The god of lightning Percy Jackson described Zeus as a powerful god who would reward them if they treated him nicely but punished them if not. One example of this was Salmoneus, a prince of Thessaly with six brothers who made their own kingdoms. Salmoneus honored himself before the gods....
She even eclipsed a man — Ares, the god of war— in terms of popularity among the Greek people. She had no lovers, no marriage, no children, and yet she made a name for herself: This is something we need to remember even today....
The god's other attributes included a shield, a spear and sometimes a sheathed sword. Although his shield was often decorated with an emblem of some sort, ancient artists simply used a generic one drawn from their standard repertoire rather than something specific to the god. Ares was usually...
A further feature in the character of the Muses is their prophetic power, which belongs to them, partly because they were regarded as inspiring nymphs, and partly because of their connection with the prophetic god of Delphi. Hence, they instructed, for example, Aristaeus in the art of ...
Nyuwa, the Chinese goddess who molds humanity, finds her counterpart in Prometheus, the Greek Titan who fashions humans from earth and endows them with life. Yue Lao, the god who controls lovers' destinies, mirrors Eros, the God of Love. And Hou Yi, the heroic archer who shoots down nin...
But he was also the one who made the scepter of Agamemnon, the breast-plate of Diomedes, and the sword of Peleus.Hephaestus’ Women and Children For an ugly god, Hephaestus couldn’t have fared much better when it comes to women.
Circe was the daughter of Hecate (or Perse) and Helios (the Sun-God). She was a union of opposites. Just look at her parents: one is the Dark Moon and the other is the Sun. The sorcery bit goes hand in hand with the celestial powers, so that's alright, but just mentioning that...
But Zeus told Hermes, god of thieves, to snatch Io away, and Hermes resorted to a clever ruse. Disguising himself as a shepherd, he bored Argus with long-winded stories, beguiled him with song and eventually lulled him to sleep by playing tunes on a shepherd's pipe, recently invented by...
Set in a grittier, more grounded world than its animated counterpart, the film focuses on the duality of Hercules, a demi-god struggling to reconcile his godly nature with his human desires. Through its intense action sequences and deeply human characterizations, the film explores themes of ...
But when the tenth enlightening dawn had come, Hekate, with a torch in her hands, met her, and spoke to her and told her news: ‘Queenly Demeter, bringer of seasons and giver of good gifts, what god of heaven or what mortal man has rapt away Persephone and pierced with sorrow your ...