenger of the Olympic gods, the patron of shepherds and travelers, the god of trade and profit, the son of Zeus and Maya (among the ancient Romans, MERCURY)

GERSE - daughter of Kekrop

Hesione - wife of Prometheus

HESPERIDES - daughters of Atlas

HESTIA - daughter of Kronos, goddess of the hearth (among the ancient Romans VESTA)

Hephaestus - in Greek mythology, the god of fire, the patron of blacksmithing, the son of Zeus and Hera (among the ancient Romans, VOLCANO)

GAYA - the goddess of the Earth, from which mountains and seas originated, the first generation of gods, cyclops and giants

HYADES - daughters of Atlas who raised Dionysus

GIAS - brother of Hyades, who tragically died while hunting lions

GILAS - Hercules' squire

GILL - son of Hercules

HYMENEUS - god of marriage

Himeroth - god of passionate love

HYPERION - Titan, father of Helios

HYPNOS - god of sleep

Hippocontus - brother of Tiidareus, who expelled him from Sparta

HYPPONOES (see VELLEROFONT)

Hypsipyla - queen of the island of Lemnos

GLAVK - king of Corinth, father of Bellerophon

GLAVK - soothsayer

GRANI - goddesses of old age

Danae - daughter of King Argos Acrisius, mother of Perseus

DAR DAN - son of Zeus and daughter of Atlas Electra

Daphne - nymph

Deucalion - son of Prometheus

Daedalus - unsurpassed sculptor, painter, architect

DEIMOS (Horror) - son of the god of war Ares

DEMETRA - the goddess of fertility and the patroness of agriculture

Dejanira - wife of Hercules

DIKE - goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus and Themis

DICTIS - a fisherman who found a box with Danae and Perseus in the sea

DIOMED - Thracian king

Dione - nymph, mother of Aphrodite

Dionysus - god of viticulture and winemaking, son of Zeus and Semele

Eurystheus - king of Argos, son of Stenel

HEBRITO - father of Ifit, friend of Hercules

Eurytion - the giant slain by Hercules

EUROPE - daughter of King Sidon Agenor, beloved of Zeus

EUTERPA - the muse of lyric poetry

Euphrosyne - one of the Charites (Graces)

ELENA - daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Menelaus, because of whose abduction by Paris, the Trojan War began

ECHIDNA - monster, half-woman half-snake

ZEUS - the ruler of Heaven and Earth, the thunderer, the supreme god of the ancient Greeks (among the ancient Romans, JUPITER)

ZET - the son of the god of the winds Boreas, a participant in the campaign of the Argonauts

ID - Castor and Pollux's cousin, Castor's killer

IKAR - the son of Daedalus, who died because he got too close to the Sun

Icarius - a resident of Attica, the first to grow grapes and make wine

IMHOTEP - ancient Egyptian physician and architect

INO - daughter of the founder of Thebes Cadmus and Harmony, wife of King Orchomenus Adamant, stepmother of Frix and Gella

IO - daughter of the river god Inach, the first king of Argolis, beloved of Zeus

IOBAT - Lycian king, father of Anthea

IOLA - daughter of Bvrit

IOLAI - nephew of Hercules, son of Iphicles

IPPOLITUS - the son of the Athenian king Theseus and Hippolyta, slandered by his stepmother Fed-roy

Hippolyta - Queen of the Amazons

IRIDA - messenger of the gods

Isis - ancient Egyptian goddess, great-granddaughter of the sun god Ra

Iphicles - brother of Hercules, son of Amphitryon and Alcmene

IFIT - friend of Hercules, killed by him in a fit of madness

KADM - the son of the Sidonian king Agekor, the founder of Thebes

KALAID - the son of the god of the winds Boreas, a participant in the campaign of the Argonauts

Calliope - the muse of epic poetry

CALLISTO - daughter of the Arcadian king Lycaon, beloved of Zeus

Kalhant - soothsayer

CASSIOPEIA - Queen of Ethiopia, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda

CASTOR - son of Leda and the Spartan king Tin-dareus, brother of Pollux

Karpo - ora of summer, one of the goddesses who were in charge of the change of seasons

KEKROP - half man, half snake, founder of Athens

KELENO - one of the daughters of Atlas

KERVER (CERBER) - a three-headed dog with a snake tail, guarding the souls of the dead in the underworld of Hades

KEFEI (see CEFEI)

KICN - Phaeton's friend who turned into a snow-white swan

KILIK - son of the Sidonian king Agenor

KLYMENE - daughter of the sea goddess Thetis, wife of Helios, mother of Phaethon

CLIO - the muse of history

KLYTEMNESTRA - daughter of Leda and the Spartan king Tyndareus, wife of Agamemnon

CAPRICORN - son of Epian, childhood friend of Zeus

KOPREI - the messenger of Bvristhey, who transmitted orders to Hercules

KORONIDA - beloved of Apollo, mother of Asclepius (Aesculapius)

Creon - Theban king, father of Megara, the first wife of Hercules

KRONOS - Titan, son of Uranus and Gaia. Having overthrown his father, he became the supreme god. In turn, he was overthrown by his son Zeus

Laomedont - King of Troy

LATONA (SUMMER) - Titanide, beloved of Zeus, mother of Apollo and Artemis

LEARCH - the son of Atamant and Ino, killed by his father in a fit of madness

LEDA - wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus, mother of Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux

LYCAON - king of Arcadia, father of Callisto

Lycurgus - Thracian king who insulted Dionysus and was blinded by Zeus as punishment

LIN - music teacher of Hercules, brother of Orpheus

LINKEY - cousin of Castor and Pollux, distinguished by extraordinary vigilance

LICHAS - messenger of Hercules

MAYA - daughter of Atlas, beloved of Zeus, mother of Hermes

MARDUK - the patron god of the city of Babylon, the supreme deity of the Babylonian pantheon

MARS (see ARES)

MEG ARA - daughter of the Theban king Creon, the first wife of Hercules

MEDEIA - sorceress, daughter of the king of Colchis Eeta, wife of Jason, later the wife of the Athenian king Aegeus

MEDUSA GORGON - the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters - winged female monsters with snakes instead of hair; the look of the Gorgon turned all living things into stone

MELANIPPE - Amazon, assistant to Hippolyta

MELIKERT - the son of King Atamant and the sorceress Ino

MELPOMENE - muse of tragedy

MERCURY (see HERMES)

MEROPE - daughter of Atlas

METIS - the goddess of wisdom, the mother of Pallas Athena (among the ancient Romans METIS)

MIMAS - a giant struck by the arrow of Hercules during the battle of the gods with the giants

MINOS - king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europe

MINOTAUR - a monster with a human body and a bull's head, who lived in the Labyrinth, was killed by Theseus

Mnemosyne - goddess of memory and remembrance

Pug - a Greek hero who understood the language of birds and guessed the future, a participant in the campaign of the Argonauts

NEPTUNE (see POSEIDON)

NEREIDS - fifty daughters of Nereus

NEREI - sea god, soothsayer

NESS - a centaur who tried to kidnap Dejanira, the wife of Hercules, and was killed by him

NEPHELA - goddess of clouds and clouds, mother of Frix and Gella

NIKTA - goddess of the night

NOT - the god of the southern wet wind

NUT - the ancient Egyptian goddess of Heaven

OVERON - in Scandinavian mythology, the king of elves, a character in W. Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

OYNEUS - king of Calydon, father of Meleager - friend of Hercules and Dejanira - his wife

OCEANIDS - daughters of the Ocean

OMFALA - Lydian queen who enslaved Hercules

ORION - brave hunter

ORPHEUS - the son of the river god Eagra and the muse Calliope, a famous musician and singer

ORFO - a two-headed dog, a product of Typhon and Echidna

Ores - goddesses who were in charge of the change of seasons

OSIRIS - in ancient Egyptian mythology, the god of dying and resurrecting nature, brother and husband of Isis, father of Horus, patron and judge of the dead

PALLANT - a giant defeated by Athena, from whom she took off her skin and covered her shield with this skin

PANDORA - a woman made by Hephaestus on the orders of Zeus from clay in order to punish people, the wife of Epimetheus - the brother of Prometheus

PANDROSA - daughter of Kekrops, the first Athenian king

Pegasus - winged horse

Peleus - Greek hero, father of Achilles

PELIUS - king of Iolk, father of Alcestis

PENEUS - river god, father of Daphne

PERIFET - a terrible giant, son of Hephaestus, killed by Theseus

PERSEUS - Greek hero, son of Zeus and Danae

PERSEPHONE - the daughter of the goddess of fertility Demeter and Zeus, the wife of the ruler of the underworld Hades (among the ancient Romans PROSERPINA)

Pyrrha - Deucalion's wife

Pittheus - king of Argolis

Pythia - the prophetess of the god Apollo in Delphi

PYTHON - the monstrous serpent that pursued Latona is killed by Apollo

PLEIADS - seven daughters of Atlas, sister of Hyades

PLUTO (see HADES)

POLYHYMNIA - the muse of sacred hymns

POLIDEUCUS (POLLUX) - son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor

POLYDECT - the king of the island of Serif, who sheltered Danae and Perseus

POLYID - soothsayer

Polyphemus - Cyclops, son of Poseidon, in love with Galatea

POLYPHEM - Lapith, husband of the sister of Hercules, participant in the campaign of the Argonauts

POSEIDON - the god of the seas, the brother of Zeus (among the ancient Romans, NEPTUNE)

PRET - king of Tiryns

PRIAM - Trojan king

PROMETHEUS - the titan who gave people fire

RA - the sun god of the ancient Egyptians

RADAMANT - son of Zeus and Europa

REZIA - daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad, faithful wife of Huon

Rhea - wife of Kronos

Sarpedon - son of Zeus and Europa

SATURN (see KRONOS)

SELENA - Goddess of the Moon

SEMELE - daughter of the Theban king Cadmus, beloved of Zeus, mother of Dionysus

SEMETIS - mother of Acida, lover of Galatea

Silenus - the wise teacher of Dionysus, was depicted as a drunken old man

SINNID - a terrible robber defeated by Theseus

SKIRON - a cruel robber defeated by Theseus

SOHMET - daughter of Ra, had the head of a Lioness, the personification of the fire element

STENEL - father of Eurystheus

STENO - one of the Gorgons

Scylla - one of two terrible monsters that lived on both sides of a narrow strait and killed sailors passing between them

TAIGET - son of Zeus and Maya, brother of Hermes

TAL - nephew of Daedalus, killed by him out of envy

THALIA - the muse of comedy

TALLO - ora of spring

TALOS - a copper giant, presented by Zeus to Minos

THANATOS - god of death

TEIA - the eldest daughter of Uranus, the mother of Helios, Selene and Eos

TELAMON - a true friend of Hercules, a member of the Argonauts' campaign

TERPSIKHORA - the muse of dances

TESEN - a Greek hero, the son of the Athenian king Aegeus and the Trizen princess Etra, killed the Minotaur

TESTIUS - king of Estonia, father of Leda

TEPHIA - Titanide, wife of the Ocean

TYNDAREUS - Spartan hero, husband of Leda

Tiresias - soothsayer

TITANIA - in Scandinavian mythology, the wife of Oberon, a character in W. Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

TITON - brother of the Trojan king Priam

Typhon - a hundred-headed monster, the offspring of Gaia and Tartarus

THOT - the ancient Egyptian god of the moon

TRIPTOLEM - the first farmer who initiated people into the secrets of agriculture

TRITON - the son of the ruler of the seas Poseidon

Troy - king of Dardan, father of Ganymede

URANUS - the god of Heaven, the husband of Gaia, the father of the titans, cyclops and hundred-armed giants; was overthrown by his son Kronos

URANIA - the muse of astronomy

PHAETON - the son of Helios and Clymene, the hero of a tragic myth

FEBA - titanide

PHEDRA - the wife of the Athenian king Theseus, who fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus and slandered him

Themis - goddess of justice, mother of Prometheus

PHOENIX - son of the Sidonian king Agenor

Thetis - sea goddess, mother of Achilles

FIAMAT - the ancient Babylonians have a monster from which all troubles stemmed

PHILOCTETES - friend of Hercules who received his bow and arrows as a reward for setting fire to the funeral pyre

PHINEUS - the king of Thrace, a soothsayer blinded by Apollo for revealing to people the secrets of Zeus

PHOBOS (Fear) - the son of the god of war Ares

FRIX - the son of Atamant and Nephele, the goddess of clouds and clouds

CHALKIOPE - daughter of the king of Colchis Eeta, wife of Frix

CHARIBDA - one of the monsters that lived on both sides of the narrow strait and killed sailors passing by

CHARON - the carrier of dead souls across the river Styx in the underworld of Hades

Chimera - a three-headed monster, the offspring of Typhon and Echidna

CHIRON is a wise centaur, a teacher of the famous Greek heroes Theseus, Achilles, Jason and others.

HYUON - a knight of Charlemagne, an example of a faithful spouse

CEPHEI - king of Ethiopia, father of Ariadne

SHU - son of the sun god Ra

EAGR - river god, father of Orpheus

Euryale - one of the Gorgons

Eurydice - nymph, wife of Orpheus

EGEI - king of Athens, father of Theseus

ELEKTRA - daughter of Atlas, beloved of Zeus, mother of Dardanus and Jason

ELECTRION - Mycenaean king, father of Alcmene, grandfather of Hercules

ENDYMION - a beautiful young man, beloved of Selena, immersed in eternal sleep

ENCELADUS - the giant whom Athena filled up with the island of Sicily

ENIO - the goddess who sows murder in the world, the companion of the god of war Ares

EOL - god of the winds

EOS - goddess of the dawn

EPAF - Phaethon's cousin, son of Zeus

Epian - father of Capricorn

Epimetheus - brother of Prometheus

ERATO - the muse of love songs

Erigone - daughter of Ikaria

ERIDA - goddess of discord, companion of the god of war Ares

Erichthonius - son of Hephaestus and Gaia, second king of Athens

EROS (EROT) - god of love, son of Aphrodite

Aesculapius (see ASCLEPIUS)

ESON - king of Iolk, father of Jason

EET - king of Colchis, son of Helios

JUNO (see HERA)

JUPITER (see ZEUS)

Janus - god of time

IAPET - titan, father of Atlas

YASION - son of Zeus and Electra

Jason - Greek hero, leader of the Argonauts campaign

Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian sea robbers Legends and myths of Ancient Greece

Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but for the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.
One day young Dionysus stood on the shores of the azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly stirred the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared out to sea in the distance; he quickly approached the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a wonderful young man on a deserted seashore. They quickly moored, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers did not even suspect that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the arms and legs of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains were not holding on to the hands of the young man, he said to his comrades with fear:
- Unhappy! What are we doing? Do we want to bind God? Look, even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-armed Apollo or Poseidon, the shaker of the earth? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on the bright Olympus. Release him soon, land him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!
But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:
- Contemptible! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We will take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt, or to Cyprus, or to the distant country of the Hyperboreans, and there we will sell it; let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!
The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were dumbfounded. But here on the sails vines with heavy clusters turned green; dark green ivy curled around the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; oarlocks of oars wrapped around garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to pray to the wise helmsman to rule as soon as possible to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing growl, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; she bared her mouth terribly.
In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers rushed into the sea waves one by one, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. The helmsman was spared by Dionysus. He assumed his former form and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:
- Do not be afraid! I loved you. I am Dionysus, the son of the Thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!

Based on the poem "Metamorphoses" by Ovid.

Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but for the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.

One day young Dionysus stood on the shores of the azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly stirred the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared out to sea in the distance; he quickly approached the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a wondrous young man on a deserted seashore. They quickly moored, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers did not even suspect that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the arms and legs of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains were not holding on to the hands of the young man, he said to his comrades with fear:

Unhappy! What are we doing? Do we want to bind God? Look - even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-armed Apollo or Poseidon, the shaker of the earth? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on the bright Olympus. Release him soon, land him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!

But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:

Despicable! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We will take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt, or to Cyprus, or to the distant country of the Hyperboreans, and there we will sell it; let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!

The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were dumbfounded. But here on the sails vines with heavy clusters turned green; dark green ivy curled around the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; oarlocks of oars wrapped around garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to pray to the wise helmsman to rule as soon as possible to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing growl, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; she bared her mouth terribly.

In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers rushed into the sea waves one by one, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. The helmsman was spared by Dionysus. He assumed his former form and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:

Do not be afraid! I loved you. I am Dionysus, the son of the Thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!

Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but for the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.

One day young Dionysus stood on the shores of the azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly stirred the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared out to sea in the distance; he quickly approached the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a wonderful young man on a deserted seashore. They quickly moored, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers did not even suspect that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the arms and legs of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains were not holding on to the hands of the young man, he said to his comrades with fear:

- Unhappy! What are we doing! Do we want to bind God? Look, even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-armed Apollo or Poseidon, the shaker of the earth? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on the bright Olympus. Release him soon, land him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!

But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:

— Contemptible! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We will take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt, or to Cyprus, or to the distant country of the Hyperboreans, and there we will sell it; let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!

The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were dumbfounded. But here on the sails vines with heavy clusters turned green; dark green ivy curled around the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; oarlocks of oars wrapped around garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to pray to the wise helmsman to rule as soon as possible to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing growl, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; she bared her mouth terribly. In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers rushed into the sea waves one by one, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. The helmsman was spared by Dionysus. He assumed his former form and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:

- Do not be afraid! I loved you. I am Dionysus, the son of the Thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!

Tyrrhenian sea robbers / Ancient Greek myth Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him...

043. Tyrrhenian sea robbers / Ancient Greek myth

Tyrrhenian sea robbers / Ancient Greek myth

Dionysus also punished the Tyrrhenian sea robbers, but not so much because they did not recognize him as a god, but for the evil that they wanted to inflict on him as a mere mortal.

One day young Dionysus stood on the shores of the azure sea. The sea breeze gently played with his dark curls and slightly stirred the folds of the purple cloak that fell from the slender shoulders of the young god. A ship appeared out to sea in the distance; he quickly approached the shore. When the ship was already close, the sailors - they were Tyrrhenian sea robbers - saw a wondrous young man on a deserted seashore. They quickly moored, went ashore, grabbed Dionysus and took him to the ship. The robbers did not even suspect that they had captured a god. The robbers rejoiced that such rich booty fell into their hands. They were sure that they would get a lot of gold for such a beautiful young man by selling him into slavery. Arriving on the ship, the robbers wanted to shackle Dionysus in heavy chains, but they fell from the arms and legs of the young god. He sat and looked at the robbers with a calm smile. When the helmsman saw that the chains were not holding on to the hands of the young man, he said to his comrades with fear:

Unhappy! What are we doing? Do we want to bind God? Look - even our ship can barely hold it! Isn't it Zeus himself, isn't it the silver-armed Apollo or Poseidon, the shaker of the earth? No, he doesn't look like a mortal! This is one of the gods living on the bright Olympus. Release him soon, land him on the ground. No matter how he summoned violent winds and raised a formidable storm on the sea!

But the captain angrily answered the wise helmsman:

Despicable! Look, the wind is fair! Our ship will quickly rush along the waves of the boundless sea. We will take care of the young man later. We will sail to Egypt, or to Cyprus, or to the distant country of the Hyperboreans, and there we will sell it; let this young man look for his friends and brothers there. No, the gods sent it to us!

The robbers calmly raised the sails, and the ship went out to the open sea. Suddenly a miracle happened: fragrant wine flowed through the ship, and the whole air was filled with fragrance. The robbers were dumbfounded. But here on the sails vines with heavy clusters turned green; dark green ivy curled around the mast; beautiful fruits appeared everywhere; oarlocks of oars wrapped around garlands of flowers. When the robbers saw all this, they began to pray to the wise helmsman to rule as soon as possible to the shore. But it's too late! The young man turned into a lion and stood on the deck with a menacing growl, his eyes flashing furiously. A shaggy bear appeared on the deck of the ship; she bared her mouth terribly.

In horror, the robbers rushed to the stern and crowded around the helmsman. With a huge leap, the lion rushed at the captain and tore him to pieces. Having lost hope of salvation, the robbers rushed into the sea waves one by one, and Dionysus turned them into dolphins. The helmsman was spared by Dionysus. He assumed his former form and, smiling affably, said to the helmsman:

Do not be afraid! I loved you. I am Dionysus, the son of the Thunderer Zeus and the daughter of Cadmus, Semele!