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Ten Folkloric Or Legendary Peoples Named After Their Favorite Foods By The Ancient Greeks
In many languages worldwide, the words used to designate peoples and settlements can often be quite literal. Warriors fight in wars; buccaneers were named...
Homer’s Detailed Ancient Ritual To Summon The Dead
If you have a copy of Homer’s masterful epic poem, The Odyssey, on your bookshelf, you may be surprised to know that the poem...
The Many Mates Of Zeus
According to myth, Zeus used strength, diplomacy and a whole lot of lightning to topple the rule of the Titans and claimed primacy for...
Leucothea—A Mortal Greek Woman Of Myth Said To Have Become A Goddess
Among the exclusive club of Greek deities that could claim to have originally been mortal humans was an interesting immortal named Leucothea the White...
10 Legendary Figures From Ancient Greek Folklore And Mythology
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Numerous heroes, due to their super-human strength, cunning and courage, were worshipped as gods or demigods. Their diligence in doing their duty for...
Homer: The Obscure Legend And His Epic Tales
(Statue of Homer, photographed by Rufus46, via Creative Commons (licensed CC 3.0), cropped and edited)
All around the world, and in almost every country,...
16+1 Dark And Vicious Ancient Greek Deities
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As well as being talented and innovative in science and philosophy, the ancient Greeks were also a very religious and devout people. They...
The Unlikely Man Who Popularized The Stories Of King Arthur—Geoffrey of Monmouth
(Painting of King Arthur by N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), from Sir Thomas Mallory, via Creative Commons
In 12th-century Britain, a peculiar churchman, historian and teacher...
Virgil (70-19 BCE)
(Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia, by Jean-Baptiste Wicar (1762–1834), via Creative Commons)
The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, better known as...
Anna Komnene—The Talented Princess Of The Byzantine Empire And Her Impressive Book Of History
Anna Komnene (1083-1153) was an extraordinary woman. She was an erudite scholar of multiple intellectual fields and a cunning political schemer who is believed...
