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In ___MASK100___ , Eteocles was a king of Thebes , the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia . The name is from earlier "* Etewoklewes ", meaning " truly glorious ". " Tawagalawas " is thought to be the Hittite rendition of the name . Oedipus killed his father Laius and married his mother without knowing his relationship to either . When the relationship was revealed , he was expelled from Thebes . The rule passed to his sons Eteocles and Polynices . However , because of a curse from their father , the two brothers did not share the rule peacefully . Eteocles was succeeded by his uncle , Creon . Tinos is a Greek island situated in the ___MASK27___ . It is located in the Cyclades archipelago . In antiquity , Tinos was also known as Ophiussa ( from " ophis ", Greek for snake ) and Hydroessa ( from " hydor ", Greek for water ). The closest islands are Andros , Delos , and Mykonos . It has a land area of and a 2011 census population of 8 , 636 inhabitants . In ___MASK100___ , Lycus was a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes ( Boeotia ). His rule was preceded by the regency of Nycteus , and he was succeeded by the twins Amphion and Zethus . The Euripus Strait is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the ___MASK27___ from Boeotia in mainland Greece . The strait ' s principal port is Chalcis on Euboea , located at the strait ' s narrowest point . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a ___MASK24___ in southeastern ___MASK99___ . Greece ' s ___MASK49___ is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . A hero ( masculine ) or heroine ( feminine ) is a ___MASK13___ or main character of a literary ___MASK54___ who , in the ___MASK96___ of danger , combats adversity through impressive feats of ingenuity , bravery or strength , often sacrificing his or her own personal concerns for some greater good . Commodus ( 31 ___MASK7___ 161  31 ___MASK81___ 192 ), born Lucius Aurelius Commodus and died Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus , was Roman Emperor from 180 to 192 . He also ruled as co - emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius from 177 until his father ' s death in 180 . In monotheism , God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith . The concept of God as described by most theologians includes the attributes of omniscience ( ___MASK42___ knowledge ), omnipotence ( unlimited power ), omnipresence ( present everywhere ), divine simplicity , and as having an eternal and necessary existence . Many theologians also describe God as being omnibenevolent ( perfectly good ) and all loving . Boeotia , sometimes alternatively Latinised as Beotia ( or , ; modern transliteration " Voiotía ", also " Viotía ", formerly " Cadmeis "), is one of the regional units of Greece . It is ___MASK74___ of the region of Central Greece . It was also a region of ancient Greece . Its capital is Livadeia , and its largest city is Thebes . The Roman emperor was the ruler of the ___MASK1___ during the imperial period ( starting in 27 BC ). The emperors used a variety of different titles throughout ___MASK64___ . Often when a given Roman is described as becoming " emperor " in English , it reflects his taking of the title " Augustus " or " Caesar ". Another title often used was " imperator ", originally a military honorific . Early Emperors also used the title " princeps " ( first citizen ). Emperors frequently amassed republican titles , notably " Princeps Senatus ", " Consul " and " Pontifex Maximus ". In ___MASK100___ , Polynices , sometimes spelled Polyneices , ( Greek :  , transl . " Polyneíkes ", " manifold strife ") was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta . His wife was Argea . His father , Oedipus , was discovered to have killed his father and married his mother , and was expelled from Thebes , leaving his sons Eteocles and Polynices to rule . Because of a curse put on them by their father Oedipus , the sons Polynices and Eteocles did not share the rule peacefully and died as a result by killing each other in a battle for the control of Thebes . Maximian ( ___MASK30___ . 250  ___MASK30___ . July 310 ) was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305 . He was " Caesar " from 285 to 286 , then " Augustus " from 286 to 305 . He shared the latter title with his co - emperor and superior , Diocletian , whose political brain complemented Maximian ' s military brawn . Maximian established his residence at Trier but spent most of his time on campaign . In the late summer of 285 , he suppressed rebels in Gaul known as the Bagaudae . From 285 to 288 , he fought against Germanic tribes along the Rhine frontier . Together with Diocletian , he launched a scorched earth campaign deep into Alamannic territory in 288 , temporarily relieving the Rhine provinces from the threat of Germanic invasion . Crete ("" ; Ancient Greek : , " Krt ") is the largest and most populous of the Greek ___MASK34___ , 88th - largest island in the world and the fifth - largest island in the Mediterranean ___MASK46___ , after Sicily , Sardinia , Cyprus , and Corsica . Crete and a number of surrounding ___MASK34___ and islets constitute the region of Crete , one of the 13 top - level administrative units of Greece . The capital and the largest city is Heraklion . , the region had a population of 623 , 065 . Euboea or Evia ( ___MASK16___ :  , " Evvoia " " Eúboia ") is the second - largest Greek island in area and ___MASK49___ , after Crete . The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece . In general outline it is a long and narrow , seahorse - shaped island ; it is about long , and varies in breadth from to . Its geographic orientation is from northwest to southeast , and it is traversed throughout its length by a mountain range , which forms part of the chain that bounds Thessaly on the east , and is continued south of Euboea in the lofty islands of Andros , Tinos and Mykonos . In ___MASK100___ , Cadmus ; " Kadmos "), was the founder and first king of Thebes . Cadmus was the first Greek hero and , alongside Perseus and Bellerophon , the greatest hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles . Initially a Phoenician prince , son of king Agenor and queen Telephassa of Tyre and the brother of Phoenix , Cilix and Europa , he was originally sent by his royal parents to seek out and escort his sister Europa back to Tyre after she was abducted from the shores of Phoenicia by Zeus . Cadmus founded the Greek city of Thebes , the acropolis of which was originally named " Cadmeia " in his honour . Chthonic ( from Greek  " khthonios " , " in , under , or beneath the ___MASK63___ ", from  " khthn " " ___MASK63___ ") literally means " subterranean ". The translation of meaning discusses deities or spirits of the ___MASK51___ , especially in Greek religion . The Greek word " khthon " is one of several for " ___MASK63___ "; it typically refers to the interior of the soil , rather than the living surface of the land ( as " Gaia " or " Ge " does ), or the land as territory ( as " khora " (  ) does ). Zeus (" Zeús ", ; Modern , " Días " ) was the ___MASK10___ and thunder god in ancient Greek ___MASK4___ , who ruled as king of the gods of Mount Olympus . His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter . His mythologies and powers are similar , though not identical to those of the Indo - European deities such as Indra , Jupiter , Perun , Thor , and Odin . In ___MASK100___ , King Laius ( pronounced ), or Laios of Thebes was a divine hero and key personage in the Theban founding myth . Son of Labdacus , he was raised by the regent Lycus after the death of his father . Laodamas (  , " Lodáms ", literally " tamer of the people ") refers to five different people in ___MASK100___ . Mykonos is a Greek island , ___MASK74___ of the Cyclades , lying between Tinos , Syros , Paros and Naxos . The island spans an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point . There are 10 , 134 inhabitants ( 2011 census ), most of whom live in the largest town , Mykonos , which lies on the west coast . The town is also known as " Chora " ( i . e . " the Town " in Greek , following the common practice in Greece when the name of the island itself is the same as the name of the principal town ). Thessaly (" Thessalía "; ancient Thessalian : , " Petthalía ") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece , comprising most of the ancient region of the same ___MASK59___ . Before the Greek Dark Ages , Thessaly was known as Aeolia , and appears thus in Homer ' s " Odyssey ". Amphitryon (" gen ".:  ; usually interpreted as " harassing either side "), in ___MASK100___ , was a son of Alcaeus , king of Tiryns in Argolis . Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles , who was the son of Zeus ( Roman equivalent ___MASK67___ ) and the mortal Alcmene . In classical mythology , Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far - ranging adventures . In ___MASK100___ , Electryon was the son of Perseus and Andromeda , and king of Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis . He married either Anaxo , daughter of his brother Alcaeus and sister of Amphitryon , or Eurydice daughter of Pelops . His wife bore him a daughter Alcmena and many sons ( Stratobates , Gorgophonus , Phylonomus , Celaeneus , Amphimachus , Lysinomus , Chirimachus , Anactor , and Archelaus ). Electryon had an illegitimate son 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 of kingdom . When Electryon spurned their request , they drove off his cattle ; Electryon ' s sons battled against them , and all but Licymnius ( on one side ) and Everes ( on the other ) died . Everes sold the cattle to Polyxenus of Elis . Amphitryon , Electryon ' s nephew and promised in marriage to Alcmena , bought the cattle and returned them to his uncle , but accidentally killed him as he threw his club at one of the cows . Electryon ' s brother Sthenelus seized the throne of Mycenae , charged Amphitryon with murder , and sent him into exile . In ___MASK100___ , Alcmene or Alcmena ( or  [ Doric ]) was the wife of Amphitryon by whom she bore two children , Iphicles and Laonome . She is , however , better known as the mother of Heracles whose father was the god Zeus . Oedipus ( or or ; " Oidípous " meaning " swollen ___MASK77___ ") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes . A tragic hero in ___MASK100___ , Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother , thereby bringing disaster to his city and family . Heracles ( " Hrakls ", from " Hra ", " Hera "), born Alcaeus (" Alkaios ") or Alcides (" Alkeids "), was a divine hero in ___MASK100___ , the son of Zeus and Alcmene , foster son of Amphitryon and great - grandson and half - brother ( as they are both sired by the god Zeus ) of Perseus . He was the greatest of the Greek heroes , a paragon of masculinity , the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters . In Rome and the modern West , he is known as Hercules , with whom the later Roman emperors , in particular Commodus and Maximian , often identified themselves . The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged , but added anecdotal detail of their own , some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean . Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well . A son of Lycus ( brother of Nycteus ) , Lycus appears in Euripides ' s Heracles . Originally from Euboea , he seized power in Ancient Thebes ( Boeotia ) by killing Creon , who at the time was regent for the son of Eteocles , Laodamas . Lycus mistreated Creon ' s ___MASK90___ , throwing them out of their house and depriving them food and clothing . However , Creon was the father - in - law of the hero Heracles , who returned unexpectedly to Thebes and slew Lycus . Laodamas succeeded him as king . Amphion and Zethus (" Zthos ") were , in ancient ___MASK100___ , the twin sons of Zeus by Antiope . They are important characters in one of the two founding myths of the city of Thebes , because they constructed the city ' s walls . In ___MASK100___ , Nycteus or was a king of Thebes . His rule began after the death of Polydorus , and ended when he was succeeded by his brother Lycus . In ___MASK100___ , Spartoi ( also Sparti ) ( literal translation : " sown [ men ]", from  , " speír ", " to sow ") are a mythical people who sprang up from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus and were believed to be the ancestors of the Theban nobility . Hera (, Greek , " Hr ", equivalently , " Hr ", in Ionic and Homer ) is the goddess of women and ___MASK38___ in ___MASK100___ and religion . She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea . Hera is married to her brother Zeus and is titled as the Queen of Heaven . Some of her characteristics include her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus ' s other lovers and offspring and against the mortals who cross her . In ___MASK100___ , the Heracleidae or Heraclids were the numerous descendants of Heracles ( Hercules ), especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of Hyllus , the eldest of his four sons by Deianira ( Hyllus was also sometimes thought of as Heracles ' son by Melite ) Other Heracleidae included Macaria , Lamos , Manto , Bianor , Tlepolemus , and Telephus . These Heraclids were a group of Dorian kings who conquered the Peloponnesian kingdoms of Mycenae , Sparta and Argos ; according to the literary tradition in ___MASK100___ , they claimed a right to rule through their ancestor . Since Karl Otfried Müller ' s " Die Dorier " ( 1830 , English translation 1839 ), I . ch . 3 , their rise to dominance has been associated with a " Dorian invasion ". In ___MASK100___ , Jocasta , also known as Jocaste (" Iokást " ) or Epicaste (  " Epikaste "), was a daughter of Menoeceus , a descendant of the Spartoi , and Queen consort of Thebes , Greece . She was the wife of first Laius , then of their son Oedipus , and both mother and grandmother of Antigone , Eteocles , Polynices and Ismene . She was also sister of Creon and mother - in - law of Haimon . Andros is the northernmost island of the Greek ___MASK39___ archipelago , approximately south east of Euboea , and about north of Tinos . It is nearly long , and its greatest breadth is . Its surface is for the most ___MASK74___ mountainous , with many fruitful and well - watered valleys . The municipality , which includes the island Andros and several small , uninhabited islands , has an area of . The largest towns are Andros ( town ), Gavrio , Batsi , and Ormos Korthiou . In ___MASK100___ , Perseus , the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans , was , alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon , the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles . Perseus beheaded the Gorgon Medusa and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus . Perseus was the son of the mortal Danaë and the god Zeus . He was also the half - brother and great grandfather of Heracles . ___MASK16___ ( or " Neo - Hellenic ", historically and colloquially also known as " Romaic " or " Roman ", and " Greek ") refers to the dialects and varieties of the Greek ___MASK80___ spoken in the modern era . ___MASK100___ is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks , concerning their gods and heroes , the nature of the world , and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices . It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece . Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization , and to gain understanding of the nature of myth - making itself . Creon (" Kren ") is a figure in ___MASK100___ best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus . He had four sons and three daughters with his wife , Eurydice ( sometimes known as Henioche ): Henioche , Pyrrha , Megareus ( also called Menoeceus ), Lycomedes and Haimon . Creon and his sister , Jocasta , were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi . He is sometimes considered to be the same person who purified Amphitryon of the murder of his uncle Electryon and father of Megara , first wife of Heracles .