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with the first launching in 2005 for the PlayStation 2. The series revolves around a Spartan warrior named Kratos, who was tricked into killing his family by Ares, the Greek God of War. Kratos follows a path of vengeance against the Gods, eventually attempting to settle down in ancient Norw...
As the god of herds he was also closely associated with cattle, sheep and goats. His sacred plants were the crocus flower and the strawberry-tree. <<More>>Below are examples of the god's animals as depicted in ancient Greek art and photos of his sacred plants:-...
Plutarch, Life of Lysander 28. 4 (trans. Perrin) (Greek historian C1st to C2nd A.D.) : "The spring called Kissousa (of the Ivy) [on Mt Kithairon]. Here, as the story goes, his nurses [the Nysiades] bathed the infant Dionysos after his birth for the water has the color and ...
The Labors Of Heracles (in 12 volumes) First Labor: The Nemean Lion Second Labor: The Lernean Hydra Third Labor: The Ceryneian Hind Fourth Labor: The Erymanthian Boar Fifth Labor: The Augean Stables Sixth Labor: The Stymphalian Birds Seventh Labor: The Cretan Bull Eighth Labor:...
Atreus (Greek: Ἀτρεύς) / Loki (Nordic: ᛚᛟᚲᛁ) also known as Loki Laufeyson (Translation: Loki, son of Laufey), is the Norse God of Mischief and the Champion of the Jötnar. He is the deuteragonist of God of War (2018) and one of the two protagonists of ...
Exploring the Greek God of the Wild: Pan Known mostly as the Greek god of the wild, Pan was also associated with flocks, shepherds, and music, as well as being a close companion of the nymphs. With his origins in rural Arcadia, he is also known as the god of groves, fields, and ...
Dido- (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas Saturn- (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus; "Saturday is Saturn's Day" ...
Powers of God Apollo, Apollo is the Greek God of Victory and Illumination, symbolically his powers represent the fulfillment of joyful desires and the sweet taste of...
Greek Lyric V Anonymous, Fragment 931 (from Oxyrhynchus Papyrus) (Greek lyric B.C.) : "The many-eyed embroidery of blue-black Nyx (Night), and at once rose Hyperionides [Helios the Sun], hard-toiling eternally, almighty."Aristophanes, Birds 563 ff (trans. O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th...