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Bookmark or Share- Tartarus - MythopediaStatius: The epic Thebaid (late first century CE) begins with Tisiphone (one of the Furies) leaving Tartarus in order to sow discord in Thebes. Hyginus: The Fabulae, a Latin mythological handbook (first or second century CE), mentions the origins of Tartarus.
- Zeus - MythopediaOverview. Zeus was the supreme god of the Greeks, a mighty deity who meted out justice from atop Mount Olympus. Hailed as the father of both mortals and immortals, Zeus was the god of the sky and weather, but was also connected with law and order, the city, and the househol
- Clytemnestra – MythopediaAgamemnon’s murder was soon avenged by his son Orestes, who killed both Aegisthus and his mother Clytemnestra for their crimes. But Orestes was pursued afterwards by the Erinyes (also known as the “Furies”), goddesses responsible for punishing wrongdoing and blood-guilt. Clytemnestra appeared frequently in ancient literature.
- Moirae (Fates) - MythopediaOther sources further specified that it was the Moirae who instructed the Erinyes (the “Furies”) on which mortals were to be punished for their crimes. Eventually, the Moirae became identified with Heimarmene—a concept advanced by various philosophers, from the Presocratics to the Stoics, that morphed into a kind of universal fate or ...
- Eumenides - MythopediaThe Eumenides is a tragedy composed by Aeschylus around 458 BCE. It is the final entry in the tragic trilogy known as the Oresteia. The play depicts Orestes’ trial and eventual acquittal for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra.
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