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The historical dimension of Greek myths - .... Consequently our view
of Greek religion and mythology has been (and will continue to be)
modified by new knowledge, not least in the area ...
Myths of Creation in Greek culture: Part 1 - ...iverse as a flat disc with hills,
touched at its rim by the vast dome of the heavens. The deity
Oceanus is the stream of ocean that encircle...
Myths of Creation in Greek culture: Part 2 - ...not think to ask that her beloved avoid ruinous old age and retain perpetual youth. Indeed as long as he kept
his desirable youthful bloom, Tith...
ZEUS Rise to POWER: The Creation of Man: Part 1 - ...and sisters as allies: Hestia,
Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. Allied with him as well were
the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes, for he h...
ZEUS Rise to POWER: The Creation of Man: Part 2 - ... even more
amazed at the kinds of skills and means that I devised; the greatest
this: if anyone fell sick, there existed no defense, neither...
Zeus, Hera and their children: Part 1 - ...His sisters Hestia and Demeter
share in divine power and functions; the other major gods and
goddesses are also given significant prerogativ...
Zeus, Hera and their children: Part 2 - ...ortal head of the lord and he made great
01 ympus tremble. After the two had made their plans, they parted; then
she leape...
Anthropomorphic conception and Greek humanism - ... more grand and
intense, their sentiments more praiseworthy and touching; and
they can embody and impose the loftiest moral values in the un...
Nemesis and Croesus - ... the seventy years will number
thirty-five and these additional months will add 1050 days.
All the days of the seventy years will total 26,2...
The Persians and Croesus - ...man placed him on the pyre wishing to see if any of the
gods would save him from being burned alive. At any rate
this is what Cyrus did, bu...
Poseidon and the sea monsters - ...Nereus, the eldest of his children, who
was gentle, wise, and true, an old man of the sea with the gift of
prophecy. Nereus in turn united ...
Athena and Minerva in greek mythology - ... of the immortals. was gripped
with awe as they watched. She quickly sprang forth from
the immortal head in front of aegis-bearing Zeus, bra...
Aphrodite and Eros in Greek mythology: Part 1 - ... her birth gives her parents
as Zeus and Dione. Dione is little more than a name to us, but a
curious one, since it is the feminine form of ...
Aphrodite and Eros in Greek mythology: Part 2 - ... the grip of
the eternal and all-dominating female through whom resurrection
and new life may be attained. An important variation on the sam...
Aphrodite and Eros in Greek mythology: Part 3 - ...have
a way," he said, "whereby men may continue to exist but
will cease from their insolence by being made weaker. For
I shall cut each ...
Aphrodite and Eros in Greek mythology: Part 4 - ... the nature of
this spirit. The conception you had of Eros is not surprising.
You believed, to infer from what you said, that Love
was ...
The Homeric Hymn to Artermis - ..., rejoicing in the chase as she draws her bow, made
all of silver, and shoots her shafts of woe. The peaks of the
lofty mountains tremble, ...
Callisto and Diana in Greek Mythology - ...er its smooth and sandy bed.
She praised the place; she dipped her feet into the water
and it pleased her. "No man is here to spy on us," s...
Who was Apollo in Greek Mythology - ... to the
home of Zeus. They all spring up from their seats as he
approaches and draws his shining bow, and Leto alone
remains beside Zeu...
Apollo and Zeus - ...dium, a theater,
and, of course, the great temple of Apollo himself.
The Pythian games, which were celebrated every four years,
included...
Apollo and the messengers - ...n's
arms, young fellow? The bow suits my shoulder; I can
take unerring aim at wild animals or at my enemies. I it
was ...
Hermes in Greek Mythology - ...g in love with Zeus. She in her modesty
shunned the company of the blessed gods and lived
within a shadowy cave; here the son of Cronus join...
Hermes speech to Zeus - ...d to the end I shall
not deceive you."
And Hermes answered him with clever words:
"Archer-god, your questions are well-considered; I do ...
Dionysus, Pentheus, Echo and Narcissus - ...e might ask
of him and then she made known her demand. Zeus was unwilling but was forced to comply, and Semele was consumed by the splendor
of...
Dionysus dialog with Pentheus - ...here from Lydia, some
wizard and sorcerer, with scented hair and golden curls, who has
the wine-dark charms of Aphrodite in his eyes. He spen...
DIONYSUS: Pentheus, I call on you - ...ons that the villagers
threw did not draw any blood, but when the Bacchae hurled
the thyrsus from their .hands they inflicted wounds on many.
...
The Homeric Hymn to Dionysus - ... fear takes for granted emotions and excitement that are essentially
Bacchic. Friedrich Nietzsche has provided the most imaginative
and influ...
Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries: Part 1 - ...sees all, gave her to him.
Alone, away from Demeter of the golden scepter and
goodly crops, Persephone was playing with the deep-bosomed
...
Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries: Part 2 - ...y breathed
around and about her and a delicious odor was wafted
from her fragrant garments. The radiance from the immortal
person of the ...
Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries: Part 3 - ...th
horses. He is thus a god of agricultural wealth (compare his names,
Pluto, or Dis for the Romans) but he should not be confused with
...
The Underworld of Hades - ...s about how to reach Ithaca, his homeland
(12-99):
Our ship came to the farthest realm of deep-flowing
Oceanus, where the country of th...
Greek Local Legends The Theban Saga - ...otifs are
equally prominent in saga, folk tale, and romance-another reminder
of how artificial such distinctions in genre are in themselves,
...
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The Trojan horse and Achilles (06/17/2007)
(...) . Homer continues: "Thus she spake; but already the life-giving earth held them there, in Sparta, in their own native land." However, when Odysseus sees Leda in his visit to the Underworld he refers to them as "alive beneath the earth" and passing from death to life and vice versa, and being honored equally with the gods. (...)
(...) . Homer continues: "Thus she spake; but already the life-giving earth held them there, in Sparta, in their own native land." However, when Odysseus sees Leda in his visit to the Underworld he refers to them as "alive beneath the earth" and passing from death to life and vice versa, and being honored equally with the gods. (...)
Troy, Priam and Iliad (06/17/2007)
(...) " He therefore went to the Greek army disguised as a beggar (the action is put variously in Argos or Troy) and asked Achilles to cure his wound. Achilles said he could not, for he was not a doctor, but Odysseus pointed out that it was Achilles' spear that had caused the wound; scrapings from it were applied, and Telephus was healed. Finally, the expedition reached Troy; the first Greek to leap ashore was Protesilaus, and he was killed by Hector. (...)
(...) " He therefore went to the Greek army disguised as a beggar (the action is put variously in Argos or Troy) and asked Achilles to cure his wound. Achilles said he could not, for he was not a doctor, but Odysseus pointed out that it was Achilles' spear that had caused the wound; scrapings from it were applied, and Telephus was healed. Finally, the expedition reached Troy; the first Greek to leap ashore was Protesilaus, and he was killed by Hector. (...)
The war for Troy and the Trojan horse (06/17/2007)
(...) He was his companion in the night patrol, where Dolon and Rhesus were killed, and in the theft of the Palladium from Troy. His meeting with Glaucus has already been described; his adventures after the war will be discussed later. Nestor, son of Neleus, was the oldest of the Greek leaders; his experience as a child had been similar to that of Priam, for he had become king of Pylos after Heracles had sacked the city and killed Neleus and all his sons except Nestor. (...)
(...) He was his companion in the night patrol, where Dolon and Rhesus were killed, and in the theft of the Palladium from Troy. His meeting with Glaucus has already been described; his adventures after the war will be discussed later. Nestor, son of Neleus, was the oldest of the Greek leaders; his experience as a child had been similar to that of Priam, for he had become king of Pylos after Heracles had sacked the city and killed Neleus and all his sons except Nestor. (...)
The visit of Odysseus to the Underworld (06/17/2007)
(...) Diomedes, like Nestor, reached his home, Argos, quickly, but there found trouble. Nauplius not only wrecked part of the Greek fleet, as we have seen, but further attempted to satisfy his vengeance by getting the wives of some of the leaders to commit adultery. Among them was Aegialia, wife of Diomedes. (...)
(...) Diomedes, like Nestor, reached his home, Argos, quickly, but there found trouble. Nauplius not only wrecked part of the Greek fleet, as we have seen, but further attempted to satisfy his vengeance by getting the wives of some of the leaders to commit adultery. Among them was Aegialia, wife of Diomedes. (...)
Calypso helped Odysseus build a raft and sail away (06/17/2007)
(...) Lastly Circe told Odysseus of the island of Thrinacia, where Helius (the Sun) pastured his herds of cattle and sheep; she strictly warned Odysseus not to touch a single one of the animals if he and his men wished ever to return to Ithaca. But Odysseus' men in the event could not show such restraint after weeks of being detained by adverse winds, and while he was sleeping they killed some of the cattle for food. Helius complained to Zeus, and as a punishment (for the sacrilege of killing the god's cattle) Zeus raised a storm when the ship set sail and hurled a thunderbolt at it. (...)
(...) Lastly Circe told Odysseus of the island of Thrinacia, where Helius (the Sun) pastured his herds of cattle and sheep; she strictly warned Odysseus not to touch a single one of the animals if he and his men wished ever to return to Ithaca. But Odysseus' men in the event could not show such restraint after weeks of being detained by adverse winds, and while he was sleeping they killed some of the cattle for food. Helius complained to Zeus, and as a punishment (for the sacrilege of killing the god's cattle) Zeus raised a storm when the ship set sail and hurled a thunderbolt at it. (...)
Perseus and the legends of Argus (06/17/2007)
(...) Ancient is Argos' excellence in beautiful women; Zeus revealed this truth when he came to Alcmena and to Danae. . . (...)
(...) Ancient is Argos' excellence in beautiful women; Zeus revealed this truth when he came to Alcmena and to Danae. . . (...)
Hermes lulled Argus to sleep by telling him stories (06/17/2007)
(...) This completes the saga of Perseus and the Gorgon's head. There have been very many interpretations and rationalizations, which can for the most part be safely ignored. One interesting feature of the saga is the predominance of folk tale motifs, more so than in any other Greek saga. (...)
(...) This completes the saga of Perseus and the Gorgon's head. There have been very many interpretations and rationalizations, which can for the most part be safely ignored. One interesting feature of the saga is the predominance of folk tale motifs, more so than in any other Greek saga. (...)
Some information about Heracles (06/17/2007)
(...) For his homicide he was exiled from Mycenae, while his uncle, Sthenelus, became king of Mycenae. Amphitryon, with Alcmena, went to Thebes, where the king, Creon, purified him of his blood-guilt. The death of Alcmena's brothers, however, still remained unavenged, and Alcmena refused to give herself to Amphitryon until he should have completed the expedition that Electryon had planned. (...)
(...) For his homicide he was exiled from Mycenae, while his uncle, Sthenelus, became king of Mycenae. Amphitryon, with Alcmena, went to Thebes, where the king, Creon, purified him of his blood-guilt. The death of Alcmena's brothers, however, still remained unavenged, and Alcmena refused to give herself to Amphitryon until he should have completed the expedition that Electryon had planned. (...)
The twelve labors of Greek culture (06/17/2007)
(...) This is the early tradition of the story; later authors (of whom Theocritus gives the fullest account in his twenty-fifth Idyll) made the lion invulnerable, so that Heracles was obliged to strangle it with his hands after clubbing it, and then to flay it by using its claws to cut the invulnerable hide. At any rate, the club and lion's skin henceforth were Heracles' weapon and clothing par excellence; in art as in literature, they are invariably associated with him. 2. (...)
(...) This is the early tradition of the story; later authors (of whom Theocritus gives the fullest account in his twenty-fifth Idyll) made the lion invulnerable, so that Heracles was obliged to strangle it with his hands after clubbing it, and then to flay it by using its claws to cut the invulnerable hide. At any rate, the club and lion's skin henceforth were Heracles' weapon and clothing par excellence; in art as in literature, they are invariably associated with him. 2. (...)
Other deeds of Heracles (06/17/2007)
(...) Later they tried to trick Zeus and were punished by being turned into apes, or into stones. While Heracles was alive the expedition of the Argonauts took place, and he was among the heroes who sailed on the Argo. But he is too important to be subordinate to other heroes in the saga, and so generally he soon drops out of the expedition. (...)
(...) Later they tried to trick Zeus and were punished by being turned into apes, or into stones. While Heracles was alive the expedition of the Argonauts took place, and he was among the heroes who sailed on the Argo. But he is too important to be subordinate to other heroes in the saga, and so generally he soon drops out of the expedition. (...)
Heracles: Man, Hero and God (06/17/2007)
(...) Instead it is better to suppose that Heracles is an older hero common to all the Greek peoples, but associated more with certain areas (Argos, Thebes, Trachis) than others. Thus we find his exploits covering the whole of the Greek world and his legends and cult flourishing in areas of Greek colonization, such as Asia Minor and Italy (where, as Hercules, he passed into the Roman state religion). Many people, however, have thought of him primarily as a god. (...)
(...) Instead it is better to suppose that Heracles is an older hero common to all the Greek peoples, but associated more with certain areas (Argos, Thebes, Trachis) than others. Thus we find his exploits covering the whole of the Greek world and his legends and cult flourishing in areas of Greek colonization, such as Asia Minor and Italy (where, as Hercules, he passed into the Roman state religion). Many people, however, have thought of him primarily as a god. (...)
Theseus and the legends of Attica and Crete (06/17/2007)
(...) Herse was loved by Hermes, and by him was the mother of Cephalus, who has already been mentioned as beloved by Eos (the dawn) and in connection with Amphitryon. In later legend he is the husband of Procris, daughter of Erechtheus. In Ovid's story he was tempted by Aurora (the Latin form of Eos), who also loved him, to make trial of Procris' faithfulness; in disguise he attempted to seduce her and when he was on the point of succeeding revealed himself. (...)
(...) Herse was loved by Hermes, and by him was the mother of Cephalus, who has already been mentioned as beloved by Eos (the dawn) and in connection with Amphitryon. In later legend he is the husband of Procris, daughter of Erechtheus. In Ovid's story he was tempted by Aurora (the Latin form of Eos), who also loved him, to make trial of Procris' faithfulness; in disguise he attempted to seduce her and when he was on the point of succeeding revealed himself. (...)
Poseidon was Theseus father rather than Aegeus (06/17/2007)
(...) Some of the characters in his sagas were themselves heroes with a cult of their own, whom he absorbed; examples are Sciron and Hippolytus. As a mythological character Theseus is less interesting than many lesser, but more genuine, figures; his legends owe their fame as much to the fact that he was the hero of a city whose writers dominated the classical Greek literary tradition as to their intrinsic interest. The idealization of Theseus was especially developed in the latter part of the sixth century, when the tyrant Pisistratus encouraged the development of an Athenian historical tradition. (...)
(...) Some of the characters in his sagas were themselves heroes with a cult of their own, whom he absorbed; examples are Sciron and Hippolytus. As a mythological character Theseus is less interesting than many lesser, but more genuine, figures; his legends owe their fame as much to the fact that he was the hero of a city whose writers dominated the classical Greek literary tradition as to their intrinsic interest. The idealization of Theseus was especially developed in the latter part of the sixth century, when the tyrant Pisistratus encouraged the development of an Athenian historical tradition. (...)
The Amazons invaded Attica and were defeated by Theseus (06/17/2007)
(...) But the young man, forgetful, parted the waves with his oars in flight, leaving his promises unfulfilled to the gusts of wind. Ovid, who related this legend three times, describes the arrival of Dionysus and his companions with the most detail (Ars Amatoria 1. 535-64): And now Ariadne beat her soft breast again and again: "My faithless lover has gone," cried she. (...)
(...) But the young man, forgetful, parted the waves with his oars in flight, leaving his promises unfulfilled to the gusts of wind. Ovid, who related this legend three times, describes the arrival of Dionysus and his companions with the most detail (Ars Amatoria 1. 535-64): And now Ariadne beat her soft breast again and again: "My faithless lover has gone," cried she. (...)
Importance of Daedalusin Greek Culture (06/17/2007)
(...) The idea of the maze has plausibly been thought to have its origin in the huge and complex palace of Cnossus, with its many passageways and endless series of rooms. Moreover, Minos and Pasiphae, like their daughters Ariadne and Phaedra, are probably divine figures; Minos was son and friend of Zeus, while Pasiphae (the All-Shining) was the daughter of Helius. Daedalus eventually tired of his life in Crete, and Minos would not let him go. (...)
(...) The idea of the maze has plausibly been thought to have its origin in the huge and complex palace of Cnossus, with its many passageways and endless series of rooms. Moreover, Minos and Pasiphae, like their daughters Ariadne and Phaedra, are probably divine figures; Minos was son and friend of Zeus, while Pasiphae (the All-Shining) was the daughter of Helius. Daedalus eventually tired of his life in Crete, and Minos would not let him go. (...)
When Homer refers to the Argonauts (06/17/2007)
(...) Athamas then married Ino, one of the daughters of Cadmus, who attempted to destroy her stepchildren. She persuaded the Boeotian women to parch the seed grain so that when it was sown nothing grew. In the ensuing famine Athamas sent to Delphi for advice, but Ino suborned the envoys to say that the god's advice was for Athamas to sacrifice Phrixus if he wanted the famine to end. (...)
(...) Athamas then married Ino, one of the daughters of Cadmus, who attempted to destroy her stepchildren. She persuaded the Boeotian women to parch the seed grain so that when it was sown nothing grew. In the ensuing famine Athamas sent to Delphi for advice, but Ino suborned the envoys to say that the god's advice was for Athamas to sacrifice Phrixus if he wanted the famine to end. (...)
Jason at Colchis and the return of the Argonauts (06/17/2007)
(...) But in other versions Apsyrtus is a grown man and leads the pursuers, being treacherously murdered by Jason in an ambush near the mouth of the Danube. We give here Ovid's account of Jason's adventures at Colchis and their sequel. The narrative begins the day after Medea's meeting with Jason at the shrine of Hecate (Metamorphoses 7. (...)
(...) But in other versions Apsyrtus is a grown man and leads the pursuers, being treacherously murdered by Jason in an ambush near the mouth of the Danube. We give here Ovid's account of Jason's adventures at Colchis and their sequel. The narrative begins the day after Medea's meeting with Jason at the shrine of Hecate (Metamorphoses 7. (...)
Legends from the Central greece (06/17/2007)
(...) He was punished by being bound to a wheel of fire that ever revolves through the heavens.' "They say that Ixion, through the gods' commands revolving upon the winged wheel, cries out to men that they should always hasten to pay back their benefactor with kind deeds" (Pindar Pythian Odes 2. 21-24). (...)
(...) He was punished by being bound to a wheel of fire that ever revolves through the heavens.' "They say that Ixion, through the gods' commands revolving upon the winged wheel, cries out to men that they should always hasten to pay back their benefactor with kind deeds" (Pindar Pythian Odes 2. 21-24). (...)
Aetolia: An incursion to Corinth (06/17/2007)
(...) This is the most famous version of the Calydonian boar hunt as it is found in Ovid; in Homer, however, Artemis sent the boar to ravage the land while war was going on round the city of Calydon between the Aetolians (i.e., Calydonians) and the Curetes (an Acarnanian tribe); Meleager killed it and led the Aetolians in the battle with the Curetes over the boar's body. (...)
(...) This is the most famous version of the Calydonian boar hunt as it is found in Ovid; in Homer, however, Artemis sent the boar to ravage the land while war was going on round the city of Calydon between the Aetolians (i.e., Calydonians) and the Curetes (an Acarnanian tribe); Meleager killed it and led the Aetolians in the battle with the Curetes over the boar's body. (...)
Other Peloponnesian legends in Greek Culture (06/17/2007)
(...) The islands with the most important religious cults were Delos and Samothrace; at Delos Apollo was honored, and in Samothrace the Cabiri were worshiped with mystery rituals. Delos was the home of Anius, son of Apollo, as well as his father's priest, and king of the island at the time of the Trojan War. He had three daughters, Elais (Olive girl), Spermo (Seed girl), and Oeno (Wine girl), who received from Dionysus (from whom they were also descended) the power of producing, respectively, oil, grain, and wine, at will. (...)
(...) The islands with the most important religious cults were Delos and Samothrace; at Delos Apollo was honored, and in Samothrace the Cabiri were worshiped with mystery rituals. Delos was the home of Anius, son of Apollo, as well as his father's priest, and king of the island at the time of the Trojan War. He had three daughters, Elais (Olive girl), Spermo (Seed girl), and Oeno (Wine girl), who received from Dionysus (from whom they were also descended) the power of producing, respectively, oil, grain, and wine, at will. (...)
The gods and legends of Rome (06/17/2007)
(...) The Roman legends, then, are often adaptations of a Greek legend; often they are literary creations owing their present form to the genius of sophisticated authors (most especially of the Augustan Age), such as Vergil and Ovid, and therefore far removed from genuine myth, saga, or folk tale. Yet we should not dismiss Roman mythology as being a mere extension of Greek mythology. Roman religion has its roots in the . (...)
(...) The Roman legends, then, are often adaptations of a Greek legend; often they are literary creations owing their present form to the genius of sophisticated authors (most especially of the Augustan Age), such as Vergil and Ovid, and therefore far removed from genuine myth, saga, or folk tale. Yet we should not dismiss Roman mythology as being a mere extension of Greek mythology. Roman religion has its roots in the . (...)
Jupiter Latiaris was the chief god (06/17/2007)
(...) It evidently refers to a state god, and the Di Indigetes were a well-known group of state gods, the exact role of whom remains unknown. At any rate Jupiter Indiges was believed to have been none other than the deified Aeneas, who disappeared (i.e. (...)
(...) It evidently refers to a state god, and the Di Indigetes were a well-known group of state gods, the exact role of whom remains unknown. At any rate Jupiter Indiges was believed to have been none other than the deified Aeneas, who disappeared (i.e. (...)
Fanus and Silvanus in Roman Culture (06/17/2007)
(...) They were called the luperci, and after the sacrifice they ran nearly naked around the boundary of the Palatine, striking those women whom they met with leather straps; barren women, it was believed, became fertile by this act. Ovid relates a Greek folk tale explaining the nudity of the Luperci. Hercules (to give him his Latin name) and the Lydian queen, Omphale, came once to a cave and there exchanged clothes while supper was being prepared. (...)
(...) They were called the luperci, and after the sacrifice they ran nearly naked around the boundary of the Palatine, striking those women whom they met with leather straps; barren women, it was believed, became fertile by this act. Ovid relates a Greek folk tale explaining the nudity of the Luperci. Hercules (to give him his Latin name) and the Lydian queen, Omphale, came once to a cave and there exchanged clothes while supper was being prepared. (...)
Italian and Greek culture (06/17/2007)
(...) The earliest newcomer was the Greek Heracles, called Hercules at Rome; Livy says that when Romulus founded the city the cult of Hercules was the only foreign one that he accepted. We have seen how Hercules visited Rome with the cattle of Geryon and there killed the monster Cacus. To commemorate the event his cult was established, either by Hercules himself or by Evander, in the Forum Boarium (the cattle market between the Circus Maximus and the Tiber). (...)
(...) The earliest newcomer was the Greek Heracles, called Hercules at Rome; Livy says that when Romulus founded the city the cult of Hercules was the only foreign one that he accepted. We have seen how Hercules visited Rome with the cattle of Geryon and there killed the monster Cacus. To commemorate the event his cult was established, either by Hercules himself or by Evander, in the Forum Boarium (the cattle market between the Circus Maximus and the Tiber). (...)
Turnus and the Latins, with other Italian leaders (06/17/2007)
(...) Mezentius, in this version, continued the war against Iulus, by whom he was eventually killed. Iulus then ruled over Laurolavinium; thirty years after the arrival of the Trojans in Italy he left Laurolavinium and founded Alba Longa. Livy also attributes the foundation of Alba Longa to Iulus; as we have already seen, the basis for this legend is the need to reconcile two mutually exclusive legends, those of Aeneas and of Romulus. (...)
(...) Mezentius, in this version, continued the war against Iulus, by whom he was eventually killed. Iulus then ruled over Laurolavinium; thirty years after the arrival of the Trojans in Italy he left Laurolavinium and founded Alba Longa. Livy also attributes the foundation of Alba Longa to Iulus; as we have already seen, the basis for this legend is the need to reconcile two mutually exclusive legends, those of Aeneas and of Romulus. (...)
Survival of Mythology over the time (06/17/2007)
(...) 500) taught that fire was the prime element and further criticized the ritual of Homeric religion, in particular its central feature, the animal sacrifice; purifying oneself with blood, said he, was like washing in mud. The most outspoken of these early critics was Xenophanes of Colophon (ca. 525), who attacked Homeric anthropomorphism: "Homer and Hesiod," he said, "have attributed to the gods everything that is shameful and a reproach among men: theft, adultery and deceit. (...)
(...) 500) taught that fire was the prime element and further criticized the ritual of Homeric religion, in particular its central feature, the animal sacrifice; purifying oneself with blood, said he, was like washing in mud. The most outspoken of these early critics was Xenophanes of Colophon (ca. 525), who attacked Homeric anthropomorphism: "Homer and Hesiod," he said, "have attributed to the gods everything that is shameful and a reproach among men: theft, adultery and deceit. (...)
Literary uses of Mythology (06/17/2007)
(...) This sovereign Virgin is the laurel, always green in virtue, which God planted in the garden of his paradise." A similar approach is to be found in the translation (from the French of Raoul le FBvre) of the Metamorphoses by William Caxton (Ovyde Hys Booke of Methamorphose, 1480). Another sentence may be had for the storye of Daphne which was a ryght fayre damoysel. (...)
(...) This sovereign Virgin is the laurel, always green in virtue, which God planted in the garden of his paradise." A similar approach is to be found in the translation (from the French of Raoul le FBvre) of the Metamorphoses by William Caxton (Ovyde Hys Booke of Methamorphose, 1480). Another sentence may be had for the storye of Daphne which was a ryght fayre damoysel. (...)
Classical myths in medieval and renaissance art (06/17/2007)
(...) In the cemetery underneath St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican is a third-century wall mosaic showing Christ with the attributes of Apollo as sun-god. He ascends in the chariot of the sun, whose rays, as well as the cross, emanate from his head, while in the background the vine of Dionysus is both a decorative and a symbolic feature. (...)
(...) In the cemetery underneath St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican is a third-century wall mosaic showing Christ with the attributes of Apollo as sun-god. He ascends in the chariot of the sun, whose rays, as well as the cross, emanate from his head, while in the background the vine of Dionysus is both a decorative and a symbolic feature. (...)
Classical mythology in music and film: Part 1 (06/17/2007)
(...) During the Renaissance, with its veneration of antiquity, tragedy and comedy were often inspired by Greek and Roman originals and quite elaborate musical choruses and interludes were sometimes added. But the years ushering in the Baroque period (ca. 1600-1750) must provide the real beginning for our survey. (...)
(...) During the Renaissance, with its veneration of antiquity, tragedy and comedy were often inspired by Greek and Roman originals and quite elaborate musical choruses and interludes were sometimes added. But the years ushering in the Baroque period (ca. 1600-1750) must provide the real beginning for our survey. (...)
Classical mythology in music and film: Part 2 (06/17/2007)
(...) The works of Richard Strauss are towering achievements of the twentieth century. His reworkings of Greek myth in terms of modem psychology and philosophy are among the most rewarding artistic products of this or any age. Strauss was fortunate in having as his librettist the brilliant dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. (...)
(...) The works of Richard Strauss are towering achievements of the twentieth century. His reworkings of Greek myth in terms of modem psychology and philosophy are among the most rewarding artistic products of this or any age. Strauss was fortunate in having as his librettist the brilliant dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. (...)
Classical mythology in music and film: Part 3 (06/17/2007)
(...) g., Hercules and the Moon Men. Although these films are of dubious quality, two are worth mentioning: Hercules (1959) and Hercules Unchained (1959); both are directed by Pietro Francisci, star bodybuilder Steve Reeves, attempt to recapture aspects of the original legend, and offer a modicum of entertainment, if one is not too discriminating. (...)
(...) g., Hercules and the Moon Men. Although these films are of dubious quality, two are worth mentioning: Hercules (1959) and Hercules Unchained (1959); both are directed by Pietro Francisci, star bodybuilder Steve Reeves, attempt to recapture aspects of the original legend, and offer a modicum of entertainment, if one is not too discriminating. (...)
Hermes, Zeus and Maia (06/16/2007)
(...) I was born yesterday, my feet are tender and the ground is rough beneath them. If you wish, I shall swear a great oath by the head of my father; I pledge a vow that I am not guilty myself and that I have not seen anyone else who might be the one who stole your cows-whatever cows are, for I have only heard about them now for the first time." Thus Hermes spoke, his eyes twinkling and his brows raised as he looked all about, and gave a long whistle to show how fruitless he considered Apollo's quest. (...)
(...) I was born yesterday, my feet are tender and the ground is rough beneath them. If you wish, I shall swear a great oath by the head of my father; I pledge a vow that I am not guilty myself and that I have not seen anyone else who might be the one who stole your cows-whatever cows are, for I have only heard about them now for the first time." Thus Hermes spoke, his eyes twinkling and his brows raised as he looked all about, and gave a long whistle to show how fruitless he considered Apollo's quest. (...)
Book of the Dead by Homer (06/16/2007)
(...) They obeyed at once and took their places at the oars. As they started to row a fair breeze sprang up. Countless difficulties beset any interpretation of the Homeric view of the afterlife, many of which are linked to the nature of the composition of the Odyssey as a whole and this book in particular. (...)
(...) They obeyed at once and took their places at the oars. As they started to row a fair breeze sprang up. Countless difficulties beset any interpretation of the Homeric view of the afterlife, many of which are linked to the nature of the composition of the Odyssey as a whole and this book in particular. (...)
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