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The Realm of Poseidon: A Mythical Voyage Around the Aegean

By Peter Marshall, Contributing Writer, Ancient Origins “Poseidonthe great godI begin to sing, he who moves the earthand the desolate sea…You are dark-hairedyou are blessedyou have a kind heart.Help those who sail uponThe seaIn ships.”~Homeric Hymn to Poseidon Gods and Legends Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea, the shaker of the land responsible

Written on May 8, 2022 at 7:15 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: Gods

Tags: Aegean, Ancient Gods, Ancient Maps, Cyclops, Homer, mythology, Peter Marshall, Poseidon

Horror – Ancient Greek Style

by Kevin Blood Silent and dark is the night… the frightened, pale, face of a young boy stares out of the darkness, bathed in the lambent glow of a Cathode-ray tube, horrified, unable to tear his eyes away from the ghastly sights, he trembles, unwilling to cover his ears so as not hear the blood-curdling

Written on November 2, 2021 at 11:56 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Tags: Cyclops, Furies, Hades, horror, Medusa, The Odyssey, Tiresias

Polyphemus: Two faces of a Cyclops

Written by Katherine Smyth, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Polyphemus is best known as the Cyclops that Odysseus and his men encountered on their return from the Trojan War. But, is there another side to this man-eating giant? And what happened to him after Odysseus sailed away? The legend is born Polyphemus was one of the

Written on January 29, 2020 at 10:00 am, by Katherine Smyth

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Aeneas, Ancient Greek Mythology, cyclopes, Cyclops, Galatea, Homer, Odysseus, Ovid, Polyphemus, Poseidon, The Odyssey, Trojan War

The Realm of Poseidon: A Mythical Voyage Around the Aegean

By Peter Marshall, Contributing Writer, Ancient Origins “Poseidonthe great godI begin to sing, he who moves the earthand the desolate sea…You are dark-hairedyou are blessedyou have a kind heart.Help those who sail uponThe seaIn ships.”~Homeric Hymn to Poseidon Gods and Legends Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea, the shaker of the land responsible

Written on May 23, 2018 at 6:51 pm, by plato

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Tags: Aegean, Ancient Gods, Ancient Maps, Cyclops, Homer, mythology, Peter Marshall, Poseidon

The War For The Universe and the Rise of the Olympians

In order to properly understand the setting of this myth and to become familiar the birth of the Olympians , be sure you read In Be Beginning, which can be found here. After Cronus overthrew his father and former ruler of heaven Uranus, he married his sister Rhea. Together they ruled over the universe and for

Written on June 4, 2013 at 7:54 pm, by Van Bryan

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Tags: Cronus, Cyclops, Gaia, Hades, hera, Olympians, Olympus, Poseidon, Rhea, Titans, Uranus, zeus

Hesiod’s Theogony: The Creation Of The World

The telling of the creation of existence and the rise of the gods is a tale that has survived through the writings of Hesiod, in his epic poem The Theogony. For the ancient Greeks this was their answer to the most fundamental question of existence. And as with all Greek mythology, the story of the creation of

Written on June 3, 2013 at 7:20 pm, by Van Bryan

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Tags: Cronus, Cyclops, Gaia, Greek Mythology, Titans, Uranus