Magic is usually assumed to have been ubiquitous and culturally significant in the early Roman Empire, something exemplified by Pliny the Elder’s claim that “there is no one who does not fear to be spell-bound by curse tablets”. 1 A variety of written
Like Athena and Artemis, Hestia was referred to as a virgin goddess. AlthoughApollo and Poseidon proposed marriage to Hestia, she requested of Zeus to remain a maiden forever. Domestic life was her dominion in spite of her desire to remain a virgin. She was one of only twelve Olympian deiti...
In her aspect as a warrior maiden, Athena was known as Parthenos (Παρθένος "virgin"), because, likeher fellow goddesses Artemis and Hestia, she was believed to remain perpetually a virgin. Why is Cupid blind? She realized that he was Cupid, the most handsome god and not an...
Jason Todd, Artemis and Bizarro have all received amazing development, courtesy of writer Scott Lobdell and artist Dexter Soy. The Philippines born artist has created some incredible panels. After an epic two year run, Dexter recently finished up on the series with Red Hood and The Outlaws #...
Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Pharos of Alexandria, Phidias' statue of Zeus at Olympia, Pyramids of Egypt, temple of Artemis at Ephesus Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers ...
For a while the Greeks borrowed the idea of birthday cakes from the Persians. The cake was made to honor Artemis, the moon goddess. Candles may have been used to stand for the shining of the moon. Because the moon becomes full about once every month, Artemis also had a birthday every ...
Old texts also mention temples to Artemis where priestesses sacrificed shipwrecked sailors to their ferocious goddess by hurling them over cliffs. Any of these stories could have resulted in the man-killer legend, and perhaps a combination of the fighting skills of the Scythian nomad-women and ...
Arsinoë was then exiled to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Roman Anatolia, butshe was executed there by orders of triumvir Mark Antonyin 41 BC at the behest of his lover Cleopatra. ... Does Cleopatra have a sister? Arsinoe IV, (born c. 63 bc—died 41 bc), youngest daughter of...