Polyphonte

Polyphonte is a person of Greek mythology, daughter of Hipponoos with the Thrassa. She walked out of contempt if the countless love affairs of Aphrodite in the mountains and was companion and confidante of Artemis. Aphrodite, however, provoked a result of this insult to their person over in Polyphonte madness and an irrepressible love for a bear. Polyphonte, raging by divine intervention, combined with the animal.

Artemis saw this, felt irrepressible hatred and incited angry all the animals on Polyphonte. These fled in fear of the animals they could kill, to her father's house and gave birth there finally made ​​the connection to the Bears, the two giants Agrios and Oreios.

When her sons were later pulled for their crimes to account, too, fell prey to the punishment and was transformed into an owl, whose cry is heard at night, the potion still live without meat, with his head down, his claws up, people messenger of war and turmoil.

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• Person of Greek mythology