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In Greek mythology, so said Hesiod, a Greek poet writing between 750-650 BC, in his poem “Theogony” (birth of the gods), Chaos was the origin of everything. Hesiod goes on to tell...
The Thesmophoria was a festival held in honour of Demeter, goddess of the harvest and agriculture and her daughter Persephone, goddess of the Underworld. The festival was celebrated in the month of...
The most famous labyrinth in Greek mythology is the one commissioned by King Minos of Crete. It was designed by the architect Daedalus, at the Palace of Knossos, located on Kephala hill,...
In Greek mythology Elysium, also referred to as the Elysian Fields, is the idea of an afterlife separate from the Underworld (Hades). Elysian is a word from Greek Mythology relating to...
One of the most recognized creatures in Greek mythology is Pegasus, a mythical, winged white horse with magical powers. Pegasus is said to have been born of the sea-god Poseidon and the...
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus, maybe the most well-known inhabitant of the Underworld, was the greedy and conniving king and founder of Ephyra (now known as Corinth in the Peloponnese), who ruled with...
The Greek word “Xenia” meaning foreigner or stranger and “Philoxenia”, meaning “friend to a stranger”, are both words which depict the Ancient Greek idea of hospitality. It was extremely important to the...
According to ancient Greek poet Hesiod (seventh century BC), the nine muses are the daughters of the Titian, Mnemosyne, goddess of memory and Zeus, king of all Greek gods, whom also, so...
The Anemoi, in Greek mythology, are the four chief and the four minor wind gods, each one corresponding to the direction from whence they came. All are depicted as having large wings...
You may think a nymph, in Greek folklore female spirits of nature, is just a nymph, however, when it comes to Greek mythology, nothing is as simple as that! There are a...
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