Questions tagged [parentage]
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Who was the father of Theseus?
Theseus's paternity seems to be in question. He seems to be a demi-god, as the son of Poseidon. But he was also the son of Aegeus.
Who was his father?
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Which gods were Odysseus and Penelope directly descended from?
I once read the Odysseus and Penelope were the grandchildren of two different gods. But I have had no luck finding it again.
One might have been Hermes, although I can't be sure.
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What source mentions the parents of Queen Cassiopeia as Coronus and Zeuxo?
In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia is best known for being a queen who boasted that either she herself or her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids, the powerful sea-nymphs who counted among their number Thetis (later mother of the hero…
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Is there any pre-modern attestation for Telephassa being a daughter of Nephele by the River Nile?
In Greek mythology, Telephassa's claim to fame is that she is, going by the commonest version of the genealogy, the mother of Kadmos [Cadmus], who built the citadel of Thebes in Boiotia [Boeotia]; of Europa, after whom the continent of Europe was…
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