divinidad greco-romana

Definitions of divinidad greco-romana
  1. noun
    a deity of classical mythology
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    Esculapio
    son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
    Baco
    (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
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    ninfa
    (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
    Leto
    wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
    Hesperides
    (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
    pleiades
    (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
    Dafne
    (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
    type of:
    dios, divinidad, ser supremo
    any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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