The Myth of AeneasAeneas was a Trojan hero of Greek mythology, a princely son of the mortal Aghisis and the
While Laomache's individual legend may not overtly lead legendary campaigns or bear her name in extensive epic cycles, her presence contributes to a collective recognition of Amazonian prowess and spirit. In discussing Laomache, emphasis less on how she stood alone, but how she stood alongside—e...
I first visited Nemea almost twenty years ago, just prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the time, I was unfamiliar with the history and mythology of the site. I was more caught up with this gathering of mysterious ruins set among the undulating vineyards of Nemea’s Wine Country, the l...
"Joppa [now the Israeli town of Jaffa] is said to have existed before the flood; it is situated on a hill, and in front of it is a rock on which they point out the marks made by the chains with which Andromeda was fettered; here there is a cult of the legendary goddess Ceto (t...
In Greek mythology the Domos Haidou (House of Hades) was the land of the dead--the final resting place for departed souls. It was a dark and dismal realm where bodiless ghosts flitted across the grey fields of asphodel. The Homeric poets knew of no Elysi
Once when he attacked a city with swords of fire, a princess appeared in the sky and quenched his flames with her cloak of mist and dew. The bringers of fire are legendary heroes in many traditions. Prometheus * of Greek mythology, one of the most famous fire bringers, stole fire from...
(Atlanteans), the most civilized men among the inhabitants of those regions, who dwelt in a prosperous country and possessed great cities; it was among them, we are told, that mythology places the birth of the gods, in the regions which lie along the shore of Okeanos, in this respect ...
"The legendary war with the Gigantes, who once dwelt about Thrake and on the isthmus of Pallene." Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 28. 1 : "The Arkadians (Arcadians) say that the fabled battle between Gigantes and gods took place here [Trapezos (Trapezus) in Arkadia] and not at ...