Its crown became Ouranos (Heaven), and what had sunk downwards, Gaia (Gaea, Earth). There also came forth an incorporeal god [Phanes or the primordialEros]."Orphica, Epicuras Fragment (from Epiphanius) : "And he [Epicurus] says that the world began in the likeness of an egg, and the...
Rhea's backstory kicks off in the depths of Greek mythology, where she emerges as the daughter of Gaia, the Earth herself, and Uranus, the vast blue sky overhead. Gaia and Uranus weren't just any parents. They wereprimal deities, embodying the fundamental aspects of the world. The Titans...
: "If some god had been holding level the balance of Dike (Justice)."Bacchylides, Fragment 15 : "It is open to all men to reach unswerving Dike (Justice), the attendant of holy Eunomia (Good Order) and wise Themis (Right Order)."...
Also famous is the struggle he had with Neptune when it came to naming Athens (remember thatMinervawould be Athena in Greek mythology). It was decided to name it after that god who achieved the greatest good for the city. Minerva won after making an olive grove sprout from the earth. Jun...
Thus, the names of the 50 sea maidens (the Nereids) fathered by the sea god Nereus indicate various qualities of the Sea. In a different way, the story describing the first woman, Pandora, sent by Zeus to bedevil man, brings out Hesiod’s firm belief in the supreme and irresistible ...
Given this attitude of sophisticated doubt on his part, Euripides invents protagonists who are quite different from the larger-than-life characters drawn with such conviction by Aeschylus and Sophocles. They are, for the most part, commonplace, down-to-earth men and women who have all the flaws...
Helios, Selene's twin brother, takes the highway across the sky as the sun god, while their younger sister, Eos, paints the dawn with rose-tinted hues as the goddess of dawn. It's not just a celestial road trip every day; it underscores their operational roles in natural phenomena, mak...
Selene may be the mythological Greek original, but Latin variation Selena is used more often in the US these days. Selene is the Greek goddess of the moon, sister of Helios the sun god. Selene is also sometimes called Cynthia and Phoebe. The name may be related to the word selas, which...
Olympus, Poseidon, for obvious reasons. He was the god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought, and horses. Poseidon was Kronos and Rhea’s son, and he was usually portrayed as a mature man with a muscular body and dark beard, holding a trident which was a three-pronged fisherman’s ...
The Myth skin pack, a subevent coming later in the year, also came together thanks to a diverse set of influences and several years on the backlog. A concept skin for Uther, called “Uthor” after the Nordic God Thor, was part of the inspiration....