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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

Calliope: Muse of Eloquence

Calliope Mourning Homer, by Jacques Louis David

Written by Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom “Sing, O Muse, of the man of many devices…” Line one of the Odyssey begins like so many in ancient literature, by invoking the muses or gods. It was a common practice to ask, thank, and implore the other-worldly forces for inspiration and guidance in writing and

Written on January 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Apollo, calliope, Hesiod, Homer, muses

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

Power and Fate: The Aristocrats in the Iliad

By Rodrigo Ferreyra, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom We are all familiar with Homer’s Iliad. We know about the Trojan War, the romance between Paris and Helen and the mighty Olympian gods. Most of all, we know the heroes. Whether it is Achilles, Odysseus or Ajax, they all possess outstanding characteristics such as bravery, physical skill,

Written on December 3, 2019 at 1:46 pm, by plato

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Categories: Heroes

Tags: Achilles, Greek Mythology, Homer, iliad, Odyssey

Timeline of Ancient Greek history

3000 BCE First Settlers: Hunter-gathers begin to settle in what is Greece. A bronze age culture and civilization begins on the island of Crete. 1600 BCE Mycenaean Greece: Bronze age kingdoms in mainland Greece. Powerful kings who ruled centralized states and who built great palaces such as Mycenae. 1194 BCE Trojan War: This was a

Written on October 15, 2019 at 2:37 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: History

Tags: Alexander invades India, Alexander the Great, Ancient Greek history, Ancient Greek warfare, Aristotle, Cleopatra, Corinth, death of socrates, Draco's code of Law, Homer, iliad, Magna Graecia, Messenian War, Mycenaean, Odyssey, Olympic games, Peloponnesian war, persian war, Phillip II, Phoenician Alphabet, Plato, Solon, syracuse, Timeline of Ancient Greece, Xerxes

Circe: Justice for the Witch

By Katherine Smyth, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom If you think you know the story of Circe, the witch of Aeaea and the seducer of the hero Odysseus, think again. There’s more to her story than is widely publicized or acknowledged, but to understand how Circe became one of ancient Greek mythology’s most notorious women you

Written on September 30, 2019 at 3:14 pm, by Katherine Smyth

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Categories: Monsters

Tags: Aeaea, Agrius, Circe, Hesiod, Homer, Latinus, Odysseus, Odyssey, Penelope, Perses, Telegonus