Elysian Fields,Elysium- (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death Charybdis- (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla classical mythology- the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology ...
After her death she was changed into a white poplar in Elysium. The white poplar was sacred to Hades. When Herakles returned form the underworld, he was crowned with poplar leaves."Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. 14. 2 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "Herakles (...
Explore facts about the Greek god Poseidon. Discover the events, powers, symbols, and sacred animals associated with him, as well as his...
549 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) : "Thus as she [Eos the Dawn] cried [over the death of her son Memnon], the tears ran down her face immortal, like a river brimming aye : drenched was the dark earth round the corse. Nyx (the Night) grieved in her daughter's [...
One lesson of historyis that religion has many lives, and a habit of resurrection. How often in thepast have God and religion died and been reborn! Ikhnaton used all the powersof a pharaoh to destroy the religion ...
I am flying to escape death at their hands, and am thus doomed to be wanderer on the face of the earth….. take me, therefore, on board your ship. ( pg. 254). To us being the modern readers that we are, living in a completely different society, if a murder were to ask if he...
332 BC, Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt and brought three centuries of rule by Macedonian-Greek kings called the Ptolemies. With the death of the last ruler of the dynasty - Queen Cleopatra VII – in30 BC, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire for a further four centuries. Thus, ...
He is the twin brother of Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep. Thanatos is said to have been born from Nyx, the goddess of night, and is the son of Erebos, the god of darkness. He is responsible for escorting souls to the underworld and ensuring that the cycle of death and rebirth is ...
Anubis is the inventor and god of embalming and mummification. He guided the death through the underworld (called Duat). Anubis was the Guardian of the Scales, used to weigh the hearts of dead souls. His high level of anatomical knowledge due to embalming made him the patron of anesthesiology...
Mors- (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos Mars- (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares Rea Silvia,Rhea Silvia- (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus...