Protogenia

[ proh-tuh-juh-nahy-uh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.

Example Sentences

Here, besides these two names, we have the names Protogenia and Asterodia.

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But every Greek knew that Selênê was a name for the moon, which was also described as Asterodia because she has her path among the stars, and that Protogenia denoted the first or early born morning.

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Now Protogenia was the mother of Endymion, while Asterodia was his wife; and so far the names were transparent.

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Place these by the side of the man and the woman, Hector and Andromache, of the "Iliad," who called upon the immortal gods to bless their child of love; the virgin Isis with her son Horus; the Vedic virgin Indrance, the mother of the savior-god, Indra; Devaki and her Divine child, Chrishna; Hipparchia, Pandora, Protogenia, Cornelia, Plotina, and a host of the noble and virtuous of Pagan history.

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