The daughter of the river god Inachus, Io was a priestess at one of Hera's temples. Zeus fell in love with her and seduced her. When Hera learned about Zeus's behavior, she turned the girl into a white cow. In some versions of the myth, it was Zeus who transformed Io into the co...
Pandora's box- (Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind Delphic oracle,Oracle of Apollo,oracle of Delphi,Temple of Apollo- (Greek mythology...
She was able to gain a large following, and soon other people were copying her style. They would dress up as different characters from Greek mythology and tell stories about them. Some of the most popular ones include: Aphrodite – The Goddess of Love and Beauty. Zeus – God of Thunder a...
he gets the mysterious sleep off the girl and puts it back in the box. He then lifts Psyche into the air and takes her to give the box to Aphrodite. Eros then heads to the king of the gods, hoping that he will help the couple escape his mother's rage. Zeus accepts to...
Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Semele, was a Greek god who represented the more spontaneous and unrestrained aspects of human experience. He was the god of wine, winemaking, fertility, music, dance, and inspiration, and was sometimes counted among the Twelve Olympians—the most important gods ...
Another story was that Io, a consort of Zeus, was disguised as a bull. Io did not want to be spotted by Hera, but Hera did see. Hera sent a Gadfly to scare the bull away, and it fell into the river. Ian Ridpath A third story has King Minos asking Poseidon for a bull to sacri...
Northern Hemisphere during the sixth century. This event was so impactful that our ancestors preserved its memory over time. The climate changes resulting from this catastrophe were evident even in distant regions such as the Mediterranean and China, where historical records describe an unusually pale...
Even the king of the gods, Zeus, is unhappy that the better man will lose, but it is the fate of Hector to die. Later, Roman readers of the Iliad did not hesitate to imagine themselves descendants of the Trojans -- as in Virgil's Aeneid, where the Prince Aeneas, saved from Troy ...
Why Did Zeus Flood the Earth? Many cultures have stories about a time when a great deluge overwhelmed the Earth, drowning most of humanity and leaving only a few survivors to generate a new and hopefully improved human race. While the biblical story of Noah's flood is well known, the anci...
In C. S. Lewis'The Chronicles of Narnia, Eustace Scrubb transforms into a dragon, and the war-monger Rabadash into a donkey. Eustace's transformation is not strictly a punishment – the change simply reveals the truth of his selfishness. It is reversed after he repents and his moral natur...