Product Description Franz Cumont was one of the preeminent classical scholars of his day, and his investigations into the history of religion had a dramatic impact upon the fields of archaeology, comparative mythology, and anthropology. This 1912 volume collects the influential series of lectures h...
AS A STUDENT OF ASTROLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY— and also of history, art, and quantum physics —for over 40 years, I’m more deeply compelled with each passing year by their relevance to the opportunities and the challenges we face, and of the potency they can bring to our capacity to live in...
The AsteroidEroscan shed some light on some of our erotic turn-ons. In mythology, Eros was the god of sexual love and desire. He was consideredirresistible. In Roman mythology, Eros was known as Cupid. “In Greek art Eros was depicted as a winged youth, slight but beautiful, often with...
So, if you find astrology intriguing, you’ll probably want to know which Greek god or goddess is associated with your astrological sign. Each sign is linked to a story from Greek mythology and isalsoassociated with a different god who resembles the signs of their personality and behavior. So...
In Greek Mythology, Eris was the sister of Mars. As the God of War, Mars was known for bringing fear and destruction, but Eris was known to magnify this. She took pleasure in creating suffering and her actions led to the start of the Trojan War. ...
In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the heavens and the night sky. The planet Uranus is very unusual among the planets in that it rotates on its side, so that it presents each of its poles to the Sun in turn during its orbit; causing both hemispheres to alternate between...
Greek Mythology -- In the Odyssey, XIV, 151, Homer states that Odysseus will return to his home, and take vengeance on the suitors of Penelope, at the failing of the old moon and the coming of the new. Later in the Odyssey (XX, 356-357 and 390), Homer adds that the Sun vanished...
Chinese mythology makes mention of comets and stars that are now followed by astronomers. When the comet Hale-Bopp stood high in the sky during the spring evenings of 1997, groups such as the Heaven's Gate cult were sure it was a prophecy portending either doom or salvation for the ...
In Greek Mythology, Cronus was one of the Titans, and the father of Zeus. Cronus ate his children to prevent himself from being dethroned as the King of the Gods. That is, until his wife, Rhea, tricked him into swallowing a stone when Zeus was born....
Topics include astrology is based on Greek mythology and ancient imaginings rather than empirical observations; and history of science tells us that reliable conclusions are not going to arise from this kind of thing.Dean, GeoffreyKelly, I. W....