Irenemeans “peace”in Greek, and it was the middle name of an ancient goddess named Serene Irene. She was the goddess of peace and had one of the most recognizable names in mythical history. In Roman history, Irene is spelled as Eirene — it became a famous name, especially in Europe ...
we have at once the clue to the character which she bears in the religion of Greece ; for, as her father was the most powerful and her mother the wisest among the gods, so Athena was a combination of the two, that is, a goddess in whom power and wisdom were harmoniously blended. Fr...
To the Romans she was the patron goddess of the Vestal Virgins, who in the Temple of Vesta kept the hearth fire of Rome forever burning. Hestia is one of three virgin goddess, along with ATHENA and ARTEMIS. PERSEPHONEROMAN NAME: PROSERPINE GODDESS OF SPRINGTIME Persephone was the daughter o...
This characteristic marks the fragment by which, before the discovery of 1896, he was best known - a passage, from one of his paeans, on the blessings of peace (fr. 13, Bergk, 3, Jebb); and it frequently appears in the Odes, especially in the mythical narratives. Greater poets can ma...
but there are many twin brothers in particular standing for night and day, light and dark, heat and cold, male and female, war and peace, good and bad, life and death. The creation myths of ancient cultures reflect this eternal battle of seeming opposites. Many surviving objects feature twi...
Since the Greek cities fought among themselves all the time, the occasional peace left many of them seeking to continue the wars by other means. The Egyptian kings of the XXVI Dynasty found plenty for them to do there. Indeed, the kings relied so heavily on Greek mercenaries, and there ...
Contention in the law-courts and rivalries in the assembly had for many men a more absorbing interest than questions of peace and war. Hereditary traditions had relaxed their hold, and political principles were not yet formulated. Yet there was not less scope on this account for personal ...
The “Iliad’s” 10th book takes place after an unsuccessful embassy to make peace with Achilles and coax him back into action. Troubled and bereft of a plan, Agamemnon summons the great warriors. Nestor suggests a night reconnaissance expedition to learn Trojan intentions. It will be a small...
Unit4 Greek Myths Part One Lead-in Task 1 Questions for Listening Directions: Watch the movie clip and answer the following questions. What are Greek myths about? Greek myths are about tales of tragic heroes, loves and personalities of the Gods and their battles with monsters,or even with on...