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The ancient Greek Gods and Goddess contain a wealth of stories and legends, wrapped in Myths which typically provide a story with a morale code designed to influence the reader into behaviour as fitting Greek culture of the era.
In this article, we look at Xenoclea and the myths and legends surrounding Xenoclea, Xenoclea relationship to and with other Greek Gods and Goddess and key events and stories which relate to ancient astrology and the changing seasons.
Was a pythoness oracle goddess, famous for refusing Heracles an answer to his question, saying that he broken a sacred law that forbade the killing of a guest, whatever he may have done to upset you. Heracles enraged declared he would make his own oracle, and wrecked the place, removing the offerings, and even taking the bronze tripod. As he was doing this, the Pythoness said something very interesting, 'Heracles of the Tiryns is a very different man from his Canopic namesake' by which she implies there was an Egyptian equivalent of Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, the Hebrew version was called Samson, but who was the Egyptian?