Tag Archives: Ancient Greek Mythology

Crown of the Northern Skies: Corona Borealis

Written by Danielle Alexander, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom In Eastern traditions, this constellation is called, rather humbly, the Broken Bowl. It was the ancient Greeks that imbued it with starry mythos and royalty. The Corona Borealis rises with Scorpion and sets at the rise of the Crab and Lion. It has nine stars in total

Written on November 20, 2020 at 9:15 am, by Danielle Alexander

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Categories: Astronomy

Tags: Ancient Greek Astronomy, Ancient Greek Mythology, astronomy, mythology

Everyone knows about the seahorse, but what about the star horse?

Written by Danielle Alexander, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The horse features relatively heavily in Greek mythology, with Hesiod referring to a horse during his invocation to the Heliconian Muses at the start of his Theogony. Thus it comes as no surprise that the ancients, who placed their greatest stories and symbols in the night sky,

Written on November 13, 2020 at 8:09 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Astronomy

Tags: Ancient Greek Astronomy, Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Mythology, Astral Mythology, astronomy

The 5 Most Powerful Creatures From Mythology

Written by Michael Dehoyos, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom All cultures throughout the world have their own legendary creatures. These creatures were believed to be extraordinary animals or hybrids who possessed special abilities or attributes. While some were believed to be highly intelligent, others were known for being dangerous and powerful. Here we explore the top

Written on November 13, 2020 at 1:05 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Monsters

Tags: Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Mythology, Tracking Classical Monsters

All You NEED to Know About the Ancient Olympics

Written by Divya Gupta, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The first Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Around 280 participants from 13 nations competed in 43 sporting games. Since 1994, the famous Game has been held separately as the Winter and Summer Olympics every two years. But did you know these modern games

Written on August 5, 2020 at 6:28 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Sport

Tags: Ancient Greek Education, Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek Olympics, Education, Emperor Theodosius, Greek Mythology, Mount Olympus, Olympic games, Olympics

Ares: The Greek God of War

Written by Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom In the Ancient World, the most powerful forces that shaped human destiny were personified by polytheistic religions in the form of Gods. In this way, the ancients believed that they could influence impersonal forces and powers. One of these was war. In the past, conflict was a

Written on July 29, 2020 at 6:25 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Gods

Tags: Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Roman Mythology, Aphrodite, ares, hephaestus, Mars, mythology, Trojan War, Venus, Vulcan

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