About: Katherine Smyth
Katherine Smyth is a writer, novelist and traveller. She has an MA in Creative Writing, and is slowly pursuing a PhD. She is a passionate history student, having studied ancient and classical history for over three decades, and has enjoyed exploring many sites including Knossos, Pompeii, Rome, Phaistos, and Athens to name a few.
Recent Posts by Katherine Smyth
Ovid’s Metamorphoses: How Love Transforms
Written on February 5, 2020 at 11:00 am
Categories: Mythology
Tags: Apollo, cupid, Homer, iliad, love, metamorphoses, Odyssey, Ovid, phoebus
Polyphemus: Two faces of a Cyclops
Written on January 29, 2020 at 10:00 am
Categories: Mythology
Tags: Aeneas, Ancient Greek Mythology, cyclopes, Cyclops, Galatea, Homer, Odysseus, Ovid, Polyphemus, Poseidon, The Odyssey, Trojan War
Artemis: Wonder Woman of the Ancient World
Written on January 15, 2020 at 11:25 am
Categories: Mythology
Tags: adonis, alph, Ancient Greek Mythology, Apollo, Artemis, Callisto, hera, olympian gods, Poseidon, zeus
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Written on November 29, 2019 at 10:00 am
Categories: Mythology
Tags: aethiopia, Ancient Greek Astronomy, andromeda, cetus, heracles, Perseus
Xerxes: King of Kings
Written on November 22, 2019 at 10:30 am
Categories: Leaders
Tags: Darius 1, Greco-Persian war, Persia, Persian Empire, Persian invasion of Greece, Xerxes
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