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Delos

September 16, 2014 Athens Path 0

The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. Delos had a position as a holy […]

Judgement of Paris

September 13, 2014 Athens Path 0

The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War Sources of the episode As with many mythological tales, details vary depending […]

Oedipus at Colonus

September 13, 2014 Athens Path 0

Oedipus at Colonus is one of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles’ death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson (also called Sophocles) at the […]

Europe

September 10, 2014 Athens Path 0

In Greek mythology Europa (Greek: Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē; Doric Greek: Εὐρώπα Eurṓpā) was a Phoenician woman of high lineage, for whom the continent Europe was named. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form […]

Hera

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Hera (Greek Ἥρα) is the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. Her counterpart […]

Zeus

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Zeus (Ancient Greek: Ζεύς, Zeús; Modern Greek: Δίας, Días) is the “Father of Gods and men” who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family according to the ancient Greek religion. […]

Cronus

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Cronus / Cronos and Kronos (Greek: Κρόνος [krónos]) was in Greek mythology the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the sky and Gaia, the earth. He […]

Rhea

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Rhea (Greek: Ῥέα) is the Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, in Greek mythology and sister and wife to Cronos. In early traditions, she is known as “the mother […]

Themis

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Themis (Greek: Θέμις) is an ancient Greek Titaness. She is described as “of good counsel”, and is the personification of divine order, law, natural law and custom. Themis means “divine law” rather than human ordinance, […]

Mnemosyne

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Mnemosyne (Greek: Mνημοσύνη), source of the word mnemonic, was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. A Titanide, or Titaness, she was the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and the mother of the nine Muses […]

Constantino Brumidi

May 18, 2015 0

Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek-Italian-American historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Parentage and early life Brumidi was […]

Lafcadio Hearn (小泉八雲)

February 14, 2015 0

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲?), was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of […]

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