The Story of the Hercules Knot – The Ancient Greek Love Knot
We’ve all heard the saying, “Tying the knot”, meaning to get married. However, did you know the origins of this phrase go back thousands of years, to the time of Hercules, the...
Category: Greek Mythology
The Five Rivers of the Ancient Greek Underworld
The ancient Greeks believed that existence does not end with death; there is no death, only a transition from one state of being to another; every human died only to live again...
The Legend of the Gordian Knot
Today we use the metaphor “Gordian Knot” to describe any gritty problem which appears to have no solution, a knotty problem you might say, which can only be solved by a bold...
The Concept and Consequences of Hubris in 8 Greek Myths
The word, or term, Hubris, originates from the Ancient Greek word ὕβρις (húbris) and refers to arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, pretentiousness, vanity, pride, insolence and audacity. I could go on and on here...
Hypnos and Morpheus – Mythical Gods of Sleep and Dreams
Hypnos and Morpheus were a father and son team; Hypnos, god of sleep, sent people off to dreamland where his son, Morpheus, god of dreams, awaited ready to “Morph” himself into their...
Greek Mythology – How It All Began
Greek myths have fascinated us for hundreds of years. They’ve made our imaginations run wild with bewitching stories of feuding gods, heroic heroes, breathtaking beasts and mind-blowing monsters. As with myths from...
All the Greek Gods – Primordials – Titans and Olympians
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 – Ancient Greek Harvest Festival – Women Only!
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 Maimakterion,...
The Greek Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
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,...
The Ancient Greek Mythical Land of Elysium
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...
