- home of
seagoing and
piratical inhabitants, the
Taphians /ˈteɪfiənz/ (Τάφιοι).
Penelope mentions the
Taphian sea-robbers when she
rebukes the
chief of her...
-
Mentes (Ancient Gr****: Μέντης Méntēs) is the name of the King of the
Taphians and the son of Anchialus. He is
mentioned in the Odyssey. In Book I, the...
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Mentes (King of the Cicones), as
described in the
Iliad Mentes (King of the
Taphians), as
described in the
Odyssey Menteş, Sandıklı,
village in
Turkey Mentes...
- and
princess of the
Taphians. The
Taphians were at war with Thebes, led by Amphitryon, with whom
Comaetho fell in love. The
Taphians remained invincible...
- the
Taphians. (It was on his
return from this
expedition that
Electryon had been killed.)
Amphitryon accordingly took the
field against the
Taphians, accompanied...
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island of the same name, and was its king. He also gave his name to the
Taphians, a
people that
inhabited Taphos and
nearby islands,
which formed part of...
- The pla
taphian (Thai: ปลาตะเพียน,
pronounced [plāː tā.pʰīa̯n]) is a
traditional central Thai handicraft. It is a
woven hanging mobile,
usually made from...
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Licymnius by Midea, a
Phrygian woman. The six sons of Pterelaus, King of the
Taphians,
descended from Electryon's
brother Mestor came to
Mycenae to
claim a share...
- philosophy.
During his master's long absence,
Eumaeus acquires from the
Taphians a servant, Mesaulius, with his own
ostensibly meagre resources. Mesaulius...
- the
death of her brothers.
During Amphitryon's
expedition against the
Taphians and Teleboans, when Zeus
desired to
sleep with Alcmene, he made one night...
