the God of the Bible (and I presume the Koran.) I do this because if you live in a “Western” country that is usually the God someone is referring to when they ask “Do you believe in God.” (I don’t think they want to know if you worship Isis or Zeus or Quetzalcoatl or Shi...
In the myth, Jason of the Argonauts goes to Colchis to retrieve the golden fleece once owned by Zeus a justification for stealing. Medea, the King of Colchis’ daughter, through her knowledge and magic, helps Jason. Her act betrays her father and her country and, as they flee to Greece...
Poussin illustrated an ancient Roman myth in this painting ‘The Rape of the Sabine Women’. The story goes that Roman men abducted the women of Sabine to build a city and ensure offspring. The painting depicts the commotion and the fearful women with three-dimensional effects and sense of mo...
the god Apollo is said to have guided the arrow into his vulnerable spot, his heel. In one version of the myth Achilles is scaling the walls of Troy and about to sack the city when he is shot.
In Stephanie Kelton’s book The Deficit Myth, chapter 2 starts by saying the myth is that “Deficits are a sign of overspending” but the reality is “For evidence of overspending, look to inflation.” That’s quite different stance than you present. They key, as I understand it, is ...
We get the great cycles of myth, legend, and genealogy that become familiar in the earliest literature of many cultures, and which could be fixed for posterity in writing. Then we get a kind of revolution. If the gods stand for meaning and value, then they must be good. Where originally...
Another myth also tells us that it was here the human kind got a second chance. Zeus was sick and tired of humanity, its thievery, lies and treachery, and decided to drown them all in a flood. The good manDeucalionhad been warned by his fatherPrometheusand had built an ark in good ti...
PlayStation Store Spring Sale Update – New Games Added: Note: We have enabled a collapsible table for the games given the huge list. To see the games in each list, click on the black arrow and/or the letters (A – E, F – J, K – O, P – T, U – Z)....
The myth that the portrait, the good ones, the bad ones and everything in between, are an important and enlightening window into the soul of the sitter is just as much of an insipid cliché as the soul itself. In a vacuum, what makes a portrait interesting and successful is the ...
"Trojan Horse", you'll likely think of the ancient Greek myth, in which the city of Troy is invaded via an elusive trick using a large statue of a wooden horse. But this term also has relevance in the cybersecurity realm. So, what is a Trojan Horse in this sense, and how does it...