PHORCYS

Meaning of PHORCYS in English

/fawr"sis/ , n. Class. Myth.

a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PHORCYS — [Greek] A Greek sea-god, son of Pontus and Gaia. He is the father of the Hesperides, the nymphs Thoosa and …
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GORGON — One of three monsters in Greek mythology , the most famous of which was Medusa . According to Hesiod , …
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ITHACA — Modern Greek Ithki, the second smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands, in the noms (department) of Kefallina, Greece. (The …
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HESPERIDES — ( (Greek: "Daughters of Evening"), ) singular Hesperis, in Greek mythology, clear-voiced maidens who guarded the tree bearing golden apples …
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GORGON — Gorgon, carved marble mask of the early 6th century BC; in the Acropolis Museum, Athens monster figure in Greek mythology. …
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ECHIDNA — (Greek: Snake), monster of Greek mythology, half-woman, half-serpent. Her parents were either the sea deities Phorcys and Ceto or Chrysaor, …
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GORGON — n. One of three monsters in Greek mythology , the most famous of which was Medusa . According to Hesiod …
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THOOSA — [Greek] A daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. With Poseidon she became the mother of the Cyclop Polyphemus.
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PONTUS — [Greek] Pontus is the personification of the sea and the son of Gaia and Aether. With Gaia he fathered Nereus, …
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PHORCYDES — [Greek] The offspring of Phorcys and Ceto: the Graeae, the Gorgons, and Echidna.
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LADON — [Greek] The hundred-headed dragon who guards the garden of the Hesperides and in it the tree with the golden apples. …
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GRAEAE — [Greek] The three "old women" or "gray ones" from Greek mythology. They are the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, sisters …
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GORGONS — [Greek] In Greek mythology a Gorgon is a monstrous feminine creature whose appearance would turn anyone who laid eyes upon …
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DEINO — [Greek] Deino, which means dread, was one of the three Graeae (gray women) in Greek Mythology. Her parents were Phorcys …
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CETO — [Greek] Ceto is the daughter of Gaia and Pontus. She is the sister of Phorcys, who was also her husband, …
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ФОРКИЙ — Phorcys
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