ORACLE OF DIONE AND ZEUS

 

Oracle of Dione and Zeus

At Dodona in Epirus

Apollo’s temple at Didyma

On the coast of Asia Minor,

Or at Corinth and Bassae

In the Peloponnese,

And Delos and Aegina

In the Aegean Sea

THE PYTHIA

 

The Pythia, oracle

Of Greek antiquity,

Oracular high Priestess

To Apollo at Delphi

THE SIBYLLINE ORACLES

 

The Sibylline Oracles,

Oracular utterances scribed

In Greek hexameters

Ascribed to the Sibyls,

Prophetesses who uttered

The divine revelations

In a state of frenzy

THE ORACLES OF ANTIQUITY

 

The Oracles of antiquity,

Were portals to the Olympians

So, the Gods could speak

Directly to those in their dominions

ORACLES

 

Inspired by the Gods

In Classical Antiquity,

Oracles gave wise counsel

Prophetic predictions

Or precognition of the future

As they performed their Oracular

Form of divination

In temples to the Gods

RAMBHA

 

Rambha, Apsara

Of the clouds and waters

In Hindu and Buddhist mythology

A celestial nymph

And celestial maiden

A beautiful supernatural being

Youthful and elegant,

Who dances to the music

Of the Gandharvas,

In the palaces of the Gods,

Entertainer and seducer

Of Gods and men

An ethereal being

Inhabiting the skies

TILLOTTAMA

 

Tillottama, Apsara

Of the clouds and waters

In Hindu and Buddhist mythology

A celestial nymph

And celestial maiden

A beautiful supernatural being

Youthful and elegant,

Who dances to the music

Of the Gandharvas,

In the palaces of the Gods,

Entertainer and seducer

Of Gods and men

An ethereal being

Inhabiting the skies

SCYLLA

 

Scylla of Greek myth

Great monster of the sea

Terror of the seas

A fearful monster

The scourge of sailors

Believed in later times,

Scylla was thought

To be a rock in the

Straits of Messina

URVASHI

 

Urvashi, Apsara

Of the clouds and waters

In Hindu and Buddhist mythology

A celestial nymph

And celestial maiden

A beautiful supernatural being

Youthful and elegant,

Who dances to the music

Of the Gandharvas,

In the palaces of the Gods,

Entertainer and seducer

Of Gods and men

An ethereal being

Inhabiting the skies

PHOEBE GODDESS OF THE MOON

 

Phoebe Goddess of the moon                                                      

Radiant, bright, prophetic

Titan goddess Phoebe

With an oracular intellect

Reigned unchallenged at Delphi

And Gold-Crowned was epithet

GREEK GODDESS ARTEMIS

 

Greek Goddess Artemis

The virgin Goddess

Of the hunt and the moon

Daughter of Zeus and Leto

Twin sister of Phoebus

ROMAN GODDESS DIANA

 

Roman Goddess Diana

The virgin Goddess

Of the hunt and the moon

Daughter of Zeus and Leto

Twin sister of Apollo

GREEK SUN GOD APOLLO

 

Sun God Apollo

Greek God of light

God of prophesy

Poetry, music and healing

Son of Zeus and Leto

Twin brother of Artemis     

SUN GOD APOLLO

 

Sun God Apollo

Roman God of light

God of prophesy

Poetry, music and healing

Son of Zeus and Leto

Twin brother of Dianna       

SUN GOD PHOEBUS

 

Sun God Phoebus

Greek God of light

God of prophesy

Poetry, music, and healing

Son of Zeus and Leto

Twin brother of Artemis     

NEMESIS

 

Nemesis, Greek goddess

Of divine retribution

And deliverer of vengeance

Against acts of hubris

BEAUTIFUL VENUS

 

Beautiful Venus

Goddess of love

Turner of heads

Nurturer of hearts

ROMAN CERES

 

Roman Ceres

Guardian of the harvest

Goddess of the corn

Mother of Proserpina

Goddess of fertility

Protector of matrimony

GREEK DEMETER

Greek Demeter

Guardian of the harvest

Goddess of the corn

Mother of Persephone

Goddess of fertility

Protector of matrimony 

ACHERON

 

Acheron, the river of pain,

One of the five rivers of hades

Where Charon the ferryman

Plied his morbid trade