Libya (1) Greek Mother, with sea god Poseidon, of Agenor, king of Tyre.
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Libya (1) Greek Mother, with sea god Poseidon, of Agenor, king of Tyre. See also Europa. Libya (2) The Greek name for North Africa, excluding Egypt and Ethiopia. In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew make landfall in Libya in the land of the Lotus-Eaters. In Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas and his crew reach the coast of Libya, where Aeneas is visited by his mother, the goddess Venus.
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- Pasiphaë Greek Daughter of Helios (the Sun); wife of Minos, king of Crete; mother with Minos of Ariadne, Androgeus, and Phaedra.
- Poseidon Greek Sea god and one of the Olympian gods; son of Cronus and Rhea; brother of Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia; husband The Roman goddess Pomona displays her fruits of plenty in the painting by French artist Nicholas Fouche (1653-1733).
- Proteus Greek A minor but ancient sea god who served Poseidon.
- Laocoön Greek A priest of Apollo and Poseidon; son of Priam, king of Troy, and of Hecuba.
- Mnemosyne (Memory) Greek A Titan, daughter of Gaia and Uranus; with Zeus, mother of the Muses.