Birth of Athena: A Clever Strategy?
Posted on | December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment
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The myth of the birth of Athena was not just an engaging and extraordinary fragment of Greek mythology. It was also an effective strategy of the Mycenaean to prevail over the older matriarchal culture of the native Minoans in Crete, resulting to a distinctly patriarchal* [...]
Hephaestus
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
Hephaestus was the crippled, homely looking god of fire, blacksmiths, craftsmen, volcanoes, and the smith’s furnace. He is depicted with his symbols of the smith’s hammer, tongs, and an anvil.
It is said Hephaestus had the skill and talent to make beautiful works of metal and weave them with magic. Most of the metallic possessions of [...]
Hermes
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | No Comments
Hermes was the messenger of the gods, carrying correspondence between gods and humans. He wore winged shoes and used them to fly between Mount Olympus and the land of the mortals.
He was the escort to travelers, helping them have a safe journey. Hermes would escort the dead to the underworld, and was said to be [...]
Hebe
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | 3 Comments
Hebe was the attendant to the gods, serving them cups of ambrosia and nectar on Mount Olympus. She was the goddess of youth and the patron goddess to young brides.
Her duties included helping Hera hitch her horses to her chariot, and she would help bathe and dress her brother, Ares. She also served as an [...]
Dionysus
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | No Comments
Dionysus was a major figure in Greek mythology, presiding most notably over wine and all of its influences. He inspired madness and chaos and made it his mission to relieve his people of their worries. He was the communicator of the dead, and his symbols included the bull, the serpent, wine, and the toxic ivy [...]
Artemis
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | No Comments
Artemis was the maiden, or virgin, goddess of the hunt. She is usually depicted with her famous bows and arrows, but was also pictured with hunting spears, flaming torches, or as a dancing goddess holding a lyre. She eventually became known as the goddess of the moon as well, while her brother Apollo became synonymous [...]
Athena
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
Athena is perhaps the most celebrated Olympian god in all of Greek mythology. She is the namesake and patron goddess of the city of Athens. Throughout her life she never married or had a lover, and so was also known as Athena Parthenos, meaning “Athena the virgin.” As such, the great Parthenon in Greece was [...]
Aphrodite
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | No Comments
Aphrodite is the nubile, beautiful goddess of love, beauty, and sexual desire. She has been celebrated in a festival throughout Greece known as the Aphrodisiac, where men would have sexual intercourse with Aphrodite’s priestesses in order to pay homage to her. Her unending beauty and beguiling ways were the source of much consternation and bloodshed, [...]
Ares
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | No Comments
Ares is commonly known as the god of war, but it is more accurately known for his savagery and bloodlust. He is usually pictured as either an older, bearded, good-looking man or a clean-shaven young man with a spear. In addition to the spear, his symbols include the vulture and the wolf.
lthough Ares was disliked [...]
Apollo
Posted on | February 16, 2008 | No Comments
Apollo was one of the most important and many-faceted gods in Greek mythology. He was known as the god of light and sun, archery, prophecy, truth, medicine, music, healing, poetry, and the arts. He was a god who could bring death or plague, or could heal and cure. He was patron god of the herds [...]
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