The son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos, Jason was married to the sorceress Medea. Jason was the heroic leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. According to other sources, she was the goddess of silence who was introduced in Rome to prevent the "secret and sacred name of Rome being made known". Īngerona was the goddess of anguish and fear who both produced anguish and fear in men, and relieved them from it. He is considered the first true hero of Rome. He is mentioned in Homer's epic poem Iliad, and in Roman mythology is the legendary founder of Ancient Rome. His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin, once removed. Īeneas was the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. She is shown with Dionysus, the god of the grape harvest, winemaking, and wine, and of ecstasy. Ĭeres was the goddess of agriculture, marriage, and death, representing the generative power of nature. The story is the subject of William Shakespeare's poem The Rape of Lucrece. The incident led to the insurrection led by Brutus. According to legend, she was raped by Sextus, the son of Etruscan King Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and after revealing this to her husband, she killed herself with a dagger. Brutus is shown holding the beautiful noblewoman Lucretia in his arm after she committed suicide. īrutus was the founder of the Roman Republic and became one of the first Roman consuls in 509 BC after overthrowing the rule of the Etruscan kings of Rome. She was Homer's muse and the inspiration for the epic poems Odyssey and Iliad. Ĭalliope was the muse of epic poetry and the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Her administration followed the same principles as those of her husband, supporting the oligarchical party on the island of Rhodes.
Following the death of her brother/husband, in whose memory she built the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Artemisia reigned from 353 to 351 BC. Jakob Schletterer, Johann Baptist HagenauerĪrtemisia II of Caria was the sister and wife of Mausolus, ruler of Caria.