Welcome to the first article in the new series, "Get to Know a God/dess"! Hekate (Ἑκάτη) is the prototypical witch. But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing to the ancient Greeks! Greek goddess - magic - ancient magic - Hecate - witch queen - g
: "Eros (Love) with ill-timed magic urges the girl to betray her coming marriage."Ibycus, Fragment 284 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric III) (C6th B.C.) : "Unless he [Eros (Love)], going down once to the girl's room, had his melting heart completely tinged by his skilled ...
Helius was the ancient Greek Titan-god of the sun who presided over the various facets of the heavenly body, from the measurement and divisions of the day, year and the seasons, to the powers of heat and fire, and the gift of sight. This page contains de
specifically : one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality Greek gods of love and war 3 : a person or thing of supreme value had photos of baseball's gods pinned to his bedroom wall 4 : a powerful ruler Hollywood gods that control our movies' fates god...
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 ...
Greek Desire God Also known as Erotes, HimerosIrresistibly handsome God of Love, Sex and DesireOne of the most popular Gods of all time, ancient legends tell how Eros was born of Chaos and helped Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth) get it together. Their offspring helped to populate the ...
The Sylvester Stallone of Greek mythologyHe was not a god to start with. Just a tough guy, an old-fashioned heavy. Being begotten by top god Zeus with Alcmena did not automatically bestow godly status. After all, Zeus did put himself around a lot. (For all you know, you might be a...
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Many Greek gods and goddesses were associated with battle, but Ares was known as the one true Greek god of war (not to be confused with Kratos, the protagonist of the "God of War" video game franchise).
244 ff (trans. Gerber, Vol. Greek Elegiac) (Greek elegy C6th B.C.) : "When you go to Aides' house of wailing, down in the dark earth's depths."Anacreon, Frag 405 (from Scholiast on Hesiod) (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric II) (C6th B.C.) : "Theos Khthonios (God of ...