Poseidon was the Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses. The god had numerous lovers in myth. This page describes his divine consorts including the sea-queen Amphitrite, goddess Demeter and Gorgon Medusa.
"[N.B. The following is a rationalisation of the myth by some late classical author:] Helios : After the death of Hephaistos [Ptah], the king of Egypt, Helios [Ra] his son took the rule . . . Helios, then, maintained the laws of his father, and denounced his wife when he disco...
” representing Apollo’s anguished cry of “alas.” This myth not only explains the origin of the hyacinth flower but also explores the themes of love, jealousy, and the power of transformation
It would take a whole lifetime to visit every historical and archaeological site and landscape that has strong links to the stories of myth and legend from Ancient Greece. This past summer, we returned to one such place, and I was reminded of how rich and deeply moving this connection betwe...
Pandora's Box - The Story of the First Woman Created by the Gods - Greek Mytholo 04:21 Top 10 Marine Deities of Greek Mythology - Mythological Curiosities - See U in H 04:38 The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice - A love beyond life - Greek Mythology in Comi 08:39 The Curse of Erysi...
These stories cover a variety of themes, such as lust, greed, anger, love and jealousy. An... Read More About the Myth of the Old Man of the Sea There are many different types of figures in Greek mythology, and not all of them are gods and goddesses. There is a curious character ...
195 -- 5:49 App The Greek myth of Demeter's revenge - Iseult Gillespie 90 -- 7:00 App Orpheus and Eurydice - Tragic Love Story from Greek Mythology 191 -- 4:53 App Troy - Paris starts Trojan War by taking Helen from Sparta 105 -- 13:49 App The Man Who Dreamed of Being Go...
To distinguish between myth, legend, and folktale can be useful, provided it is remembered that the Greeks themselves did not do so. Religious myths the gods on OlympusThe gods on Olympus: Athena, Zeus, Dionysus, Hera, and Aphrodite. Detail of a painting on a Greek cup; in the National ...
it isalwaysassumed as a matter of course that pederastic sexual intercourse is anal. Theonly"evidence" ever peddled for this myth is that, for special reasons, man/boy pedication is not shown on vases, but by this logic one would have to assume that the Greeks also regarded masturbation...
LOCALE : Aitolia (Central Greece) and Amythaonia (Egypt) OR Mt Ida, Troia (Asia Minor) I. SEDUCED IN EGYPT Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 16 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Mercurius [Hermes] stirred by Venus's [Aphrodite's] beauty, fell in love with her, and...