Greek names in Plutarch — Minor Figures
6 figures from Legends of the Gods who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Hermes
god · first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4 · child: Isis “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 7 · protégé: Horus “After this Typhon accused Horus of illegitimacy, but, by the assistance of Hermes, his legitimacy was fully established by a decree of the gods themselves.”
Dionysos
Greek identification of Osiris · first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 5
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 5 · with Osiris “From this last circumstance the Greeks identified him with their Dionysos, or Bacchus.”
Helios
first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4 · child: Osiris “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4 · child: Aroueris “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”
Kronos
first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4 · child: Typhon “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4 · child: Nephthys “As regards the fathers of these children, the first two are said to have been begotten by Helios, Isis by Hermes, and Typhon and Nephthys by Kronos.”
Zeus
god · first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 1
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 1 · siblings with Poseidon “when, speaking of Zeus and Poseidon, he tells us that both were descended from the same parents, and born in the same region, but that Zeus was the elder and knew most;”
Poseidon
god · first appears The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 1
- The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 1 · siblings with Zeus “when, speaking of Zeus and Poseidon, he tells us that both were descended from the same parents, and born in the same region, but that Zeus was the elder and knew most;”
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Extracted from the original text of Legends of the Gods. Made with Rho MD.