Greek Mythology

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Going against the gods’ wishes can be dangerous, and King Phineus certainly made the Greek deities furious. To the left and right, the winged Boreads rescue Phineus from the Harpies. Credit: Leningrad Painter, Public Domain Having received the gift of prophecy, King Phineus used it to reveal the gods’ plans […]

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – In “Theogony,” a Greek poet, Hesiod, who likely lived around 700 BC, tells about Hypnos, the god of sleep, and his twin brother, Thanatos, the god of death, who the Greeks occasionally saw as a harbinger of a peaceful death. Their parents were Nyx, the goddess of the night, and

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – In Greek mythology, Ares was the god of war and violence, but was not nearly as prominent in ancient Greece as his counterpart Mars was in ancient Rome. He was also the spirit of battle, who never developed moral functions to stand as a good example. Ares loved war for its

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com  – Laocoon’s story is dramatic. According to Greek mythology, Laocoon was a Trojan priest who offended the gods. As punishment, Laocoon and his two sons were strangled by sea serpents. He was the one who warned the Trojans against the wooden horse and was killed together with his sons. To capture

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – According to ancient Greek myth, the goddess Astraea was the last of the immortals to leave our planet as the ages declined. Her return one day would signal the advent of a new epoch. Will she return with the Second Golden Age? Astraea, dubbed “the starry one,” was the virgin

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In ancient Greek mythology, numerous heroes stand out for their admirable deeds, bringing honor both to themselves and to the Olympian gods they served. Yet, it’s important to remember that even in these tales of greatness, there exists a balance—every act of virtue is often mirrored by its opposite. This

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Once the wheel of misfortune has been set in motion, it can be challenging to stop it from spinning. Tragedies have an uncanny tendency to follow each other, and the House of Atreus certainly experienced the greatest miseries life has to offer. The misadventures of the House of Atreus is