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Herakles – What’s In A Name?

by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom He’s the greatest of the Greek heroes. There’s probably no other Greek figure that has had more movies, TV shows, and other adaptations based on their tales. Although, in a lot of these cases, it’s not the character’s original Greek name, Herakles, that is used. Rather, we may

Written on November 20, 2021 at 6:21 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: Heroes, Mythology

Tags: Euripides, eurystheus, hera, Herakles, hercules, Kleos, Names, twelve labours

Artemis: Wonder Woman of the Ancient World

Written by Katherine Smyth Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom There’s more to this goddess than her Amazon-like reputation. Artemis, daughter of Zeus, twin-sister of Apollo, and with a host of temples dedicated to her, was once part of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. More than just the goddess of the hunt, her influence can

Written on January 15, 2020 at 11:25 am, by Katherine Smyth

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: adonis, alph, Ancient Greek Mythology, Apollo, Artemis, Callisto, hera, olympian gods, Poseidon, zeus

History of Mount Olympus

By Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Mount Olympus, located in the Olympus range in the North of Greece, is one of the highest mountains in all of Europe. Today the mountain is in a National Park but once this snow-topped mountain was seen as the home of the all-powerful Greek Gods. What Is Mount

Written on January 7, 2020 at 4:03 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Aphrodite, hera, Homer, iliad, Mount Olympus, olympian gods, Pantheon, pegasus, Poseidon, Typhon, zeus

The Tumultuous Tale of Heracles and Hera

Heracles and Hera had a difficult relationship. In fact, the queen of the Gods tremendously hated the half-man known for his strength and hero status, and really went out her way to make his life as difficult as possible. Snubbing Heracles publicly would just not do… Hera wanted to make him suffer. It all started

Written on July 23, 2019 at 9:02 am, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Deianira, Greek Mythology, hera, heracles, hercules, Ilithyia, Iole, Mount Olympus, The heraclean plays

Dionysus the Mild: Eater of Flesh

By Ben Potter As a figure of myth and superstition even in his own time, Dionysus could well have been dismissed by the cynical as being an unworthy interpolation into the field of true religion. However, although “he represents an enchanted world and an extraordinary experience” (Albert Henrichs), the scope of his temporal power is

Written on April 9, 2015 at 10:14 pm, by plato

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Categories: Gods

Tags: demigod, Dionysus, hera, mythology, Semele, 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