In the British writer Iris Murdoch’s novel A Severed Head (1961), the heroine is a Medusa figure. Britannica Quiz From Athena to Zeus: Basics of Greek Mythology The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn.Load...
In another myth, Sisyphus saw Zeus* kidnap a river nymph, but he promised to keep the hiding place secret. He betrayed Zeus, however, when he revealed the location to the nymph's father in exchange for a spring of pure water. Furious, Zeus sent Thanatos* (death) to take Sisyphus to ...
Other versions of the myth say that Zeus seduced Nemesis, and she laid the two eggs. A shepherd discovered them and gave them to Queen Leda, who tended the eggs until they hatched and raised the children as her own. In some variations of this legend, Helen and Pollux were the children ...
Persephone, inGreek religion, daughter ofZeus, the chief god, andDemeter, the goddess of agriculture; she was the wife ofHades, king of the underworld. In theHomeric“Hymn to Demeter,” the story is told of how Persephone was gathering flowers in theValeof Nysa when she was seized byHades...
For instance, he frequently killed travelers to his city, which was a violation of xenia, an ancient Greek code of hospitality associated with Zeus. Autolycus and the Cattle There are many stories told about Sisyphus' intelligence. One such story describes how he managed to catch a cattle ...
this appears in humour as a constant dissatisfaction with present conditions -- and a feeling like they're constantly the victim to circumstances that are out of their control (prolly zeus that hates me, not my own hatred of self that's mirrored in my circumstances). it's always something ...
plan with the Trojan war being phase 2. There were simply too many of us, and we sinned too much, so we had to be put in our place. Zeus is also warned that the child of the goddess Thetis is destined to be stronger than him if fathered by another god. Thus, Zeus decides to ...
An Anthology of Fact and Fiction. From Head of Zeus publishing, edited by Dr Stuart Clark, the work includes one hundred pieces of writing, both fact and fiction, about the Red Planet. Including classic writers of science fiction – H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Stanley G...
The Myth of Prometheus Greek mythology focuses on Prometheus' role as the thief of fire and as a sympathizer to humankind. In one version of the creation story, Zeus put Prometheus and Epimetheus in charge of filling the Earth with live creations. Zeus wanted them to endow their creations ...
Hercules an epic hero with an epic story Hercules the son of the great god Zeus is one of the best known gods of all the greek mythological heros. Hercules...