March – a Month of War – Ares the Greek Vs Mars the Roman
Here’s food for thought, if the Romans, had kept the names of their gods Greek, the month of March, named after the Roman god Mars, would maybe now be called Ares, as...
Category: Greek Mythology
10 Ancient Greek Myths About Trees
Woodlands and forests played a noticeable role in ancient Greek folklore and mythology, in these mystical whereabouts,full of hidden secrets; anything was possible, anything could happen. In many ancient Greek myths and...
20 Ancient Greek Flower Myths
From birth to death, from innocence to passion, flowers have numerous interpretations and implications in myths and legends of ancient Greece. Flowers often symbolize youth, beauty, and pleasure but they may also...
Gamelion – the Ancient Greek Month of February – Love – Lust and Marriage
Gamelion; the month of marriage, was the seventh month of the Attic calendar of ancient Greece which coincides with the modern day month of February. The word derives from the Greek γαμηλίᾰ...
Hekatombaion – July – New Year in Ancient Greece
In the Gregorian calendar, July is named after Julius Caesar, who was born in this month, however, for the ancient Athenians, July, known as Hekatombaion, named after the Hekatomb, a procession of...
The Word Panic Originates From the Greek God Pan
The word Panic, Panikos in Greek, meaning a sudden sensation of fear, overwhelming anxiety or agitation; a feeling so strong as to often block out reasonable and logical behavior, is derived from...
June – the Month of Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess of Women and Marriage
June is the most popular month for weddings, nowadays, the reason for this is the higher chance of good weather, in ancient Greece though, this was not the case. The month of...
Ancient Greeks – First to Predict a Lunar Eclipse 2000 Years Ago
Over two thousand years ago the ancient Greeks predicted the first lunar eclipse and even more amazingly, they did it with the aid of a computer and at the same time, discovered...
Chaos in Greek Mythology – The Creation of Everything
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty” Genesis According to Greek mythology, the original meaning of the Greek word chaos means...
The Greek Myth of Pandora – First Mortal Woman
Pandora’s Box, one of the most loved Greek myths, is also one of the shortest, however, saying that, to fully understand this marvelous myth and how Pandora came to be the first...
