Hades

The Tragic Love Story of Orpheus and Eurydice

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the greatest love stories in all of Greek myth, and possibly one of the greatest ever told. This story has been enormously influential from the classical world through to today. The story concerns the tragic love story of Orpheus,

Written on November 26, 2021 at 11:30 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Eurydice, Greek Mythology, Hades, Jason, orpheus

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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Categories: Culture

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

Hades and Persephone

By Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom The myth of Persephone and Hades, that tale of shifting seasons, strangely remains evergreen. Through the centuries, the story of the god of the underworld abducting the goddess Demeter’s daughter, resulting in Demeter’s winter-inducing depression, has endured as one of the most popular and continuously retold stories from

Written on August 13, 2021 at 4:32 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Demeter, Hades, Helene Foley, Homer, Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Persephone

Asclepius: Modern Medicine in Ancient Times

Written by Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Medicine may often seem like a miracle. People are quick to praise god and marvel at the outcome of the doctor’s skill and training, with families often turning to hope of divine intervention of a higher power to save their loved one. This is not new to

Written on February 12, 2020 at 10:00 am, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Apollo, Asclepius, Caduceus staff, Coronis, Epidaurus, Epione, Hades, Hygea, Hygieia, Medicine, zeus

The Rape of a Goddess

by Mary E. Naples, M.A. Who were Demeter and Persephone and why did their myth resonate so strongly with women of ancient Greece? The story of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and her daughter Persephone, queen of the underworld, has inspired many. And while there are twenty-two variations of the myth, it is the Homeric

Written on July 27, 2018 at 3:48 pm, by Mary Naples

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Categories: Gods

Tags: Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek Women, Demeter, Hades, Persephone, The underworld, zeus

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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Categories: Gods

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